...was only going to get better once she loosened up."Born 10 days apart in April 1987, both trained as kids at Nick Bollettieri's academy in Florida (Errani says she lost badly in their only head-to-head match there; Sharapova says she...

...her father, Mike DePalmer, to reach out to a friend and start a tennis school.The school is now known as the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy."I knew I had a good shot at being a pro," Williams said. "It's in the family. It's in...

...nominees for hallGrand Slam title winners Jennifer Capriati, Gustavo Kuerten and Yevgeny Kafelnikov, along with coach Nick Bollettieri are among the nominees for the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Capriati turned pro at age 13 and wound up winning...

...by the WTA Tour for four years, and she credits her family support for her recent success. Though former coach Nick Bollettieri works on some technical aspects of her game, Pierce's brother, David, is her regular coach. "For me, this...

...got a job as a tennis coach while her mother waited in Russia for a visa. At 9, Sharapova was invited to join Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy, the training ground for Andre Agassi, Monica Seles, Anna Kournikova and others. Sharapova...

...England. Born in Siberia, Sharapova moved to a Black Sea resort at 2, began playing tennis at 4, and entered Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Academy in Florida at 9. She also has worked in Los Angeles with Robert Lansdorp. Shrapova next plays...

...more steadfastly for the past two years. A tournament win in 1998 gained a one-week scholarship to the famous Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Fla. After Bollettieri saw Jackson play, he offered her a full-time spot at his...

...by the WTA Tour for four years, and she credits her family support for her recent success. Though former coach Nick Bollettieri works on some technical aspects of her game, Pierce's younger brother, David, is her regular coach. "For me...

...everybody is shocked." The instructor was well respected by his peers and taught from about 1998 to 2000 at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Fla., where he reportedly worked with star athletes such as Venus and Serena Williams...

...Plantation Country Club and the H. Odell Weeks Activities Center. In 1998, he left Aiken to coach at the renowned Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Fla., where he worked with such future stars as Venus and Serena Williams. In 2000...