Why Nottingham?

At University of Nottingham Sport our tennis programme finished the 2023-24 season as the most successful in the country, winning more BUCS points than any other. finishing in first place in the rankings. To achieve this, our programme provides frequent team training and individual sessions allowing talented young players to drive their game forwards, whilst studying for a degree at a global top 70 university.

We're proud to partner with the Nottingham Tennis Centre, located adjacent to our University Park Campus, to offer unrivalled training facilities for our student athletes. The venue, which boasts 40 courts total, hosts multiple major tournaments including a WTA Tour and ATP Challenger Event (Rothesay Open) before Wimbledon.

It is an exciting time to join the University of Nottingham team as they consistently rank highly in BUCS Tennis rankings and continue to make win medals in team and individual competitions.

Beyond BUCS

Beyond BUCS is UoN Tennis’ pro player support programme for athletes wishing to discover their potential. Our Beyond BUCS programme is integrated with our student programme offering benefits for both worlds. Our pro-players practice with students and also offer guidance on match days (when back from pro-tournaments), offering invaluable advice on how to improve their games.

Beyond BUCS players over recent years:

• Noppawan Lertcheewakarn: WTA career high ranking of #149 in singles and #97 in doubles. Former junior Wimbledon champion and junior world #1.
• Gabriela Knutson: WTA career high ranking of #155 in singles. Played in all 4 grand slams during 2024.
• Freya Christie: WTA career high ranking of #1286 in singles and #110 in doubles. Has competed at Wimbledon multiple times.
• Aziz Kijametovic: ATP career high ranking of #750 in singles, also winning a futures title.
• Tom Hands: Career high ranking of #459 in doubles, winning 3 futures titles in 2024.

Coaching team

Our Head of Tennis is Matt Wildt, who has led our programme full-time for over six years. A Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) Senior Performance Coach, Matt was also named the 2016 Nottinghamshire Coach of the Year at the Aegon British Tennis awards.

Supporting the programme are fellow coaches Ash Broomhead, Carl Saxby, Daniel Little, Nick Walton and TASS player/coach Freya Christie. This means that the University of Nottingham has 5 coaches making our coaching programme the largest of any university tennis programme in the country.