The Tennis Club at Springhurst

Tennis Professional Staff

Full Time Tennis Staff

Michael O'Shea, USPTA
Owner/General Manager

Michael has been the tennis Director at Hurstbourne Country Club the past 16 years. He was a former St. Xavier Tiger and Texas A & M Aggie, who has considerable experience in the tennis industry coaching all levels of juniors and adults.

Greg Combs, USPTR & USPTA
Owner/Adult Tennis Director

Greg has directed many tennis programs in the Louisville area at various locations. He is a former standout at the University of Louisville and remains the state’s top player in his age group. He has coached many adults and juniors, including the 1999 and 2006 USTA Women’s 3.5 Sectional Champions.

Chris Mather, USPTR & USRSA Certified
Owner/Tennis Director

Chris has directed Tennis Programs for the last 18 years in Louisville. He was an integral part of the state champion Trinity High School team and was a nationally ranked collegian at Hanover College. He captained a USTA Sectional Champion team in 1999 and 2001. The 2001 team finished 4th nationally. Chris has also coached many state, sectional, and nationally ranked junior players.

William Hughes, USPTR & USRSA
Head Tennis Professional

William has been teaching for the last 19 years. He has served for 9 years as Head Tennis Professional in Louisville and Florida, including working at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. He was a nationally ranked junior player in Florida, played collegiate tennis at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and played in ATP Tour satellite events.

Curly Davis, USPTA
Top Gun Academy Director

Curly is the former Tennis Director at Saddlebrook Resort and the Naples Bath and Tennis Resort in Florida. He has many years of developing talent in Louisville and Florida. He has served as Tennis Director and Junior Development Director during his coaching previously in Louisville. Among his accomplishments are 1984,1985,and 1987 Kentucky Professional of the Year, President of the Kentucky Tennis Assoc., and published in Tennis Magazine. Curly has coached many highly ranked players including NCAA All Americans and ATP and WTA tour players ranked as high as top 30 in the world. Curly is a USTA High Performance Coach and USTA Sports Science Level 1.

Joan Garcia, USPTA
Top Gun Academy High Performance Director

Joan is a native of Venezuela and a graduate of Webber International University where he played varsity tennis. He was a top ranked junior player in Venezuela and has been the Director of Player Development at Total Tennis in New York managing a staff of five pros and coordinating the top level junior player

Jon Self, USPTR
Novice Development Director

Jon has previously been a Senior Staff Professional at the Country Club Hotel in Lake Ozark, MO, a 4 diamond hotel, and at the Weston Racquet Club in Weston, MA. He has taught adults and juniors under the direction of Dennis Van Der Meer. Jon oversees our beginner player development.

Ylia Jelali, USPTA P1
Staff Professional

Ylia is a native of France, who trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida as a junior player. He played varsity tennis for the University of Tennessee before playing for four years on the ATP Tour where he achieved world rankings in singles and doubles. Ylia was recently a Tennis Professional at the Oxford Club in Pittsburgh, PA. Ylia has coached many highly ranked junior players.

Rob Downey, USPTA
Director of Junior Development

Rob is a native of Cincinnati who played varsity tennis and later coached at Sinclair College in Ohio. Rob has been a teaching professional for 10 years at Riverside Racquet Club and Five Season Country Club in Cincinnati.

D.J. McClure, USPTA
Staff Professional

D.J. is a native of Owensboro, KY who played college tennis at Georgetown (KY) College. D.J. taught tennis at Owensboro Country Club, the Ramey Tennis School, and Moreland Park. D.J. is currently studying for his Masters in Spanish and spent time teaching tennis in Chile over this past summer.

Eduardo Aspillaga, ITF Level 1 Coach
Staf f Professional

Eduardo is a native of Chile who has coached top level junior players in his native country for over 20 years. Eduardo has a Bachelors degree in Physical Education and Exercise Science from the University of Chile. He has been the main speaker at many ITF tennis conferences in Chile, Boliva, and Argentina. Eduardo has served as a Chilean National Team coach for the Sunshine Cup in Miami and the World University Games in Palermo, Spain. Eduardo also served on the coaching staff for the Chilean Davis Cup team in 1995. Among the players Eduardo coached was former world #1, Marcelo Rios.

Chris Fletcher, USPTA P1
Staff Professional

Chris is a native of New Hampshire and a graduate of the Tennis Management Program at Methodist University. He was a top 15 nationally ranked collegian in 2008. Chris has previously taught tennis at the Old Black Point Tennis Club in Niantic, CT, the New Albany Country Club in New Albany, OH and the Longmeadow Country Club in Longmeadow, MA.

Lynn Bell, USPTR
Staff Professional

Lynn is a USPTR Certified Teaching pro. Lynn was a highly ranked junior tennis player in Kentucky and graduated from Western Kentucky University.
Lynn will be working with the adults and juniors of all levels, and will be assisting in the direction of our beginner junior and adult programs.

Part Time Tennis Staff

Rick Greathouse
Part Time Staff Professional

Rick is a former Bellermine College player and state ranked junior. Rick directed our Summer Junior Program in 2000 and is on staff part time assisting with adult teams and clinics.

Ken Haysley, USPTR
Part Time Staff Professional

Ken is a former Tennis Director at various locations in Indiana, New York, and Florida. He has worked at the Don Budge World of Tennis and he co-hosted Dennis Van Der Meer’s Tennis School. Ken played college tennis on the nationally ranked Western Kentucky team.