Tenicity's Team
Tenicity’s Team is led by Program Founder and Leader, Harsh Mankad. Harsh brings over 30+ years of experience in tennis to create our coaching methodology and to lead our player development and participation growth efforts.Â
Program Founder and Leader, Harsh Mankad
- 14 years of tennis program leadership experience.Â
- Developing many of Northern’s top junior players since 2011.Â
- Recipient of USTA’s Junior Development Award in 2023.Â
- Former ATP Professional tennis player with experience at all four Grand Slam events: Wimbledon, US Open, French Open and the Australian Open.
- No. 1 tennis player for India and member of the country’s Davis Cup Team from 2001-2010.Â
- Former NCAA Division 1 National Singles Champion (Univ. of Minnesota Gopher Tennis Player) and no.1 ranked singles player in US College Tennis.Â
- Experience competing against several ATP World no. 1 ranked players including Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt, and Andy Murray.
- Winner of several ATP singles and doubles titles including the ATP Manchester Open (UK) Singles Title with wins over ATP Top 100 players.Â
- MBA from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.Â
Favorite moment in tennis: Playing at Wimbledon.Â
Coaching Team
Joe Manson
- 2 years of experience with Tenicity at all youth ages and levels including leadership to the Parks and Rec. Programs.Â
- Supporting Head Coach, Harsh Mankad with the development of Tenicity’s fitness curriculum and training methods.
- Level 1 Coaching Certification through the Professional Tennis Registry.
- Triphasic Sport Specific Coaches Certification and Triphasic Recovery Manual Certification in fitness training.Â
Favorite moment in tennis: Watching Novak Djokovic win the 2023 Australian Open. It was quite a dominant performance whilst overcoming a hamstring injury.
Mark Encell
- Joined Tenicity in 2023 and providing coaching leadership to Tenicity’s Parks and Rec. Programs.Â
- Supporting Head Coach, Harsh Mankad with the development of Tenicity’s mental training curriculum and methods.Â
- Certified teaching professional by the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA).  Â
- Completed the Inner Game Essentials Workshop Certification led by the author of The Inner Game Of Tennis, Tim Gallwey. Â
- Completed Mindfulness Fundamentals and Mindful Educator Essentials Certifications from Mindful Schools.Â
Favorite tennis memory: The first time I ever played tennis on clay on a family vacation to Captiva Island when I was a kid. We played doubles rotating in and out with my two older brothers and my parents. I remember my brothers and I chasing balls down sliding on the clay and lots of amazing points. We had such a blast!
Lucky Kancherla
- Edina High School Varsity player and student of Harsh Mankad.
- Played Division 1 college tennis at Western Illinois University where she was the Captain of the team for 3 consecutive years.Â
- Coaching experience in Tenicity’s program and in Spain.Â
- Fluent in Spanish and planning for Law School in the fall of 2024.
Favorite tennis memory: Senior match in college when all my family and friends were there supporting me. They were there for the journey and at the end winning the match in the tiebreak was memorable with all of them and my teammates with me.Â
Jon Senum
- Joined Tenicity in 2023 and providing leadership to Tenicity’s Middle School Tennis Programs.Â
- Member of 1982 NCAA Div III National Championship tennis team at Gustavus Adolphus College.
- Past instructor and coordinator at Tennis & Life Camps in Minnesota.Â
- Coached the Women’s Tennis Team at St Cloud State University.
- Volunteer coach for underserved communities at InnerCity Tennis and Fred Wells Tennis & Education Center.
Favorite moment in tennis: When the St. Cloud State Women’s Tennis Team beat my alma mater’s heavily favored Gustavus Adolphus college team at Gustavus.Â
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