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TennisGate experts have trained over 25,000 coaches through education courses, seminars and personal trainings.

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Over 5000 visitors have participated in TennisGate workshops and webinars.

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TennisGate experts have given over 500 lectures and presentations at congresses and training courses worldwide in German, English and Spanish.

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Your Experts

The experts at TennisGate have been involved in coaches education, player development and mentoring youth players and their parents for over 3 decades.

Oliver Heuft
  • More than 30 Years Experience in Player Development
  • Education Consultant for Tennis Associations
  • 3 Years Analyst at the Madrid Open
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Edgar Giffenig
  • More than 35 Years Experience in Player Development
  • 14 years as national coach in the tennis associations of the USA, Mexico and Germany
  • Travelled with the Bryan Brothers from 1990 to 1995
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Juergen Mueller
  • More than 35 Years Experience in Player Development
  • Multiple World and European Champion with Youth Teams
  • Mentored many world-class juniors
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Silvester Neidhardt
  • Athletics coach, functional and personal coach for over 30 years
  • His client portfolio includes Olympic ski champions, world-ranked tennis players, world-class footballers, world-class gymnasts and national youth squad athletes
  • He educated over 12,000 athletes and coaches
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What Players and Coaches say

Dominik Koepfer

Dominik Koepfer

#1 US College 2016, ATP Pro (ATP Tour 48 Career High 2024)

"As a player, the TennisGate tennis and ball school in Villingen has been my home since I was a child".

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As a player, the TennisGate tennis and ball school in Villingen was my home from childhood until I went to college. It was there that I developed the fundamentals that my college coach, Marc Booras, built on to help me become the player I am today. I still use many of the videos on the website and even appear on some of the clips.

Mike Bryan

Mike Bryan

WORLD #1 Doubles Player

"Bob and I travelled the world with Edgar when we were juniors and he helped coach us to become the players we are today."

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Bob and I travelled the world with Edgar when we were juniors and he helped coach us to become the players we are today. The input and advice he gave us during these crucial years was invaluable. Edgar is not only a technical and strategic genius, but is incredibly hard working and dedicated to his profession. And most importantly, he is one hell of a guy and a great friend!

Håkan Dahlbo

Håkan Dahlbo

President and Founder of ESTESS Center, PTCA Vice-President

"You have likely made a significant impact on countless lives and helped to improve the tennis community as a whole." 

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Congratulations on 35 years of providing holistic tennis education! Your commitment to serving players, coaches, and parents is a testament to your dedication and passion for the sport. Over these years, you have likely made a significant impact on countless lives and helped to improve the tennis community as a whole. You help tennis!

Iñaki Balzola

Iñaki Balzola

Head of Development PTR

"The vast experience of their experts makes TennisGate the perfect partner for any coach."

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TennisGate observes and analyses top player and uses this information to design age-appropriate training systems for the next generation of players. Their vast on-court experience working at all levels of the game coupled with their long-time involvement in coaching education makes TennisGate the perfect partner for any coach, player or parent.
Rainer Öhler

Rainer Öhler

Association coach of the Baden Tennis Association

"I have been incorporating TennisGate media into the B-coach education programme for a long time."

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I have been incorporating the TennisGate media into the B-coach training programme for a long time. The training tips are immediately understandable and always aligned with the guidelines of the top players. The digital media are modern and easy to use.

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TennisGate supports large organisations and associations worldwide with tennis media, training content and visual tennis concepts.

Founder of TennisGate

Oliver Heuft

Oliver founded TennisGate together with Juergen Mueller in 2004. He is the managing partner of TennisGate GmbH.

