Please take a few moments to read more information about each of our staff members. We have outlined their availability (subject to change without prior notice) and invite you to contact them to confirm. Please note that a $7 court fee is added unless you are a member of the gym, club or are a TSPA VIP (more info).

Lior Doron (B.A., (B.Ed.), D.S.A., M.Sc) 

Academy Director, Senior Pro

514-886-9929 / ldoron@tspa.ca 

$80 per hour

Lior is the Academy Director of TSPA and a certified tennis pro from the Tennis Professionals Association. He is often called Coach Doron as Lior is also a mental performance consultant (more info). He carefully plans the hiring of the TSPA Dream Team, is passionately involved in the marketing and is the liaison with the city  / board of directors while planning new advertising and marketing strategies, creating partnerships with local businesses and crafting theme days, special events and much more. 

Lior's education stems with an undergraduate degree specialized in psychology. He then pursued his graduate studies with a sports administration diploma from the John Molson School of Business. His thirst for knowledge led him to apply and successfully complete a Masters in Physical Education with an emphasis in sports psychology. This degree trains students to build sports psychology programs with elite and high performance athletes so that they may create, recreate and maintain flow in their sport. Founded in 2003, Lior is also the president and owner of Flow in Sports. The site is designed and dedicated to help athletes, students and individuals create, recreate and maintain flow or reach peak performance in their lives. Coach Lior Doron has earned certification in the sports of tennis as an instructor, hockey as a referee and coach (intermediate level), baseball as an umpire and was a qualified rock climbing instructor. He also also taught and coached volleyball and basketball.

Lior has taught mainly in the high school system for almost eighteen years. 

Lior  is strictly against an all work and no fun lifestyle. Many a times, he broke free in the summer and worked in camps namely as a counselor, volleyball instructor and a land sport supervisor. Working up the food chain, he worked for international companies such as Club Med as a tennis G.O. during three different seasonal contacts. He lived in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Other contracts included working for Royal Caribbean International aboard seven different world class cruises as a junior cruise animator. This gave Lior the opportunity to travel aboard one of the world's largest cruise ships. Sailing literally all over the world allowed Lior to explore a variety of landmarks while being sensitized to the vast cultural and ethnic diversities that exist among us.

Michael Sidawi

Camp Director, CSLTC, Senior Pro

438-881-9477

$75 per hour

Michael is a tennis instructor for more than 30 years teaching a plethora of privates, in clubs, camps and as a credit at the university level. He is also the camp director at our Côte Saint-Luc Tennis Club location (TennisMax), and also a mental performance consultant (more info).

Many times a single quarter-finalist and double semi-finalist in his motherland of Lebanon, he was the head of Lebanese university tennis teams to international Universiads tournaments. He is a member of the Quebec and Lebanese Tennis Federation.

Mike Jabbour

mjabbour@tspa.ca

Assistant Academy Director and Camp Director, CTC

Mike has always been fascinated by sports specific development and conditioning. He obtained his training certificate from McGill in 2003 and began training individuals of all levels through the collaboration of different sport centers and gyms like Centre Claude-Robillard, Tennis 13 and the Weider Educational Center. Coaching adults, competitive and recreational young athletes, he focused on core performance, movement and athletic development. His passion in sports began at a young age, competing mainly in tennis, volleyball and martial arts. He began coaching at the age of 17 and has been ever since. He currently coaches athletes of various disciplines and the Chomedey Blues and Bulldog football teams.

His focus, to support and develop the future of young athletes in all sports!

David Essebag

Jr. Pro

438-929-7137

$50 per hour

David first picked up a racket at the age of 3. Since then, he's been training to continuously improve his techniques and tactics. David has been playing competitively and was ranked at the provincial and national levels. David is also a certified tennis coach by The Tennis Professionals Association. David loves teaching both private and group lessons.

