Arthur Anastopoulo

Charleston, SC

Inducted December 2020

ARTHUR ANASTOPOULO WAS ONE OF THE STATE’S BEST JUNIOR AND COLLEGE PLAYERS DURING THE 1970’S. HE PLAYED ON THE PROFESSIONAL TOUR BEFORE BECOMING A TEACHING PRO WHERE HE HAS HAD A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON TENNIS PLAYERS OF ALL AGES OVER THE PAST 35 YEARS.

JUNIOR PLAYER:

• BEGAN PLAYING COMPETITIVE TENNIS AT AGE 11 AT THE “JACK ADAMS” TENNIS COURTS IN CHARLESTON. HE WAS INFLUENCED AND MENTORED BY HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES PAT AND JACK ADAMS.
• WON THE CITY OF CHARLESTON SINGLES AND DOUBLES JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP IN EVERY AGE DIVISION, AND WON THE CITY OF CHARLESTON ADULT CHAMPIONSHIP WHEN HE WAS ONLY 15 YEARS OLD.
• WON THE 14-AND-UNDER BOY’S SINGLES TITLE AT THE PALMETTO CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BELTON, ONE OF HIS SIX PALMETTO TITLES. PLAYED ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES IN PALMETTO HISTORY AGAINST CHUCK HODGIN.
• PLAYED FOR MIDDLETON HIGH WHERE HE WON STATE HIGH SCHOOL SINGLES AND DOUBLES TITLES, AND WAS ALL-CONFERENCE AND ALL-STATE FOUR YEARS. HE COMPILED AN UNDEFEATED HIGH SCHOOL RECORD OF 58-0.
• REPRESENTED SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTHERN SECTION ON JUNIOR DAVIS CUP TEAMS. RANKED AS HIGH AS SECOND IN THE SOUTH AND TENTH IN THE NATION AND RECEIVED OVER 100 SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS FROM COLLEGES.

COLLEGE PLAYER:

• LETTERED ALL FOUR YEARS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, NAMED TEAM MVP AND TEAM CAPTAIN, AND PLAYED NUMBER ONE SINGLES AND DOUBLES.
• SOUTH REGION COLLEGIATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN SINGLES AND DOUBLES AND A FINALIST IN THE NCAA INDOOR DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIOPS.
• PARTICIPATED IN THREE INDIVIDUAL NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WAS A QUARTERFINALIST IN DOUBLES, EARNING ALL-AMERICAN HONORS.
• ACHIEVED AND INDIVIDUAL COLLEGE RANKING OF NUMBER SIX IN SINGLES AND NUMBER TWO IN DOUBLES AND LED THE GAMECOCKS TO A TOP 10 NATIONAL RANKING.
• COMPETED IN USTA SANCTIONED 21-AND-UNDER TOURNAMENTS AND EARNED A RANKING OF NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION.

PROFESSIONAL PLAYER:

• TURNED PRO IN JUNE, 1980 AFTER GRADUATING FROM CAROLINA AND PLAYED THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONAL CIRCUITS, WINNING EIGHT PROFESSIONAL TITLES IN FOUR YEARS AND EARNING A WORLD RANKING. HE PLAYED IN TWO GRAND SLAM EVENTS, THE U. S. OPEN AND THE FRENCH OPEN.
• NUMBER ONE PLAYER FOR GREECE AND A MEMBER OF THE GREECE DAVIS CUP TEAM, THE ONLY SOUTH CAROLINA BORN PLAYER TO PLAY ON ANY DAVIS CUP TEAM.
• RECEIVED THE KEY TO THE CITY OF CHARLESTON AND INDUCTED INTO THE AHEPA ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME.

TEACHING PROFESSIONAL:

• BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF TENNIS FOR THE CITY OF CHARLESTON IN 1984. HE COACHED A NUMBER OF TOP JUNIOR PLAYERS AND DIRECTED THE CHARLESTON INNER CITY YOUTH TENNIS PROGRAM, WHERE HE TRAINED TOURSANDS OF DIVERSE PLAYERS AND ORGANIZED FREE CLINICS AND FUNDRAISERS WITH STAN SMITH AND DENNIS VAN DER MEER.
• ACTIVE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA TENNIS PROFESSIONAL’S ASSOCIATION, COACHED AT USTA SOUTH CAROLINA PLAYER DEVELOPMENT CAMPS, AND SOUTH CAROLINA JUNIOR ALLSTAR CAMPS FOR TOP STATE PLAYERS.
• SOUTH CAROLINA USPTA COACH OF THE YEAR AND NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 25 TENNIS DIRECTORS IN THE NATION BY REEBOK.
• MOVED TO MACON, GEORGIA AS THE DIRECTOR OF TENNIS FROM 1996 TO 2001 BEFORE RELOCATING TO PENSACOLA BEACH, FLORIDA IN 2001. HE IS CURRENTLY THE DIRECTOR OF TENNIS AT THE PORTOFINO ISLAND RESORT ON PENSACOLA BEACH, FL.