You never know who you may run into at a tennis tournament or league. Former ATP 136 Michael Sell plays in a USTA 4.0 league in Delaware.
The man who played at University of Georgia – as a four time All American – and at all four Grand Slams – is just a weekend hacker now like many of us.
As a senior player now, this year the 53 year old Sell has a 2-1 record playing first singles in a Delaware USTA 4.0 over 18 league. He’s also 0-1 in tournament play losing first round at an Open tournament in Upper Dublin, PA to a guy named Ilya Kulik.
Sell has coached Monica Seles, Serena Williams, Reilly Opelka, Tommy Paul, Donald Young and John Isner. He also coached the women’s team at Louisiana State.
The winner of 14 ATP Challenger titles – three in singles, eleven in doubles – Sell achieved career singles wins vs Nicolas Escude and Mark Woodforde and also reached the second round at all four Grand Slams in doubles. He also played doubles with Gustavo Kuerten at 1998 Australian Open. He earned close to $300,000 as an ATP player for five years.
It’s very rare that a former Grand Slam tennis player actually plays in USTA leagues or tournaments. Rick Leach and Gigi Fernandez are two other notable USTA players.
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