April 2021
Returned with family back to Croatia and got back in their home tennis club “Tennis pro 2000” where he currently coaches juniors of all age
2021
Successfully ran his own little company with more than 200 clients, adults and juniors
- Organised several tennis camps in Porec (Croatia) and brought more then 200 people on an active tennis holiday
2019
With help of some of his friends from the Finnish Tennis Federation and Croatian Tennis Federation, he managed to bring Croatian Davis Cup team together with Zeljko Krajan, Nikola Mektic, Franko Skugor, Viktor Galovic, Juraj Dusparic to Helsinki
They organised big event with friendly matches between Finnish Davis Cup team and Croatian Davis Cup team
2015
Opened his own company “Tennis Pro 2000” in Finland (Helsinki) and taught private and group lessons to many of top Finnish juniors and adults
During the time in Finland, he had a chance to upgrade his coaching skills by collaborating with many clubs (HVS, EVS, Grani). In additon to his private company, he worked as a part-time coach for Jari Hedman in order to gain great experience in the business tennis, to meet many people in the industry and to organise many amazing projects in his career. This also gave him opportunity to coach many Finnish celebrities, famous hockey stars, influencers, other sportsmen and to be invited on the most famous national sports television, to comment Davis cup match between Croatia and Argentina
2014
Moved to Finland (Espoo)
- Gave private and group lessons to juniors of all levels and adults in the EVS Tennis Club based in city of Espoo
2011-2014
Part-time coaching for Austrian Hannes Zischka tennis camps in the region and started coaching juniors in their home club Tennis Pro 2000 led by two professionals (Juraj Dusparic, Martin Filipovic)
2011
Went to Latin America (Paraguay, Argentina, Chile) for two months as a coach, accompanying WTA player Tereza Mrdeza at Futures tournaments
2006-2011
Gave individual and group lessons to juniors of all levels and adults in multiple hotel resorts (Valamar Diamant, Galiot Resort, Zelena Laguna central courts)
2005
Held private and group lessons to juniors of all levels, Tennis Club Kastav (Rijeka)
At age of 17, started coaching juniors in the city of Porec (Croatia)
2024
GPTCA B-Level International Coach
2007-2010
Went in sports school for tennis coaches in Zagreb, still chasing few exams to finnish (The Faculty of Kinesiology)
2008
Professional Tennis Registry Symposium on Hilton Head Island in Van Der Meer Tennis Academy
2004
PTR Associate Instructor
Davor Barkic
Email: tenniscro8@gmail.com
Phone no.: 00385916018813
