Junior Team Tennis: Easy to Play, Easier to Coach

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The mission of USTA Northern California is to promote and develop the
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Junior Team Tennis: Easy to Play, Easier to Coach
RECOGNIZING PARENT COACHES, THE LEAGUE’S CORE
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BY KAREN HIRTZEL
chairman of the Junior Recreation
Committee, credits the Leagues’
growth to the no-pressure, noskills- necessary format, he says it
is the volunteer parent coaches
(and some who are not parents!)
who are the real driving force.
Some of these parents are good
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menting with three pilot leagues,
USTA NorCal recruited Dale
Miller, Director of Tennis at ClubSport Valley Vista in Walnut
Creek to round up a
handful of parents to establish a pilot league. The
overwhelming response,
137 children playing in
the spring of 2006, became the impetus behind
a three-year, Section-wide
effort to grow Junior
Team Tennis (JTT)
throughout Northern California. The 2009 spring
season has increased to 35
leagues and 1500 players.
Although Dale, now
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Having noticed the runaway
success of other parent-run youth
leagues, USTA NorCal’s
Jim Coyne, Manager of
Junior Tennis, along with
several USTA Community
Tennis Coordinators started talking about putting
together a similar approach for tennis. They
would, along with the entire Junior Department
Staff, develop up a format
that would make tennis as
easy to play as T-Ball and
as fun for all ages as soccer. But the League would
require parent support to organize, run and coach the teams. Not
an easy task in these hectic times.
So in late 2005, after experi-
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to practice and travel with their
team and to benefit from coaching during competition.
All interested coaches and
players must apply by Friday, May
29. Partial scholarships are available. Applicants must be available
for team tryouts in June, 2009.
(Date TBD). For more information
on the 2009 Travel Team and application instructions visit norcal.usta.com/diversity or call Lita
Anderson, Manager of Outreach,
(510) 748-7341.
ALISSA COHAN,
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The USTA NorCal Diversity
Committee is accepting applications for the 2009 Junior Travel
Team. Last year, a talented team
of multicultural junior players
and coaches traveled to Florida,
competing at the ATA Nationals.
This year we’re sending a delegation to the 2009 Pacific Coast
Championships (PCC) in Long
Beach, Calif., Sept. 4-7. This will
be another wonderful opportunity for NorCal juniors to experience the thrills of team tennis,
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We’re Looking for a Few Good Players and Coaches for an Exciting Travel Team Opportunity!
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tennis players, many are not.
“We’ve had this illusion that
tennis is so difficult or technical
you have to be a professional to
coach when, in fact, the only thing
you need is enthusiasm and a love
of the game,” says Dale.
Meet some of the fine, giving
people who are serving as JTT
coaches in Northern California. If
you would like to get involved
with Junior Team Tennis please
contact Jim Coyne at (510) 748-7327.
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Don Dutton, Clovis
“Coaching is the same in all
sports,” says Don Dutton, the new
commissioner of the Clovis league.
“All you have to do is excite the
players and challenge them. Any
enthusiastic parent can coach Junior Team Tennis because the rules
and techniques aren’t as important
as getting the kids involved.”
Don is a 3.5 player who
learned the game from his father
when he was eight years old. He
went on to play on his high school
team in Newark, Delaware. As a
young adult Don took a hiatus
from the game but came back
when his oldest daughter Kimberly asked him to teach her. Although the new Clovis league isn’t
starting until fall, Don says that it
has been a labor of love and a time
to spend with his son. “Sports
teach integrity. If you know how to
teach integrity and you’re fair then
you can coach. It’s that simple.”
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Sharon Schlagel,
Walnut Creek
“Coaching Junior Team Tennis is about letting go. If you tell
the children too much they become confused. I show the kids
how to hold a racquet and then I
let them go.”
team (ages 8-10) and we worked
on the basics like watching the
ball. This season I have a Level 2
team (ages 11-13) and we’re covering etiquette,” she says. Sharon’s
etiquette instruction covers line
calls (she shows the students the
difference of what an “in” ball
looks like and an “out” ball), calling the score loudly (and more importantly, correctly), complimenting your partner (even when it’s
not going well) and respect for
your opponents (don’t cheer when
they make a bad shot).
