Club Bulletin
Mar 18, 2025
SPORTIME/JMTA Announces Ninth Annual John McEnroe Tennis Academy College Recruiting Combine
SPORTIME Port Washington Will Host the Popular Event
Helping young athletes attend the colleges of their choice, on full
tennis scholarships when possible, is a foundational goal of SPORTIME and the John McEnroe
Tennis Academy (JMTA). With dozens of JMTA students currently competing at top colleges
across the country, today the Academy announced the Ninth Annual John McEnroe Tennis
Academy College Recruiting Combine, scheduled for the weekend of June 28th and June 29th,
2025, to be held for the second consecutive year at the newest SPORTIME and JMTA location:
SPORTIME Port Washington.
The Combine, a substantial success in its first eight years, will again give select rising high
school sophomores, juniors and seniors, from around the country and beyond, both JMTA and
non-JMTA students, the opportunity to showcase their technical and tactical tennis skills, and
their athletic abilities, in front of coaches from top colleges and universities. The Combine also
features a live-streaming platform, which gives players the opportunity to perform for a wider
group of coaches. Last year, over 100 coaches from across the country “attended” the event,
virtually, joining those who attended in-person.
“JMTA is committed to preparing our players for college tennis, and to working with them to
identify, and to help them to attend, the colleges and universities that best suit them,” said John
McEnroe. “The Combine has been a big hit in its first eight years, and with the 2025 event
returning to SPORTIME Port Washington, where my brother and I, among others, trained as
juniors, it promises to be extra special for me and Patrick.”
The Port Washington Tennis Academy, now SPORTIME Port Washington, and one of two JMTA
satellite locations on Long Island, was where legends John McEnroe, Patrick McEnroe, Vitas
Gerulaitis, Mary Carillo and Tracy Austin, among others, trained as juniors. An $8 million plus
facility renovation is nearing completion, and the facility features 7 oversized, sub-irrigated, soft-
surface, Har-Tru tennis courts, 6 new hard-surface tennis courts and 12 new dedicated
pickleball courts, as well as many other upgrades and amenities.
The 2025 JMTA College Combine will welcome 50 boys and 50 girls. Coaches representing all
three NCAA Divisions are expected to attend, with 2025 coach commitments to-date including
coaches from Brown, Baylor, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn State, William & Mary, Wake Forest,
Yale and many other top programs, with many more coaches expected to confirm their
attendance in the weeks to come. Representatives from prestigious leagues, including the Ivy
League, ACC, Big East, SEC, Big 10, Patriot League and NESCAC attended in previous years
and are expected again this year.
Interested players can access more information, and apply to participate in the Combine, at
www.SPORTIMENY.com/JMTACombine. Combine applications for the 100 Combine spots
available will be accepted through May 31st. The Combine Selection Committee will evaluate
each application based upon objective criteria, and applicants will be informed of their status as
“admitted” or “wait-listed”. Those who are wait-listed will be contacted if they are, subsequently,
admitted.
Player check-in will begin at 8:00 a.m. on both Combine days. Participants will compete in
singles and doubles match play, with tracked results that count toward their UTRs and WTNs.
Players will also receive athletic performance assessments and will be invited to participate in
Sports Vision Testing and in a College Coaches’ Panel Discussion. Combine partner, Tennis
Analytics, will be video-recording all matches and will offer participant packages, including
match videos with detailed analytics. Included for each Combine participant is an integrated
recruiting package, including the match videos, which are made available, digitally, to both
participants and coaches, at the touch of a button on their personal Player Portals. For further
details, and for information about JMTA’s College Placement Service, visit
www.SPORTIMENY.com/JMTACombine or email jmtacombine@sportimeny.com.