Tennis coaching with a Swedish accent.
Junior groups and private one-on-one lessons, built on patient fundamentals and honest match play. No pressure to be perfect, just steady tennis that holds up when the points matter.
From Sweden to Rancho Mission Viejo.
Pontus grew up in Hunnebostrand, a small fishing town on Sweden’s west coast, with a racket in his hand more often than not. Tennis took him across the Atlantic on a full-ride scholarship to the University of South Carolina, where he played four years of Division I college tennis against some of the best players in the country.
Forty years on, he is still competing, playing tournaments in his own age group between coaching sessions. That mix is the point: what he teaches on a Monday is the same tennis he is still testing in a match on the weekend.
That experience is what SwedeSpot is built on. Based in Rancho Mission Viejo, the coaching stays deliberately small, mostly juniors finding their feet and adults who want one focused hour a week, so every player gets watched, corrected, and pushed at the right pace.
- Born and raised in Hunnebostrand, Sweden
- Full-ride scholarship, University of South Carolina
- Over 40 years playing and coaching
- Still competing in age-group tournaments
Train like you never won, and compete like you never lost.
The standard
What’s on offer
Three ways to spend an hour on court.
No timetable to wrestle with here, just the kinds of coaching running right now. Find the one that fits and we’ll sort the details together.
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Junior development
Ages 6–16Small groups built around the long game: clean fundamentals, footwork, and the habit of competing without the pressure of winning every point.
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Private one-on-one
All levelsA full hour on your game, whatever that means right now: a serve that holds up, a backhand you trust, or a plan for your next club match.
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Small-group sessions
Adults & teensTwo to four players who want a proper hit and a bit of structure: drilling, rotations, and enough live points to keep it honest.
The point isn’t to look good in the lesson. It’s to play better in the week after it.
One thing at a time
A lesson that fixes everything fixes nothing. We pick the change that matters most today and give it the whole hour.
A coach who still competes
Four decades in, Pontus still plays tournaments and is ranked among the top players in the world for his age group. The coaching comes from a game that is still being tested, not just remembered.
Taught the Swedish way
Patient, technically sound tennis, shaped by a Hunnebostrand upbringing and four years of Division I college play.
Four decades in, still on tour.
Between lessons, Pontus is still in the draw himself, from national hard-court championships to clay in Europe and grass closer to home. The game he coaches is the game he is still playing.
Get in touch
Let us know about the player, and we’ll find a court.
The quickest way is a text message. Let us know who’s playing, roughly what level, and what you’re hoping to work on. Prefer email? That works just as well. We read every message and usually reply within a day.
- swedenusa@yahoo.com
- Text or call
- (949) 973-7132
- Based in
- Rancho Mission Viejo