Mike started playing tennis at age 10 in Cologne, Germany and has won multiple local and regional junior championships. By age of 17 played in the second-highest adult team league of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. In the 1980s Mike won multiple corporate titles at IBM and also for IBM Corporation in the New York City area. In the 1990s he played for Oberursel TC in the Frankfurt area. Since 2005 Mike lives in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California, and successfully participates in USTA NorCal tennis. Performance Training is focusing on technic, speed, and endurance. Tennis guidance focuses mostly on mental, strategy and consistency tips. Mike works on his own game as a competitive senior and with friends helping them improving their game to be more successful competitively.