ECTA

What is the European Collegiate Tennis Association?

The European Collegiate Tennis Association (ECTA) was formed in 2007 by Head Tennis Coaches, Jamie Pilkington (Dublin City University, Ireland) and Euan McGinn (University of Stirling, Scotland) with the intention of providing European University tennis players opportunities to compete both in a team and in an individual environment across Europe. To achieve this objective, ECTA wants to increase the number of appropriate opportunities tennis players have to participate in Europe. ECTA is a registered non profit organisation.

Competition

ECTA plans to organise a series of tournaments and competitions throughout Europe allowing tennis players to gauge their ability with other tennis players from different countries. Please click here for more information.

ECTA Promotional Video

May 2008 in Tulsa, Oklahoma

ECTA meet with the ITA at the 2008 NCAA Finals in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Euan McGinn, Dan McGill (ex Georgia Head Coach and founder of the ITA hall of fame), David Benjamin (ITA CEO) and Jamie Pilkington

The European League

In the autumn of 2008 we plan to have the first ever “European University League”. This will be contested between 16 of the top European University Mens’ tennis teams in various venues across Europe. A “Champions League” style of event, the European League Finals will be held in November across various venues which still have to be confirmed. The winners of the League will be crowned the ECTA European League Champions. The event has been endorsed by EUSA, The International Tennis Federation and Tennis Europe.

About us

Euan McGinn , ECTA Operations

Euan, along with his ECTA role, is also the Head Tennis Coach at the University of Stirling. Euan is a former top ranked Scottish junior and a well respected coach who has worked closely with the then National Coach Judy Murray, honing the games of players of the calibre of Andy and Jamie Murray, Elena Baltatcha and Jamie Baker among others, prior to taking up his present post as Head Coach at the University of Stirling.

Contact Euan on euanmcginn@ectatennis.com

Jamie Pilkington, ECTA Marketing and Development

Jamie is the current Head Coach at Dublin City University. Irishman Jamie Pilkington is also a former top junior in his home country and has been heavily involved with the Tennis Ireland National Programme in conjunction with National Coach Garry Cahill. When working on the program he was working with Ireland’s top ITF and ETA players. Since 2004, Jamie has been Head Coach at Dublin City University where former Davis Cup player David O’Connell, Irish Junior Champion Daniel Glancy and National University champion Simon Wrafter have been part of his roster.

Contact Jamie on jamiepilkington@ectatennis.com