Silesh Getachew - Tennis Coach

Addis ababa
Ethiopia

ITF-certified, award-winning Head Coach and former Ethiopia No. 1 who has led a major club for 14 years, organized
tournaments, developed elite juniors to international level (including captaining a trophy-winning Ethiopia girls’ team),
coached expats (diplomats and investors), and represented Ethiopia as a player at the African Games and David Cup.
Winner of 25+ tournaments/medals with a strong global network of ranked players, coaches, and students.

Qualifications

• ITF Level 2 (2025): Advanced player development: tactics, technique under pressure, periodized planning.

• ITF Level 1 (2024): Foundations of coaching, stroke production, junior & adult development pathways.

• ITF “Play & Stay” (2022): Progressive, game-based methodology for beginners to intermediates.

• ITF Academy (Jul 2021–present): 5+ online courses; ongoing CPD across technique, tactics, and player pathways.

• ITF Regional Coaches Conference by BNP Paribas (Dec 4, 2020): Modern coaching best practices and trends.

• USPTR Instructor – Performance (Aug 30, 2016): High-performance fundamentals; member in good standing

Coaching times & fees

Currently am coching 6days aweek which is 45-60hrs

for private lessons am charging 20$ per hour

for group lessons up to 4 persons 15$

4-8 persons 8$

Further information

Am the member of

1.ITF jti coordinator coachs

2. member of Ethiopian tennis federation technique committe

3. national coachs association committe

4. Professional tennis registery

About Me

Am very passionated coach, very friendly, professional, can work with any culture and any country,

Very passionate, friendly, can work with diffrent ages and diffrent cultures

Experience

Bole 19 Tennis Club & Addis Ababa Tennis Club, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Head Tennis Coach 2009-2025

• ITF-certified, award-winning leader: Former Ethiopia #1 who built and led the coaching team at a major Addis club,

delivering elite, junior, adult, and expat programs at scale (45–60 hrs/week).

• Pathways that produce results: Designed end-to-end player pathways and progressed elite juniors to international level;

captained Ethiopia’s girls’ team to an international trophy.

• High-performance delivery: Ran targeted squads with periodized planning and match analysis; prepared athletes for

international competition and collegiate/academy trials.

• Events & tournaments: Organized and co-ran tournaments (assistant tournament organizer since 2012)—draws,

scheduling, officiating coordination, volunteers, and post-event reporting.

• Scale & diversity: 150+ juniors and 50+ adults coached on an ongoing basis, including large expat client base.

• Global network: Leverages a global network of ranked players and coaches for sparring, guest sessions, and pathways.

• National pedigree: Represented Ethiopia at the African Games; 25+ tournament wins/medals as a player.

Testimonial

This is Mr Thierry Ntwali from ITF east and central africa developmnet office Iwould like to enaure that i have been with silesh since he was junior, when he plays tournaments, And after that he was representing his country at senior level as a national player. When ITF was delivering the coaching course both the play stay and level one in his home country i was his tutor with other coachs, also he was taking the level two course in rwanda kigali , i was also there as tutor. He complete all the course listed above with full compitent level. For any information please contact me Thierry.Ntwali@itftennis.com

Thierry Ntwali

Testimonial

To whom it may concern This is the Ethiopian Tennis federation that to acknowledge that silesh Getachew have played since he was junior top ranking, national team player among top 3 players in the country also representing our country, currently he is head coach of the addis ababa tennis club teaching kids and adults, also he is national under 12 coach and jti national coordinator. Thank you Tamerat bekele

Tamerat bekele

Testimonial

Sileshi getachew

Addis ababa tennis club

Testimonial

'I can attest first hand that Sileshi is not only the best player in Ethiopia but also a very kind, much liked, highly capable, experienced and respected coach by top players, expats as well as club players and children. He is a gem of a person with a great character, always reliable and disciplined.' (Saidja Drentje, former Dutch tennis champion and former UN expat in Africa (now in the UAE), +971506199140

Saidja Drentje