Summer at The Highlands!

Summer at The Highlands!

At the Highlands in Forest Park, Michael and Horacio are all about the doubles. And one court is in the shade! It’s so much cooler to play on clay! Even in the sun, clay courts feel about 20 degrees cooler than hard courts. Plus, we’re planning to start the adults’ groups an hour earlier...

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Stefan Kruger

Stefan Kruger

General Manager Stefan Kruger arrived at FRC in 1998 following a distinguished career on the ATP Tour, reaching a career-high ATP Doubles World Ranking of #39.   He began playing tennis as a junior in Cape Town, South Africa, with his junior career culminating as a Finalist in the 1984 Junior Wimbledon Championships; the...

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Chris Ward

Chris Ward

Director of Tennis Born and raised in St. Louis, Chris started playing tennis at FRC as a five-year old, later joining FRC as a staff member in 2005. He began teaching tennis at the age of 15 at various indoor and outdoor facilities including Chesterfield Athletic Club, Forest Hills Country Club, and The Country...

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Terry M. Ward

Terry M. Ward

Director of Junior Development Terry M. Ward, born and raised in St. Louis, was on the FRC courts with his parents and siblings before he even learned to walk.  Growing up at FRC, Terry competed in junior tournaments and as part of a team, starting all four years as a member of the Marquette...

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Jennifer Wilhelm-Zeuschel

Jennifer Wilhelm-Zeuschel

Director of Kickstart Program, FRCDirector of Racquet Sports, Greenbriar Hills Country Club Jennifer grew up in a St. Louis tennis family: her mother, Virginia Wilhelm, served as a USTA Sectional Adult League Coordinator, while her father, Terry Wilhelm, worked as a teaching pro at a number of private clubs and municipality programs throughout St...

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Cliff Reuter

Cliff Reuter

Cliff Reuter: Certified Elite Tennis Instructor.  Frontenac Family of Clubs Ambassador and co Web Master. Frontenac Women’s Interclub Captain, Woodsmill Men’s Saturday Interclub Captain and Men’s Senior Interclub Captain.  Head Tennis Professional for the last 13 years at The Country Club of St. Albans in St. Albans Missouri. I teach all ages and will be happy to...

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Horacio Callirgos

Horacio Callirgos

FRC Tennis Professional, Director of Tennis The Highlands Golf & Tennis Born and raised in Lima, Peru, Horacio began playing tennis at a young age. By the time he was 14 years old, he was competing in ITF tournaments, even reaching the quarterfinals of a Futures doubles event in 2013. He rose to #3 in...

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Michael O’Neill

Michael O’Neill

With more than 20 years of coaching and teaching, Michael has coached successful secondary teams and brought his infectious love of the game to country-club beginners — and done everything in between. He played his college tennis at Ripon College, where he was part of two championship teams. And as a high-school coach, he...

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Milos Vuckovic

Milos Vuckovic

Milos Vuckovic Hailing from Subotica, Serbia, Milos began playing tennis when he was seven-years old and quickly tookto the sport, becoming the Serbian National Champion at 12-years old. During his junior career, heplayed extensively throughout Europe, including in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany,Hungary, Italy, and Romania, remaining in the top 20 of the...

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Action from the 2022 Classic!

Action from the 2022 Classic!

If you were there, you know it’s the greatest night of the year in St. Louis tennis. If you weren’t, here’s hoping these action shots will persuade you to come out next year and cheer on your favorite pros, whether they string their racquets at the Frontenac Family of Clubs or somewhere else. And i...

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Michael Lesko

Michael Lesko

FRC Tennis ProfessionalAssistant Manager, Forever Tennis & Pickleball Michael began playing tennis over two decades ago, and has been teaching for the last five years. Growing up in Columbia, IL, Michael played tennis at Gibault Catholic High School; the team MVP all four years and a three-star college recruit, he is a 2023 inductee t...

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Travis Bakai

Travis Bakai

Director of Pickleball, FRC & Old Warson Country ClubGeneral Manager, Forever Tennis & Pickleball Travis has been a member of the Frontenac Family since 2014, initially joining as part of the tennis teaching staff; most recently, he has added the role of Director of Pickleball to his responsibilities, both at FRC and Old Warson...

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