Inspiration Academy

My Story:

Marcin Rozpedski is a native of Warsaw, Poland where, at an early age, excelled on the tennis courts. At the age of 15, knowing he needed to hone his competitive skills in the United States, Rozpedski settled in at the world-famous Van der Meer Tennis Academy on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. 

Over the next five years, he developed into an elite player, one that was good enough to draw the interest of tennis dignitaries in Poland. In 1994, Rozpedski traveled back to his home country and captured a national title. His stellar play also catapulted him onto the international scene with a spot playing on the Polish Davis Cup team. However, playing Davis Cup against Nigeria in 1995, Rozpedski contracted malaria and soon thereafter his days as a professional tennis player reaching top 200 ATP, were over.

But his love of the sport and physical determination sent him back to the United States and enabled him to earn a full tennis scholarship to UCLA in 1999 and play for legendary coach Billy Martin. As a Bruin, he became an All American.

His love of tennis would constantly bring him back to the professional circuit, training and traveling with some of the world’s best tennis players such as: Serena and Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, Anna Ivanovic, Victoria Azarenka, Steffi Graff, Andre Agassi and Taylor Fritz just to name a few.  Marcin was with Anna Ivanovic when she won the French Open in 2008.

While he enjoys teaching tennis at all levels, his passion has always been to inspire promising juniors reach their tennis potential. Working with Rosie Casals at the Love & Love foundation for underprivileged tennis players and with the high-performance juniors at the Andy Scorteanu Tennis Academy, Marcin has helped many junior tennis players become Division 1 & 2 collegiate athletes.

Though being a competitive athlete has been the pinnacle of his professional career, Rozpedski’s proudest accomplishment is standing beside his wife, raising 3 young men that will walk through life with integrity, strong work ethic and kindness. Knowing that they will leave a positive mark on this world whether big or small.