Paul Francis

The Boss. Paul's father Reg, and mother Mary, started coaching tennis 60 years ago in Rangers Road, Cremorne, at the back of the now Redlands school, before moving to Balmoral Beach in an idyllic setting with five courts. Paul took over 30 years ago, launched Love'n Deuce with courts at Grafton Ave, Wheatleigh Street, and Talus Street to become Sydney's leading tennis complex.

Gavin Johnstone

Born and raised in Sydney, I started learning tennis at the age of 7. My first coach as Don Rocavert. I started playing junior tournaments every school holidays and long weekends at age 8 1/2 through to around 16 1/2 with varied results. Wins included three junior doubles title from Todd Woodbridge and Jason Stoltenberg.

Steve Herbert

I started playing tennis at the age of 11 and continue to enjoy playing in Open and Seniors Tournaments around NSW. I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to coach at a Tennis Resort in Austria for 2 years in 1989/1990.

Craig Smith

I have lived and played on the northern peninsula all of my life. I did my first lesson for a local coach at age 15. I established 'Smiths Tennis Centre' at North Curl Curl in 1982, and after 20 years moved to Belrose Tennis Centre for 7 years and since then I have worked for a variety of tennis centres before working at Tennis Cove in 2009 and now Love'n Deuce in 2010.

Vince Valenta

I have played from the age of 7,played many junior tournaments and moved into a coaching career early on and have been coaching tennis for 25 years. My youngest student is 3yrs of age and oldest is 88 and still going strong. Also I have completed a Sports Science at Wollongong University.

Luke Penning

Luke began working at Love'n Deuce in 2006 as a work experience student while completing a degree in Exercise & Sport Science at university. Luke is a qualified Level 3

Andrew Crawlry

Andrew started working at Love'n Deuce in 2009, after operating his own tennis centre in South-West Sydney. He has 25 years coaching experience and is a Tennis Australia Club Professional Coach, as well as a qualified soccer, softball and AFL coach. He has competed at state and local level in tennis and loves being involved in touring groups. He was previously a Primary School teacher for 12 years and has a wife, Kelly, and a daughter, Emily.

Dominic Hall

Caught the coaching bug playing collage tennis for five years in the USA, moved back to Darwin for three years, and is now in Sydney with a Development Coaching certificate, and studying for the Advanced Coaching qualification.

Lorraine Nichols

Better known as "Loz", Lorraine fell into teaching kids between two–and–a half to four years of age, to know themselves through sport - and she's done a sensational job. Every parent will readily attest to the fact that keeping their own kids interested is a tough job - "Loz" has as many as 250 kids in a week - a marvel.

Brad Melville

Had an outstanding junior career, winning singles tournaments in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and the USA - and capturing the coveted Pizzey Cup for NSW with Jason Stoltenberg, Todd Woodbridge, and Adam Anderson in 1985, after being runners up in 1984. Holds a BBA (Finance) degree from the University of Texas, where he was Pan–American 1986–1989, and number one player in the tough NCAA Division 1.

David Falconer

Originally started coaching part time from the age of 17yrs with Love'n Deuce. I then moved on to establish his own tennis schools, Tennis Valley, Tennis Fairways, and Tennis Cove and also did some coaching in Japan. In between David was also the head coach and events manager at Darling Harbour Sports in the lead up to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. David is a club professional coach with Tennis Australia and has coached State and National ranked Juniors. David is very excited to be part of the Love'n Deuce team again.

Jeff Snelling

Head Coach and the patriarch of the team, was a State-ranked player as a youngster, but saw his future as a coach. After 14 years in the USA with Fred Stolle, Jeff returned home, and has been at Love’n Deuce for the last 12 years.

Mark Roger

General Manager, holding the NSW TCA Level 2 coaching certificate. Mark has been at Love’n Deuce for 16 years after a competitive career at local, state junior, and state senior level – a doubles specialist. A coach for over 20 years, Mark's currently working with all age groups from beginners, to senior tournament level.

Tom Denahy

Raised in country Victoria, Tom began tennis lessons at age 8 with Bendigo coach, Keiran Fitzgerald and played on grass as a junior growing up near Wangaratta, VIC. Since watching Peter Doohan play at Kooyong in 1986, his interest in tennis as a competitive sport to play has always grown. He has coached tennis on and off since 1997 but recently joined the Love'n Deuce Coaching Team full time in October 2011 after working in the Pro Shop since 2006.