Ari Roberts - Assistant Women's Tennis Coach - Women's Tennis Coaches

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Ari Roberts

Title:
Assistant Women's Tennis Coach
Email:
ari.roberts@westpoint.edu

Army West Point Women’s Tennis’ Ari Roberts was promoted to Assistant Coach ahead of the 2024-25 season.

In Roberts’ first year as assistant coach, Army finished the 24-25 season at 24-6 overall and a perfect 8-0 mark in Patriot League regular season matches, claiming the No. 1 seed at the Patriot League Championships. The Black Knights defeated Navy 4-1 in the star match April 5, ending a three-match skid in star competitions vs. the Mids.

He was part of a staff led by Patriot League Coach of the Year Paul Peck, and a program with four players named to the Second Team All-League.

Roberts also serves as the President of USTA Eastern’s Board of Directors, serving in that role for 2025 and 2026.

Roberts remains with the program in which he has previously served as Volunteer Assistant Coach since 2021-22. Until the 2024-25 season, Roberts also served as Men’s Tennis Volunteer Assistant Coach.

Roberts is the Founder and President of MatchPoint Tennis in Goshen, N.Y., which he established in 2002. In 2010, MatchPoint Tennis opened in the Goshen Sports Complex, with four indoor courts, three outdoor courts and four indoor pickleball courts. MatchPoint currently has 200 juniors in its weekly programming. Roberts is a USTA National Coach, being the head coach of both Junior World Team Tennis and the U-14 Zonal team for USTA Eastern.

Notable Team Championships:

2015 U-14 Zonal Championship Coach
2018 U-14 Zonal Championship Coach
2018 U-12 National Team Championship - Championship Coach
2018 USTA Eastern Regional President
2018 U-14 Junior Team Tennis National Qualifier Head Coach
2022 Patriot League Champions and NCAA Tournament Appearance

Notable Roles:

2023-2024 Vice President USTA Eastern
2025-26 President of USTA Eastern’s Board of Directors
2020-Present USTA National Junior Competition Committee

Roberts is the Traveling Coach with three players from the Junior Program at MatchPoint Tennis. They have Collected four National Balls.

Roberts a 2001 Graduate of Ithaca College with a degree in Business Management and minors in Legal Studies and Finance. Roberts finished in 3rd Place on the All-Time Tennis Wins List for Ithaca College, and set the record for most wins in a single season.