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Mon, 2010-08-16 09:48 — itusa

Leading Pro Tour Coach Pablo Giacopelli Joins iTUSA Team - New Managing Partner for Worldwide Business Development

By Kim Shanley
07/31/2010 18:14

This month iTUSA reached an agreement with Pablo Giacopelli to join iTUSA as Managing Partner for Worldwide Business Development.

Mr. Giacopelli has left his position as the personal coach of Shahar Peer, Israel's number one player and the 14th ranked player in the world, to join iTUSA in this new role at the company.

As iTUSA's Managing Partner for Worldwide Business Development, Giacopelli will focus on forming alliances with tennis federations and coaching organizations to incorporate iTUSA's leading-edge coaching and instructional system and tools into their player development programs.

"We are extremely excited to have someone with Pablo Giacopelli's coaching and business talents join the iTUSA team," said Rafael Font de Mora, President of iTUSA. "Pablo joins us after an outstanding coaching career. Most recently, he was the personal coach for Shahar Peer, taking her from #45 in the world to #14. Beyond his professional teaching career, Pablo also has extensive business experience, managing a large tennis club in the UK, as well as participating in successful tennis projects at all levels of our sport. Pablo is exactly the right person for this new role, as we move to build on our momentum recently established with our partnership with the Spanish Tennis Federation, which will be utilizing iTUSA's state-of-the-art instructional video technologies to accelerate their player development. This is an exciting time for us and I can't think of a more outstanding person than Pablo to help lead us forward."

Mon, 2010-06-14 10:20 — itusa

iTUSA Signs Agreement with World's Number One Tennis Power - Spain!

By Kim Shanley
06/04/2010 14:48

This month iTUSA signed an agreement with the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation and its regional affiliates to support their players and coaches with iTUSA's advanced instructional and video technology.

For Spain, the goal of the agreement is clear: to continue their domination of men's professional tennis, the facts of which are indisputable:


•  Spain's number one player Rafael Nadal is also the world's number one player, having just won his seventh Grand Slam title and 5th French Open championship this week in Paris. Nadal is also the current Olympic tennis Gold Medalist.

•  Spain has dominated Davis Cup over the last decade, winning four times in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2009. Its victory in 2009 came after whitewashing Czech Republic 5-0 in the Final in Barcelona.

•  Spain has 8 male players in the top 50 in the world! No other country comes close (3 for USA, 2 for Switzerland, 2 for Russia and 3 for Germany).

Mon, 2010-06-14 10:04 — itusa

Meghann Shaughnessy's Comeback

By Kim Shanley
06/03/2010 10:16

Meghann Shaughnessy is one of iTUSA's most storied players, having worked with iTUSA since she was 13.

She has won 21 WTA titles and achieved a top-ten world ranking.

After almost 2 years off the tour and several months of rehabilitation recovering from 2 knee surgeries, Meghann has returned to her competitive ways by winning the WTA doubles title in Warsaw with Spanish player Virginia Ruano Pascual.

Thu, 2010-05-27 12:12 — itusa

The special relationship that transformed Pe’er’s game




Coach Pablo Giacopelli speaks of his last 18 months with the Tennis star.


The constant eye contact combined with Giacopelli’s vocal support from the stands leave no doubt regarding the crucial role the coach has played in Pe’er’s recent run of superb form.

Giacopelli began working with Pe’er in November 2008, finally bringing some stability off-court for the Israeli, who had tried several options in the coaching position throughout 2008.

Injuries and some misfortune meant it took a few months until Giacopelli’s work bore fruit.  

But since the end of last year Pe’er has gone from strength to strength and has played some of the best tennis of her life in recent months.

Speaking to The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday, Giacopelli explained how much work had to be done to get Pe’er’s game back on track.

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