I am 29 and having training day in and day out recently to become good at tennis, I work at night and train in the day, ive had a few lessons and am getting really good hitting aces etc. Agassi came back at a late stage granted he was already great but id be happy just being on the tour ranked 150 world thats better than working in an ofice isnt it?????

yes, if your body works like 20 or 22 you can , high practice and high work make everything possible , its hard but you can if tou want this really

And then you also need hooker money...sure in some countries there only 40 bucks but if you need 6 a day like me just to concentrate on the court thats alot of coin. Plus there is the expense of taking all of the hoes at the tournament out to eat.... just so you can maybe not have to get a prostitute for the night...probably still wont happen...... My advice put all of your tennis money on Oscar Hernandez to win the french open....if he does you will have the money to turn pro.

sum not some

To some up that lengthy email below. No, you have NO CHANCE and nowhere near enough TIME. Perhaps you could get good enough to scrap up some wins in some local "men's opens" and make $50 a weekend, but even that is unlikely as those are filled with ex-college players.

You want to become a Tennis Pro? You've only played in patches? Did I really read this post? Here you go for a dream buster: Most COLLEGE tennis players started when they were 3,4,or 5 years old and trained close to 5 days a week and probably had a crazy parent coaching them. Most COLLEGE tennis players gave up all other sports around the age of 12 to concentrate on the STRESSFUL junior tennis tournaments (there is generally one every single weekend - and you have to go or your ranking will suffer). Those that follow this crazy schedule generally get to COLLEGE and realize they SUCK - because they are all of the sudden competing with the INTERNATIONAL realm of tennis players that stole scholarships from Americans, rightfully so because they are better. SOME of these intl players even tried to go pro before deciding to return their earnings and go to a US COLLEGE for free. Let's skip COLLEGE... The professional tennis ranks, unless you are a MAN playing on the WTA you have nearly a 0% chance. I won't go into the details, but starting out you can win 4 straight professional matches and not even get an ATP point --- ranking stays at 0 and there are 1800+ players ranked. You need MONEY to pay for a real coach ($60,000 give or take per year) you need to have ACCESS to an ACADEMY or somewhere else to get HIGH QUALITY practice matches on a daily basis ($20,00 per year), you need money for equipment (grips, strings, clothes, racquets, SHOES) $10,000 per year, you need money to travel and for entry fees into the QUALIFYING of futures (the first level of ATP tournaments), $12000 per year. AND if you are rich enough it'd be great to have enough money to pay for WILDCARDS into the maindraw, otherwise you could end up wining 4 matches, losing 1 and getting ZERO points for your ranking. BUT even if you do have that, it's never a guarantee as its an under the table type deal - or a "local" favorite thing. You'll need 3 hours a day for CARDIO, WEIGHT, and FOOTWORK training. THEN another 3 or so for MATCHPLAY and DRILLING (i.e. hitting 500 serves a day might not get you where you need to be, and thats just serves). You'll need enough money to EAT correctly, Sleep correctly and forget about a real social life, at least until you make it to the top 100 or better because you won't have any time or money and no real sponsorship until then either. BUT if you are talented enough, DEDICATED enough, and most importantly LUCKY enough and you make into the top 100 you might crack out a nice $100,000 a year. You'll need to be top 50 before you start making any real money (i.e. anything over $200,000) but don't forget you'll still have your expenses and God forbid you may twist an ankle, better get Aflac.

I mean, is everybody on this site crazy? Here is some advice; As far as the nerves go, try drinking a few beers before your match, or have an attractive girl to have sex with after the match, then you wont care about the match as much because you will have something to look forward to rather than eating subway and waiting for a 2nd match.

Technically, yes. However, this depends on how much dedication you have, and money you have for lessons. At 27, you are in your prime years athletically, so things should come easier for you now than any other time in your life. Being number one in the world is unlikely, but if you get lessons, win a few tournaments, and work your way up, you can qualify for a pro am tournament, and win that, and you can qualify for one of the big tournaments such as the US open. You'll play a lot of matches to get to the "big dogs" but with a lot of skill, dedication and stamina you can make it to the "pros."

all u need to do is to get training from a professional coach. if u take my advice, you'll soon b a pro!

probably, but why are you asking? you can do anything if you put your mind to it. but i don't thin i am the right kinda person to be telling you this cause i still have a good 80 years to go.