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About
Paul
Paul Fein,
a tennis journalist for 28 years, has done major interviews
with nearly all the great players, including four with
Pete Sampras, and with many leading tennis coaches,
administrators and authorities. He has covered Wimbledon,
the U.S. Open, the Davis and Fed Cups, and various other
pro tournaments, as well as Champions Tour, and international
junior events, such as the Orange Bowl. Paul was also
a doubles partner at least once in tournaments with
four members of the famous Mayotte tennis dynasty --
Eddie, John, Chris and Tim.
Paul Fein (right)
interviewing Amelie Mauresmo
World No. 1 Woman Player
(Photo credit:
Tim Balestri)
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| Paul Fein asks
2004 Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova questions
at the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven,
Connecticut, in August, 2004. (Photo
credit: Tim Balestri) |
Awards
Paul has received 20
writing awards during his career, including Tennis
Week's "Journalist of the Year-original submission";
an award for the his Arthur Ashe interview in 1991 and
1st Prize awards in the 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003* and
2005 United States Tennis Writers Association
writing contests. As a certified teaching pro and coach,
he received the "Western Pro of the Year" award in 2004
from the New England Professional Tennis Association
*"First Prize award in the Feature Category of
the 2003 United States Tennis Writers Association for
his piece titled 'When They Were Kings.'The judges deemed
the feature to be "The best written brief historical recap
in many years."
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| Paul
Fein interviews Martina Hingis, 5-time singles and
9-time double Grand Slam winner, at the Ocean Edge
Resort in Brewster, Massachusetts, in July, 2004.
(Photo
credit: Tim Balestri) |
Background
His diverse tennis background
includes being founder/director of the Springfield (Massachusetts)
Satellite Tournament--which was commended in a World Tennis
magazine editorial, a top-10 singles and top-5 doubles
ranked men's open tournament player in New England, a
starting varsity tennis player at Cornell University under
renowned coach Eddie Moylan, a commentator for Continental
Cablevision, president of the Springfield Tennis Club
and Springfield Tennis Council, a USPTA teaching pro,
NELTA tournament consultant, college tennis referee and
NEPTA ranking committee chairperson. Paul lives in Agawam,
Massachusetts.
Contact
Paul for more information
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