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FIRST SERVE: USC/Los Angeles Pro Circuit begins January 1
Alex Sarkissian The first leg of the 2018 USTA Pro Circuit tour kicks off here in Southern California this week at the USC/Los Angeles $25,000 Men’s Pro Circuit Tennis Tournament, scheduled for January 1-7 at David X. Marks Stadium at the University of Southern California in downtown Los Angeles. Find complete tournament information here and…
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Anne White Named Director At Beverly Hills TC
Former WTA Top-20 player Anne White recently made her long-awaited return to tennis official when she was named the new Director of Tennis at the Beverly Hills Tennis Club. The former USC star who led the Trojans to an undefeated NCAA Championship season in the early 1980s, first contemplated the idea of getting back into…
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HS Athletes: Don’t Miss Collegiate Exposure Camp in January
The Collegiate Exposure Camp is open to high school players who hope to gain attention from college coaches. The camp will be held at Pomona Pitzer College in Claremont on January 3 to 5 for athletes in grades 8 to 12. The program is staffed entirely by college coaches and is a great opportunity for…
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USTA Adult Leagues Thrived in San Diego 2017
It was an incredible year for USTA Adult Leagues in San Diego. Top honors were earned by nine teams recently at the Southern California Sectionals, and they qualified to represent So Cal at USTA Nationals. Congratulations to Rancho Bernardo Summit, who became the 6.0 Mixed Doubles National Champions. Big high fives go to the Tierrasanta Tennis…
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Rancho Penasquitos Tennis Club Wins USTA’s Outstanding Facility Award
Rancho Penasquitos Tennis Club (RPTC) was one of twelve nationwide tennis facilities recently awarded USTA’s Outstanding Facility Award. RPTC club members were present recently to accept the honor at the USTA’s National Campus in Orlando including Board President Patsy (PJ) Greenwald and Executive Director Michael Donahue. This is the second USTA recognition for RPTC, which…
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Advocacy Support Determines the Fate of Pacific Beach Tennis Club in San Diego
The future of Pacific Beach Tennis Club and Mission Bay Park in San Diego is at stake and hundreds of concerned local citizens showed up recently at a city planning meeting to hear the update. The Pacific Beach Tennis Club (PBTC) is slated to be demolished and rebuilt in a nearby location. Other affected sport…
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SCTA’s Community Tennis Development Workshop Creates New Traditions in Orange County
The Community Tennis Development Workshop was a smashing success held recently at Bill Barber Community Park in Orange County. The one-day event was sponsored by the Southern California Tennis Association and it offered coaching education, resources and tennis support to approximately 40 participants. Melanie Bischoff, the Director of Community Tennis, said the Community Tennis Development Workshop…
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USC, Long Beach USTA Pro Futures Events To Kick Off 2018
For the fourth consecutive year, USC and El Dorado Park Tennis Center in Long Beach will host $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures events to kick off the year. The Southern California Pro Futures tournament will take place on the campus of USC Jan. 1-7 and the Long Beach USTA Pro Circuit presented by USTA Southern…
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So Many Owe Tennis To So Few
By Scott Cleere, Director of Tennis at Templeton Tennis Ranch “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Winston Churchill Drawing parallels between tennis and war is a stretch. However drawing a parallel about the fact that a small portion of tennis players do the lion’s…
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The History And Traditions Of Tennis
By Angelia Chirichigno As one of the oldest sports in the world, and certainly one of our favorite pastimes, it’s great to embrace not only innovation, but to also celebrate critical moments in tennis history, as well as some of our most enduring traditions. A Holy Beginning? While the game we play now mostly resembles…