Since 1992, the names Bob and Betty Isenberg have been synonymous with USTA Adult League Tennis in Ventura County. After 27 years running the popular league as Area League Coordinators, the pair have decided it’s time to pass the baton and give someone else the opportunity to continue growing tennis from Calabasas to Ojai and…

The true measure of a sports superstar is, most often, their achievements: titles, trophies, salaries, records, legacies. The true measure of Rod Laver is Jay Paris. You know who Laver is. His achievements include being the only tennis player to win his sport’s four major titles—the Australian Open, the French, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open…

  Barbara Estes, a longtime veteran of the USTA Southern California team, passed away last week after a lengthy illness. Ms. Estes spent more than thirty years on the section staff, beginning in 1982 as a volunteer at the Pacific Southwest Tennis Championships in Los Angeles, and then as a staff member since 1985. Ms.…

When College of the Canyons women’s tennis coach Patty LaBat was looking for a strong doubles player to fill out her roster two years ago, she kept coming back to the name of her friend and occasional doubles partner Seleste Sakato. The only problem was the then 65-year-old, who was in high school before LaBat…

      USTA Southern California is pleased to provide a unique match play opportunity for our high level junior athletes. Beginning in January, USTA’s Scott Lipsky, Director of Player Development and College Readiness, will be conducting a weekday match play day (plus select one day weekend camps) where players can play and train in…

  So much has been written about Tracy Austin, the pigtailed tennis star of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, who was so good when she was so young that she was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame when she was 29. But little has been written about the way it all started, about…

          Kick off the new year with our brand new Friday schedule at the Section Championships! Get on court at Omni Rancho Las Palmas for a player practice and activity day, including: Age based drill courts Red & Orange Ball courts for siblings Learn about the New Junior Play Pathway &…

By Colleen Clery Ferrell, Southern California Section Captain The 2019 USTA Intersectional Team Event moved back to a former site at the Naples Swim and Tennis Club, now the home of the ASC Sanchez-Casal Tennis Academy. Played on Har-Tru clay, the contests ended with Southern Cal earning a “Shared Gold” as Co-Champions in the 75…

It hasn’t taken long for Jeanette Lee to establish herself as one of Southern California’s top USTA Junior Team Tennis Area League Coordinators. After just one year in that position, in fact, Lee has done nearly the improbable, leading a talented group from her South Bay/Long Beach/South L.A. area all the way to the USTA…