2025 Class
Bruce Lipka
RSPA Master Professional
RSPA Member since 1986
Ingrid Neel currently at career high #34 WTA doubles
Uli Eikeri at a career high #35 WTA doubles
Ruby Wu at a career high #45 WTA doubles
Eli Lechemia reached career high #65 WTA doubles
Laura Granville: 2-time NCAA Singles Champion, WTA career high #28 singles
Ingrid Neel: University of Florida All American, Current WTA #500 Singles, #130 doubles
Quinn Gleason: #1 Singles University of Notre Dame, Current WTA #330 Singles, # 130 Doubles
Andrew Nisker: ATP #756 Singles, ATP # 207 Doubles
Mike Griesser: ATP #1209 Singles, ATP # 1210 Doubles
Matthew Scott: Singles and Doubles University of Notre Dame, career high ITA Rankings #51 singles, 2002, # 29 Doubles, 2004, ATP # 1201 Singles, ATP # 1382 Doubles. #1 Mid Atlantic Men’s Open
Damon Gooch: ATP #833 Singles, ATP # 588 Doubles
Max Schnur: Current ATP #178, Career high #95 Doubles 2017
Rob Galloway: Career high #44 in doubles
Juniors:
Ryan Lipman: Career high junior rankings #2 Boys 18 and under USTA National 2009, #32 ITF World Junior Ranking 2008, coached him at 2009 US Open.
Michael Scherer: Top 5 Mid Atlantic boys 16’s and 18’s, top #125 USTA National 16’s, top 75 National USTA 18’s, played at Brown University. Ranked #1 men’s open Mid Atlantic
Jarred Pinsky: #1 Mid Atlantic Boys 14’s and 16’s, #15 USTA National 14’s, #1 USTA National 16’s, Played at Duke University.
Lauren Pinsky: Ranked in Mid Atlantic Girls 14, 16 and 18’s, #211 Nationally 2011 USTA, Played at Emory University
Ike Simon: Ranked in Mid Atlantic all age groups. Freshman playing at University of Richmond
Ricky Bell: Ranked top 5 Mid Atlantic Boys 12’s, 14’s, 16’s, 18’s. Ranked Nationally all age groups. Freshman University of Richmond
J.T. Davis:Boys 12 and under Mid Atlantic #15, USTA National # 170
Hosted USPTA South Florida Sectional Meeting and Doubles Round Robin 1999
Speaker at Multiple USPTA World Conferences
Speaker at Multiple USPTA Sectional Conferences Eastern, Southern, Mid Atlantic
Hosted USPTA Sectional Conference
Accompanied George Basco and Bill Tym dozens of times to execute USPTA Testing and upgrade events.
Taught at the following USPTA Courses/Events/Workshops:
1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993 Tennis Teachers Course Nashville
Held the Following USPTA Tennis Across America Days in Oxford, Ohio
1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996
2021, 2022, 2023 USPTA Mid-Atlantic Touring Coach of the Year
2022 USPTA Tim Gullickson Award Winner
3-time college coach of the year
2-time Maryland USPTA Professional of the Year
2-time Mid Atlantic USPTA Professional of the Year
2023 USPTA Turing Coach of the Year
2024 Alex Gordon USPTA Professional of the Year
Division 1 College Player 1983-85 University of Tennessee/Chattanooga 3-time Conference Champion, All Conference Team
4-time USTA National Champion: National Amateur Clay Court Doubles 1983, National Amateur Clay Court Mixed Doubles 1984, USTA National 5.0 Team Champions 2001, USTA National 5.5 Team Champion 2006
National Runner up 1984 National Amateur Championships Mixed Doubles
National Runner up Men’s 40 Grass Court Doubles.
