Category: Tennis business

  • J.C. Aragone Beats Marcos Giron In Calabasas Final

    J.C. Aragone Beats Marcos Giron In Calabasas Final

    J.C. Aragone battled two opponents in the final of the USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships of Calabasas. The 22-year-old pro circuit rookie and University of Virginia graduate beat former NCAA singles champion and hometown hero Marcos Giron, 6-2, 6-4, to win his first professional title, a USTA Pro Circuit $25,000 Pro Futures event that concluded…

  • New USTA Junior Team Tennis Orange Ball Team Joins the Program!

    New USTA Junior Team Tennis Orange Ball Team Joins the Program!

    The SCTA’s TGA Premier Tennis after school enrichment program in the San Fernando Valley is fielding its first USTA Junior Team Tennis team this spring! Seven students from three TGA schools are part of the Orange Ball Level 1 team playing matches in the San Fernando Valley/West LA flight. Opponents include Henry the Sports Bug…

  • Marcos Giron Advances To Calabasas Singles Final

    Marcos Giron Advances To Calabasas Singles Final

    Marcos Giron admitted to looking up and running through the list of names displayed on the center court banner along the baseline of past winners of the USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships of Calabasas, and spotting his name as a winner in 2014. The No. 4-seeded Giron of nearby Thousand Oaks, said he didn’t see…

  • Adidas Easter Bowl Kicks Off At Indian Wells Tennis Garden

    Adidas Easter Bowl Kicks Off At Indian Wells Tennis Garden

    If recent results are any indication, 16-year-old Caty McNally is going to be playing more and more ITF and USTA Pro Circuit events and less junior tournaments in 2018. But the Cincinnati native has her sights and focus set on the upcoming 51st annual Adidas Easter Bowl, the USTA Spring National Championships, which kicks off…

  • Stanford’s Tom Fawcett Upsets Top Seed At Calabasas

    Stanford’s Tom Fawcett Upsets Top Seed At Calabasas

    Stanford University senior Tom Fawcett officially spent 5 hours and 2 minutes on court Friday as the USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships of Calabasas wild card upset the No. 1 and No. 6 seeded players both in three sets to advance to Saturday’s semifinals. Before dispatching top-seeded Mathias Bourgue of France, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, in…

  • Calabasas Men’s Pro Tennis Championship Weekend

    Calabasas Men’s Pro Tennis Championship Weekend

    Friday Evening, March 23, starting at 6:00 PM Saturday, March 24, 12:00 noon – 6:00 PMSunday, March 25, 1:00 – 5:00 PM With the rains this week, we’ll be playing extra matches on 4 courts all through the day on Friday starting at 10:00 AM. Friday evening is going to feel like a New York,…

  • SCTA receives LA84 grant to support Junior Tennis

    SCTA receives LA84 grant to support Junior Tennis

    The Southern California Tennis Association (SCTA) is pleased to receive grant support from LA84 Foundation this year, in support of #NJTL and youth tennis in urban areas. Learn more about this grant, and other organizations supported by grant funding, at la84.org.  LA84 Foundation Awards Over $1.8 Million In Grants To Youth Sports Programs In Los…

  • Ladies Charity Tournament supports Mary’s Kitchen, ACEing Autism on Apr 14

    Ladies Charity Tournament supports Mary’s Kitchen, ACEing Autism on Apr 14

    Laguna Niguel, CA, March 13, 2018 – Laguna Niguel Racquet Club of Spearman Clubs will host Tennis Serves Others, a 501c3 non-profit organization, for an upcoming ladies charity tournament to be held on Saturday, April 14th, from 10am to 3:30pm. This is Tennis Serves Others and Laguna Niguel Racquet Club’s 2nd Annual Gala & Tournament…

  • Kellogg Recognized with Prestigious USTA Honor

    Kellogg Recognized with Prestigious USTA Honor

    The Samuel Hardy Award, sponsored by the International Tennis Hall of Fame, is presented to a USTA volunteer in recognition of long and outstanding service at the national level to the sport of tennis. The recipients must exemplify qualities of selflessness and devotion to the game that have been an inspiration to others, and the…

  • Ballkids Have Best Seat in the House

    Ballkids Have Best Seat in the House

    The best seat in the house at a professional tennis tournament is not found at center court loge, not in the luxury suites, or in the front row along the baseline. These are coveted positions, of course, but none compare to the experience of a ballkid, situated on court and mere steps away from the…