Stephen Nugent is currently the senior Leinster team Captain and is also the Leinster Junior Team Coach responsible for the development of the team on a national level. Stephen also coaches some of the top junior players in Europe and Ireland.
Stephen’s professional tennis career started at the age of 17 winning junior international tennis tournaments in India, Malaysia, Brunei and Ireland. Stephen also won the Irish Nationals U16 & U18 and was the Irish National Indoor Champion. Stephens’s highest junior world ranking was 67. Stephen has also represented Ireland on the Davis Cup team and has played in Junior Wimbledon and US Open. During his professional career Stephen also attended some of the finest coaching academies in the world learning from the some of the best tennis players and coaches the sport has ever seen.
Stephen is passionate about coaching and is one of Irelands best; currently Stephen is an International Tennis Federation High Performance coach.
- National Junior Champion
- National Senior Indoor Champion
- Davis Cup Player
- International Touring Pro from 1999 – 2004