Bios - Anne Matta and Horacio Matta

Anne Matta

Anne attended a friend’s birthday party on a tennis court at age nine and was hooked. She worked her way up through the Junior level and became a three-time All-American, MVP at the University of Texas, and ranked #1 in NCAA singles.

After college, Anne turned pro and was ranked in the Top 100 in the World, competing at Wimbledon, The French Open, The Australian Open and the U.S. Open. Playing at International tournaments in Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Italy, France, England, Luxemburg, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, South Africa, and Brazil provided the opportunity to see the World and build lifetime friendships.

The most fun she had playing major tournaments was having a set point against Martina Navratilova in the quarterfinals of the Canadian Open, and then losing and becoming friends with her after the match. Anne feels the best things about tennis are the camaraderie and connections you make along with the humility you learn from tough losses and the independence accrued from striving towards personal goals.

Horacio Matta

Born in Santiago, Chile, Horacio was a two-time college national champion with Universidad Catolica de Chile. Horacio turned pro at the age of 19 and competed for four years on the pro tour, spending five months of every year living and competing in Europe and the other seven months in South America.

Horacio then moved to the US to coach Juniors at the Nick Bolletieri Tennis Academy, FL; and at EPATT, CA (East Palo Alto Tennis and Tutoring program), combining his passion for tennis with education. In demand, Horacio came back to coaching pro players when he was asked to coach Chile’s Davis Cup team.

As a private coach, Horacio has trained multiple ranked players including, Nicolas Massu, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and former #9 ranked player in the world; and  Fernando Gonzalez, Silver Medal winner at the Beijing Olympics, Wimbledon contender, and former #5 ranked player. Along with local Juniors such as, Cici Bellis, Jamin and Andrew Ball, James Pade, Michaela Gordon, Dominic Schaeffer, and Ashley Vielma, and believes that even in his next life he will always have a racket by his side.