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Coach to Sampras, Agassi and Sharapova joins Sandpiper ITA

by Katie Riguzzi on March 8, 2010

When you first meet Gabriel Jaramillo, you can easily overlook the fact that he has trained the likes of Andre Agassi, Maria Sharapova and Pete Sampras for 30 years. Humble and amiable, the Colombian native has built a career developing top tennis professionals: eight number one, and 26 top ten players in the world, to be exact. Jaramillo also served as director of the Bollettieri junior tennis program for 26 years.

Together with former senior vice president of IMG, Greg Breunich, Jaramillo will implement an academy concept that offers Club Med guests and elite junior players a high performance training regimen.

The ITA at Sandpiper offers serious junior players intensive weekly programs throughout the year, elite summer camps, and annual boarding for those training for professional competition. The junior programs combine technical lessons and drills, fitness training and supervised match play.

Club Med Sandpiper guests will train with the pros as part of the all-inclusive package. Club Med’s all-inclusive tennis programs start for players as young as four years old. Daily group classes teach guests to improve their game in a professional training environment. Dedicated players can enroll in reasonably priced professional private lessons and benefit from video stroke analysis and intensive workshops.





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