Lessons/Activities

Junior and Adult programs will continue outdoors as long as weather permits and then move to the Bowes Centre for Fall/Winter tennis. We are thrilled to finally have year round tennis in Grande Prairie!

Junior lessons, adult lessons, beginner to advanced lessons, cardio tennis, private lessons and more.

Check out the many options on offer at the GP Tennis Club below.

We are looking forward to see you.

MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS

Matt Dudley
Junior/Adult Instructor

Matt Dudley was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. He was the No. 1 ranked Junior in Australia. He won multiple national titles and represented his country. He moved to Spain and competed on the ITF Futures and Challenger Pro Circuit. He played and then coached at the top academy in Europe at Sanchez Casal where he was surrounded by some of the best coaches and players in the world including Andy Murray, Anna Ivanovic, Grigor Dimitrov, Feliciano Lopez, Albert Costa and Janko Tipsarevic.

Matt is a Tennis Australia qualified Club Professional Coach and is also a recognized Talent Development Coach for Tennis Australia. There are only 40 coaches in Australia that have this qualification. In 2012 Matt was the owner of AWOF Sports, a multi-sports facility in Australia which operated six tennis courts, five aside football, beach volleyball, gym, swimming and fully licensed bar and café. Matt had 24 staff and a customer base of 1500 clients that came through the centre per week.

Matt moved to the United States in 2016 where he was the owner of a tennis/sports facility in Newport Beach, California. In 2017 Matt was appointed Director of Tennis at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in San Diego, California. Matt then moved to Hawaii in 2020 and was the General Manager of the Auberge Mauna Lani Resort and Collections Club at Mauna Lani which included Tennis, pickleball, gym and swimming. The Tennis and Pickleball program was the most successful on the Island of Hawaii. Voted number 10 club in the world under Matt’s management. Matt is now based in Grande Prairie, Alberta and is running tennis and pickleball programs/events through his new business ME Wellness & Racquet Management Ltd.

Phone: 780-402-1575 ~ Email: [email protected]

Sue DeSchipper
Junior Instructor/Adult Beginner

Originally from Vancouver Island, Sue DeSchipper has been a resident of Grande Prairie for 30 years.  Sue has coached boy’s soccer for 6 years, worked in the Dental field for 36 years; 17 of those in Public Health working with children. An avid tennis player, Sue has been involved with running the Grande Prairie Tennis club for 12 years and is currently the clubs Secretary and the facilitator of our major tennis tournament for the past 10 years.

Sue is certified with Tennis Canada – Level Pro 1.

Aurélie Dupressoir
Junior/Adult Instructor

Originally from France, Aurélie started playing tennis at just 4 years of age and grew up competing in tournaments in her home country. Aurélies passion for tennis has continued to grow over the years and she enjoys sharing her love of tennis with others. Her specialty lies in teaching the techniques of tennis in both French and English!

We welcome Aurélie to Grande Prairie and to our club.