Racquet Sports Lesson Prices & Staff

Matt | Ryan | Tai

	Price	Tennis & Full Member Discount
Hour Privates	$78	$70
1/2 Hour Privates	$45	$40
Semi Privates	$46	$41
3 Players	$33	$28
4 Players	$28	$23
5 Players	$25	$20
6+ Players	$22	$17

Zach

	Price	Tennis & Full Member Discount
Hour Privates	$64	$58
1/2 Hour Privates	$32	$29
Semi Privates	$39	$34
3 Players	$28	$23
4 Players	$24	$19
5 Players	$21	$16
6+ Players	$19	$14

Matt Watson – USPTA Elite Professional

Matt is an Elite level USPTA Certified Professional with 25+ years teaching experience. He was previously Director of Tennis at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth for 13 years and most recently Membership and Special Events Director at TBarM Racquet Club in Dallas from 2015-2021. Prior to those roles he served as a Director of Junior Development, a Head Tennis Professional and volunteer assistant coach for the TCU Women’s Tennis team. Matt previously held a Top 5 Men’s Open Doubles and Men’s 25’s and 30’s Singles ranking in Texas and was a USTA 5.0 National Champion in 2000. Matt has served on several USTA committees and is currently the USPTA Texas Division President (since 2020). Matt was the USPTA Texas Professional of the Year in 2017. Matt oversees the entire tennis program at Hollytree.

Ryan Spencer – USPTA Professional

Ryan is a Katy, TX native and achieved a ranking inside the top 20 in Texas junior tennis. His collegiate journey began at Division 1 Kennesaw State before transferring and finishing his playing career at UT Tyler. He holds a master’s degree in athletic administration from Mississippi College, where he was the Graduate Assistant. In his college career, Ryan earned recognition for his achievements on the court including being named to the All-Freshmen Team in the Atlantic Sun Conference. His success continued in the American Southwest Conference, where he was named to the All-Conference Teams for both singles and doubles. He was also named the ASC Sportsmanship Athlete of the year. His combined singles and doubles collegiate tennis record stands at 134-54, and he qualified for the Division III National Tournament in doubles in 2012. Previously, Ryan served as an Assistant Tennis Professional at Cascades Country Club teaching group and private lessons to adults and juniors. He then served as the Head Tennis Coach at the University of the Ozarks and most recently the Assistant Coach at UT Tyler. During his time coaching at UT Tyler, he helped steer the men’s team to a conference championship and a national ranking. Additionally, Ryan was teaching private lessons to local players at UT Tyler. Ryan brings extensive playing and teaching/coaching experience to our program.

Tai Kikuchi – USPTA Professional

Tai works with juniors and adults and is the Junior Program Coordinator for Hollytree. He also runs our Adult Beginner program (Quickstart). Tai has been at Hollytree for over 15 years and has an immense passion for teaching tennis. He enthusiasm carries over to his students during lessons and classes with students ranging from young children to seniors. Tai also manages the racquet restringing for Hollytree CC. Tai was born and raised in Houston, TX and is fluent in English and Japanese. He started playing tennis when he was 5 years old and was self-taught by his parents and by age 7 he started stringing rackets. During his childhood and teen years, he started competing in Junior tournaments in the US and played a few, as well, in Tokyo, Japan. When he was 17, he started teaching at John Newcombe Tennis Ranch in New Braunfels, TX during summers and also at Texas A&M Summer Tennis Camp in College Station, TX. After graduating high school, Tai attended Tyler Junior College where he played competitive tennis and received an Associate degree in Engineering and graduated from the Tennis Tech Certification program.

Zach Winans – USPTA Professional

Zach began playing tennis at age 3 and grew up training at Hollytree CC. He enjoyed a very successful junior career that eventually earned him a scholarship to play collegiate tennis. Zach attended Tyler Junior College for 2 years and obtained his USPTA Certification through the TJC Tennis Tech Program. He then went on to play collegiate tennis at University of the Ozarks where he had a very successful two year campaign playing in the top 6. Zach obtained his Bachelor’s degree and moved back to Tyler. Zach is in the process of obtaining his USPTA Pickleball Pro certification and will complete that in August 2024.