USPTA Master Professional

Guy Parks II has been the director of tennis at The Racquet Club of Columbus since 1998. During this period of time, The Racquet Club has been recognized as the leader in a “games” approach to tennis instruction for the city of Columbus.

Guy has been awarded the highest rating of Master Professional from the United States Professional Tennis Association, one of the first 80 in the world to be so recognized and the only one in Columbus. He was the first Master Pro to complete Levels I, II A, B, C of the USTA Sport Science Competencies. He has developed numerous nationally, sectionally and district-ranked players throughout the Midwest. He is a certified USTA/USPTA High Performance Coach, being one of the first 325 coaches in the nation to do so.

Guy has a master’s degree in education with emphasis in motor learning from Ohio University. He has spoken at state, divisional, national USTA- and USPTA-sponsored workshops. Guy served as chairman of the delegates, a member of the Junior Competitive and Nominating committees, and USTA clinician for the Western Tennis Association. He is a past president of the Ohio Valley District Tennis Association and was the head coach of the Columbus USTA Area Training Center for eight years. He is past president of USPTA Midwest Division.

Awards for Guy include the Faye Tooley Award and USPTA Midwest Tester of the Year in 2004, and he was inducted into the USPTA Midwest Hall of Fame in August 2004 at the Western and Southern Master Series Championships in Mason, Ohio.