The Elite Team is a high-level programme to prepare players for the demands of the ATP, WTA and ITF circuits. Over the course of a week or a year, our coaching team will design tailored training sessions to immerse you in the day-to-day reality of the pro circuit.
The Elite Team is a personalised training programme specially designed to prepare players for the pro circuit. This bespoke coaching programme is run by our Director of High-Level, Kerei Abakar, and overseen by Patrick Mouratoglou. It features hand-picked coaches and fitness trainers to prepare players for the demands of high-level tennis. Elite Team players are accompanied to at least ten tournaments a year by a personal coach.
• Personalised intensive training
• Game tactics training
• No more than two players per coach
• Fitness training either solo or in small groups
• Daily stretching
• 1 individual hour per week per player
• Intervention of Kerei Abakar to energize the “coach-player” duo
• Several interventions by Patrick Mouratoglou with specific exercises
• 10 private training sessions with professional players
• 10 tournaments accompanied by a coach (coach accommodation, meals and expenses not included)
• Bonus: physical tests and check-ups, tournament fitness programme, administrative assistance (visa requests)
• Board and meals (full time, part time, weekdays only)
• Medical check-ups (VO2 max testing)
• Nutrition tracking
• Medical care
• Video analysis
• Podiatry treatments
• Blood tests
• Equipment customisation and maintenance (stringing)
The Mouratoglou Elite Team relies on internationally renowned tennis coaches and physical trainers.
• No. 1 Davis Cup player for Gabon in 2003 and 2004
• Hitting partner for pro players such as Monica Seles, Elena Dementieva, Xavier Malisse and Tommy Haas (2000-2003)
• Coach of professional players such as Shanice Roignot (2019-2020), Calvin Hemery (2018-2019), and Sachia Vickery (2014-2016)
• Won the U16 Orange Bowl as a player (1996), won the Junior Australian Open in singles and doubles, and was a Junior World No. 1 (1998)
• Reached the Roland-Garros 3rd round (2004) and earned wins against top players such as Roger Federer, Lleyton Hewitt, Marat Safin and Richard Gasquet
• Coached professional players such as Victoria Azarenka, Daniil Medvedev, Arnaud Clément, Pauline Parmentier and Nicolas Mahut
• WTA Coach of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (2020), Yanina Wickmayer (2016-2017), and Ons Jabeur (2015)
• ATP Coach of Jeremy Chardy (2018)
• ATP No. 250 and Division I tennis player at Clemson University
• Wins against top players such as Dustin Brown, Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Malik Jaziri
• Participated in 3 Grand Slam events as a player, and won 6 Futures titles
• Worked with top players such as Alexei Popyrin (2019-2020) and Jannik Sinner (2017-2019)
• Sparring partner of Top 20 player Aravane Rezaï (2008)
• Coached at the Piatti Tennis Center and ITUSA Academy before joining the Mouratoglou Academy
• Coach of professional players such as Elliot Benchetrit (2019-2020), Karman Thandi (2018-2019), and Hugo Nys (2018)
• Current coach of Ksenia Efremova
• Hitting partner of Caroline Garcia and Daria Kasatkina, and Roland-Garros official hitting partner (2018)