“I love playing tennis and I
get so much joy sharing it with the
children,” says Sharon. “Tennis is
so connected to life. Confidence
on the court translates into confidence in life.”
Steve Balbo, Santa Cruz
“This is my first year as a
coach. I found out about the
league from my kids’ school. I
didn’t intend to volunteer but I
was so impressed when I attended
the parent’s session led by Rick
Kepler I signed up right then and
there,” says Steve.
Although Steve plays tennis
three to four times a week at the
local community park, tennis is
not his family’s main sport. “I am
a cyclist and my children are
surfers (they practically live on the
beach),” he says. But the whole
family has taken to tennis, sometimes hitting on the street in front
of their house.
“My job as coach is basically
to teach kids how to announce the
score; I keep track of the score and
throw them a ball if they need it.
Oh, I also manage substitutions.
It’s very easy and very different
from basketball and little league,”
says Steve. “The kids don’t wait
around, they just keep playing.”
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Morgan Phillis, Arcata
Those words of advice are
from Sharon Schlagel, a secondyear coach and mother of three.
Sharon is a 3.5 player from Walnut
Creek who learned to play four
years ago. She got involved in
team tennis because she wanted
her kids to play in a competitive,
safe environment.
“Last year I coached a Level 3
“Junior Team Tennis is successful because the kids get to play a
lot. We let them hit a lot of balls
and rally from day one,” says Morgan, a high-school tennis teacher in
Arcata who coaches the JTT league.
(Morgan graduated from the same
school at which he teaches.)
Admittedly a coaching ringer
(Morgan was a teaching pro in the
Bay Area), he says that parents
make ideal coaches. “All anyone
really needs to do is emphasize
fun rather than working on a special skill. If we try to mold young
children into the stereotypical
‘tennis player’ we’ll lose them. We
have to teach the love of the game.
They’ll learn tennis if they love
what they’re doing.”
2009 USTA NorCal
Hall of Fame Inductees
BY BETH RIFKIN
The NorCal Tennis Hall of Fame is
pleased to announce the Class of
2009. They are Gary Lee, an inspirational USTA volunteer with over
25 years of selfless service; Graydon Nichols, a super senior who
at 84 years old is the national No.
1 ranked men’s 80s singles player; Linda Gates, a four year Stanford All-American and top ranked
WTA player; and Dan Goldie, another Stanford All-American who
made a quick impact on the ATP
Tour.
Gary Lee
VOLUNTEER
Selfless service leads to phenomenal change, as was experienced by Gary Lee of Lincoln, Calif.,
a USTA volunteer for over 25 years.
“There was very little diversity in ten-
nis when I started; it was primarily a
white person’s game but now people
of all colors are playing — I’m very
proud of that.”
The hard work and determination of Lee and the others that
worked along with him, led to the formation of the Multicultural Participation Committee (MPC), which started
in NorCal and eventually spread to
National. “That’s why I have been a
volunteer for so long,” says Lee,
“seeing the improvement and diversity throughout the years.”
Now a retired dentist, Lee has
been playing tennis since he was a
teenager. While at UC-Berkeley, academics got in the way of his court
time, but he was brought back into
the game when his three daughters,
Trina, Tisha and Tiffany started playing. “You get involved with what your
children are involved with.” Another
significant improvement that Lee was
involved with on the local level was
the cultivation of NorCal’s adult
leagues. “That project started as almost nothing, now our participation
is one of the top in the country.”
Lee’s volunteer accolades run
vast and long. At the USTA National
level he was the Men’s Senior International Team Coordinator, Brittania
Cup Team Captain, men’s 65-captain
(as a non playing captain), the vice
chair of the Senior International Team
Committee, the Fed Cup Committee
Chair and the USTA Nominating
Committee in 1999 and 2000. And
Lee has held a past USTA Board position — the Pacific Region Vice
President from 1991-1992. Serving
under the late Bob Cookson, Lee
was also part of the initiative to build
the new Arthur Ashe Tennis Stadium
in Flushing Meadows.
