US OPEN: SoCal Officials Headed to Flushing Meadows in August
The highest honor bestowed upon a USTA official is a coveted invitation to the US Open, and this year seventeen Southern California officials will head to New York and oversee the courts at the final Grand Slam of 2019. … Read More
PRATT: Former Sectional Champ Wood Happy To Be Home
Back from three weeks of traveling the south of France as chaperone/coach with five Southern California teen-age playing tennis players, Warren Wood is ready to swing back into action on the hard courts of the Lakewood Tennis Center once … Read More
SoCal Players Moving On At Wimbledon
Coming just days after his first ATP singles title on the grass courts at Eastbourne, Taylor Fritz’s impressive straight-set dismantling of former world Top 4 Tomas Berdych may well have been the No. 1 highlight during Week 1 of Wimbledon … Read More
Santa Barbara 40-and-Over 4.0 Men’s Team Headed to Nationals
The “Average Joes” are down to one Joe, who happens to be leader and captain of the USTA Men’s 40-and-Over 4.0 league team from Santa Barbara that is headed to Nationals. “We started with three Joes on the team, so … Read More
Kai Brady Attempting Doubles Triple Crown
The key component to dominance on the Southern California doubles scene for the past year has been Kai Brady. Into the doubles final on Saturday at the 117th annual Southern California Junior Sectionals with good friend Nabeel Khan of Rolling … Read More
JR SECTIONALS: Now’s the time – Championship Weekend is here!
With only two days remaining at the USTA Southern California Junior Sectionals, the cream of the crop has risen and those who’ve advanced to the semifinals will return on Saturday for a chance at the coveted trophies. “Championship Weekend” … Read More
SoCal Open Sectionals Promises Fierce Competition
USTA Southern California’s 132nd Annual Open Sectional Championship will take place on July 8-14 at Lakewood Tennis Center. The tournament offers singles, doubles, and family doubles for high level players. This event has been chosen as one of the four … Read More
18-39 Leagues come back to SoCal
For the third year, USTA SoCal is running 18-39 leagues – where the age is capped and the emphasis is on the fun not the ferocity. We are even throwing in a post-season playoff to add some excitement to this … Read More
In two years, Chang went from Sectional title to French Open champion
Thirty years ago this month, a 17-year-old with boundless energy and skill to match was soaring up the ATP rankings in a hurry. He’d climbed from the Top 500 to the Top 100 in less than a year. Michael … Read More
JR SECTIONALS: Top seeds at 18s sweat both wins and uncertainty
The main draw of the 2019 USTA Southern California Junior Sectionals kicked off on Wednesday with a full slate of first round action throughout Orange County. Considered the most competitive junior tournament in SoCal, Sectionals feature the best and brightest … Read More