LONDON, UK. December 16th, 2025 – The Gallan Tennis Academy has launched in London with a clear purpose: to bring European-style performance training into a modern British system, providing young players with a structured, accessible pathway to compete at county, regional and national level and beyond.
The Academy was founded to address a long standing gap in British junior tennis. While grassroots club programmes provide strong foundations, many ambitious players reach a stage where the next step becomes unclear, fragmented or inaccessible.
Co-founder and Tennis Director Christian Gallan has seen this challenge first-hand through his work leading the highly successful LoveTennis development programme.
“Over the years at LoveTennis, I saw many committed juniors reach a level where they were ready for more,” said Christian Gallan. “Too often the pathway ahead was confusing or unavailable. Players and parents were left without the guidance they had relied on, and progress stalled. That never felt right.”
After years of seeing how far young players could progress with the right structure and support, the solution became clear.
Christian added: “These players didn’t need to leave the country to develop. They needed something simple, accessible and built around them, a performance pathway here at home. So we built one.”
That vision came together with co-founder Evan Michaels, a seasoned entrepreneur, former IMG operator and tennis parent who has experienced the British performance pathway first-hand.
“As a parent, I’ve lived the frustration of not knowing what the next step should be for my kid’s tennis,” said Evan Michaels. “Gallan Tennis Academy is about clarity. We combine world-class coaching with technology and data so development is measurable, personalised and continuously improving. This isn’t guesswork, it’s an operating system.”
Gallan Tennis Academy delivers small-group, high-quality performance training supported by structured matchplay, physical preparation and regular, data-informed player evaluations. Performance tracking, objective benchmarks, ongoing assessments and competitions, allow coaching to be personalised and progress to be clearly measured over time.
As part of its launch, Gallan Tennis Academy is now inviting applications from players aged 8–16 who are motivated, competitive and ready to take the next step in their tennis development.
All players are assessed before joining to ensure the right training environment and team placement. Places are limited to maintain coaching quality and training standards.
Parents and players can register interest at: gallantennisacademy.com.
“Our goal is not just to build better players,” added Christian Gallan. “It’s to build a stronger community and a brighter future for British tennis.”
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