The International EMPIRE Tennis Academy in Trnava is aptly characterized by our five Ps. We have at your disposal pleasant Place of our TC EMPIRE Trnava tennis club, we are Professional, Progressive, Perspective and Perfectionistic. We want to provide a space for the development of young and talented Slovak and foreign players who have the desire to move forward and improve in all areas of the training in the modern Centraleuropean academy in the heart of Europe. Our young, but experienced and expert tennis and fitness coaches guarantee professional approach and current and future successes. We are easily accessible from Bratislava and from Vienna.

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Our coaches:

• Tennis: Vladimir Platenik (head coach of academy), Daniel Trcka, Miloslav Grolmus, Martin Hromec, Rene Hanak, Karol Beck, Patrik Fabian, Robert Gasparetz, Petr Lajkep, Michal Brtko. 

• Fitness: Kristian Cupak, Petra Mrazikova

• Fyzio: Jana Janovicova

  Our women players: Anna Blinkova (RUS), Tereza Mihalikova (SVK), Vivien Juhaszova (SVK), Ange Oby Kajuru (JPN), Radka Zelníckova (SVK), Francesca Feodorov (ROU)

  Our men players: Andrej Martin (SVK), Igor Zelenay (SVK), Artem Dubrivnyy (RUS), Pavel Shumeiko (UKR), Peter Benjamin Privara (SVK), David Schwarc (SVK)

PLACE
TC EMPIRE Trnava tennis club has the most modern and largest tennis complex in Slovakia. At one point, there are 13 high-quality clay courts and three new hard surfaced courts Plexipave Plexicushion Prestige in a hall that is used at the Australian Open. In the neighborhood, there is a modern athletics stadium with tartan surface fully available for players of the Academy. The complex includes a tennis bar and 4-star hotel EMPIRE. Here, the tennis players will find not only accommodation and restaurants as well as wellness and fitness gym. From the hotel, you have a direct and unique view of the courts. We are easily accessible from Bratislava and from Vienna.

PROFESSIONAL
Our team consists of coaches who have achieved real results and successes with their players. They were working with the players who were or are the best in the junior category or among the world's top professionals. These experiences come from the ITF, WTA or ATP level. Our tennis and fitness coaches were cooperating with such players as Daniela Hantuchova, Dominika Cibulkova, Nadia Petrova, Yanina Wickmayer, Henrieta Nagyova, Ksenia Pervak or Filip Horansky.

PROGRESSIVE
We don't think in small terms but in long-term goals. We want to be the best and we are striving for it right now, in the early days. Our ambition is not only to be the best in Slovakia or Central Europe. The truht is that our ambitions extend to the entire old continent and possibly beyond. We would like to convince the potential tennis clients about the quality of the preparation, sparrings, training sessions and let them spread the good name of the new EMPIRE Tennis Academy.

PERSPECTIVE
Our project is a long term commitment. We have no interest in short-term successes, we want to work conceptually with young tennis players who have the potential to succeed in the world of international tennis competition and win in the junior category and in the future, they might eventually grab the Grand Slam trophy and succeed at the ATP and WTA level. The starting point for our players are the tournaments organized in our TC EMPIRE Trnava club: Trnava Cup ETA U14, EMPIRE Cup ETA U16, EMPIRE Cup ITF U18 and 2x ITF EMPIRE Womens Indoor (25 000 USD prize money), ITF EMPIRE Slovak Open (100 000 USD prize money), EMPIRE Futures Trnava (15 000 USD prize money ).

PERFECTIONISTIC
We pay attention to the smallest details. If the details are neglected, the whole system can't work. We want to achieve this by high-quality tennis and fitness training process, but also by education and non-sport activities. Education and personal growth is also important in the development of every tennis player, to become a mature personality on and off the court.

Member of TC EMPIRE Trnava Martin Blasko won all his matches in Trnava, including the singles final of EMPIRE Futures Trnava 2015. After winning the doubles on Saturday with Peter Vajda, he also won the singles trophy after beating Slovenian Tomislav Ternar 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. For Slovakian player, it is his first triumph in men’s tennis. 

VIDEO: LAST BALL OF THE FINAL

TOMISLAV TERNAR'S INTERVIEW

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Photos from the men's final

Videos from the women's final

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The well - experienced tennis coach has taken his position as a head coach of TC EMPIRE. His invaluable knowledge as both a player and a trainer would aid this tennis club in progressing both on the home and international scenes. We wish him to be successful as the newly appointed head coach !