Bio

MIKE MINCHEV

Address: Dubai Marina, Dubai (UAE)
Tel.: +971556113538
Whatsapp: +359887998880
E-mail: mihailminchev@yahoo.com
Date of birth: 15/05/1985

WORK EXPERIENCE AS A TENNIS COACH:

09.2019-present Freelance coach, SPLENDOUR SPORTS Dubai Marina

Adults: Beginner, Intermediate, Competition levels, Hitting partner
Kids: Blue stage (4-5 year's old), Red stage (6-7), Orange stage (7-8), Green stage (8+)





05.2015- 09.2019 National Team coach, BULGARIAN TENNIS FEDERATION
2018 6th place in the Tennis Europe Winter Cups Finals Girls U12;
2019 7th place in the Tennis Europe Winter Cups Finals Boys U12
2019 8th place in the Summer Cups Finals Boys U12
More than 10 Tennis Europe tournaments winners in 2017-2019 

04.2015-09.2019 Head Coach, HISPANO TENNIS CLUB (Varna, Bulgaria)
Daily working with beginners, advanced and competition level players: Hot shots, Play&Stay, Tennis Xpress, JC Ferrero- Equelite competition program, mental training, condition training, summer camps, private lessons, group lessons, video and statistic analysis, sparrings, school tennis;
Hitting partner of Katerina Kramperova (CZE) best ranked WTA #208, Jordan Correia (BRA) ATP 430, Marina Benito (ESP) RFET #30.

06.2008-04.2015 Private Coach, FREELANCER (Spain/Bulgaria)
High performance boys and girls U16 Tennis Europe ranked #300 and U18 ITF Junior circuit ranked #500

02.2007-06.2007 Coach, BOIS DE LA CAMBRE TENNIS CLUB (Brussels, Belgium)
Assistant coach and hitting partner

10.2004-02.2007 Coach, ARANJUEZ TENNIS CLUB (Madrid, Spain)
Club coach, competition coach and hitting partner of Diego Manrique (ranked RFET #30, ATP#800)

WORK EXPERIENCE AS A TENNIS MANAGER:

2010-Present JUAN CARLOS FERRERO-EQUELITE TENNIS ACADEMY Alicante, Spain International agent for more than 30 high performance junior players

06.2009-Present PRINCE BULGARIA, BABOLAT and TECNIFIBRE , Varna, Bulgaria Country Manager at Prince (2013-Present) and at Tecnifibre (2010-2011), Sales Rep. at Babolat (2009-2010) responsible for marketing and management issues of the brands in Bulgaria

 EXPERIENCE AS A TENNIS PLAYER: 1991-2008 BTF National Championships winner (U18) and runner-up (U10, U12, U14); Tennis Europe and ITF Junior circuit ranked TOP 500. Best National Men ranked: BTF #16; University championship winner, Interclubs men championships player of CT Bois de la Cambre (Belgium) and CT Aranjuez (Spain); Training in Prerov Tennis Academy (Czech Republic); valuable wins as junior against ranked ATP Top 100 players: ATP#26 Lukas Rosol (CZE), ATP#29 Ivan Dodig (CRO), ATP#79 Adrian Ungur (ROM)

EDUCATION:
09.2014 -12.2016 Post graduated in Sports Science: Tennis coach. NATIONAL SPORTS ACADEMY, SOFIA (Bulgaria)

09.2008-09.2009 Master in Marketing: digital marketing. UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA (Spain).

09.2004-06.2007 Bachelor in Tourism. COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID (Spain).

02.2007-06.2007 Erasmus Exchange Program. FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS (Belgium).

CERTIFICATES:
Bulgarian Tennis Federation BTF  “National Coach” (2012);

International Tennis Federation ITF Level 1 Coach certificate (2013);

Professional Tennis Register of Spain RPT Coach certificate (2015);

JC Ferrero Equelite Tennis Academy Competition Coach certificate (2012);

Madrid Tennis Federation FTM mental tennis coaching course, Maite Iriarte Rego, Flow and Grow (2017)

Sports Massage course, Physio Studio Varna (2018)

SEMINARS:
ITF World Coaches Conference, Sofia (2017),
Jofre Porta annual schedule for tennis players course, Ciudad de la Raqueta, Madrid (2017), Top 10 System by Oscar Borras, Dubai (2019)

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
Technical, tactical, physical, mental players development. Preparation, monitoring and control of annual training and competition programs for players and clubs;

PERSONAL SKILLS:
Analytical; Excellent team work skills; Attention to detail; Organised; Goals oriented; Love to travel; Willing to learn and improve; Open-minded; Challenge oriented; Multicultural

OTHER EXPERIENCE: 
Stringer, Chair umpire