Employee Biographies
Beth Waltich: Manager
Beth has been manager at Fairfield Racquet Club for over 20 years. She is also USTA league coordinator at Fairfield Racquet. Beth has over 30 years of tennis experience.
Scott Wlodychak: Head Pro
Scott has been the head pro at the Fairfield Racquet Club for 16 years. Scott is a graduate of Maryland University, where he was a highly ranked national player for all four years. He was ranked in the top 100 in singles and top 17 in doubles for all of Division I tennis. Scott competed on the ATP Satellite tour where he reached a ranking of 525 in the world in competitive singles.
Evan Rosen: Assistant Head Pro
Evan was a 4 year Division II All American nationally ranked singles and doubles college player for Bloomsburg University between 1994 - 1997. In 1996, Evan was ranked one of the top 100 college tennis players in the United States. In 2000, Evan was the Star Ledger Boys High School Coach of the Year for Montville High School. Evan has been a certified USPTA professional for 11 years. Evan is currently a staff instructor at Fairfield Racquet Club, where he has worked for 11 years. Evan has been the head camp director for the Fairfield Racquet Club Summer Camp since 2001.
David Feher
David has been a tennis pro at Fairfield Racquet Club for 27 years. David has also been the Director of Tennis at North Jersey Country Club since 1984. David is a graduate of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, where he was captain of the tennis team in 1983 and 1984; leading the team to a #2 NCAA Division II ranking. He has played competitively at every level since high school, including a stint on the ATP Satellite Tour. David has won a USTA National Championship with his father, Laddie, at a Sr. Father-Son Clay Courts tournament in 1997.
Tom Battaglia
Tom has been a teaching pro at Fairfield Racquet for over 9 years. Prior to Fairfield Racquet, Tom was the head women's/assistant men's tennis coach at Rutgers University in Newark. Tom started teaching when he was just 17 years old and has been teaching the sport for over 15 years. Tom played his first two years at Orange County Community where he was team captain, guiding the team in back-to-back regional championships in 1997 and 1998. He was also all regions MVP for second singles in 1998. Tom then transferred to Rutgers University where he was captain in 1999 and 2000. Tom graduated in 2002 with a degree in history. Tom is now, in addition to Fairfield Racquet, the current Director of tennis at the Maplewood Tennis Club. He has been a USPTA certified pro for over 8 years.
Matt Deitch
Matt played 4 years of collegiate tennis for SUNY Oneonta, where he graduated with a major in Business and a minor in Sports Management. Matt has been USPTA certified for 5 years. Matt started gradually teaching tennis when he was 15 years old, and has been a full-time tennis instructor at Fairfield Racquet Club for the past 5 years. Matt was the head tennis pro for the North Caldwell Summer Program in 2008, and has been the Assistant Camp Director at the Fairfield Racquet Club Summer Camp since 2008.
Robbie Clause
Robbie has been a certified tennis professional since 1974. Robbie is starting his fourth year teaching at the Fairfield Racquet Club. He is the president of "Have Racquet Will Travel." Robbie was a travel coach for national and international junior and professional tennis players during 1984 -1995.
Travis Wilkerson
Travis is a graduate of Rutgers University at Newark, and has been playing tennis for 20 years. Travis played collegiately for two years at the College of Staten Island, helping the Dolphins capture conference championships both years. Travis served as co-captain at Rutgers, where he continued with his college career. Since becoming a United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) P-2 Tennis Pro in 2007, Travis has sought to continue his tennis education by attending numerous USPTA seminars and lectures. Travis has worked in several summer tennis camps since he was 18 years old and this summer became head tennis pro of North Caldwell Youth Tennis Camp.
Anthony Santonastaso
Anthony is a graduate of Methodist University in Fayettesville, North Carolina where he played collegiately for two years. He has been teaching tennis for the previous 4 years at various summer tennis clubs across the east coast. This past summer, Anthony was the assistant tennis professional at the Westhampton Country Club. Anthony is a USPTA certified P2 teaching professional.