The Academy

Ace Tennis Academy is a tennis training institution based in Accra and staffed by a team of dedicated and experienced tennis coaches. The Academy provides a wide range of tennis programmes that focus on the technical, tactical, physical, and mental development of the player while fulfilling the holistic needs of every player in his/her quest to achieve the highest standards of tennis.

Founder's Message

We are a unique tennis academy with outstanding development projects and programs aimed at providing a vibrant and positive training atmosphere for juniors and adults through a wide range of activities. ATAG was set up to provide an academy of tennis excellence for kids and adults from diverse backgrounds and health goals in Ghana.

We turned 4 in 2021 and it was a golden opportunity for us to launch a female empowerment program that trains and provides internships for young female graduates from the university of Ghana, celebrate our staff and launch the first ever national tennis ranking tournament for kids ages 3 and above. We also look forward to building our first tennis academy that will provide a holistic experience for junior players and tennis enthusiasts in Ghana. We have high expectations of ourselves as an academy and relish maintaining our reputation for excellence. Our players have very ambitious goals which they are supported to achieve through professional and fun experiences.

About Founder

Naa Shika is a former ghanaian professional tennis player with many medals from national competitions and international tournaments. She started playing tennis at a tender age and has been playing consistently for the past 23 years.

She was recognised as SportsWoman of the Year 2018 at the University of Ghana Vice Chancellor’s Awards Ceremony.

Naa has a deep passion for making tennis accessible to as many people as possible, especially kids. She therefore started the Ace Tennis Academy to teach tennis to kids as well as to train adults. She is the first ever female tennis player in Ghana to start a tennis academy.

Her passion for tennis and activism in increasing the sport’s visibility in Ghana earned her an appointment to the Gender, Equality and Equity Committee of the Ghana Tennis Federation in 2020.

Social Impact and Projects

Ace Tennis Academy introduces the SHEinAction, a program that provides professional training to female graduates and undergraduates in coaching, physical instruction and leadership roles. We started the program this year by giving allowances for on-the-job training to females interested in pursuing a sports career.

• Co-organized Queen of the court in 2017
• Sponsored and supported the ITF World junior tournament in 2018
• Trained volunteers for hospitality and protocol for the ITF world tour in 2018 and 2019.
• Osu children's home clinic 2018
• Teshie orphanage clinic in 2019
• Co-organized Kidi tennis tournament in Korle Bu in 2019 & 2021
• Loveball project in 2020
• Nima women tennis clinic in 2021
• ACE 360 tour in 2021
• Co-organized the Kings Cup tournament. 2021
• Free tennis clinics for schhols.