Our Team
Where the Passion Begins
Shai Gigi
PTR Certified coach
GPTCA International Tennis Coach - ATP Certified
More than 100,000 hours of teaching experience
Hard court specialist, shot selection and strategy
Nick Name : 7 SABA
Birth Place: Haifa, Israel
Residence: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 173cm
Weight: 63kg
Plays: Right-Handed
Backhand: One - Handed
Turned Coach: 2003
Coach: Michael Stavonski , shahar perkis
Racket: YONEX
Biography
Shai picked up his first racket at the age of 11.
Since then his enthusiasm for tennis has led him to become
a professional tennis player,
competing against some of the best players around.
With over 13 years of experience he has taught tennis,
competed in U.S. and Israeli tournaments and is still as enthusiastic as ever.
Professionally qualified, Shai is certified as one of the most excellent tennis players
by the Israeli Institute for Tennis and PTR.
He has the skills to coach tennis at all levels - from beginners adults kids/juniors
who touch the rackets for the first time to the advanced tournament players
who are at the level of competing at the ATP circuit in the future.
Shai fell in love with Japan and its culture.
He has decided to make his home in Japan.
Feeling the need for professional but the fun tennis center in Tokyo,
which would introduce both the young and adults to the pleasures of tennis.
He established the JINJI TENNIS CENTER to develop his dream of offering
tennis training for children and adults of all ages and skill levels at HILTON TOKYO.
Rosalie Cheung- PTR certified coach
Nickname: Rosie
Birth Place: Kunming, China
Residence: Tokyo, Japan
Height : 178 cm
Weight : 64 kg
Plays: Right-handed
Backhand: double-handed
Turned coach: 2015
Coach: Shumin Xie
Rackets: BABOLAT PURE DRIVE
Born in a family of sports, Rosie started to play tennis at the age of 7. She won her first prize in CRT game of China in which her rivals were all adults when she was 11 years old. At the age of 16, she won the third prize of The Province Game and became a Professional Player of the Chinese Nation. In 2015, Rosie turned coach and started to teach both kids and adults in China and from 2017 she joined JINJI tennis. Now Rosie is also a PTR certificated coach.
Rosie’s native language is Chinese and she’s fluent in Japanese and English—so could provide lessons in these 3 languages.
Name: Rodolfo Pirola
Teaching certificate: GPTCA, FIT, CSEN
Nick Name: Rick
Birth Place: Italy
Residence: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 1,78 cm
Weight: 75 kg
Plays: left hand
Backhand: two hand
Turned Coach: 2001
Racket: head radical
Louis Ishizaka
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Residence: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 185cm
Plays: Right-Handed
Backhand: Double-Handed
Louis started playing tennis at the age of 7 in Japan, and although he played tennis along with baseball, it was not until he moved to France at the age of 14 that he really focused on tennis and started touring junior tournaments. In France, he became one of the top U18 players, and his achievements were recognized when he was awarded a four-year scholarship to play at a division 1 university in the United States.
During those four years, he was a two-time Conference Champion and played in two NCAA(National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division 1 championships. After graduation, as a tennis player, he plans to earn ATP points while competing in professional national tournaments (currently ranked top 100 in the Japanese Tennis Association). As a coach, he currently gives lessons in Tokyo to U18 boys and girls junior players as well as adults. He can coach in Japanese, English, French.