  • Oliver is a DTB A-certified coach.
  • PTCA Accredited Master Professional IG, Qualified Expert in Junior & Coach Development and an International Gold Member.
  • Over 20 years of experience as head of a youth talent promotion group and freelance coach for the Baden Tennis Association (Badischer Tennisverband), specialised in fostering talent up to the age of 14 and training technical basics with the aim of turning pro. 
  • Oliver was the Youth Coach (age of 6 to 14) of Dominik Koepfer, #1 US College in 2016 and ATP Pro (Career High #49 in 2024).
  • Oliver is a Media designer with expert knowledge in video editing, animations, layout and design.
  • Oliver has presented at many DTB and Badischer Tennisverband courses and is an ITF iCoach expert.
  • Oliver developed digital schoolbooks for tennis associations.
  • Oliver digitized the complete coaches education of the German Tennis Federation (DTB) as the producer of the DTB Online Campus, the official education platform for the german tennis federation (DTB) from 2015 - 2020, with 15,000 coaches.
  • He integrated the sports broadcasting analysis tool VizLibero into tennis education.
  • Oliver runs a visual coaching course inside the B-level-education of the Badischer Tennisverband (BTV).

International Consultant

Edgar Giffenig

Edgar joined the Tennisgate team in 2011 and is the project manager for the international platform.

  • Travelled with the Bryan Brothers from 1990 to 1995.
  • Frequent speaker in coaching workshops throughout the world for ITF, PTR, DTB, ITA und USTA
  • Longtime member of the ITF Coaches Commission.
  • Edgar has coached players of all ages and abilities for over 30 years..
  • In 2016, he was ranked 5th in the ITF world rankings for seniors up to 55.
  • Former Head of Player Development at the Palmer Tennis Academy.
  • Former founder and director of Centro Mextenis in Morelos, Mexico.
  • PTCA Accredited Master Professional IG, Qualified Expert in Junior & Coach Development and an International Gold Member.
  • Published many articles for the ITF and other tennis media.
  • Author of the Top 30 Selling Amazon Tennis book "Developing High Performance Tennis Players".
  • Author of "Play Tennis with Passion".

Project Leader

Juergen Mueller

Juergen started TennisGate together with Oliver in 2004, with the german version of the Coaches Club.

  • Juergen is a DTB A-certified coach.
  • Consultant of the new VS Tennis Academy in Villingen, one of the official TennisGate Education Centers.
  • Transition coach of Dominik Koepfer (#1 in US College in 2016, ATP Career High #49 in 2024)
  • 10 years official travelling coach of the German Tennis Federation. Multiple World and European Champion as coach with DTB Youth teams and individual players.
  • Speaker and examiner at the B-coach education in the Baden Tennis Association.
  • He won several German and national junior titles with youth players from Blau-Weiß Villingen
  • Since 1994, organizer of the Easter training camp in Albarella/Italy with a total of over 5,000 participants.

Functional Training Expert 

SILVESTER NEIDHARDT

Silvester has been a permanent expert at TennisGate for functional training and testing since 2013.

  • PERSONAL TRAINING
  • His client portfolio includes Olympic ski champion Markus Wasmeier, world-ranked tennis players Rainer Schüttler and Stefan Koubek, world-class footballers Dante and Barbosa, world-class gymnast Lukas Dauser and many more.
  • He currently coaches not only professional athletes, but also junior and prospective athletes in the sports of skiing, tennis, soccer, golf, mountain biking, free diving, snowboarding, synchronized swimming, gymnastics, formation dance and handball
  • He educated over 1,000 coaches for the fitness chain MRS Sporty and in over 300 seminars and workshops for "PerformBetter", "Sportlerei" and "Inhouse", out training a further 10,000 coaches.
  • Silvester planned and structured the fitness and gymnastics area at Therme Gaiberg, one of Austria's largest 4-star spa resorts with an area of 102,000 square meters.
  • SPEAKER
  • Silvester held presentations to a total of over 800 participants for the German Tennis Federation's A-coach training courses in Göttingen in 2017 and Berlin in 2019 and was a speaker at the DTB's athletics coach education program.
  • He has been a permanent speaker at the Badischer Tennisverband's advanced training courses since 2015.
  • He demonstrates his expertise not only as a personal coach and athletics trainer, but also as a lecturer (PT A-License, Mental Coaching, Functional Training A-License) and Functional Training Specialist.
  • SCREENING
  • In a unique series of tests for TennisGate, Silvester screened the functionality of over 100 top tennis players from all age groups, including professionals Dominik Koepfer, Sina Herrmann and Alex Vecic as well as many national squad athletes.
  • Silvester carried out a series of biofeedback tests with over 3,500 people, including medical and technical instruction and testing for teams, individual athletes and national teams.