Two athletes from the Deree Tennis Academy, Dionysis Kontogiorgis and Nikolas Daskos, are delivering excellent performances at the “Masters 2024” in the U12 category, featuring the top 8 players in the national rankings for 2024.

This is arguably the most important tournament for Junior athletes, held at the Athens Tennis Club on November 15-19.

Dionysis Kontogiorgis secured 3 out of 3 wins, finishing 1st in his group, while Nikolas Daskos achieved 2 out of 3 wins and also topped his group.

Our athletes are competing against each other today for the 1st and 2nd place in this year’s Masters.

Congratulations to both of our athletes — you are both winners!

Good luck in the final today!

With a great success participated the Deree Tennis Academy at the E1 tennis tournament, held from November 8-12 in Peristeri and Petroupoli.

Specifically, at the E1 tournament in Peristeri:

• Elli Gerontikou and Elena Dapsi secured the 3rd place in the U18 singles category, both competing in a higher age group.
• Anastasia Bambaroutsi achieved the 2nd place in the U16 doubles category.
• Nikolas Daskos claimed the 3rd place in the U12 singles category.
• Spyros Chatzispyros also took the 3rd place in the U12 doubles category.

Congratulations to all the athletes who participated!

Below, you can find the complete results for all the participants:

Yiannis Sakkas, Deree Tennis Academy athlete and Pierce scholarship student, has been accepted to Binghamton University, USA with a tennis athletic scholarship.
Binghamton University is ranked among the prestigious Public Ivies and competes athletically in Division I of the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association).
Yiannis will have the opportunity to study at one of the top academic universities while continuing to play tennis at a very high level.

Yiannis joined the Deree Tennis Academy in 2019, the same year he began attending Pierce as a 7th-grade student on a tennis scholarship.
It is worth noting that he is the second athlete from the Deree Tennis Academy to secure an athletic scholarship to a U.S. university, following Theodoros Mitsakos.

Congratulations, Yiannis—wishing you success in your studies and all the best in your new competitive challenges!

The head coach of the Deree Tennis Academy, Giorgos Karagiannis, will participate in the International Coaches Conference organized by Tennis Europe in Cyprus on October 31 – November 3.

The conference will take place in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, and up to 100 coaches from around the world will attend. Topics of discussion will include coaching methods for athlete development and transitioning from junior to professional levels.

Additionally, coaching systems and methodologies from the Italian and British federations will be analyzed, alongside talks from world-class athletes such as Marcos Pagdatis and Ernests Gulbis.

New training methodologies will also be presented, focusing on technological advancements and their application in tennis.

For more information, visit: https://www.tenniseurope.org/page/40898/Coaches-Conference

The continuous development and training of our coaches significantly contribute to the improvement and growth of our DSA programs.

Good luck, George!