The Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy (NBTA) is located in Bradenton, Florida, and was founded in 1978 by Nick Bollettieri as a full-time tennis boarding school that combines intensive tennis training with an academic curriculum. The NBTA utilizes 35 hard courts, 16 clay courts (one red clay court) and four indoor courts.^[1] The NBTA stresses discipline, responsibility and effort and aims to develop its students on and off the court. Bradenton is a city in Manatee County, Florida, United States. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Nicholas James Bollettieri (b. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... A boarding school is a usually fee-paying school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers. ...

History

In 1987, thirty two NBTA students or former students were in the Wimbledon draw, and twenty seven in the US Open.

Notable alumni

• Andre Agassi
• Jimmy Arias
• Jennifer Capriati
• Jim Courier
• Graeme Dyce
• Taylor Edgar
• Younes El Aynaoui
• Thomas Enqvist
• Mary Joe Fernandez
• Tatiana Golovin
• Tommy Haas
• Daniela Hantuchová
• Martina Hingis
• Jamea Jackson
• Jelena Janković
• Anna Kournikova
• Jesse Levine
• Jennifer Magley
• Iva Majoli
• Xavier Malisse
• Paul-Henri Mathieu
• Max Mirnyi
• Mark Philippoussis
• Mary Pierce
• Marcelo Ríos
• Greg Rusedski
• Sihem Bennacer
• Pete Sampras
• Monica Seles
• Alexandra Stevenson
• Nicole Vaidišová
• Venus & Serena Williams
• Maria Sharapova

Andre Kirk Agassi (Armenian: , Assyrian: ܐܢܕܪܐ ܐܓܣܥ) (born April 29, 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. ... The Three Major Professional Tournaments Professional tennis players in the years before the Open era began in 1968 played mostly on tours in head-to-head competition. ... Jennifer Marie Capriati (born March 29, 1976, in New York City) is a former world number one womens tennis player from the United States. ... James Spencer Jim Courier, Jr. ... Taylor Edgar, stand-up comic and musician, was born on July 12, 1987 in Sarasota, Florida. ... Younes El Aynaoui (b. ... Thomas Enqvist (born March 13, 1974 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former professional tennis player, and played on the ATP circuit since turning pro in 1991. ... Mary Joe Fernández (born August 19, 1971) is a former Dominican Republic-born American professional tennis player. ... Tatiana Golovin (born 25 January 1988) is a French professional tennis player. ... Thomas Mario Haas (born April 3, 1978 in Hamburg, Germany) is a German tennis player. ... Daniela Hantuchová (born April 23, 1983 in Poprad, Slovakia | pronounced: HAN-too-koh-vuh ) is a Slovak professional tennis player. ... Martina Hingis (pronounced: ) (born September 30, 1980 in KoÅ¡ice, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a former World No. ... Jamea Jackson (born September 7, 1986), is a female American tennis player. ... Jelena Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Јанковић, pronounced ; born on February 28, 1985) is a Serbian professional female tennis player. ... Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova (Russian: Анна Сергеевна Курникова ( ), Anna Sergeevna Kurnikova; born June 7, 1981) is a retired Russian professional tennis player and model. ... Jesse Levine (b. ... Iva Majoli (born August 12, 1977) is a professional tennis player from Zagreb, Croatia. ... Xavier Malisse (born July 19, 1980) is a Belgian tennis player known mostly for his enormous right-handed forehand, great power and bad temper. ... Paul-Henri Mathieu (born January 12, 1982, Strasbourg) is a professional male tennis player from France. ... Max Mirnyi (nicknamed The Beast) (Belarusian: Максім Мірны, Maksim Mirny; born July 6, 1977) is a tennis player from Belarus. ... Mark Anthony Philippoussis (born November 7, 1976) is an Australian tennis player. ... Mary Pierce (born on January 15, 1975, in Montreal, Canada) is a professional tennis player. ... Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga (born December 26, 1975) is a former world number one tennis player from Chile. ... Gregory Greg Rusedski (born September 6, 1973, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a former British tennis player who turned professional in 1991, and played until his retirement on April 7, 2007 at the age of 33. ... Peter “Pete” Sampras (born 12 August 1971), is a former World No. ... Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973) is an American professional tennis player, who originally played for her native Yugoslavia. ... Alexandra Stevenson (born December 15, 1980, in La Jolla, California) is a professional tennis player from the United States. ... Nicole VaidiÅ¡ová (born April 23, 1989 in Nürnberg, West Germany) is a Czech female tennis player. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Serena Jameka Williams, (born September 26, 1981) is an American former World No. ... Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian:  ) (born April 19, 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player and a former World No. ...

See also

• IMG Academies
• Philip Bester

IMG Academies is a premier sports facility located in Bradenton, Florida. ... Philip Bester (born October 6, 1988 in Sonthoffen, Germany) is a Canadian tennis player. ...

External links

• Bollettieri Tennis Academy
• My Day at the Bollettieri Tennis Academy

Notes

1. ^  NBTA facilities