Tennis Pros
Peter Dungca, Director of Tennis
Peter is originally from San Francisco, CA and moved to Hawaii in 1998. As a teenager growing up he always thought that one day he would love to move to Hawaii to be able to play tennis year round due to the perfect weather. He has been involved in tennis as a tournament player, coach and professional instructor for over 30 years. In 2007, Peter joined the USTA as a tennis instructor and was involved in the Recreational Coaches Workshops, Regional Talent ID Camps for junior development high performance programs. Currently he is also the Local Performer coordinator for the 10 and under programs for the USTA Hawaii Pacific Section. Peter is a USPTA Certified Professional and Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) Certified Professional Junior Development. He attended the City College of San Francisco and San Francisco State University. (PDF version)
HENDRIK BODE, Tennis Professional
Hendrik is originally from Hann
over, Germany moved to Hawai’i in 2005 to play tennis and study at Hawai’i Pacific University. In his three seasons with HPU, Hendrik held a career high NCAA singles ranking at #5 in the country. His accolades include ITA All-American, ITA West Region Rookie of the Year, HPU Athlete of the Year, and HPU Most Valuable Player. He was also an ITA Scholar-Athlete and on the ITA All-Academic Team. Hendrik was ranked in the Top 200 in German men’s rankings and his highest ATP Ranking was 1342. Hendrik graduated from HPU with his degree in Business Administration with concentration in Management in 2008. Hendrik is currently the head coach for the Men’s HPU tennis team. (PDF version)
MIMI KENNELL, Tennis Professional
Mimi is originally from Tainan, Taiwan, moved to Hawaii in 1994 as a member on the BYU-Hawaii Women’s Tennis team. In 1996, Mimi and her partner captured the doubles champion titles at the NAIA Rolex National Championships and Small College “Super Bowl” Championships. In 1997, she assisted the BYU-H women’s team to win the NAIA National Championships. Mimi was a Fed Cup player and was ranked No. 2 in Taiwan before moving to Hawaii and had a singles and doubles WTA ranking. Mimi had a Masters degree in Education and was a middle school teacher before working at USTA Hawaii Pacific Section as the Director of Junior Tennis. Mimi is USPTA and PTR certified tennis professional. She has coached varsity/JV/and Intermediate teams and provided private and group lessons to players with various ages and play level. (PDF version)
MAX PAVON, Tennis Professional
Max is a USPTA Certified Professional 1 Tennis Instructor with over 45 years of tennis teaching experience. Originally from Spain, Max was the Varsity Tennis Coach for six seasons at Harvard School in California. He taught all ages and abilities at Marina City Club for eight years and captained a 5.0 USTA League team there. Max has been a tennis professional and academy teacher at Punahou School since 1988. He is an active local, national and international player that has held No.1 rankings in different age divisions for the last 20 years. He holds seven USPTA Senior World Championship titles in both singles and doubles. Max has a Ph.D. in Spanish, speaks four languages and has taught Spanish language and literature at UH/Kapiolani CC and HCC for ten years. (PDF version)
ALEX AYBAR, Tennis Professional
Alex, originally from the Dominican Republic, moved to Florida at age 14, started playing competitive tennis and held a top 10 junior ranking throughout his junior career. By age 17, he was top 30 in singles and top 20 in doubles in the ITF World Junior ranking. Also as a junior, Alex was selected to play for the prestigious ITF team Europe and South America and competed in the main draws of the French Open, US Open and Wimbledon Junior Championships. Alex played #1 singles for the University of Arizona and achieved top 25 ranking in NCAA Division I, made First Team Pac-10 and had an All-American standing. Alex has been a teaching professional in Hawaii since 2005. He has since been the high-performance coach for five state champions and many of Hawaii’s top juniors. (PDF version)