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The USPTA [United States Professional Tennis Association] and USPTR [United States Tennis Registry] are organizations that provide accreditation for tennis teaching professionals. In order to be called a "Tennis Professional" by these organizations, members must successfully complete a standardized competency test. The designation of "Master Professional" is the highest level of competency and it is a very rigorous standard of achievement.

Tennis clubs, require that it’s tennis staff be a member of at least one of these professional organizations in most parts of the country. Long Island clubs are a bit more accommodating in that the title "Professional" is anointed by the clubs and "Tennis Professional" may be simply a name, rather then a conveyance of a standard of excellence.

Since "Tennis Professional" can be a marketing-driven term, why not call your best pros "Master Professionals?" No one could possibly confuse this title and infer that it means that these pros are USPTA/USPTR Master Professionals? I mean no one thinks Dr. Dre is a real doctor.

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March/April 2024 Digital Edition