Notable Alumni

Usue Arconada won the 2016 Wimbledon Girls’ Doubles Championship with partner Claire Liu. Originally from Buenos Aires, she trained at JTCC from 2010-17. In May 2015, Usue achieved a career-high ITF world ranking of No. 5.

She played one year of collegiate tennis at Louisiana State University before turning pro in 2017. Usue has won four singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She holds a career high doubles ranking of #116 and appeared in the US Open main draw for doubles in 2019 and 2020. In February 2020, Usue reached a career high singles ranking of #130. She made her first appearance in the singles main draw of a Grand Slam at the 2020 US Open.

T.J. Bellama was in the first generation of JTCC players enrolling when the facility opened in 1999. He graduated in 2004, going on to play DI tennis at Arizona State University. Through his hard work, T.J. parlayed a partial scholarship into a full scholarship by his senior season.

Following graduation, T.J. earned a doctorate degree in Physical Therapy from Northern Arizona University. He has worked with top 100-ranked tennis professionals and leading athletes in other sports in injury prevention and performance enhancement. Currently, he is a physical therapist for Endurance Rehab in Scottsdale, AZ.

Elliott Bisnow was ranked #35 in the National Boys’ 18s before playing collegiate tennis at the University of Wisconsin. He is an entrepreneur who followed his dream by founding the Summit Series, which hosts conferences for young entrepreneurs and activists.

Elliott also co-founded the Get Well Soon Tour, in which musical idols visit and perform for children in hospitals. He is a co-founder of Bisnow Media Corporation; a venture partner at Learn Capital; and a founding board member of the United Nations Foundation’s Global Entrepreneurs Council. Bisnow trained at JTCC from 2002-04.

Brooke Blackwell trained at JTCC from 2004-08, receiving a full scholarship. In 2007 and 2008, she was named Most Valuable High School Player and was named to the Washington Post’s All-Met Team.

She attended George Mason University on a full scholarship, playing varsity tennis and graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Social Studies. She’s now a Captain in the U.S. Army flying Blackhawk helicopters, protecting the country’s borders.

Luca Corinteli is a three-time NCAA Team Champion as a team member of the University of Virginia (Class of 2017) and continues to practice at JTCC whenever he is in the Washington, DC area. He trained at JTCC from 2004 to 2013 and won the USTA Boys’16s National Clay Courts in 2011.

He was also a finalist at the Easter Bowl and Kalamazoo in 2013 and played in the French, Wimbledon and US Open Junior Championships. Luca now lives in New York and is a Business Analyst in Industry Strategy for American Express.

Mitchell Frank, who trained at JTCC for a decade from 2001-11, led the University of Virginia (Class of 2015) to two NCAA National Team Championships in 2013 and 2015. He was the #1-ranked NCAA player as a freshman and won the 2011 ITA All-American and ITA National Indoor Championships becoming the first college freshman to win both titles. He followed up by capturing the ITA All-American title for the second time in 2013.

Prior to attending UVA, Mitchell attained the #3 ranking in the USTA National Boys’ 18 rankings and #5 in the ITF Junior world rankings. He was a Boys’ 16s Orange Bowl finalist in 2008. Mitchell served as a Volunteer Assistant Coach for George Mason University’s men’s varsity tennis team in the 2017-18 season prior to opening the Mitchell Frank Tennis Academy in 2019 with locations in Annandale, Virginia and Alexandria, Virginia.

Treat Huey is the all-time doubles winner for the University of Virginia (Class of 2009) where he earned All-ACC honors for four years from 2005-09. His outstanding intercollegiate record has translated into an ATP career high world ranking of #18 in doubles in 2016.

He trained at JTCC from 2000-04 culminating his junior career as the 2004 Easter Bowl Champion in the Boys’ 18 Doubles and achieving a USTA National #1 Boys’ 18 singles ranking.

Tara Iyer trained at JTCC from 2000-11 and was ranked #1 in India in Girls’ 12, 14, 16, and 18 achieving a #42 ITF Junior world ranking. At Duke University (Class of 2009), she was the 2009 ITA All-American Champion and 2009 NCAA Team Champion.

Her career high ranking on the WTA is #340. She has won four professional tournaments and was a member of the India Fed Cup team. She earned a PhD in Economics from the University of Oxford, where she went on to work as the Council of Economic Advisors at The White House. She transition out of that role, into her current position as a consultant at the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Hai-Li Kong shared the Jack Barnaby Most Valuable Player award as a freshman at Harvard University where she graduated with the Class of 2016.

Hai-Li trained at JTCC for 10 years from 2002-12 achieving a USTA National Top 10 National ranking in Girls’ 14s and 16s and a #2 Mid-Atlantic 18s ranking. She was ranked in the top 5% academically in Montgomery County upon graduation from Winston Churchill High School.

Denis Kudla trained at JTCC from 2001-11 becoming the first JTCC player to achieve a top 100 ATP singles world ranking when he reached #53 in 2016. He elected to turn pro following a spectacular year in 2008 when he was the USTA Boys’ 14s National Clay Court champion, Orange Bowl Boys’ 16s champion, Junior Davis Cup World champion, USTA National Championship Boys 16s Singles and Doubles finalist and attained an ITF Junior world ranking of #3.

While competing as a professional, he was also the 2010 US Open Junior finalist. Denis also represented Team USA at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He continues to compete internationally on the ATP Tour.

Olga Puchkova, who has achieved a career high #32 WTA world ranking and has played for the World Team Tennis World Champion Washington Kastles squad, trained at JTCC in 2005-06 and 2009.

She held the #1 ranking in the Girls’ 12 ITF world junior rankings and was the 1999 Eddie Herr International Girls’ 12 champion. Puchkova went on to win five WTA career titles, and is now a retired tennis player.

Michael Shabaz held the USTA National #1 ranking in the Boys’ 12s and 16s and was the 2005 Wimbledon Juniors Doubles champion.

A member of the University of Virginia Class of 2011, he trained at JTCC from 1999-2001. Shabaz has a career high ATP ranking of #394 and is still active on the ITF professional tour.

Frances Tiafoe started playing tennis at JTCC at the age of four in 2002 and a decade later was the Les Petits As World Champion in 2012 and won the Boys’ 18s Orange Bowl in 2013 followed by the Easter Bowl in 2014 culminating his junior career with the Boys’ 18s Championship at Kalamazoo in 2015.

Tiafoe was ranked #1 in the USTA national Boys’ 14s, 16s and 18s, and he also held the #2 ITF World Junior ranking. Frances now competes on the ATP Tour where he has won four titles, achieved a career-high ATP world ranking of #10, and was a Semifinalist at the 2022 US Open.

In partnership with the USTA Foundation and Yonex, Frances announced the launch of the Frances Tiafoe Fund on July 27, 2023 whose mission is to make tennis more accessible to youth in Prince George’s County and underserved communities nationwide.