Born in Astoria, Queens, attended the Academy for Intellectually Gifted
Children at PS 122 while practicing tennis nearly every day before or after school. Has been an elite competitor and tennis professional for the past 20 years. Trained under top coaches, namely Gilad Bloom, Gene Mayer, Stepehen Koon, Tim Mayott and was part of an elite USTA high performance team which consisted of only five players.
Traveled all over the world playing in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Junior Tennis Achievements:
Ranked #1 in the Eastern Section Boys in the 12's, 14's and concurrently ranked #1 in both 16's and 18's in the same year.
Tope five in the nation in 12's and 14's and #1 in the 16's as well as top 100 ITF juniors despite very limited play.
Pro Tennis Achievements:
Career high ranking of 281 in Singles and #330 in Doubles.
Overall 26 pro singles titles and 12 doubles titles.