STA employs over 20 full-time coaches from many countries in order to provide players with a range of knowledge and experience.  The Tennis Director is Jeremy Bates, a former Top 50 player, with a team of coaches including former world-ranked and National-level players.

Meet the team

Jeremy Bates Director of Tennis / Head of Pro Academy As a former Top 50 player, Jeremy won 2 Grand Slam Doubles titles, and throughout his career claimed victories over Becker, McEnroe, Agassi and Sampras. Since retiring from the circuit Jeremy has...

Neil Carter Pro Academy: Women's Head Coach   A New-Zealand native, Neil was a regular Top 5 junior and top 20 senior player and went on to coach some of the top talent in New Zealand before coming over to the UK in 2005...

Tim Webster Head of Full-Time and Sutton Scholarship Programmes A top 40 nationally ranked senior player, Tim travelled around the world playing Futures and Satellite tournaments in his tennis career. As a CCA qualified coach, Tim has spent most of his coaching career at Sutton...

Nick Jaques Head of Sutton Tennis School & Mini Academy   Nick oversee's the development side of Sutton Tennis Academy; Sutton Tennis School and Head Coach for our Mini Tennis Academy. Originally from New Zealand, Nick has been coaching in the UK for several years...

Shaun Malcolm  Head of Junior Pro Academy  & Junior Academy   As a player, Shaun was part of the Scottish Squad for 6 years, under the guidance of Judy Murray. He then went on to play full-time before going to University. After graduating from Loughborough with a master’s degree in sports and exercise psychology…

Joe Pullin Head of Adult Programme ...

Dave Cox Head of Performance, Sutton Tennis School   Dave has trained at Sutton Tennis Academy from the age of 10, competing in tournaments around the UK and representing his home county of Surrey throughout his junior playing career.