Country Club Tennis - Staff

Mark Davis Tennis Professional / USPTA

Mark comes to us from Delaware. He started his love of tennis in his early teens. He played for his high school and college teams. He started teaching tennis while in college in the local community parks and recreation department. After graduating from The University of Delaware, his love of teaching continued as he became a physical education teacher and athletic director in a private school in the Newark area where he continued teaching and coaching the school team. Mark has also been a long time USTA league participant. In 2013, he participated in the National senior games in Cleveland, where he and his doubles partner earned a 4th place award. As a USPTA teaching professional, Mark is excited to be a part of this beautiful tennis community, and looks forward to working with all tennis enthusiasts.

Your ideas and suggestions are always welcome. Call Mark at 352-753-1317 or email him at mark.davis@districtgov.org

Mike Frank Instructor

Mike has over 40 years experience teaching, playing and coaching tennis. Prior to coming to The Villages, Mike was a certified instructor at West End Tennis Club in New Orleans. He remained there until Katrina destroyed the tennis club. Mike's motto is "keep the ball in play until you can put it away".

Angela Huang Instructor

Angela recently moved from China to the United States. She turned pro at the age of 12 and played for the "Tianjin City Tennis Team" in China for 10 years. This team has ranked consistently as one of the top teams on the Chinese tours. In 1997, Angela moved to Shenzhen, China, where she started her coaching career. She worked with children from age 3-5 to all levels of adult tennis players. She believes tennis is one of the healthiest activities because Tennis engages your mind and body at the same time, as well as team camaraderie. Angela is looking forward to working with you on one of the Villages' tennis courts.

Greg Dextraze Instructor

Greg considers himself a native to Florida even though he was born here. He has been residing in Lake County since 1974. His passion for tennis that began at an early age carried over with him playing all four years at Mount Dora High School. He then received a two year scholarship at Lake Sumter Community College. Since then, Greg has taught and then played in competitive USTA tennis tournaments from the Men’s 25’division to his current age division. He has played in National events throughout the country. Greg’s highest rank in the state was #3 in 2016 and his highest national ranking was #28 in 2020. Greg’s passion as a teacher has always been to elevate his student’s game all the while enjoying the sport

Pam Copeland Instructor

Pam played competitive tennis as a junior in Miami and was club tennis champion at Texas Christian University. After retiring from corporate America, Pam moved to the area to finish raising her boys and returned to her passion of playing tennis. She started teaching almost 10 years ago as a volunteer club sport coach for middle school and caught the teaching bug. She comes to us from Ft. King Tennis Center in Ocala teaching adults and kids. She is a certified USTR instructor with a focus on doubles strategy and shot selection. She looks forward to working in the Villages and bringing her enthusiasm and passion to clinics and private lessons.

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