Grand Traverse Resort & Spa is a recognized tennis leader with excellence in staff programs, and facilities. The Resort was named a Top 50 Tennis Resort by Tennis Magazine in 2000 and again in 2002. The junior tennis program ranked third in the nation in 2000.

Complete Tennis Programs & Facilities
The Resort’s tennis instruction, leagues, and tournament programs, which serve over 200 adult men and women, and nearly 100 junior boys and girls, who are members of The Club, plus Resort guests. The Resort has a six person tennis staff that includes four USPTA certified teaching professionals and two tennis instructors.

The Club at Grand Traverse Resort & Spa conducts tennis programs year-round thanks to facilities that include five indoor and four outdoor tennis courts surfaced with Deco-Turf II, the same surface at the U.S. Tennis Center and Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., site of the annual United States Open Tennis Championships.

Tennis Pro of the Year
Christopher “Mick” Michalowski, Director of Tennis was chosen from among 300 tennis professionals in the state as the 2003 and 2005 Michigan Tennis Professional of the Year by the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA).  In spring 2007 Mick was named the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Midwest Section's Cap Leighton Award recipient for his outstanding community service.

Mick, the Resort’s Director of Tennis since 1988, attended Ferris State University where he majored in Marketing/Professional Tennis Management and was named the 1988 Professional Tennis Management Student of the Year.

During the summers of 1990 through 1994, Michalowski also was the Director of Tennis at the Country Club of Detroit, in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. In 1995, he was named USPTA Midwest Tester of the Year, administering the USPTA test in the Midwest to players interested in becoming certified teaching professionals. He has hosted many workshops and serves as a member of the USTA High Performance Task Force (2003-2004).

Summer Tennis Programs
For information about tennis programs that Mick organizes for juniors and adults, including summer tennis classes, visit: http://www.grandtraversetennis.com.