MY ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO CONNECT AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO BOTH PLAY TENNIS AND LEAD A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE ON & OFF THE COURT.

Kirby Bridges is an on-camera personality, content strategist, and tennis pro. Most recently, she served as the face of the biggest racquet launch of the last decade, the Wilson Clash Revolution Tour. While on tour, she hosted 47 events in 25 cities while crisscrossing the country for 9 weeks. With the hype of the tour, the launch of the Wilson Clash catapulted it to the #1 selling racquet in only 2 weeks.

Previously, Kirby worked at Essential Tennis, where she wrote, produced, and hosted daily online tennis instruction videos while guiding the company’s media strategy and production team as the Director of Content. Essential Tennis is an online tennis teaching website with over 50 million views, 150,000 YouTube subscribers, and thousands of students from over 150 countries. Kirby’s work has gone viral, from tutorials to “Tennis Beer Pong” to “How NOT to Treat Your Mixed Doubles Partner”.

Hailing from Omaha, Nebraska, Kirby has had a lifelong commitment to tennis. She started playing at age 5 and was teaching her first clinic by the age of 13. Upon high school graduation, she went to work as the Director of Adult Tennis at Lincoln Racquet Club in Lincoln, Nebraska before heading to Woods Tennis Center. During this time, she coached for USTA Missouri Valley in junior team events such as 10s Intersectionals, 12s and 14s Teams, and Zonals. After these experiences, she served as Director of Operations/Director of Tennis in opening Hampton Racquet, a new club in East Hampton, New York. Eventually, she found her way to Los Angeles, where she worked for Tennis Channel.

Combining her tennis and broadcasting backgrounds, Kirby is committed to helping others lead their best lives through pursuing their passion. Tennis is her passion. Her ultimate goal is to connect and inspire people to both play tennis and lead a healthy lifestyle on and off the court. She is also an advocate for depression and anxiety. Kirby holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She is also USPTA-certified, involved in U30, and volunteers for Wisconsin wheelchair tennis. She currently resides in Chicago, with her fiancé and her dog, Jack. Her coaching can be found at essentialtennis.com or on any social media platform through @essentialtennis or @kirbybridges.