Originally from Brazil, I studied and played tennis in college in the US.  After a pro career I spent nearly 20 years in the corporate business world in the US, Brazil, Mexico, and Europe, a period of time in which I constantly questioned whether I was destined to work in the corporate setting?  During my tennis career, my tennis playing experience had seen me attain ATP singles 655 and doubles 520 player.  Later as senior ITF top 5. 

Beach tennis came to Brazil from Italy in 1999, and I started playing in 2015 after I had to end senior LTF tennis due to injury.  Despite the injury and working, I was able to play A level beach tennis.

In February 2019, an opportunity to come join a friend’s company as a high-performance tennis coach in Singapore came into being.  In March 2019, I came to Singapore and simultaneously started Singapore Beach Tennis on my free time.  In January 2023, the Singapore Beach Tennis Club was born after many attempts to make it work.  Our club grew 20% in 2024 to nearly 100 players.  The challenges were and are many but I am inspired everyday by the ability of this sport called beach tennis to keep me, at age 65, on my toes and thinking how to improve it in 2025.  How to continue to be in touch with nature, the beach, the sand, to make new friends, and to serve the unique vision of bringing the best out of all of us in the community spawned by this inclusive and dynamic sport!  Asia, we are here to stay, and the best is yet to come.  Together we can, … fun, fitness and friends.  See you at the beach!