Carlos La Riva, Director of Junior Programs

Carlos is originally from Venezuela and has also lived in Germany and Colombia. He started playing tennis at the age of 8 in Colombia, then he moved to the USA with his family. As a junior, he played many tournaments across Florida.

Carlos worked in multiple Country Clubs in Boca Raton, FL. He also coached at the Pro World Tennis Academy with world top ranked players such as Naomi Osaka.

Carlos is great with both kids and adults and specializes in advance tournament players. He is an experienced and dedicated teacher. Carlos has been working at Buckskill Tennis Club since 2012. He is the Junior Director and oversees our junior programs. Carlos also teaches adult private lessons and clinics. When he is not on the court, he enjoys playing golf and cooking fancy meals.

Ask him about CURLING!

Anett Ferenczi-Bako, Head Pro

Anett was born in Budapest, Hungary where she was a top ranked junior tennis player. She competed in several ITF tournaments and at age 16 she won both the single and doubles titles at the British Columbia National Tournament in Canada. Anett went on to play Division I college tennis on a full scholarship at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. While at the UNLV, she helped lead the Rebels to the 2013 Mountain West Conference Championship. She was also a four-time Mountain West Scholar-Athlete and Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete.

As a tennis pro, Anett coached local junior players at Himmelheber Tennis in Las Vegas, NV. She also has experience in conducting adult clinics and private lessons from her time at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Westgate Resort and Sportime, NY where she frequently worked with all ages and levels.

From 2016-2018 Anett was a Division I Head Women’s Tennis Coach at Wagner College, NY while she pursued her MBA in Finance. Anett has been with the company since 2018, when she is not on the court, she works at the Hamptons Tennis Company’s office as a Business Development Coordinator.

Randy Phillips, Tour Pro

Randy was born in Ottawa, Canada before moving to and growing up in Jamaica. He later moved to Georgia to complete High School and go on to attend college. At Brookwood High School in Snellville, Ga., Phillips helped his team win the Georgia High School Association AAAAA state title. He was named an All-American in 2011.

Randy graduated in 2015 from UNC Greensboro where he made a name for himself in the Southern Conference. He emerged as the program’s number one player and team captain, putting up the third-most wins in program history.

Randy continued playing after college, going on to win the most matches in Jamaica’s Davis Cup history, helping Jamaica earn their first promotion in 10 years, bumping the country up from Group 3 to Group 2. Additionally, Randy is the first Jamaican player to earn an ATP ranking in the last decade. Randy also had the opportunity to represent Jamaica in the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

Randy joined the UNF Men's Tennis staff as Assistant Coach in August of 2021. He is excited for his first season at Buckskill Tennis Club!

Lena Babunski, Senior Staff Pro

Lena was born in Belgrade, Serbia. Throughout her junior career, she participated and won numerous ITF tournaments starting at the age of 16. Furthermore, she held a top-five ranking in every age division in Serbia.

Lena played for Miami University in a Division I program on a full athletic scholarship. She was captain in her freshman year when she had the highest winning record for the team throughout the whole season.

As a tennis pro she spent one year at Sportime, Roslyn where she worked with all ages and levels. Currently, she is a Head Coach for the Women's Tennis Team at Wagner College where she is pursuing MBA in Management Lena is very excited to be part of the Hamptons Tennis Company team!

Luis La Riva, Senior Staff Pro

Luis La Riva was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He moved to the U.S. when he was 6 years old and started playing tennis at the age of 7. In 2013 and 2015 he was a Florida State High School champion, in both Singles and doubles. He also trained and coached at ProWorld Tennis Academy in Delray Beach Florida, where players such as Kevin Andersen, Sofia Kenin and 4-time Grand Slam Champion Osaka Naomi have played and trained.

He is currently a senior at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton Florida, majoring in Business administration with a Finance concentration.

For the past 6 years, Luis has worked and trained ball boys and girls at the Miami Open. Luis is a PTR certified instructor. He has been coaching at Buckskill Tennis Club since 2013 and is excited to be back for his tenth season!. Luis makes Tennis fun and competitive for players of all ages and levels here at Buckskill!

Leo Zancheta, Staff Pro

Leo was born in Assis, Brazil. He started to play tennis at the age of 9 and went on to play national competition such as COSAT and federations tournaments. At age 15, he was ranked 16 in his age group.

In 2017, Leo committed to a junior college in University of South Carolina where he helped the team to be ranked top 10 in the country. Leo played number one in the lineup for singles and doubles in both two years as well as made to the national tournament losing in the second round on both years and reaching to the semifinals in doubles.

Leo recently graduated from Newberry College with a major in Business Administration and a minor in Accounting. Leo has experience coaching at Assis Tennis Club in Brazil. He also helped his brother to reach 700 on ITF ranking. Leo is very excited to return to Buckskill Tennis Club for his second summer!

Harriet de Groot, Staff Pro

Harriet grew up playing tennis at Buckskill Tennis Club. From an early age, she exhibited a very high degree of coordination and natural ability in tennis. Harriet played High School Tennis at Bridgehampton School’s combination team with East Hampton and Sag Harbor. She excelled at doubles, which she continues to play to this day.

Harriet played Club Tennis at the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude, Class of 2020. Harriet recently graduated from Stony Brook University with a Master’s in Clinical Psychology. She will start her PHD in clinical psychology at the University of Alabama in Fall 2023.

Harriet has been teaching tennis at Buckskill for 9 years and specializes in teaching our juniors. Children love Harriet and Harriet loves them back!

Jonathan de Groot, Staff Pro

Jonny has been playing tennis at Buckskill since he was 3 years old. He played High School tennis for the East Hampton/Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor combo team as the number one singles and doubles player. He was both team captain and MVP. After High School Jonny took a gap year and trained and played tournaments in Florida.

Jonny is entering his senior year at Cornell Unversity where he studies Archaeology and Agriculture. He is on the club tennis team at Cornell.

Jonny has been teaching tennis at Buckskill for 9 years. He teaches both juniors and adults and with his big serve and serve and volley game he is a popular partner in pro-am doubles!

Will O'Brian, Staff Pro

Will grew up in Alabany, New York where he started playing tennis at the age of 6. In juniors, Will was top 250 in the country and was a 3-star recruit. In High School Will played tennis at The Albany Academies and as a sophomore he made it to the quarterfinals of the state doubles tournament with his brother, Aidan.

Will is currently attending Fairfield University, majoring in Business Administration with concentration in Marketing. Will is an 11 UTR player and plays both in the singles and doubles line-up at Fairfield. He was a MAAC All First Team Doubles in his freshman year.

This will be Will's third summer at Buckskill. He enjoys teaching kids and adults and when not on the court you will find him at the beach playing competitive spikeball or surfing!

Dylan Crowley, Junior Pro

Dylan was born in Pelham New York and attended Pelham Memorial High School. He just graduated from Manhattanville College where he majored in Sports Business with a minor in Professional Tennis Management.

Dylan played on the Manhattanville tennis team in both Singles and Doubles. They won the Skyline Conference Championship in 2022 and received an automatic bid to the 2022 Division III Tennis Tournament.

Dylan has been playing at Buckskill since he was 13 years old, taking lessons and playing with family members. Dylan has experience at the Armonk Tennis Club in Westchester County working with the Junior Clinics and the after-school program. He is currently working toward his USTA L1 Certification. Dylan is returning for his second summer at Buckskill Tennis Club.