2012 — The method is born
Mental Tennis takes shape as a system for training the mental side directly on court, rather than as consultancy sitting outside the game.
MT Project / Story & Numbers
It started as
a question.
Today it's
a method.
Why does a player who does everything right in practice deliver half of it in a match?
The origin
A question nobody was training.
Forehand
Backhand
Serve
- You train the forehand. You train the backhand. You train the serve.
- The reaction after an error, no: that one you just hope for.
- And yet it decides more sets than any technical detail.
- Everything started there: making trainable what was left to character.
After the error?
If it can be observed, it can be trained.
The path
From 2012 to today.
Not a growth plan drawn up in advance: a series of steps in which the method was tested by increasingly demanding players.
From court to manual
Experience with players becomes a manual of mental tennis, with a self-training approach designed so the player can also work alone.
Entering the tour
The method is applied with professional tour players and with ATP coaches, who bring it into their daily work.
The club network
Clubs and academies start integrating Mental Tennis into their programming, in Italy and then abroad.
The international dimension
Camps, clinics and collaborations across Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, with Marbella as the reference point for intensive work.
The numbers
What can be counted.
These are the same figures shown on the homepage. They are updated in one place: change them there and they change everywhere.
3011Players trained with the method since 2012
98%Improved their ranking
21Affiliated clubs across Italy, Spain and the UK
4,9Average Google rating across 134 reviews
Figures linked to the homepage dataset. In Lovable these values should be read from a single shared source.
Stories from the court
The people who put the method to the test.
134 ATP · Davis Cup 2022Steven
Steven
Diez
“Filippo transformed my approach to matches. I learned to connect with my inner resources and today I face every competition with a determination I didn't have before.”
ATP tour→
Former WTA no. 130Elitsa
Elitsa
Kostova
“I was sceptical: I'd already tried psychologists and mental coaches with no results. Here the tools are applied inside the match, point after point. It changed my mentality.”
WTA tour→
426 ATPTommaso
Tommaso
Compagnucci
“We only started recently and the results are already there: two doubles finals and my first 25k final. 14 wins in 16 matches is a clear signal.”
ATP tour→When I coached Gianluca Mager I worked for years on confidence and self-belief: with Mental Tennis I would have got in six months what took me four years.
Diego Nargiso — ATP coach and Sky commentator
Field notes
From the court.
To people.
To the method.
Mental Tennis grew this way: by observing, applying, testing and returning to the court.
The next story can be yours.
Whether you play, coach or run a club: the starting point is always the same — understanding what really happens when the score weighs.