Nicolas Dumesnil

$45 per hour

Junior Pro

514-290-3494 / ndumesnil@tspa.ca

Nicolas is enjoying his first year here at TSPA and is an ideal pro for adults of all levels.

David Gabay

$45 per hour

dgabay@tspa.ca

514-449-8286

Making his return to TSPA, David Gabay is in his second year of studying dentistry at the University of Montreal. In terms of leisure, he plays tennis at the CDL (Côte-de-Liesse) Tennis Club. He also previously worked in a pharmacy as a lab technician.

Junior Bitare

Junior Pro

514-887-1015
$44 per hour

Junior has been with TSPA since the age of 5 and has been coaching since the age of 12. He is a certified tennis instructor with Tennis Canada. He enjoys teaching people of all ages and all skill levels. Junior can guarantee a fun and educational lesson every single time.

Radu Gruia

514-503-9762 / rgruia@tspa.ca

$43 per hour

Ever since his childhood, Radu always had a large passion for tennis.  As the years went by, he acquired a lot of game experience, and now a certified Instructor from Tennis Canada, he wants to transmit his passion, so he has decided to accompany and guide beginners in their quests to reach their goals all while enjoying the game.  A good observer, he is always listening to his students, with a lot of patience in order to develop a strong sporting, perseverant, fighting spirit character with kids and adults in the spirit of Fair Play.

Jason Lurie

514-812-1970

jlurie@tspa.ca

$42 per hour

Oliver Whitman

$45 per hour

Junior Pro

514-358-7001 / owhitman@tspa.ca

Oliver first started working for TSPA in 2021 is a proud certified tennis Pro from the Tennis Professional Association. He is a full time student with a passion to help inspire the next generation of tennis players. He main focus is to strive on the enjoyment of the sport as well as the many technical and tactical aspects to ensure that every student sees progress. Oliver has experience directing and managing a summer tennis program in Laval, coaching high performance future stars on the tactical level, as well as private and semi-private lessons for clients of any age.  He is currently working on the next level of intensive education with Tennis Canada to be certified with Club Pro 1.

Benjamin Gabay

Junior Pro

bgabay@tspa.ca / 514-641-3663

$40 per hour

From camper to pro, Benjamin is pleased to make the transition with TSPA. He can be an ideal pro for children or beginner adults. He can also serve as a very good hitting partner.

Isaac Sadowy

PIT4

514-996-2721

$38 per hour

Isaac was a camper at TSPA for five years before joining the Dream Team last summer.  He offers fun and engaging tennis lessons where kids can develop new skills and confidence while having a great time on the court. Usually in motion, Isaac can be found cycling and swimming in the summer ,and playing hockey and volleyball during the school year. Isaac attends Royal West academy and plays piano and guitar when his body needs a rest.

Deon Aftahi

$38 per hour

daftahi@tspa.ca

514-430-2362

Alex Mahut

Junior Tennis Pro

514-708-4058

$37 per hour

William Doron

wdoron@tspa.ca

$32 per hour

William has been playing tennis and has attended TSPA camp since he was born. Literally. He enjoys hockey (plays goalie) and has heard his Dad’s positive motivational speeches over a thousand times. It is finally sinking in and he is ready to share his passion and love for tennis and life.

Raymond Jabbour

rjabbour@tspa.ca

Raymond is Mike Jabbour’s son. Originally a camper at TSPA, he then decided to start helping out our coaches. He plays a lot of sports and has a big heart for the campers at TSPA. He brings a positive mentality and encouragement to our camp. He currently attends Laval Junior Academy High School.

Leon Budker

Junior Pro

514-679-7017 / lbudker@tspa.ca

Leon is a junior pro at TSPA. As of September of last year, he has started his first year of law school at the University of Ottawa where he has been studying very hard and practically living at the library. Ultimately this paid off and he is in his second year which started this September. Leon loves the fact that he gets paid doing something that he loves. Whether it is with adults or with kids, he has a great time trying his best to make them better at the game.