February 2024
Started his own online coaching business for tennis coaches - Innovation Tennis Coaching
October 2022
Coach of Sarah Wang who won another Illinois State Title. She now has won two in a row and is top 40 in the country
May 2021-
Director of Performance training at Five Star
- Over seeing all developments of the players from on court to off court training and tracking there progress
- Works with Martin Blagoev who won the singles state title for Wisconsin. First player from Kenosha ever to win the title in the history of high school tennis
April 2021
Voted as one of 25 top pros in the US by Tennis Channel and Tennis Magazine
2019-to-date
Northbrook Racquet Club
- Private lessons mainly with tournament players who travel
- Designs his own training program (Elite Training) that he selects kids to be a part of
- Uses his teaching experience and coaching, as well as the Craig O’Shannessy Program, the ABCD method
2008-2019
Full time pro and Director of the country clubs called Twin Orchard
Tournament Training Program Director
Super Excellence Director
2017-2018
Head Men’s and Women’s Coach at Elmhurst College
2012
Assistant Coach at Elmhurst College
- Ran the practices and fitness and mental training, and on court strategy during the matches
- They made history winning conference which that school had not won in 52 years
2007-2008
Five Seasons Country Club
- Worked as a traveling pro with top juniors in their program to local and national tournaments
- Worked personally with many of the top midwest ranked players
2006-2007
Praire Stone Sports and Wellness
- Worked alongside his coach with top juniors, while between traveling on the circuit
2002-2006
Elmhurst Courts Plus Tennis Pro
- Worked with young children and adults
- Head of three women’s travel teams ranging from 3.0 to 4.5 rating
- Had the opportunity to make the 3.0 ladies team the most successful in Elmhurst history
- Worked and developed some of the top juniors in the area
2001-2002
Dominican University Assistant Coach
- Ran practices and traveled with the team, did stats and match analysis
2001
Chicago Park District
- Worked there in summer program in which he covered all ages and levels of kids and adults
1997-2000
Schaumburg Tennis Plus
- Worked with kids and adults in the program in all various of levels
1994
Worked At Oaklawn Racquet Club
- Worked with young children in the development stage of their program
Players he develops:
- Dave Bacalla (ranked #65 nationally, competed in the National Championships)
- Zoe Taylor (ranked #54 nationally, competes in the National Championships)
- Ismail Kadyrov (ranked #294 nationally)
Players are playing or played at Iowa, Norte Dame, Valparaiso, Marquette, Colgate, Brandeis, Detroit Mercy
Coached Carlos Javier Llanes, Career High ATP ranking #1172 (2001)
In the Men’s Open level he was always ranked in top 10 in the years he played and had won many events throughout those years
Men’s National Open singles ranking (2008) #18
Men’s National Open doubles ranking (2008) #8
Men’ Pro Circuit National Top 500 ranking #442, #295, (2008) #220
2019
Captain of the Men’s National team of the Midwest Section
2015
Captain of the Midwest Section playing team 5.5 Open National event where they took out the top seeds and lost in the semifinals
2002-2008
- Played professional tennis on the USTA Pro Circuit
- Played Futures and a few challengers
- In 2008 he had the highest ranking of #220 in the United States Professional Top 500 ranking system
- That same year he was ranked 18th in the country in the Mens National Open singles ranking system
- Was also ranked #8 in the country in doubles
2008
Played the Winnetka Challenger Qualifying
2002
Played the University of Illinois Challeger Qualifying
2001
Hitting partner for the Nuveen Senior Tour where he hit with Mats Wilander, Tim Wilkison and others
Juniors
In Juniors he was ranked #1 in doubles for the Chicagoland Area with 11 different players in 18’s age division
1995
Won the Most Valuable Player Award in the National Training Camp where only the top 50 best kids were able to train for two weeks with some of the best coaches. This award was chosen by the top coaches from the United States Tennis Association.
2024
Master Class - Analysis and Fitness Training for Better Tennis Performance with Oivind Sorvald and Dean Hollingworth
2023
GPTCA B-Level International Coach
2021
Tennis Integrity Protection Programme (TIPP) by TIU (valid till July 2022)
USTA Safe Play Refresher 1: Recognizing and Reporting Misconduct
2020
What Matters Most to Winning Matches by Craig Oshannessy
PTR Professional Experience
USTA Safe Play
2018
Racquet Fit Specialist
2016
RBT Specialist (Resistance Band Training)
2000
USPTR Associate Professional
2021-
Hopeful to release his first tennis book on player development to help coaches
2012, 2016
Feature speaker at the Illinois Tennis Symposium for High School & College coaches
Ambassador of Angell Custom Racquets Pro Team and Apeak Mental Training App System
Ambassador of Eye Coach
Regenerative Therapy
Prolo Therapy
PRP Therapy
Stem Cell Therapy
Muscle Activation Therapy
Active Release Technique
Gait Function Functional Training
Isometric Training
Holistic Diet and Lifestyle Inflammation Therapy
Yoga Pilates Aquatic Training
Massage Therapy
Trigger Point Therapy
Aaron Rusnak
Email: rushandcrush@prodigy.net
Instagram: inspire2betennis
