Beka Sikharulidze
New Canaan Man Launches ‘Beka Tennis Academy’
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Beka Sikharulidze had already criss-crossed the United States—and much of the world—before settling in New Canaan this summer with his wife and their two sons.
A singles and doubles tennis champion in his native Georgia in eastern Europe, Sikharulidze had moved to Los Angeles and founded Beka Tennis Academy in 2001. An actor as well as a tennis professional, he returned to Europe before the COVID-19 pandemic to direct and star in his own movie, “From Life To Life,” and then came back in 2021 to operate his academy in Florida for one year before moving up to New Canaan. “We checked a couple places like Darien and also Greenwich, but we like New Canaan more because of the community,” Sikharulidze said. “The people are much warmer. We love all the woods, and we’re still very close to the city.”
After enrolling their sons at South School, where the boys will start in kindergarten and the first grade this fall, Sikharulidze set up his academy at Vista Indoor Tennis in South Salem, N.Y., minutes over the line up Route 123.