Private Lessons offer a chance for individual instruction as you work on your game. Our court time is limited, so please be patient with our lesson availability.

Private Lessons: $90 per hour/ members; $100 per hour/ non-members

1-2 students. Private lessons are personally arranged with our tennis teaching professionals. Private lessons with 3 or more students will require an additional $10 per person fee. Payment is expected for any lessons cancelled less than 24 hours in advance. Members will have priority in scheduling private lessons.

Our Teaching Professionals:

Ben Klimek

Minnetonka Tennis Club Teaching Professionals:

The teaching staff has over 100 years of teaching and coaching experience working with junior and senior high tennis teams, and college tennis teams at the Division I, II or III levels along with teaching at country clubs and tennis camps within the Twin Cities area and throughout the country.

Scott Swanson, USPTA: Director of Tennis at MTC since 1994, USPTA Northwest Section Coach of the Year in 1994, NWPTA Industry Excellence Award 2003, coached Blaine Boy’s, Columbia Heights Varsity, Coon Rapids Junior High, Southwest HS, St. Paul Tennis Club, Daytona Indoor Tennis and Lake Hubert Tennis Camps.

Ben Klimek: Our Junior Director since 2020, Ben has vast leadership capabilities with youth. As the Head Coach and Site Lead at St. Paul Urban Tennis, Ben’s teaching experience included the organization of 6 assistant coaches and teaching individual and group training sessions with youth. He also embraced coaching in is local community at Hastings Community Education and as the Head coach of Hastings High School.

Glenn Britzius, USPTA: Glenn Joined MTC in the fall of 2007 as a teaching professional, Glenn has been on staff at Oakridge CC, Northwest/Lifetime AC, Augsburg College, played on the University of Minnesota Tennis Team. He actively participates in a variety of USTA/USPTA local and National Tournaments.

Rod Vaught, USPTA: In 2008 Rod joined our teaching staff at MTC. His tennis experience and coaching resume include Head Coach of Indiana State and Duruy College where he earned “Coach of the Year” honors. As a collegiate player he was ranked #1 at Southwest Missouri State and was the Division 1 MVP multiple years. Off the courts Rod enjoys playing golf and keeps our junior players engaged with lots of trivia!