NEWS & Updates

Congratulations to Yuanye Ma for committing to Washington University in St. Louis for his collegiate tennis career. As one of the top D3 schools in the country with an elite academic program, Yuanye has earned his way to the next level where he will be a freshman in the Fall. After a few training blocks and L1's with PPTA he has raised his level and shown that he can compete with the best players in the country. Go Yuanye!   Everyday Better

Pure Pace Tennis Academy went to the Miami Open to watch and study the world's best players. Watching Alcaraz and Felix practice, Korda played lights out to take down Alcaraz, and watching Ethan Quinn battle eventual finalist Lehecka. Quinn opposed Pure Pace Alumni back in his Norcal days playing 12 and 14's. We split sets with him a couple of times in big tournaments but never took him down. Now he is shining on the biggest of stages. Go Ethan!   Everyday Better

Congratulations to Karthik Thumu for a great tournament at Tennis Paradise in Indian Wells for the Easter Bowl, one of the country's most prestigious junior tournaments. After battling through singles with a couple good wins he and his partner Carson Kuchar went on a run to the finals in Doubles and got 2nd place after battling for the championship in a 3rd set tiebreaker. After training with us here in Florida for Winter Nationals Karthik is growing his game fast with semi final finishes in...

Draws out! 1st Annual Pure Pace Tennis Academy Invitational has begun and our 1st match came down to a single point. This invite only Flex Tennis Tournament is exclusively for players in the Pure Pace Tennis program and will be played throughout the Spring. Look forward to updates to see who's names will be etched into history on our official Pure Pace Tennis Trophies to be revealed on May 15th at the Finals and Party.

Another great year of training and competing for Winter Nationals at USTA National Campus in Orlando. At Pure Pace academy here in Dade City we trained for a couple weeks both to develop the kids games and to prepare for competition against the best in the country. We had some good wins, good losses, and a lot learned as always. Enjoying the process and becoming more intentional each day on the journey to playing college tennis. Thanks for joining our Winter Nats camp this year: Julian Zhang,...

Pure Pace Tennis brought 15 junior players to USTA's National Campus in Orlando, FL. The players were ages 7 - 14 with most players competing in their 1st tournament, or were young for their age group. As a whole we played 60 matches, got 23 wins, one 1st place finish, and two 2nd place finishes. Everyone competed great and it was a pleasure to watch and coach them on site at the USTA National Campus. We learned a ton and had a great time which were our biggest goals. Many future elite tennis...

We had another great summer of Clay Court training and competing here at Pure Pace Tennis Academy in Dade City/Wesley Chapel, FL. Nearly a dozen of the top national players came to prepare for Clay Court Nationals and develop their games to the next level. We worked with players in 14's, 16's, 18's and in both the boys and girls divisions. Overall, players that trained at our academy went 30 - 20 against the top players in the country. During training we had a fantastic team of coaches...

At the end of our school year training season we took a group of 12/u players to the USTA National Campus for a Green dot tournament. We had a blast and the kids showed a lot of resilience competing in the hot conditions for hours. Everone performed well and gave a fantastic effort and great experience for all. Congratulations to Owen and Abraham for 2nd place finishes and to Addie and Petra for 1st place finishes, including four 6-0 wins for Petra!   Everyday Better

Another fantastic block of training and competing for Winter Nationals B 16/u. We had 6 players competing in the camp and the level of practice was as high as ever with players Jacob Jiang, Magnus Weng, George Santalov, Yuanye Ma, Maddox Bose, and Dhakshish Aryan. Our coaching team is better than ever with Coach Chris Hill leading with myself and hitting coaches Daniel Labrador (Purdue), Sandeep Mohandoss (Samford), and William Bushamuka. We focused on the process from day 1 and it led to...

Yuanye Ma and Henry Wilson trained at Pure Pace Tennis for a week before we all went to Delray Beach for Clay Court Nationals where the top 200 16's and 18's boys battled it out. After good preparation and acclimation to the rough conditions of Florida in the summer both of them earned 2 gutsy wins against some of the top players in the country and had their best runs at L1's yet. Everyday Better!

After training hard in preparation at Pure Pace Academy for 3 days, and then competing for 7 days straight, Ethan Chung takes 4th place playing amazing tennis against some of the best players in the world for their age. An incredible physical and mental performance after playing 22 sets in 7 days. Ethan maintained a great physical level and positive growth mindset beginning to end. Well done Ethan. Keep Coming!!!

A few months after starting to coach and train with us at Pure Pace Tennis Academy Hayden Menon goes on a tear winning 4 straight UTR Prize Money tournaments and then wins his 1st Junior ITF tournament in Boca without dropping a set. Keep rocking Hayden!

Evan Burnett becomes the 1st player to train at Pure Pace Tennis Academy and go on to earn a professional ranking. His outstanding performance led to a straight sets victory over then ranked #429 in the world. Just the beginning for Evan's journey on tour.

Another incredible year at Clay Court Nationals. The level of heart and soul poured out onto those clay courts is unbelievable. We had a great pre tournament training block with Team Norcal (Evan Burnett, Cooper Han, Ethan Chung, Krish Gupta, Yuanye Ma). After 8 days of battling in the Florida heat Cooper Han took 4th place 16s Singles and with his doubles partner Ethan Chung won 3rd place 16s Doubles. These guys went through a lot and really earned their 1st balls!

Evan Burnett and Krish Gupta backed up their Gold ball from Clay Court Nationals with another one at Indoor Nationals 16s. These big wins ultimately pushed them up to #1 and #2 in the National in 16s Doubles. Go Team Burnett/Gupta!

A great 1st L1 for Pure Pace after the move to Florida. We started with some solid pre tournament training with Evan Burnett at our new homebase in Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club. We then met up with his doubles partner Krish Gupta and friend Cooper Han in Boca. Evan got to the rnd of 16 in 16s singles and won the Gold Ball in 16s doubles with Krish. We supported and cheered on Cooper as he got to the quarter finals and then 2nd place consolation in 16s singles. Go Team Norcal!