Senior Tennis Coach – Ryde


Ryan Henry
Ryan won multiple Australian national singles and doubles titles as a junior and was a key member of Australian team that won the 16/U world junior championships held in Japan. By the age of 18, he had achieved rankings of World No. 1 in U/18 Doubles, World No. 16 in U/18 Singles, 271 in ATP Doubles and 424 in ATP Singles and competed in the Australian Open Mens Singles and Doubles main draw. Ryan retired early from the game at age 19 due to repetitive injuries and has since focused on developing a career as a tennis professional.
Qualifications
- AICD Governance Foundations Directors Qualification
- The EDG business essentials program graduate
- Dent Business Accelerator Program graduate
- Tennis Australia Master Club Professional and Diploma of Business
- Tennis Australia Learning Facilitator certificate
- Strength and Conditioning Level 1
- Olympic Weight Lifting Level 1
Career history
- 2004: Tennis NSW High Performance Coach
- 2006: Tennis NSW Academy Head Coach
- 2008: Head Performance Coach at Langley Tennis Club in London
- 2011: Co-founded Voyager Tennis Academy
- 2017: Joined the Tennis NSW board as a Director
- 2019: Co-authored and published book ‘Winning on and off the court’
Ryan is responsible for the overall management and development of Voyager Tennis and is passionate about helping tennis thrive at all levels from grass roots right the way through to the professional level.
What I love about Tennis?
I loved the intensity of competing as a player and all the life opportunities that Tennis has provided such as character building, world travel and helping me to build a career. I’d like to share these opportunities and help as many players as possible to develop to their full potential as both players and as people.
Senior Tennis Coach
Location: Ryde, NSW
Work Type: Full-time
Job Description
Take your career to the next level and challenge yourself by joining one of the world’s most elite coaching teams.
The Company
Voyager is a multi-award-winning Tennis Academy and believes in tennis as a powerful life-enhancing voyage that helps an individual become the best person they can be.
Our programs start with the 3–5 year old age group with a well-established pathway through to our students achieving U.S. College tennis scholarships and playing on the professional circuit thereafter.
We operate from 15 tennis facilities in Sydney, 1 facility in Melbourne, 1 facility in Northern NSW and two venues in Singapore and coach around 4,000 players each week of all ages and abilities, including more than 200 nationally ranked players.
Tennis professionals have the opportunity to progress their careers as we provide a pathway from Tennis Coach to High Performance Coach, Assistant Head Tennis Professional, Head Tennis Professional and management roles.
The Position – Role & Responsibilities
We are looking for a full-time Senior Tennis Coach who will build their coaching hours to 38+ per week and work with a wide range of ages and abilities via programs including:
- Hot Shots – Coach tennis fundamentals and skills to kids aged between 3–12 years. Classes are for different levels of standard in blue ball, red ball, orange ball and green ball.
- Private Lessons – Coach clients of different ages and abilities in tennis and focus on their technical and tactical fundamental improvements in these sessions.
- Group Lessons – Coach clients of different ages and abilities in groups focusing on improving technical and tactical tennis skills.
- Development Squads – Coach squads of developing students with a focus on technical and tactical improvements in tennis as well as preparation for tournament competitions.
- High Performance Squads – Coach High Performance students in the technical, tactical, physical and psychological aspects of the game and prepare the players for elite tournaments.
- School Programs – Coach school-aged kids programs in basic tennis skills and getting more kids participating in the game of tennis.
- Holiday Camps – Coach groups of kids during the school holidays with a focus on teaching basic tennis skills as well as technical and tactical improvements.
- Weekly Competitions – Coach and prepare players for weekly competitions and competitive events.
- Tournaments – Assist in the delivery of club tournaments to give all players the opportunity to compete using the skills learnt in training.
Hours / Remuneration
Hours will be predominantly Monday to Friday with one full day required each weekend (either Saturday or Sunday).
- Remuneration: $76,000 to $86,000 + superannuation per year.
- Job Type: Full Time
Values, Skills and Attributes
We are looking for an ambitious tennis professional who is committed to excellence, has integrity, is fun to be around and is always looking to improve. Please apply for this role if you have the following skills and qualities.
- You have a passion for helping others achieve.
- You have a strong work ethic and are willing to put in the hours.
- You absolutely love tennis.
- You are a team player and get along well with others.
- You have a strong background as a player or have experience coaching elite players (preferred).
- You are qualified or willing to do all the Tennis Australia qualifications.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Employment Details
Job Type: Full-time
Work Location: In person
Start Date: Monday, 25 January 2027
How to Apply
Please complete the application form below and attach your resume.