Lee has also been a member of
“many, many USTA committees; too
many to remember,” he proudly
jokes, including the Budget and Finance, Minority Participation, Sanctions and Scheduling, Sport Science,
Olympic, Leagues, Player Development, and Governance/Planning.
And he has served as the Tournament Chair for the USTA Boys and
Girls 18s Hardcourt Championships.
He currently serves on the Olympic
committee.
At the local NorCal level, Lee
was the Section President, Section
Delegate, Section Vice-President,
Parliamentarian and has been a
Board Member since 1983. He has
served on several NorCal committees, including Budget and Finance
(chair), Leagues (chair), Long Range
Planning (chair), Jr. Tennis Council,
Senior Council, Sportsmanship,
Grievance, Sports Science and the
Executive Committee. He has also
been the Tournament Chair for Junior
Team Exchange.
Not surprisingly, Lee has been
the recipient of many awards for his
hard work and service. A few include
the Multicultural Participation Committee Icon Award in 2002, the NorCal Family of the Year Award in 1995
and the NorCal Service to Tennis
Award. Lee and his wife Pauline are
members of the Peninsula Tennis
Club. “Tennis has been great to us,
and as a family; I’ve gotten so much
more than I put in.”
Graydon Nichols
SENIOR PLAYER
Super Senior Player Graydon
Nichols is a true testament that ten-
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Stanford Through and Through:
Breaking into the ATP top 100 while
still in college would set a definitive
path for most tennis players, but not
Dan Goldie, “I thought of turning pro
at that point, but I wanted to stay and
finish my education. I really enjoyed
school and Stanford had committed
a full scholarship to me, so I thought I
owed them all four years.”
As a child in McLean, Va., Goldie
was always active in sports, but
didn’t take tennis seriously until the
age of 13. “At that point I gave up all
other sports and focused on tennis
exclusively. It was at a late age and I
had a lot of ground to make up, but I
stayed focused and practiced hard.”
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Dan Goldie
was inducted into the Intercollegiate
hall of fame in 2006.
It was during the summers while
at Stanford that Goldie earned his
notable ranking on the pro circuit.
One of his top wins at the time was
defeating a world ranked No. 5 Jimmy Arias. His results were just as impressive once he turned pro full-time
and included two ATP singles titles,
1987 Newport, 1988 Seoul; two ATP
doubles titles1987 Newport, 1987
Auckland; fourth round 1988 U.S.
Open (defeated by Stefan Edberg);
fourth round Australian Open 1989
(defeated by Ivan Lendl) and Goldie
was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in
1989 (again, defeated by Ivan Lendl).
Goldie was also an alternate member
of the 1989 U.S. Davis Cup Team.
In the three years that he was on
the pro tour, Goldie had exciting wins
over many of the sports top stars, including, Andre Agassi, Jimmy Arias,
Mats Wilander (when ranked No. 1),
Michael Chang, Jimmy Connors (at
Wimbledon), Jim Courier, Kevin Curren, Marc Edmonson, Brian Gottfried,
Johan Kriek, Tim Mayotte, Eliot
Teltscher, Guillermo Vilas and Yannick
Noah.
In 1989 Goldie developed stress
fractures in both of his shins that never healed and unfortunately ended
his pro career. Thankful he had that
Stanford education; Goldie turned to
the business world and today runs an
investment advisory business in
Menlo Park, Calif.
“Tennis gives you a sense of
dedication; you learn how to work,
set and achieve goals. It teaches you
how to handle success and failure —
appropriately — don’t get too excited
about success but also don’t worry
about failure. You lose a lot as a tennis player so it’s imperative to learn
from your losses. The better you can
do that the better you can progress in anything.”
