Coach Ben

Benjamin Hirsch has been playing tennis for 28 years and has been coaching for 18 years.

Ben coaches the Duluth High School varsity and JV teams, coaches the adult classes for the Duluth City Parks, and is the owner of Trick Shot Tennis, which he started in 2021.

He played for Duluth High School (2008-2011) and played college tennis at Oglethorpe University (2011-2015). He started playing National tournaments in 2019. He has been ranked #1 in the South (9 southern states) in either singles or doubles from 2020 until 2024. As of 2025, he is ranked #4 in the US in doubles, and has started playing on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour.

Ben has the following USTA Open rankings as of October 2025:

-- #4 in the US in Doubles

-- #210 in the US in Singles

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Below are highlights from Ben's matches from 2020 through 2024:

Featured Singles Matches

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Championship Match April 2025 vs Kirill (an ITF player)

This was the 3rd ever Pro TST Tournament. You can find most of Ben's 2025 matches on this YouTube Channel because he was injured most of this year, and the TST Tournaments were set up every time he was testing to see if he could come back to the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour.

Full Training Match January 2024 vs Semyon (Playing with college rules: no ad scoring, no lets) Highlights

Match vs TO (former Morehouse #1) August 2022

This match was part of training for the National Grass Championship Highlights

Match from second round of National Grass Championship at International Hall of Fame (Newport, RI) vs Andrew Dunn August 2021 Highlights

Singles Training Match January 2022 vs Arvin Highlights

Match vs Tennis Troll (Tennis YouTuber) July 2020 Highlights

Featured Doubles Matches

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Mixed match (partner is Abby Owens) vs PURE Tennis (Tennis YouTuber) and Matthew Dreher (the Giant with the pink shorts) November 2020 Highlights

Mixed ALTA City final (partner is Emma Bentz) August 2021 Highlights

Regular season 2022 ALTA match vs college players Highlights

Doubles and Singles matches from the National Grass Championship at the International Tennis Hall of Fame (Newport, RI) August 2022.

Doubles partner: Andrew Dunn

Doubles Opponents: Daniel Thornton & Artem Stafeev (2nd round), Alex Bose & Zachary Smith (Quarterfinal)

Singles Opponent: (3rd round): Danny Riggs

Practice for ITFs 2024

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Practice Pro set vs Joseph Bishop

Second practice Pro set vs Joseph Bishop

National Grass Championship 2024

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Final Backdraw Singles Highlights

Doubles Quarter-Final Highlights

National Grass Court Championship 2023

National Grass Championship Backdraw second round Match at the International Tennis Hall of Fame (Newport, RI) vs Phillip Whiteley September 2023 Highlights