Meet The Team

Dr. Dave Marshall, shares a unique perspective of success as both a player and a coach. For four decades, Dr. Dave's proven, copyrighted program has earned him a reputation for tennis teaching excellence and is recognized worldwide. 

Coaching highlights: Having taught more than 40,000 private lessons and countless clinics over the last four          decades,  Dave has coached 105 state champions, 75 sectional champions, 25 USTA national champions, two US   Open qualifiers, NCAA champions, an Australian Open/Wimbledon Junior Girls' finalist, six national junior champions, 150 college players, and thousands of students whose improved skills have led to their greater enjoyment of the game. Dr. Dave coached the Bryan Brothers from 2016 until they retired from the tour in 2021. During the 2018 season, he coached Bob and Mike Bryan to titles in the Miami (2018 & 2019) and Monte Carlo ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events. Also, he has coached Mike Bryan and Jack Sock to back-to-back Grand Slam Championships (Wimbledon & US Open). 

Chris has been actively working in the tennis industry for more than 20 years. In addition to teaching thousands of hours on-court, Chris has held numerous management and director-level positions. Most recently, Chris was Director of Racquets at Cattail Creek Country Club, and prior to that, served as Head Tennis Professional at The Elkridge Club for three years. Chris currently works as on-site Director for Dave Marshall Tennis and Pickleball, both at the GW tennis center in DC and at the main DMTP facility in Lewes, DE. As a player, Chris played collegiately at Albright College before transferring to and graduating from the University of Pennsylvania. As an adult, Chris has won several USTA Sectional championships and has been rated as high as 5.0. Chris' non-tennis hobbies are bouldering, fishing, and pickleball.

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Coach Don is a lifelong player with over 40 years of playing experience. Don has a growth mindset and specializes in equipping and encouraging players of all different levels to become more fundamentally strong and reach their personal goals within the great sport of tennis.

Meet Chris, our seasonal summer tennis instructor. He is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa. After finishing runner-up in the NAIA national men's tennis championship singles draw in 1991 while playing for Auburn University-Montgomery, Chris turned pro in 1993. He has won six ATP Tour doubles titles and finished runner-up a further 12 times. He reached his career high doubles ranking of No. 19 on 9/8/2003. Chris loves taking players to the next level and focusing on tactics and match play. 

Meet Coach Macca one of our guest instructors. From 2005-2016, Macpherson served as coach of professional American duo Bob and Mike Bryan - more widely known as the Bryan Brothers - guiding the famed tandem to an Olympic gold medal, 10 year-end world No. 1 rankings, 15 grand slam titles and 87 career titles. In 2014, Macpherson coached Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka to the 2014 Davis Cup title and was named World Team Tennis Coach of the Year in 2014. Macpherson posted a stellar professional career on the ATP tour from 1984-2003 that saw the Tasmania, Australia, native reach a career-high ATP individual doubles ranking of No. 11 and a doubles team ranking of No. 8. Macpherson tallied 16 ATP tour titles - including the 1992 Masters Series Indian Wells crown - and amassed 288 career ATP tour victories.