Name: Mert Ertunga Age: 36 Occupation: collegiate tennis coach SC Position: columnist Location: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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Web Site:
Center Court Tennis Show Favorite Quote: "The embarassment is not in trying and failing, rather
in failing to try." - unknown Favorite Web Site:
BBC Sports Favorite Sport: tennis Favorite Athlete: Bjorn Borg
Mert Ertunga is the host of the Center Court Tennis Show on FanCast.com,
the Internet's only radio show dedicated entirely to tennis. He has played on
every level of tennis (International Junior tennis - ITF, NCAA Divison 1, ATP
Satelites & Challengers, Davis Cup) and coached at every level (Juniors, NCAA
Div. 1, Professional).
He was ranked No. 1 in Turkey 1989-1990 and played Davis Cup two years while
being the Davis Cup captain in 1993. Mert has been W. Tennis Coach at NCAA
Div. 1 (Univ. of Ala-Birmingham of Conference USA) level for 10 years.
"When I had money, I was an animal. I was so belligerent. I was so cantankerous,
so persistently disregardless. I wasn't that nice of a person. Just because you buy
mansions and cars doesn't mean you know what money is worth. I lost all across
the board. My life has been a total waste."
