Tournament Connexion
Come & Play Tennis in France
+ 5000 Tournaments per year
Tournaments
Tournaments per week
College players coming from over 200 different universities.
WHAT GSC WILL DO FOR YOU
GSC will provide college players or high scool kids with access to the best tournament system in the world & choose from over 5,000 yearly tournaments & explore France and Europe.
Level : from 6 -13+ utr for the boys / from 4-11+ utr for the girls
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Tournament schedule
Organize your tournaments schedule in France including signing up for tournaments, working on detailed schedules, and facilitating relationship with tournaments referees and clubs. Can play 2-3 tournaments per week from early June to Aug.
Travel organisation
Fully organize your travel logistics and accommodations. Airport pick-up at either Paris or Nantes airport, travel by train around France and stay in economical hotels or with French GSC host families. Many host families have current or past players on US college teams and we estimate that 50% of your nights will be spent with families.
Training
Provide access to practice courts and partners through our affiliations with French Clubs and training academies.
Flexible
As you compete, GSC will constantly be making adjustments and evaluations on tournament size, court surface, travel partners, and French tennis ranking.
PLAYERS TESTIMONIALS
PLAYER’S HOME UNIVERSITIES
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COACH TESTIMONIALS
We have worked with college players from over 200 schools
“GSC provides great service in my experience with them. I used them myself when I played and have used them for my kids and team members.
Our team had a great team trip and got a lot out of it. France is one of the great places to play tennis in the world with many great tournaments for any level of tennis player.
No one knows the tournaments better than Marc – he will find the right tournaments for you. You can play up to 3 tournaments a week.”
“We recommend French Summer tournaments for all of our players. Players have had superb experiences using Marc Legris and GSC to get a proper French ranking and to make a suitable tournament schedule. In addition to playing lots of high quality matches, my players had an unforgettable cultural experience, and they matured as they learned to navigate their own travel and logistics in a foreign country. GSC provides just the right amount of support and structure to get players started on their French tour, but Marc and his team do not micromanage. I highly recommend GSC! »
SAMPLE TENNIS TRIPS TO FRANCE
FROM PAST SUMMERS
SAMPLE TRIP 1
Normandy/Britany/Val de Loire (Caen, Tours, Vannes, Nantes) + La Rochelle and Bordeaux area
Group of 2 players
7 tournaments in 3 weeks
Average per player = 18 matches
SAMPLE TRIP 2
South only including French Riviera
Group of 4 players
8 tournaments in 3 weeks
Average per player = 20 matches
SAMPLE TRIP 3
All around South of France / from Southwest to French Riviera
Group of 2 players
9 tournaments in 3 weeks
Average per player = 25 matches
SAMPLE TRIP 4
One girl who traveled mainly with a French girl at
her same tennis level that GSC found for her.
5 tournaments in 2 weeks
Average per player = 15 matches
What is GSC ?
GSC is an American company headquartered in New York, led by Mark Ozer, and operating in Europe from Nantes through its Europe manager Marc Legris. We are the oldest company in Europe specializing in university placement for tennis players. Since 1990, GSC has worked with several hundred young tennis players from around the world, aiming to find them American universities that best match their academic and tennis levels. Since 2010, we have focused our activities primarily on France, currently assisting an average of 30 to 40 young French players per year, with tennis levels ranging from 15 to Promotion, to combine tennis and studies at American universities.
GSC Staff
Mark Ozer
Founder
New York, USA
Bachelor in History, Princeton Univ 1986 MBA, Northwestern Univ 1996
#1 Singles and Doubles Princeton University
Named All-Ivy and Team Captain
Top #500 ATP singles and #155 ATP Doubles ranking
Best French tennis ranking : First Series #29 (14+ UTR)
Speak English and French
Marc Legris
European Manager
Nantes, France.
Bachelor in International Business, New Mexico St 2000
#1 Singles and Doubles New Mexico State
As high as #37 in NCAA D1 Singles Rk & #13 in Doubles
Best French Ranking: -4/6 (12.8 UTR equivalency)
Former GSC client (1998-2001)
Speak French, English and Spanish