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tivity so when her older brother started taking lessons and playing tournaments, Gates naturally followed
along. It helped that girls were allowed, as she explains, “I had always
liked sports, but at that time there
weren’t many opportunities for girls.
Tennis was one that was organized
and I really enjoyed it.”
Gates reached the No. 1 ranking
in Juniors national doubles, was
ranked No. 16 singles, in the nation,
Northern California No. 1 in 16 singles and No. 1 in 18 singles and doubles. As a teenager she also won
several sportsmanship awards,
which she views as her greatest Juniors accomplishments.
Her achievements caught the
eye of several prominent California
schools; in a decision that would be
surprising to most, Gates turned
down offers of full scholarships to
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The World begins at Stanford;
“The opportunity that Frank Brennan
gave me to play at Stanford can’t be
taken lightly,” exclaims former pro
tennis player Linda Gates. Brennan,
the legendary Stanford women’s tennis coach, had such a profound affect on Gates’ game that she jumped
from a world ranking of 364 to 55 in
her first full year on the WTA Tour.
Those aspirations began when
Gates was seven years old, in her
Northern California hometown of
Hillsborough. Tennis was a family ac-
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STANFORD ALL-AMERICAN;
Goldie moved to Northern California in 1982 to attend college,
“Stanford was always my first choice;
I wanted to go to a school that combined top-rate academics with the
best tennis program.” West coast living agreed with Goldie, as he earned
All-American three times, was the
NCAA Singles Champion in 1986
and member of the NCAA Championship teams in his freshman and
senior years (1983 and 1986). He
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Linda Gates
both UCLA and UC-Berkeley for the
opportunity to attend Stanford — on
just a partial-scholarship. “I grew up
watching Stanford tennis and it was a
place that I always dreamed of going.
It’s a phenomenal school, both academically and athletically. It’s tough
when you are 17 or 18 and confronted with these decisions — that they
offered a half scholarship was
enough. I would have gone even if
they hadn’t offered me anything”
Accolades at Stanford include
having earned All American status for
all four years, NCAA Doubles Finalist,
1983, NCAA Singles Finalist; Doubles
Champion 1984 and NCAA Singles
and Doubles Champion, 1985. “I
wasn’t a junior phenom and my game
was kind of rough around the edges.
Under Frank’s coaching I was pretty
complete by the end of college.”
Additionally, Gates won the
Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship Award in
1984 and the Broderick Award as
National Collegiate Player of the Year,
1985 and was elected to Stanford
University Hall of Fame in 2001.
A shoulder injury ended her pro
career a year later in 1986, but
Gates’ accomplishments on the pro
tour in that short time show how talented a player she had become. In
1985 alone, Gates made it to the
Australian Open quarter-finals, doubles, with partner Alycia Moulton,
won both the singles and doubles titles at the OTB International Open in
New York, got to the round of 32,
singles, at the U.S. Open (defeated
by Carling Bassett) and was a finalist
at the Japan Open (defeated by
Gabriella Sabatini).
Today Gates and her husband,
who was also a Stanford and National level player, live in Atherton with
their three sons, aged 12, 10 and 6.
“I feel very lucky to have been a
part of NorCal tennis. The area is so
rich in tradition. I was very fortunate.”
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team at Clovis H.S. “My oldest sister
Lucille talked our father into getting
the posts and net; we didn’t have
any coaching or anything, just homemade strokes. We took a piece of the
farm and made a court out of it. We
would chop the weeds off the court
and use the ashes from the fireplace
and string to make singles and doubles lines.”
Nichols record proves that pristine courts and expensive equipment
are not needed to become a champion; Nichols international achievements include playing on ten Senior
International Cup Teams from 20052008 and playing captain in 2006,
07 and 08 for the Gardner Mulloy
Cup (New Zealand 07, Turkey 06,
08). His 2008 record was 13-1and
he made it to the finals of all entered
tournaments. Plus, Nichols played
for the Bitsy Grant Cup from 20012004 (men’s 75) and the Crawford
Cup in 1997 and 1998 (men’s70).
