Who is the Argentinian coach who works at Mouratoglou’s academy and is Serena Williams’ mentor?

Patrick Mouratoglou Is a famous tennis coach, his staff include Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov, Romania’s Simona Halep and Denmark’s Holger Ruhn (currently ranked fourth in the world) Such a player, but the Frenchman is the coach who leads the team. Serena Williams wins 10 Grand Slams, London 2012 gold medal and three WTA finals among many other achievements. The 53-year-old Frenchman is also the mentor of American Coco Gauff, who won the 2023 US Open at the age of 19, and is the head of one of the biggest tennis academies in the world, the Argentinian Working at the college…

Darío Gioffre is part of Team Elite, a personalized training program designed to prepare each player for the professional tour, sound arrive Mouratoglou Academy in Biosofia AntipolisOn the French Riviera, he’s giving it his all on one of the complex’s 30-plus courts.

The Argentinian has been at the academy for a year now, which has 12 hectares of state-of-the-art facilities including 16 hard courts and 17 clay courts, but he is already gearing up for high performance 14 years. ” “I’m in China, London, Amsterdam. While I was working for the Commonwealth in London, some interesting projects emerged at the academy.This is one of the largest colleges in the world in terms of development and has a great reputation,” he told us sound from one of the facility’s three gyms. Additionally, the space features four swimming pools and a high-end spa.

The working team has 28 coaches, 8 physical coaches and 2 psychological coaches. Gioffre is committed to developing players. “The program I’m involved in is dedicated to developing already ranked players, with the goal of getting them into the top 100 in the world,” he explained.

The Argentinian coach currently works with Mickaela Laki from Greece and Gloriana Nehum (Benin, Africa). The first is the top ten in the youth category, which is currently transitioning to the professional category. “This is the first year, the 450th globally; as a first year, that’s fine,” he clarified.

Nahum, who is originally from Benin but whose parents live in Canada, came to the academy in southern France through an agreement with the African Tennis Confederation. “He is currently ranked 25th in the world in the junior category and this is his last year,” he said, confirming that in the project he is involved in, players arrive on different protocols and there are no Frenchmen. “The program has agreements around the world and aims to attract regional talent and develop them in France,” he added.

The academy was founded in 1998 and until 2015 it was headquartered near Paris. Why decided to choose the French Riviera? The answer is simple: lots of sunshine, good weather, and the airport is close. Every year, it takes in 200 to 250 children aged 9 to 10 years. The complex houses residences and schools (a French school and an international school). Gioffre is involved in projects ranging from 12 to 18 years old. “I work with kids from 16 and up and the academy provides them with a full-time tennis coach, a strength and conditioning coach. In addition, doctors, physiotherapists, housing and amenities are provided so that they can live here,” he described.

Players in the program train six to eight hours a day, with the volume varying based on need or between games. “It’s like a full-time job,” he added, assuring that since the property is dedicated to tennis, it will be easier to develop players.

Logistics is simpler. The distances are shorter and the itinerary is shorter than starting from South America. “With the girls I coach, we travel outside of Europe once or twice a year at most. We can play two or three tournaments and come back; sometimes they even go alone because being alone is also part of their development,” the Argentinian explain.

Gioffre confirms that the main difference with Argentina is that in a place like this, projects are thought about in the long term. “There are 12-year-old kids here who are going to be here for the next 10 years. Today I’m with two tennis players, but there will be two more, and so on. Of all the kids in the program, Some will excel, some not, but overall we are looking for progression in the academy, not just one player,” he concluded.