[1][2][3][4][5] The academy was founded in September 2010, on a 20-court (10 deco turf, 10 clay courts) $18 million tennis complex, designed by Ricardo Zurita, on Randalls Island in Manhattan.

[1][3][4][6][7] McEnroe launched the academy in collaboration with Claude Okin, managing partner of Sportime New York.

[6] McEnroe's teaching philosophy emphasizes short intense periods of tennis training balanced by plenty of time pursuing other sports and activities.

1 Division 1 college freshman by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) while playing for Wake Forest University, and sophomore Jamie Loeb – another product of the academy – was named the No.

1 Division 1 female college player while playing for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.