His ITF World Singles titles consist of
one 75s doubles, two 80s singles
and two 80s doubles. European
Championships comprise one 75s
singles, one 75s doubles and one
80s doubles.
Nichols USTA achievements include; 12 Gold balls in singles and 19
Gold balls in doubles, 15 silver balls
and six Bronze balls. Singles titles
comprise two 70s, two 75s and eight
80s. Just as impressive in doubles,
where he earned two 70s; five 75s
and 12 80s doubles. Nichols also
participated in three Father-Daughter
hard court events with daughter Carolyn, in 03, 06 and 08.
A consistently top ranked senior
player, nationally Nichols made it to
No. 1 in 70s, 1996; stayed in the top
5 for 2000-06 and has remained in
the top 10 since the mid 1990s. Internationally, Nichols hit No. 1 in 2007
and currently remains in the top five.
Nichols spent his freshman year
of college playing tennis at Fresno
State before transferring to UC-
Berkeley, where he majored in engineering. After UC-Berkeley, Nichols
earned a graduate degree in agriculture and plant science from UC-Davis
and has been involved in agriculture
for over 50 years.
Nichols introduced tennis to his
three children, Carolyn, Eileen and
Chuck and his six grandchildren.
Nichols and his wife of almost 55
years, Virginia, are currently members of the Visalia Racquet Club in
Visalia, Calif.
Tennis has always played an important part of Nichols life, as he
says, “Tennis has been a pleasure.
My life is all the better for it; I’m certainly a lot fitter than if I had not
played all these years. I enjoy it for
the competition and the fun.”
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nis is a sport for a lifetime! From a
small farm in Fresno to the world
stage, at 84 years old Nichols holds
the No. 1 ranking in singles for men’s
80s in the United States and the No.
4 on the international circuit.
Tennis is a passion for Nichols
that started when he was eight years
old, and along with his seven brothers and sisters, played on the local
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1-4 USTA National M30,
W30, MXD30 National
Level I Indoor Championships- Gold River
916-635-3358
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650-863-4813
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559-299-8256
2-3 Seascape Spring
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831-332-5296
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16-25 Mountain View
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650-964-0488
22-25 AVAC NTRP
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& 4.0- San Jose
408-892-7273
22-25 Central Cal Senior
& NTRP - Sacramento
530-300-4036
29-31 UC Santa Cruz
Slug Spring Open and
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510-774-7909
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NTRP- Davis
617-233-7559
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775-832-1235
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3-7 Oakland Senior Sectionals Championships
500011909
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4-7 $4000 Bay Counties
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500007909
(510) 690-0060
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508333909
(209) 571-2582
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508364009
(916)984-2854
10-14 Marin Senior
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500009609
Mill Valley Tennis Club
(415) 388-2010
11-14 2009 Eldon Rowe
Memorial Fundraiser
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Prize Money Open Tournament 508355509
(530) 885-1602
13-14 Tahoe Donner 1st
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508353809
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17-21 82th Annual Oakland City Open Championships 500009709
(415) 533-3540
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508339909
(209) 578-5801,
ext.142
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(775) 827-3300
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508321709
(650) 823-2364
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408-356-8363
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Mayo festivities!
NAPA VALLEY
CINCO DE MAYO
FESTIVAL
Napa Valley Fairgrounds, 10 am - 4 pm
The Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Cinco de Mayo Festival in Old Town
Clovis, 10 am- 6 pm
JUNIOR TENNIS
MAY 15: Deadline to apply for College
scholarships! The USTA NorCal Diversity Committee offers high school tennis
players four renewable scholarships
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LEAGUE: Players, parents and coach-
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There’s still time to
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65 teams has begun, but individuals
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209-368-0472
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831-234-3136
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209-578-5801, ext.142
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916-638-7001
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925-852-9014
9-10, 16-17 Lafayette
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925-368-8882
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Tennis Center Junior
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510-790-5510
15-17 Boyle Park
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415-388-6523
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209-423-8295
23-25 Niru’s Tennis
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408-202-7061
13-14, 20-21
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925-212-5789
23-25 McKinley Junior
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916-808-6054
13-14, 20-21
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510-299-3803
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559-434-8955
13-21 NorCal 16 & 18
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650-863-4813
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14-10 - Aptos
831-332-5296
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209-951-3119
16-20 USTA National
Opens - Elk Grove
916-684-8855
23-25, 30-31 Spare
Time Memorial Day Junior
Excellence - Gold River
916-859-5910
16-17, 23-24 Cañada
College Jr. Open Redwood City
510-299-3803
30-31 In-Shape Marina
Jr Novice and Challenger
- Stockton
209-472-2111
onship, ClubSport Valley Vista, Walnut
Creek. norcal.usta.com/senior.
