The Mouratoglou Tennis Academy is a tennis academy and training center in Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Originally named the Bob Brett Academy, it was founded in 1996 by Patrick Mouratoglou and Bob Brett.
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History
In 1996, Patrick Mouratoglou convinced veteran coach Bob Brett to start a tennis academy together in Montreuil, originally named the Bob Brett Academy. The two partnered together for six years, with Brett teaching Mouratoglou the basics of coaching. After Brett left the academy, Mouratoglou changed its name to the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy, and it was eventually relocated to Biot, on the French Riviera, in 2016.
The Academy hosts the Verrazzano Open on the ATP Challenger Tour and the French Riviera Open, a wheelchair tennis tournament. It also hosted three editions of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown in 2020 and 2021.
International expansion
Since 2020, the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy has opened five tennis centers outside of France:
Yuan Li Sports Center, Beijing, China
Costa Navarino, Gargalianoi, Greece
Cala di Volpe, Sardinia, Italy
Epsom College, Bandar Enstek, Malaysia
Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates