Graham Stilwell – Instructor

As an aspiring junior tennis player, growing up in England Graham won tournaments at every age level including the National Championships in both the 18 and under, and 21 and under divisions.

He played on the Pro tour from 1963-1975, and had career singles wins over Rod Laver, Arthur Ashe, Fred Stolle, Ilie Nastase, John Newcombe, Guillermo Vilas, Tom Okker, Manuel Santana and Tony Roche.

He was a doubles finalist in the U.S. National Championships in 1963 and a semi-finalist at Wimbledon in 1966.

Graham played on the British Davis Cup team from 1963-69, compiling a 10-2 singles record. In 1969 they reached the Inter-Zone Finals losing to Romania 3-2, he won both his singles matches defeating Tiriac and Nastase.

Graham has taught tennis for the past 32 years, working with players at all levels from beginners to world ranked players. Quote: “I get enormous satisfaction from being able to pass on to others both the technical aspects of effective stroke production through my on court teaching, and the mental and emotional aspects of competing through performance coaching*”.

Graham is a member of the USPTA (level 1) and an alumni member of the ATP. He is a member of the Prince National Team/Team Elite. He also is the creator of and Director of 4 Star’s “Mental Training” Program.

*See more about “performance coaching” under mental training.