Christian  Coombs

Christian is an LTA Level 4 Senior Performance coach at Hackney Tennis and a former Head Coach and Director of Tennis at Hackney Tennis. He has over 20 years of coaching experience, which includes devising the original coaching programme at Hackney Tennis, for beginners through to international level. He has successfully coached club teams, school teams, and individuals to secure numerous inter-borough, club, county, regional and national titles.

Christian played for Middlesex and Kent from age 7-14 and played in the 14u and 16u National Tournaments. After graduating with a 2.1 honors degree in Business Administration, he decided to return to tennis in 1999 and co-founded Clissold Park Junior Tennis Club (now known as Hackney Tennis). He has overseen the growth of the organization and has introduced tennis to thousands of juniors and adults.

Currently, his main focus is the development and involvement in the Hackney Tennis Performance Programme. However, he enjoys maintaining a healthy balance of coaching juniors and adults of all ages and abilities.