The Tennis Coaches
Lorna has competed at the highest level playing Wimbledon many times, winning 36 professional titles and achieving a world ranking of 133 in singles and 69 in doubles. A former British No.1 and Fed Cup player. Lorna is a LTA Performance Coach.
Lorna Woodroffe
Head of 4-15 yrs
Aleks joined us as a hitter when she came to UEL in 2014. A former Bulgarian national junior who still plays to a high level today. Now a L3 Coach Aleks plays an integral role in coaching many of our top juniors
Aleks Mitrovska
Lead Coach and Head of Team Tennis & Camps
David is a former Davis Cup coach and worked as academy manager and head touring pro at the top Turkish academy where he worked with over 90 ATP/WTA/ITF players and worked with players at 9 Junior Grand Slams.
David Gaves
Lead Adult Coach and UEL Coach
Jaidyn came through the BSC and UEL programs and now works for WimX full-time. He is started to have great results with his players and we are excited to be on this journey with him
Jaidyn Murray
Tennis Coach
Thais joined us as a hitter when she came to UEL in 2017 and is now a L2 Coach. A former national junior, Thais is the UEL Ladies captain and enjoys working with all age groups
Thais Castiglioni
Tennis Coach
Jo is a founding partner who now works as Coach Education & Curriculum Manager for the LTA. She competed at the highest level playing Wimbledon many times, winning 13 professional titles and achieving a world ranking of 154 in singles and 181 in doubles. A former British No. 1 and Fed Cup player Jo gave an invaluable input into the set up of WimX Tennis
Jo Ward
Tennis Coach
Arun is a L3 performance coach who is taking his masters at UEL. Already at his young age he worked with many top GB juniors. He will be playing an integral role in brining on our next crop of mini players.
Arum Akom
Tennis Coach
Rob Carter
Hitter & Coach
The Strength & Conditioning Coaches
Daz is an accomplished Strength & Conditioning Coach specialising in youth fitness and tennis. He is UKSCA Accredited and has worked with top ranked British tennis men and women and two world top 50 players.
Daz Drake
Head of Strength & Conditioning
Masters in Strength and Conditioning from Cardiff Metropolitan University. Previous experience working across many sports, helping elite athletes at Wales Triathlon and Harlequins Rugby Club. Dedicated to helping aspiring tennis players reach their full athletic potential
Toby Russell-Vick
Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach
The Managers
Helen has competed at the highest level playing Wimbledon many times, winning 19 professional titles and achieving a world ranking of 256 in singles and 151 in doubles. Helen oversees the tennis and education programs and manages the overall coaching program.
Helen Crook
Programme Manager
Victoria has competed at the highest level playing Wimbledon many times, winning 16 professional titles and achieving a world ranking of 410 in singles and 152 in doubles. Victoria manages the WimX community venues and general operations and works closely with all the WimX partners.
Victoria Davies