A former Division I college soccer player who spent thirteen years away from competitive sports isn’t supposed to pick up a tennis racquet at thirty-three, start hitting against a wall in Hell’s Kitchen, and find a job as a teaching pro at Sutton East Tennis Club in New York—let alone chase the dream of breaking into the ATP’s top 300, especially when most pros start before they hit double digits. But Jordan Myers could.

THE AWAKENING

2020. COVID. Jordan picked up Andre Agassi’s book Open and went to eBay for a tennis racket. “Billie Jean King talks about the moment she saw the ball hit the ground and her racket touch it - she was like, ‘I’m going to be a tennis player.’ At thirty-three, I had that same sensation.” Jordan started training seriously. Elite coaches saw what he already knew: he could compete professionally.

“I’m not the only person out there who can play but doesn’t have the financial resources or infrastructure to train. What if we created a pro tennis league?”

Jordan co-founded APTL; and although he plans to pursue a pro tennis career through the traditional route and will not play in the league, he deeply believes in the value of what the APTL can and will deliver to players who already have the talent, discipline, and commitment, but who may lack the infrastructure and financial resources to pursue a path toward the highest level of the game.