USPTA men’s 40 World Doubles Champion
Ranked #3 Doubles #27 Singles USTA National Amateur Rankings 1983
Held World ATP Ranking 1985-1989 Top ATP Ranking #801 Doubles
Ranked #1 PTR Men’s 35 and over and #1 Men’s 45 and over
Ranked #1 Doubles USPTA Men’s 40 and over # 3 Singles
Career high ITF #251 in the World 2012
Runner up 2003 USTA Open Team Championship
Represented the United States in the following World Class Competitions:
Represented the Unite States in 2022 Columbus Trophy 16 international team draw
Represented the United States in 2023 Avery Cup vs The UK played in London
Represented the United States in 2023Presidents Cup vs France in New Orleans
2009-2014 Potter Cup Barcelona Spain, USA Team Captain 2 runner up finishes
2014 USA Windmill Cup Mexico City, Mexico Team Captain Runner Up to Italy
2017 Windmill Cup Berlin Germany, Team Captain, 5th Place
2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 USA Avery Cup Team Member vs Great Britain, Champion All Years
2016 and 2018 Presidents Cup Team member vs France Champion both Years
2009 Gold and Bronze Medal World Maccabiah Games Tel Aviv Israel
Captain Mid Atlantic Church Cup Team 2001-2013 Champion multiple times
Captain Mid Atlantic Talbert Cup Team 2001-2013 Champion Multiple Times
Member of Championship Mid Atlantic Atlantic Coast Cup Team, 2 times
Multiple Doubles Championships at Category 2 Bel Haven National Tournament in men’s 45 and over and men’s 55 and over
Website: https://www.trcfic.org/
Tournament Director 1990 Midwest Junior Davis Cup Championships.
Assistant Tournament Director 1989 NCAA Women’s Championships
Tournament Director and host 2000-2006 Boys 16 and under USTA National Clay Court Championships
Tournament Director and host 2004-2006 USTA National Boys 18 and under Clay Court Championships
Executive Committee Board of Directors USIC 2014- Present
Chair of USIC Admissions Committee 2014-2017
USIC Men’s Overall Captain 2017-Current
USTA Mid Atlantic Chair of Men’s Competition and Cups Committee 2005-2011
Captain Mid Atlantic Church Cup and Talbert Cup Teams 2001-2013
Certified Master Racquet Technician by USRSA
Speaker at USTA Tennis Teacher Conference 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Appointed to USTA Junior Tennis Commission 2002
Graduate of USTA High Performance Coaching Program
USTA Sports Science Level 1 Certification
Special Consultant to Washington Tennis and Education Foundation CEO Eleni Rossides, sitting on construction committee and running annual charity fund raiser
Published in Tennis Magazine May 1994 Issue Feature “Best of College Tennis”
Published in July 15, 1999 Tennis Week Magazine “Court Report” for work with Junior Development Program work among Multi Cultural Populations
Host of The Bruce Lipka Show on Blob Talk Radio Weekly Show with call in every Thursday Noon Eastern Time for 2012-2014. Guests Included Paul Annacone, Ivan Lendl, John Embree, Martina Navratilova, Emilio Sanchez, Craig Tiley, among others link for one show is here: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/ur10snetwork/2012/09/06/the-bruce-lipka-show
Inducted into the Greater Washington JCC Sports Hall of Fame
Published online at Tennistakes.com
Multiple Articles can be found here:
https://www.tennistakes.com/?s=bruce+lipka https://www.tennistakes.com/category/tennis-tips/
2025 Class
Bruce Lipka
RSPA Master Professional
RSPA Member since 1986
- Played ATP Tour 1985-1988, Career high ranking Doubles #801
- Coached ATP Tour 1988 players include James Schor, career high singles #418 ATP, doubles #133 ATP, John Sobel, career high #307 ATP singles, #133 ATP doubles, Coached and travelled with junior player Sandon Stolle, All American TCU 1990, Career high ATP #50 singles, ATP #2 doubles
- Assistant men’s tennis coach University of Florida 1988-1989
