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Tom Daglis is certified as a USPTA Master Professional by the United States Professional Tennis Association, a certification that is shared with less than 1 percent of the USPTA membership worldwide. His extensive involvement with the USPTA has included serving as National President for the USPTA from ’09-‘13 and the Southern Division in '95-'96.  He currently serves on the USPTA Executive Committee as a National Past President.

The USPTA has honored Tom with distinctions such as the George Bacso Tester of the Year, USPTA Southern Professional of the Year, USPTA Mid-Atlantic Professional of the Year, USPTA Maryland Professional of the Year, three-time USPTA Georgia Professional of the Year, three-time USPTA Southern Tester of the Year and the coveted Southern Pride of the South award. In 2006, he was awarded the USPTA's most prestigious national award, as the Alex Gordon United States Professional of the Year.  In 2016 Tom was honored with the International Tennis Hall of Fame Educational Merit Award.  Tom is a member of the USPTA Southern Division Hall of Fame.  He has previously served as Director of Tennis at fine clubs such as Atlanta Country Club, GA; Concourse Athletic Club, GA; and Lakewood Country Club, MD.

Tom is the former Director of the Professional Tennis Management program within the schools of business at both Ferris State University in Michigan and Methodist University in North Carolina.  Tom’s most recent position was the Executive Director of the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College, the nation’s largest single-surface tennis center with sixty-three (63) tennis courts. 

Tom has successfully directed large tennis events and coach workshops nationally and has personally owned and operated five Tennis Specialty Pro Shops.  A past president of the Georgia Professional Tennis Association, the GPTA has honored Tom with Tennis Director of the Year, Community Service Award, and the Georgia Peach Award for contributions to Georgia tennis. He has served on various USTA national committees and has been a speaker at multiple USPTA World Conferences, USPTA Division Conferences, and Club Managers’ Association of America (CMAA) World Conferences.

Tom earned his undergraduate degree at Columbus State University, GA, and holds an M.S. degree in Career and Technical Education from Ferris State University, MI.