Dennis Uspensky, PTR, PCI

We are happy to welcome Dennis Uspensky to our Racquets Pro Staff. Mr. Uspensky is a certified tennis professional through Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) and a certified pickleball instructor through (PCI) Pickleball Coaching International.

Dennis played college tennis at Wake Forest for 2 seasons from 2015-2017 where he helped the Deacs clinch the ACC title for the first time in history (2015/16). Dennis was recruited by Wake Forest as the Number 1 player on the U.S College Tennis Recruiting list (class of 2015). From there, Dennis went on to Pepperdine where he competed at number 1 singles and doubles. He graduated with a B.S. in Psychology from California Coastal University.

Prior to his college tennis career, Dennis competed on the ITF Junior circuit, reaching a career high ranking of 54 in the world. During this time, he amassed wins over Stefanos Tsitsipas (twice), Andrey Rublev, Benjamin Bonzi, and Sebastian Ofner. Dennis also competed in 3 of the major junior grand slams during his time on the ITF Junior circuit.

Dennis has also competed on the professional ATP tour, reaching a career high ATP ranking of #629 in singles and #726 in doubles. He won 2 professional doubles futures during his run on the ATP Tour.

Dennis, originally from New York, comes to HPCC from Girona, Spain where he has been serving as the Assistant Coach at Sports Center Salt for the past 3 years. Dennis assisted the Club Director in building a highly successful racquets program, including tennis, paddle and pickelball. During this time, Dennis was also contributing to the development of nationally ranked junior players in the region of Catalonia, Spain.