Angelo comes to Taconic Sport & Racquet with a wildly impressive resume, boundless energy and great passion for both tennis and pickleball! A brief synopsis of Angelo’s accomplishments include being a top-ranked player in both the USTA Pacific Northwest Men’s Open Singles and Doubles, and receiving the USPTA Pacific Northwest Player of the Year award every year for four years. He also won the U.S. Open Regional Playoffs in 2010 and 2011, giving him the opportunity to compete for a wild-card into the U.S. Open.
Angelo joined the ATP pro tour in 1999 in preparation for his collegiate tennis career at South Carolina State, then transferred to the University of South Carolina in 2002, where he played under legendary head coach Kent DeMars – primarily as the number one doubles and number two singles player on the squad.
The two-time letter winner at the University of South Carolina went 45-27 in his two years in singles play, and 30-28 in doubles competition. He was ranked 68th in the country during the 2002 season when he helped the 19th-ranked Gamecocks to a first round victory in the NCAA Tournament over number 44 Georgia Tech before falling to the top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs in the Round of 32.
Angelo found ever more success during his 2003 college tennis campaign, during which he was ranked in the top-50 nationally. Following his college tennis, he returned to the ATP tour, and shot up the world rankings, going from an unranked player to number 713 in the world in less than a year.
For over a decade, Angelo has worked as a coach, mentor and Tennis Professional for high level ATP players, college players, junior players and recreational players. His passion for the sport translates on court to fun, energetic coaching with an eye for technique, strokes and footwork. His supportive and upbeat methodology guarantees a fun time on court while collaborating to identify strengths and methods to improve.
A native of Targu-Jiu, Gorj, Romania, Angelo started playing tennis at the age of four and played under the instruction of his father Constantin, who runs the Tennis Academy of Romania. It wasn’t long before Angelo was the top-ranked player in Romania, and one of the top junior tennis players in the world, maintaining a top-50 ITF junior world ranking throughout his junior career.