- Summer 1989 traveled WTA Tour as coach of Halle Cioffi #31 WTA singles
- Assistant tournament director 1989 Women’s NCAA Championship
- Head men’s tennis coach Miami University 1989-1996
- 1992, 1994, 1995 M.A.C. Coach of the Year 1994. 1995, 1996 M.A.C. Champions
- Head Professional/Tennis Director Woodfield Country Club, Boca Raton, FL August 1996-December 1999
- Director of Tennis Woodmont Country Club Rockville MD January 2000-Present
- 22 court private country club facility 1999-2024
- Coached the following professional players:
Ingrid Neel currently at career high #34 WTA doubles
Uli Eikeri at a career high #35 WTA doubles
Ruby Wu at a career high #45 WTA doubles
Eli Lechemia reached career high #65 WTA doubles
Laura Granville: 2-time NCAA Singles Champion, WTA career high #28 singles
Ingrid Neel: University of Florida All American, Current WTA #500 Singles, #130 doubles
Quinn Gleason: #1 Singles University of Notre Dame, Current WTA #330 Singles, # 130 Doubles
Andrew Nisker: ATP #756 Singles, ATP # 207 Doubles
Mike Griesser: ATP #1209 Singles, ATP # 1210 Doubles
Matthew Scott: Singles and Doubles University of Notre Dame, career high ITA Rankings #51 singles, 2002, # 29 Doubles, 2004, ATP # 1201 Singles, ATP # 1382 Doubles. #1 Mid Atlantic Men’s Open
Damon Gooch: ATP #833 Singles, ATP # 588 Doubles
Max Schnur: Current ATP #178, Career high #95 Doubles 2017
Rob Galloway: Career high #44 in doubles
Juniors:
Ryan Lipman: Career high junior rankings #2 Boys 18 and under USTA National 2009, #32 ITF World Junior Ranking 2008, coached him at 2009 US Open.
Michael Scherer: Top 5 Mid Atlantic boys 16’s and 18’s, top #125 USTA National 16’s, top 75 National USTA 18’s, played at Brown University. Ranked #1 men’s open Mid Atlantic
Jarred Pinsky: #1 Mid Atlantic Boys 14’s and 16’s, #15 USTA National 14’s, #1 USTA National 16’s, Played at Duke University.
Lauren Pinsky: Ranked in Mid Atlantic Girls 14, 16 and 18’s, #211 Nationally 2011 USTA, Played at Emory University
Ike Simon: Ranked in Mid Atlantic all age groups. Freshman playing at University of Richmond
Ricky Bell: Ranked top 5 Mid Atlantic Boys 12’s, 14’s, 16’s, 18’s. Ranked Nationally all age groups. Freshman University of Richmond
J.T. Davis:Boys 12 and under Mid Atlantic #15, USTA National # 170
- Service the USPTA (State, Section & National):
Hosted USPTA South Florida Sectional Meeting and Doubles Round Robin 1999
Speaker at Multiple USPTA World Conferences
Speaker at Multiple USPTA Sectional Conferences Eastern, Southern, Mid Atlantic
Hosted USPTA Sectional Conference
Accompanied George Basco and Bill Tym dozens of times to execute USPTA Testing and upgrade events.
Taught at the following USPTA Courses/Events/Workshops:
1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993 Tennis Teachers Course Nashville
Held the Following USPTA Tennis Across America Days in Oxford, Ohio
1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996
- Teaching/ Coaching Accomplishments
2021, 2022, 2023 USPTA Mid-Atlantic Touring Coach of the Year
2022 USPTA Tim Gullickson Award Winner
3-time college coach of the year
2-time Maryland USPTA Professional of the Year
2-time Mid Atlantic USPTA Professional of the Year
2023 USPTA Turing Coach of the Year
2024 Alex Gordon USPTA Professional of the Year
- Playing Skills/Rankings:
Division 1 College Player 1983-85 University of Tennessee/Chattanooga 3-time Conference Champion, All Conference Team
4-time USTA National Champion: National Amateur Clay Court Doubles 1983, National Amateur Clay Court Mixed Doubles 1984, USTA National 5.0 Team Champions 2001, USTA National 5.5 Team Champion 2006
National Runner up 1984 National Amateur Championships Mixed Doubles
National Runner up Men’s 40 Grass Court Doubles.
