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Tennis Events FOR JUNIORS at The Racquet Club of Memphis
Racquet Club Junior Academy Program & QuickStart Tennis
The development of junior tennis players at The Racquet Club has been in existence for over 30 years. RCJA helps develop the games of juniors of all ages and ability levels. Each year over 100 juniors participate in the program, from four year olds who are just learning to play, to seniors in high school who are preparing for the Nationals. Juniors are separated according to their ability levels and ages. Maintaining a one-to-four ratio, the Tennis Professionals and the RCJA staff strive to give the juniors the best instruction, drills and practice available. Click HERE for more information about either RCJA or QUICKSTART.
String ‘N Swing Junior Tennis Classic
The Racquet Club is proud to host a SOUTHERN LEVEL 3 tournament for juniors every August here at The Racquet Club and at other clubs around the city. This event draws in over 200 juniors from all over the south, and their families.
Summer Performance Training Center
The SUMMER EXTENSION of RCJA, SPTC offers juniors the chance to keep up their tennis throughout the summer as they prepare for and travel to tournaments. It is a comprehensive program which offers juniors the chance to train in an academy setting in their own CLUB. SPTC provides MATCH PLAY, TENNIS TRAINING and FITNESS TRAINING for juniors at ALL LEVELS. Click HERE for more information.
SPTC for Kids
Every summer The Racquet Club offers young children the opportunity to learn to love the game of tennis. From age 4 to age 12, children of all ages who are just beginning to play or who have never picked up a racquet can step into one of these Summer Clinics and learn the basics that will form the foundation of their games, as well as have a great time!
Junior Clinics & Traveling
Our juniors have many opportunities at The Racquet Club as well as away from the Club. Our Tennis Professionals have committed to traveling to various tournaments with the juniors as well as providing training that helps them improve their games and prepare for upcoming tournaments such as State Qualifying, State Closed, Southerns, Nationals, Bullfrogs, etc. The SPTC and TOURNAMENT WARM-UPS prepare the juniors for the events scheduled throughout the summer.
USTA Girls’ 18 National Clay Court Championships
The Racquet Club has been host to this national championships event for twenty-seven years. Every July, 200 players, over 150 college coaches and assistant coaches, hundreds of parents and numerous spectators flood the clay courts at our Club to participate in and to see some of the best “rising stars” of tennis in the world. For more information visit www.rcofmemphis.com/girls18.