Pranav is USTA Level 7 finalist at Queens Harbor

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We want to congratulate Pranav in his recent win at Queens Harbor two weeks ago as a Level 7 finalist. Pranav has been in our high performance Academy class now for 1.5 year. He is a brilliant student at Nease High School. His current UTR 3.45 in singles and 5.44 in doubles. Congratulations Pranav and we wish you the best of luck in the next tournament!!

Hispanic Heritage Month - USTA→

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Please congratulate Daniella (Dani) Estrada in her recent highlighted article in USTA’s Hispanic Heritage Month. Dani has been with our tennis Academy since she was 9 years old and now is a Freshman college student at University of South Florida. Dani accomplished her Professional Tennis Registry certification to become one of our professional tennis assistants for Juniors 11-17 two years ago. She was recently highlighted in this article to celebrate tennis players hispanic Congratulations Daniella Estrada, one of our own PTR tennis assistants at the Academy has been highlighted in this months Hispanic Heritage Month with USTA.

Congratulations Dani! We look forward to your accomplishments on the tennis court as well as off the tennis court in college.

Dani Estrada, Emily Kastleman and Molly Wannamaker pictured here with their green dot group for summer tennis camp 2020

Dani Estrada, Emily Kastleman and Molly Wannamaker pictured here with their green dot group for summer tennis camp 2020

Red Ball Challenge at San Jose Golf and Country Club has been set for Saturday, January 25th 9-11a.m.

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Please register now for the upcoming red ball challenge which will include Saint John Tennis Academy tennis students and San Jose Golf and CC students for a fun, non- elimination, red ball challenge. We will have games, drills and round robin style of playing for all our red ball players. All levels are included!

You can register on our website under Fall/Winter Registration, fill in all the information and on the drop down menu select “RED BALL CHALLENGE”.

We will have a pizza party at the end of our event and a prize to take home.

Cost is $20.00 paid in advance of the challenge. Registration will close December 19th at midnight!

San Jose play Day was a success! 10 & Under players

San Jose play Day was a success! 10 & Under players

Ladies Beginner class - summer 12 weeks of training complete

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I LOVE teaching this class! I have 6 ladies from our community who have now completed my 12 week series of “Love to Learn” “Love to Play” These ladies are ready to start playing doubles and soon will be playing league tennis. We have tons of laughs and they are so eager to learn and play. It’s really a Mom’s Night Out on Monday’s with me. I understand how important that is now an “Empty Nester” mom of 2.

The Magnificent Seven !

The Magnificent Seven !

Mal Washington Gala & Pro Am Tournament fundraiser.

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Each year our pros are involved in the gala for a fundraising event for our youth tennis in Jacksonville.  Thursday we will attend a silent auction and on Friday participate in playing the ProAm tournament at San Jose Golf and Country Club  

www.malwashington.com

 

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Gala dinner fundraiser

Over $200,000 raised for MVWF and their new high school tennis facility, a second edition tennis center for tennis and education.

USTA Team Tennis Challenge weekend October 30th

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Saint Johns Tennis Academy entered 8 teams into this weekends USTA Team Tennis Challenge weekend located at Boone Park.  We had 4 teams entered in the U14 intermediate and 4 teams entered into the U18 intermediate.  I am so very proud of each and every team with high efforts to play their very best tennis and displayed great sportsmanship in every match!  I received several compliments from various parents and teams and pros from our local communities.

We had 2 teams come in 1st and 2nd place in our U18 intermediate flight - Team 904 won first place with players Landon Williams, Molly Wannamaker & Lily Thompson.  We had 2 teams of ours in the playoffs of U14 intermediate "Team Highlighters" and "Team Uno".  Team Uno won 1st place with players Allie Bielski, Carys Cook & Lily Davis.

Halloween Tennis Social 2016

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We had a blast last night with all our students to celebrate Halloween tennis style. We had three contest winners for ; "Wackiest tennis shot"- Sam W.,  "Best Tweener shot"- Gabe S. , and "Best target serve"- Lily D..  We also had a dog fight in which our winner was Grace W.   Pizza, drinks, awards and candy was enjoyed by all. Coaches Patrick Diegan and Heather Lester thank you for coming out to play in our 4th annual Halloween celebration!

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