USPTA men’s 40 World Doubles Champion
Ranked #3 Doubles #27 Singles USTA National Amateur Rankings 1983
Held World ATP Ranking 1985-1989 Top ATP Ranking #801 Doubles
Ranked #1 PTR Men’s 35 and over and #1 Men’s 45 and over
Ranked #1 Doubles USPTA Men’s 40 and over # 3 Singles
Career high ITF #251 in the World 2012
Runner up 2003 USTA Open Team Championship
Represented the United States in the following World Class Competitions:
Represented the Unite States in 2022 Columbus Trophy 16 international team draw
Represented the United States in 2023 Avery Cup vs The UK played in London
Represented the United States in 2023Presidents Cup vs France in New Orleans
2009-2014 Potter Cup Barcelona Spain, USA Team Captain 2 runner up finishes
2014 USA Windmill Cup Mexico City, Mexico Team Captain Runner Up to Italy
2017 Windmill Cup Berlin Germany, Team Captain, 5th Place
2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 USA Avery Cup Team Member vs Great Britain, Champion All Years
2016 and 2018 Presidents Cup Team member vs France Champion both Years
2009 Gold and Bronze Medal World Maccabiah Games Tel Aviv Israel
- Mid Atlantic Play:
Captain Mid Atlantic Church Cup Team 2001-2013 Champion multiple times
Captain Mid Atlantic Talbert Cup Team 2001-2013 Champion Multiple Times
Member of Championship Mid Atlantic Atlantic Coast Cup Team, 2 times
Multiple Doubles Championships at Category 2 Bel Haven National Tournament in men’s 45 and over and men’s 55 and over
- Service to Allied Associations:
Website: https://www.trcfic.org/
Tournament Director 1990 Midwest Junior Davis Cup Championships.
Assistant Tournament Director 1989 NCAA Women’s Championships
Tournament Director and host 2000-2006 Boys 16 and under USTA National Clay Court Championships
Tournament Director and host 2004-2006 USTA National Boys 18 and under Clay Court Championships
Executive Committee Board of Directors USIC 2014- Present
Chair of USIC Admissions Committee 2014-2017
USIC Men’s Overall Captain 2017-Current
USTA Mid Atlantic Chair of Men’s Competition and Cups Committee 2005-2011
Captain Mid Atlantic Church Cup and Talbert Cup Teams 2001-2013
Certified Master Racquet Technician by USRSA
Speaker at USTA Tennis Teacher Conference 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Appointed to USTA Junior Tennis Commission 2002
Graduate of USTA High Performance Coaching Program
USTA Sports Science Level 1 Certification
Special Consultant to Washington Tennis and Education Foundation CEO Eleni Rossides, sitting on construction committee and running annual charity fund raiser
- Publications/Presentations/Innovations:
Published in Tennis Magazine May 1994 Issue Feature “Best of College Tennis”
Published in July 15, 1999 Tennis Week Magazine “Court Report” for work with Junior Development Program work among Multi Cultural Populations
Host of The Bruce Lipka Show on Blob Talk Radio Weekly Show with call in every Thursday Noon Eastern Time for 2012-2014. Guests Included Paul Annacone, Ivan Lendl, John Embree, Martina Navratilova, Emilio Sanchez, Craig Tiley, among others link for one show is here: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/ur10snetwork/2012/09/06/the-bruce-lipka-show
Inducted into the Greater Washington JCC Sports Hall of Fame
Published online at Tennistakes.com
Multiple Articles can be found here:
https://www.tennistakes.com/?s=bruce+lipka https://www.tennistakes.com/category/tennis-tips/