When Nicole Gibbs woke up on Monday morning, she was one of four #TeamSoCal women looking to surge their way into the second round of the BNP Paribas Open qualifier. By the time a late afternoon sun disappeared behind the desert mountains, Gibbs was the lone survivor after a rough and tumble first day…

  Billie Jean King lives in Chicago, travels the world and always comes home. At least figuratively. Wherever she is in body, Long Beach, Ca., is where she is in her mind, where she has never left. Long Beach is her anchor, her foundation, her happy place. You can live a life of athletic success…

TENNIS ON CAMPUS SPOTLIGHT: Olivia Madison The final field trip of the year for the Cal Poly Tennis On Campus team and its senior Club President Olivia Madison will be a little bittersweet this year. After finishing eighth overall in the nation at last year’s USTA Tennis On Campus National Championships, the Mustangs finished this…

  “In the early 1980s, Southern California’s legendary tennis star Jack Kramer gave this racket to then L.A. Times sports editor Bill Dwyre. It was, and is, one of the original Wilson Kramer rackets, which was at one time the best-selling and most-used tennis racket in the world, by far. Dwyre never used it. He…

One of the best ways to promote Net Generation Red, Orange and Green Youth Tennis at your club, park, facility or school is to have Blended Lines painted on your courts or school playground. The USTA is happy to once again partner with you and your community to help get more kids and families playing…

Hey coaches and parents, if your child or student age10-and-Under has never been a USTA Member before, this is your opportunity to make that happen. A USTA tennis membership is fun! From now until December 31, 2019, kids 10-and-Uunder, new to USTA, can receive a FREE 1-Year Junior Membership – a $20 value! Your free…

Lauren Haneke-Hopps started out her spring tennis season with an impressive win recently at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden Wheelchair Championships.   Haneke-Hopps, 21, is a junior at the University of Alabama. She won the ITF Women’s Doubles title with partner and Crimson Tide teammate Shelby Baron. The second-seeded duo held strong in the 16-team…

Some of the top names in tennis past and present will appear at the Riviera Tennis Classic on Saturday, March 2, and hosted by the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades. Riviera Tennis Director of Tennis Mary Pat Faley announced the event, and that tickets are currently on sale for a VIP reception, tennis clinic…