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Beka Sikharulidze Tennis: Mixed Intermediate Levels Small Group Clinics with Coach Beka of Beka Tennis AcademyBeka 01Spring

Beka Sikharulidze has participated in numerous tournaments all over the world and succeeded in becoming a Georgian National Junior Champion in both singles and doubles. Also, at the age of 19 he became a black belt in full contact karate – Goju-Ryu style.

In 1998, Beka traveled to the United States and seized the opportunity to stay and settle in Los Angeles, CA. Soon after becoming USPTA/USPTR Certified Professional, in 2001 Beka had founded the Beka Tennis Academy in Los Angeles and was coaching the top 50 ATP professional as well as the top National and International Juniors.

Along with his successful sports career, Beka began to explore his artistic side. From an early childhood, he had passion and appreciation for film.  He studied acting at the Berg Studio with Gregory Berger-Sobeck in Hollywood, CA. After that he was mastering his craft with one of the Hollywood’s top acting coaches, Ivana Chubbuck. He has been a member of the Screen Actors Guild/AFTRA since 2004 and has appeared in many films, both in US and Europe. In 2009 he went on to study directing at the New York Film Academy and continued his directorial education at UCLA in California until 2014.

In 2014 Beka Sikharulidze launched his film production company, Beka Film Productions and in the same year, he wrote, directed and produced his first short film “Grandpa’s Debtor” based on his father’s short story. “Grandpa’s Debtor” has achieved worldwide success and won seven International Film Festival Awards.

In 2020 Beka wrote, directed and produced his first feature drama “From Life to Life” which will be premiered on different film festivals from 2022.

Beka has a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations.

He is fluent in Georgian, English and Russian languages.