The TORO Tennis Cape Town branch is based at the beautiful scenic Welgemoed Tennis Club in Bellville, Cape Town. We have several campuses that we train at weekly, namely Fairmont High School & DF Malan High School. We offer programs for all players from our TINY TOROS Program right up to our ELITE TOROS Program.
Come on down to one of our venues and meet the team!
Cape Town

Director
Martin Redelinghuys

Head Coach - Performance Program
Linley Marthinus
Co-founder & Director of TORO Tennis Academy
Certified Advanced Instructor - South African Tennis Association
Former # 1 U/18 Singles & Doubles player in the South African Junior Rankings
Travelled and competed in various ITF Junior tournaments
Played Division 1 College Tennis in the USA for 4 years (University of Nevada Las Vegas, Nationally ranked & University of North Carolina
UNCG Men's Assistant Coach (2008)
Bachelors Degree in Business & Hospitality Management
Assistant Coach at the Maidstone Country Club, New York (3 years)
Experience: 10 years
Head Coach of the PerformanceTORO Programs
Certified Level 1 Instructor - South African Tennis Association
Western Province Interprovincial Team (2001 – 2005)
Undefeated in Interprovincial Competition and Most Valuable Player (3 consecutive years)
Part of the Western Province Interprovincial Championship Winning Team (2003)
Competed in various ITF Junior tournaments
Experience: 6 years

Head Coach - Alex Zietsman
Head Coach at Fairmont High & Reddam House College
Qualifications
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Play and Stay
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Level 1 – National Instructor
Coaching Experience – 24 years
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Coached all levels from beginners to international players
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Coached at the following Academies nationwide
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Touring coach to all SA’s top junior tournaments since 2002
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24 years’ coaching experience
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Achievements
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Coached numerous juniors all over the country such as
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Monica Gorny and Ilze Hattingh (Fed Cup player)
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Trained with current and ex-pro doubles players like Raven Klaasen, Jeff Coetzee and Kevin Ulyett

Head Coach - Junior Program
Andre Kriek
Head Coach of the Junior TORO Programs
Coached at Lyttelton Tennis Club from 2005 - 2013
Intermediate Coach at the Smile Tennis Academy from 2013 - 2014
Worked under TUKS Head Coach Kobus Botha from 2014 - 2015
Has run several tennis camps for all ages
Is passionate about seeing young players grow into accomplished tennis players
Experience: 10 years

Head Coach -
Eden D'Oliveira
Head Coach at Stellenberg High School & Head Ted of Teddy Tennis Durbanville
Eden joins the TORO team with a vast amount of playing experience at the highest level in Paris and Germany.
Career Highlights:
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Lived in Spain while competing in ITF futures and team matches across Europe and North Africa
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Travelled and competed in Futures, achieving $10.000 finals
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South African representative: three-time gold medallist, Western Province number 1 and Interprovincial representative
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Passionate about holistic development on and off court
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Bachelors Degree in Communication Science, Honours degree in Linguistics and currently completing my Masters with freelance interests in digital and traditional communication

Head Coach - Petri Strauss
Head Coach at Welgemoed Primary
Qualifications
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Play and Stay
Coaching own daughter, Abigael Strauss
- 2017 Achievements
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WP & BOLAND WILSON TOURNAMENTS
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1 BRONZE MEDALS
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3 GOLD MEDALS
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1 SILVER MEDAL PLAYING U/14 WP WILSON(10 YEARS OLD)
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RUNNER UP WP WILSON MASTERS TOURNAMENT (TOP 8 PLAYERS GET INVITED)
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WP U/11A
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2018 Achievements
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1 SILVER MEDAL U/12 WP WILSON TOURNAMENT
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Coached WP U/11A Boys and Girls at the Synergy Cup
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Team Manager for the u/11 Boys and Girls
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Won the Synergy Cup beating out Boland and Eden
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Head Coach - Junior Elite
Rutger La Cock
Head Coach of the Junior Elite players
Competed at the highest level in the Province
Former #1 at Fairmont High School
Competed in National & Provincial events country wide
Competed in various ITF Junior tournaments
Playing Experince: 5 years
Experience: 2 years

Finance & Accounts
Martin Edward Redelinghuys
Head of the Finance & Accounts Department
Martin Edward has joined the TORO Team from its outset. He brings a wealth of tennis experience as the father of the Director, Martin Redelinghuys, and accompanied him through his career in South Africa and abroad.
Martin Edward has worked in the project management field for more than 30 years at Telkoms Cape Town division. He brings his valuable experience to the TORO Team and will be heading up the Finance department.