The Newport Beach Tennis Club is a tennis club located in
Newport Beach,
California with an entrance at 2601 Eastbluff Drive.
The club opened in 1966 on land owned by George Holstein, who developed Eastbluff and partnered with Larry Johnson. They hired renowned tennis professional,
Dick Skeen
Richard Edgar Skeen (March 15, 1906 – June 24, 1990) was an American professional tennis player and teacher. He was runner-up to Fred Perry in the Men's Singles in the 1941 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, reaching as high as World No. 2 pro ...
to design the Club and be the first General Manager. It has 19
tennis courts with
lighting, a junior
Olympic swimming pool
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and a
fitness center. There is also a
pro shop, a
restaurant
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, a bar, and available
catering service
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Activities
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.
Rod Laver
Rodney George Laver (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former tennis player. Laver was the world number 1 ranked professional in some sources in 1964, in all sources from 1965 to 1969 and in some sources in 1970, spanning four years befor ...
and
Roy Emerson were early members in the sixties and
Tony Prodan was the longtime Head Tennis Professional.
The club is situated on of
land.
The
United States, Captained by
Tony Trabert, played
South Africa at the Club in the
1977 Davis Cup Americas Zone
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14 teams entered the Americas Zone in total, with 12 teams competing in the preliminary rounds to advance to the main draw and join the previous year's finalists Chile a ...
Semifinals.
On January 27, 2016, the
Orange County Breakers of
World Team Tennis announced that they would play their home matches at the Newport Beach Tennis Club. Breakers coach
Rick Leach gives lessons at the club.
See also
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References
{{Orange County sports
Tennis venues in California
Buildings and structures in Newport Beach, California
World TeamTennis stadiums