Jack Michalko

Jack is currently the Executive Director for the USPTA Southwest Division, a position he has had for over 35 years.  He also served four years as a vice president on the USPTA National Board of Directors and was chairman of the USPTA National Membership Committee.   

Jack was the Director of Tennis at the Phoenix Country Club in Phoenix, Arizona for 39 years retiring in 2009.  Michalko is a former two-term USPTA Southwest Division President, served on the USPTA National Board as a vice president from 2014-17 where he chaired the membership committee and was the Southwest Pro of the Year in 1984, 2004 and again in 2016. Jack was also inducted into the USTA Central Arizona Hall of Fame in 2011 and the USPTA Southwest Division Hall of Fame in 2022.  Jack also received the national USPTA President Paul Waldman Award in 2017. He has served on the USPTA’s National Awards Committee and was chairman of the USPTA National Nominating Committee.  Michalko was presented Tennis Buyer’s Guide “America’s Best Retailer” award in 1989.

Jack has lectured at the 1998 and 1999 USPTA World Conferences in La Quinta California and Miami, Florida, the USPTA Northwest Division’s Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Intermountain Division’s Convention in Vail, Colorado, New England Division Conference in Norwich, Connecticut and the Southwest USPTA/USTA Tennis Teacher’s Conferences in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. He and his wife Rita have been married for 56 years and have two grown children and a granddaughter.