*WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — * The USTA announced today that the John Newcombe Tennis Ranch in New Braunfels, Texas, has been named as a USTA Certified Regional Training Center as part of its continuing expanded efforts to develop future American tennis champions. The John Newcombe Tennis Ranch joins the Austin Tennis Academy, which was named as a USTA Certified Regional Training Center in May, creating a Regional Training Center network to better serve the junior tennis community in the Texas Section.
The USTA Certified Regional Training Centers will expand the USTA Player Development program's reach throughout the country by partnering with academies, clubs and tennis centers that have a proven record of identifying and developing tennis players. In December, the USTA named the Racquet Club of the South in Atlanta and The Junior Tennis Champions Center in Maryland as its first two Certified Regional Training Centers, and in addition to the Texas network, the USTA named multiple sites in Chicago as part of a Midwest network last month with one more site still to be announced. The USTA plans to name between eight to ten more Certified Regional Training Centers throughout the country over the next five years.
The John Newcombe Tennis Ranch is located in New Braunfels, Texas, and has been in existence for over 40 years. The world class tennis academy uses every aspect of tennis training to develop a player's full potential with a strong emphasis on match play and tournament competition. In addition to Newcombe and Fieldsend, the Ranch's management team is comprised of Director Phil Hendrie and Assistant Directors Jimmy Brown and Graham Miller.