Train in Montpellier, compete everywhere.
A private high-performance coach, a full staff, every surface and around 2,600 hours of sun a year. Montpellier is the base camp. The tournaments, in France, in Spain or further away, are where we climb together.
Eight reasons I chose this base.
I work all over the world. When a player needs a base to build a season, this is where I bring them.
The climate: train like you compete
One of the sunniest cities in France, with around 2,600 to 2,700 hours of sun a year. More than 80% of ATP and WTA tournaments are played outdoors (around 80% on the ATP calendar, nearly 90% on the WTA calendar in 2026), and the indoor season is short. Here the player trains outdoors almost all year, in real match conditions: sun, wind, heat. A detail that counts in a career.
Quality of life, at a fair cost
The same Mediterranean climate as the Côte d'Azur, with living costs that are usually lower than in Nice, Cannes or Saint-Tropez.
Every surface
Outdoor and indoor clay, outdoor and indoor hard courts. We train on the surface of the next tournament.
Sparring partners
A regional league training centre, big clubs with many players, and academies within about 50 km: always the right sparring partner, whatever the level or game style.
Tournaments with prize money
National events (CNGT and open tournaments) and team competitions where a good player can earn money, plus ITF events within reach.
France and Spain
Two dense tournament systems in one: the French circuit around you and the Spanish circuit three hours away.
Connected to the world
Montpellier airport, plus smaller airports in Nîmes, Perpignan and Carcassonne with competitive low-cost routes, Marseille, Toulouse and Nice, and Paris or Barcelona for long-haul flights.
A real city
More than 840,000 people live in the Montpellier area: a young, dynamic city with trams and buses, and public transport is free for residents of the Montpellier metropolitan area.
A total system, three hours from everything.
Less travel means more matches, more training and a budget that goes further.
Sun, courts, circuits, destinations, staff.
Everything a junior-to-pro player needs, in one place: around 2,600 hours of sun a year, so the player trains outdoors, in the same conditions as in matches (on the 2026 ATP and WTA calendars, more than 80% of tournaments are played outdoors), every surface, every circuit from national events to ITF professional tournaments, quick access to every destination, and a full staff working on the same plan.
A hub, not a corner of the map.
Paris and Roland-Garros are about 3h15 away by direct TGV, Barcelona about 3h10 by direct train. The ITF junior events of the Côte d'Azur, like the J300 in Beaulieu-sur-Mer and the J200 in Cap d'Ail, are about three hours by road. Montpellier airport has seasonal direct flights to Madrid, and the airports of Nîmes, Perpignan, Carcassonne, Marseille, Toulouse and Nice add many routes, often at low-cost prices.
- A dense train and public transport network: TGV to Paris and Barcelona, trams and buses in the city, free for residents
- ITF Junior events from J30 to J300 within reach
- French and Spanish professional events (W15, W35, W50) close by
- Long-haul flights from Paris or Barcelona when needed
Every surface, all year round.
Players have access to several training clubs, a regional league training centre and academies close by. The player always trains on the right surface, with the right sparring partners: clay before the clay events, fast indoor hard courts before the winter indoor season.
Elite tools, not only a court.
Kinvent force plates for physical testing, Baseline Vision for match and shot data, J2Pro Motion for biomechanical serve analysis, Blazepod for reaction and decision training, and J2Pro Circuit to follow the load, the wellbeing and the goals every day.
- Recovery tools: compression boots, cryotherapy leg sleeves
- Excellent medical follow-up for young athletes nearby, including the Institut Saint-Pierre in Palavas-les-Flots, a paediatric hospital with a sports medicine and traumatology department
Everything organised, so the player can focus on tennis.
Each programme is built around the player. Here is what can be included.
A training base, a total system, a coach.
Like a base camp in the mountains: the base, the staff and the method are in Montpellier, and the coach climbs with you on the tour. When it makes more sense, I run training blocks in the player's own country.