A native from Guayaquil, Ecuador, Colon E. Nuñez is a former Davis Cup player with over 30 years of coaching experience. At 55, Colon has been involved with some of the most outstanding professional male and female players in the world. As a player, Colon E. Nuñez played on the professional tour and achieved international prominence as one of the highest ranked South America player with five consecutive years on the Ecuadorian Davis Cup team. He achieved a well earned reputation around the “tennis world” for his sportsmanship and exemplary behavior on the court.
Colon E. Nuñez major recognition and success came while coaching and traveling with Ecuador’s Andres Gomez. Under Colon’s responsibility, Gomez achieved a #5 ATP ranking and won Roland Garros in 1990. Gomez with Hans Gildemeister finished #1 in the world in Doubles, during that same time,Colon took Venezuelan Nicolas Pereira to capture three of the four Grand Slam junior tournaments in one year, becoming the # 1 junior player in the world.
Other players who Colon had the opportunity to work with and are part of his success stories are:
Jaime Yzaga (Peru), Michael Chang (USA), Mary Pierce (France), David Wheaton (USA), Ramesh Krishnan (India), Andres Gomez, Raul Viver, Nicolas Lapentti, Luis Adrian Morejon(Ecuador), Hans Gildemeister (Chile), Maria Alejandra Vento (Venezuela), Ramon Delgado (Paraguay), Sandon Stolle(Australia), Martina Sucha (Slovakia), Maria Fernanda Alves (Brazil), and of course, Eric Nuñez (USA).