Finalists Oliver Frank (APU) and Brandon Holt (USC) at the SoCal Intercollegiate Championships. After an entertaining weekend of Men’s singles action at the 2017 SoCal Intercollegiate Championships, Monday’s finale featured a perennial NCAA Division I favorite and an underdog from Division II Asuza Pacific University (APU). The unique format provided such an opportunity for APU’s…

Equal pay . . . is the iTennis way! The 7th Annual iTennis Andulka Park Open Championship in Riverside Nov. 3-5 features equal pay for both men and women regardless of draw size. Adult Open tournaments typically do not offer equal pay for both genders, since prize money tournaments historically attract more male entrants than…

ORLANDO, Fla., October 16, 2017 – American teams including six Southern Californians had a historic week at the USTA National Campus at Lake Nona in Orlando, Fla. as teams won seven of the nine titles at the 37th International Tennis Federation (ITF) Super-Seniors World Team Championships.  The women’s team swept the four women’s divisions and…

Eve F. Craft Community Service Award recipient Hollis Smith, with USTA President Katrina Adams, at the Next Generation Workshop in Orlando. ORLANDO, FLA., Oct. 16, 2017 – The USTA has announced that Hollis Smith, of Indio, Calif., was selected as the recipient of the USTA Eve F. Kraft Community Service Award. Smith was honored at…

Junior Spotlight: Gavin Spencer San Juan Capistrano junior tennis player Gavin Spencer learned a valuable lesson the hard way recently. A tourist location of a recent USTA Level 2 National event had Spencer feeling a little bit too relaxed when he says he should have been more focused on the court. “Usually the destinations the…

Fast4 is an exciting new ONE DAY Round Robin format vs. the traditional Single Elimination format. All Matches in the Fast4 format will count toward SCTA Ranking and Grand Prix Points. SINGLES/DOUBLES Mens/Women/Mixed Divisions. The shortened format offers a “fast” alternative to traditional tennis. Matches consist of  four point games, four game sets.  Games use no advantage…

By Lucas Chmielewski It’s anything but junk food and empty calories for college athletes looking to perform at their peak. Today’s ultra-competitive college environment requires banking every advantage you can get, and a nutritional diet in combination with a fitness regime is essential to generating the best results. Now imagine being a competitive junior tennis…

By Angelia Chirichigno When kids are learning the game of tennis, we instill in them the importance of solid groundstrokes, a strong serve, and quick hands at the net. There’s no doubt a sound technical game is fundamental to the success of any junior player. Just as we fine tune our physical skills, we must…

On a picturesque autumn evening overlooking the Pacific Ocean, twelve champions of Southern California tennis were inducted to the SCTA Hall of Fame, with hundreds of friends and colleagues in attendance. Held at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa, the gala continued a tradition which began in 1968 and brought the total number…