MAY 30-31: Mixed Doubles Section
Championship, Stanford University.
norcal.usta.com/mixed.
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JUNE 1-7 Sunset Moulding Company
Yuba City Racquet & Health Club
$50,000 Challenger,
yubacitychallenger.com
JUNE 8-14 $15,000 Futures at Del Oro
High School, Loomis
JUNE 15-21 $15,000 Futures,
Natomas Racquet Club, Sacramento,
CA
JUNE 22-28 $15,000 Futures, Chico
Racquet Club & Resort
30-31, 6/6-7 Fremont Jr.
Challenger - Fremont
510- 468-2144
30-31, 6/6-7Hunter Gallaway’s Summer Kick-off
Jr Open & Novice Lafayette
925-937-2582
30-31, 6/6-7
Buchanan Jr. Open Clovis
510-299-3803
JUNE JUNIORS
5-7 2009 Modesto
Spring Jr. Challenger &
Family Classic - Modesto
209-571-2582
5-7 Deer Valley Challenger & Novice - Antioch
925-852-9014
6-7 Split Step Jr. June
Novice & Challenger - San
Francisco
510-649-1958
6-7 36th Annual Maze
Cup - Bakersfield
510-748-7373
6-7 Future Stars 2000’s
Sacramento Jr Open &
Novice - Stockton
209-951-3119
12-14 Green Valley Doan
Junior Challenger Fairfield
707-864-0660
12-14 Santa Cruz Academy Junior Open & Novice
- Aptos
831-234-3136
12-14 27th Annual
Solano Junior Open Fairfield
707-422-2858
13-14 Broadstone Goldrush Junior Novice Folsom
916-983-9180
JULY 13 - 19 Comerica $75,000 Chal-
lenger, Seascape Sports Club, Aptos,
seascapesportsclub.com/challenger
13-14
Sierra Junior Open Fresno
559-259-8189
15-21 NorCal 12 Junior
Sectional Championships
(Nike Junior Tour Masters
Qualifying Event) Sunnyvale
408-732-2130
15-21 NorCal 14 Sectional Championships
(Nike Junior Tour Masters
Qualifying Event) - Aptos
831-332-5296
15-19 B.O.V. Summer
Junior Challenger &
Novice - San Leandro
510-357-8366 xt.24
19-21 Monterey Bay
Summer Jr Challenger &
Novice - Monterey
831-758-7318
19-21 LTC Junior Challenger and Novice Lafayette
925-368-8882
19-21 Discovery Bay
Junior Challenger Discovery Bay
209-423-8295
22-26 Saratoga Junior
Open - Saratoga
650-823-2178
26 P.S.T./Union City Friday Afternoon Novice Union City
510-881-2525
27-28 Copper River June
Classic Junior Open Fresno
559-434-8955
27-29 Fremont Jr.
Challenger - Fremont
510-657-3600
27-29 Seascape Summer
Kickoff Open 18-10 Challenger 16-10 - Aptos
831-332-5296
27-29 48th Annual Capt.
Weber Days Junior Open
- Stockton
209-547-1522
27-29 San Marin Jr Open
- Novato
415-444-9515
29-7/2 Gold River Junior
Open - Gold River
916-638-7001
29-7/3 Santa Cruz Junior
Academy Open & Novice Aptos
831-234-3136