Coach Holley Guarachi & Coach Ferando Guarachi
Email: tennis@destinhigh.org

Holley has been a USPTA certified teaching professional for 27 years. She enjoys coaching with junior and beginners to intermediate players. She has coached several junior players who have achieved State and National Ranking and is particularly proud of having started her daughter Alexa Guarachi, who has achieved Junior World Ranking and a WTA ranking of 11 in the world. Holley has been a coach of the Destin Middle School tennis team helping them achieve a Regional championship as well as the South Walton High School girls tennis team which, in 2009, was second in the state of Florida, while her daughter won the individual Florida High School Championship in the number one position.

Furthering her enjoyment of working with beginner players, Holley coached the Walton County Special Olympics tennis team which participated in the state championship with some of her players winning gold medals.

Holley directs all USTA junior tournaments at the Destin Tennis Club at Seascape Resort, and has been captain of her NW Florida ladies team. Holley, with her husband Fernando, created one of the most successful tennis and golf fundraising events in NW Florida to raise funds and awareness that benefits kids and adults with learning disabilities surpassing a million dollars through the run of the event.

Growing up in an Air Force family, and through coaching with her daughter, Holley has traveled around the world but has called Destin home for 36 years.

Holley is married to Fernando and they have two children, Stefan and Alexa

Coach Fernando Guarachi has been a certified member of the USPTA (United States Professional Tennis Association) for 48 years.

Born and raised in Santiago, Chile he came to the United States on a tennis scholarship to the University of Alabama where he was their first foreign student on scholarship. He played for the Crimson Tide for 4 years graduating with a degree in Business Administration.

After graduating, Fernando played professionally on tour in the U.S., Caribbean and Europe before becoming Tennis Director at Palmas Del Mar Resort in Puerto Rico, the largest tennis facility in the Caribbean. The tennis Resort achieved a “ Top 25 Tennis Resort in the World” accolade under his direction.

Fernando came back to the U.S. as Director of Tennis at Sandestin Beach Resort. While at Sandestin, he coached numerous juniors and professional tour players and achieved a Top 50 Tennis Resort rating from a leading Tennis publication.

In 1988, Fernando moved to Seascape Resort as Director of Tennis and created the Destin Tennis Club there. He has continued to coach numerous international, national and local junior players who under his coaching have received many college scholarships. At Seacape, he is proud of his involvement in the Destin area community by organizing many adult and junior tournaments as well as one of the most successful tennis and golf fundraising tournaments that raised a million dollars during its run for local children and adults with mental and physical disabilities.

Fernando has coached his daughter, Alexa, to a US National Clay Court Championship title at the age of 14. He also coached her during her rise through the rankings on the WTA tour, becoming ranked #11 in the world.

He has also coached local tennis teams at Destin Middle School and South Walton High School, which received second place in the Florida High School championship.

Fernando is married to Holley, and they have two children, Stefan and Alexa. He also has a daughter, Carolina, from a previous marriage.

Tickets to all of the upcoming Destin High School Athletics Department events are now available for purchase at gofan.co. You can visit the website now or download the GoFan app to access all game schedules and event details. Start an account now to make sure you are ready to support your Destin Sharks during the upcoming season!

To begin, please review the information below and follow the instructions:

1) You can download the GoFan App on your phone, tablet, laptop, etc.  https://gofan.co/sign-up
2) Search School – Either “Destin High School” or search our opposing school if buying tickets for away games.
3) Select & Checkout
4) At the gate, you will open your ticket(s) via email or the GoFan app
5) Then you can select the ticket(s) you want to use
6) The gate attendant will direct you to press to validate tickets securely
7) A green checkmark will display to confirm that ticket(s) are valid
8) Enjoy your event!

Notes:  Once you have signed up for an account, you may sign-in to that account in the future by visiting https://gofan.co/sign-in. This is the OFFICIAL ticket application for all FHSAA Event. Most high schools in the panhandle use this app for their ticketing. You can transfer tickets to family & friends.