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RIVIERA TENNIS CLUB PROS
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Pam Austin
Pam is Riviera`s Director of Tennis and is USPTA Certified P1. She played college tennis at UCLA and later played on the Womens Professional tour for 5 years, competing at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the French Championships. In 2001 Pam receive the USPTA Division Pro of the Year designation. She has taught tennis for over 30 years. |
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Darren Beckman
Darren is USPTA certified P1 and played in Australia before touring as a coach on the ATP circuit. Darren taught and coached for 12 years in Australia before moving to the US. Since 2000 he has coached numerous Sectional and National ranked American junior players.
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Lloyd Bourne
Lloyd is USPTA certified P1 and has been ranked in the world`s top 30 singles and top 40 doubles. He competed in all four Grand Slams - Wimbledon, U.S. Open, French and Australian Championships, and has victories over Illie Nastase, Stan Smith, and Pat Cash. Lloyd played college tennis at Stanford University, was selected All-America, and helped the Cardinal team win the National Championship three times. Lloyd has taught tennis at Riviera for five years.
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Giancarlo "GC" Cava
GC is a USPTA certified teaching pro and has been with Riviera for 5 years. He currently co-directs Riviera's summer camp with Kirk Schaaf. Privately he works with players of all levels and ages, from pee wees to nationally ranked juniors and adults.
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Philippe Gabler
Philippe is USPTA Certified and is a native of France. He played his college tennis at the University of Orsay (Paris) and competed for 15 years in the Open division in Europe. Philippe has extensive experience in clay court play. He was also a coach with the Robert Lansdorp Junior Program.
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Jean Christophe Huttepain
Jean Christophe is USPTA certified and has 20 years teaching experience. He has worked with renown coaches Robert Lansdorp and Nick Bollettieri for several years. Many of his students have held high national rankings. Dartfish video analysis is one of the tools he uses to teach the sound fundamentals of tennis. Jean Christophe still competes at a high level in the USTA Men`s 40 division.
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Erik Kortland
Erik is currently a High Performance USPTA P1 teaching professional and specializes in traveling with players for ATP, WTA, ITF, and USTA events. He works with the highest level players in the Riviera junior program. Erik had a very successful junior, college, and pro career in tennis. Erik was ranked as high as 53 in NCAA Division 1 singles, held an ATP world ranking and played for professional clubs in Germany and Poland.
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Anne Lewis
Anne has taught for over 20 years. She is USPTA certified and earned academic and athletic All-American status in college.
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Buster McCoy
Buster is USPTA certified and has taught at Riviera since 1994. He was the Head Tennis Coach at University of Tampa in 1989-1990. He played on the 1985 NAIA National Collegiate Championship tennis team at Lander College and he played at University of South Carolina in 1986 & 1987.
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Josh Osswald
Josh was a two time national junior champion while growing up in Cincinnati, and later was the top player at Wake Forest University where he earned his degree in Journalism and Literature.
Josh achieved an ATP world doubles ranking and has been teaching for 12 years. |
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Jo Anne Russell
Jo Anne Russell’s credentials, both as a player and coach, are unmatched. She is a Wimbledon champion and former #1 Doubles player in the world. Jo Anne has been a Division One collegiate coach as well as a personal coach for many tour players. She has also been an NBC sports and ESPN commentator. Jo Anne is passionate about the game and loves to share her unique perspective with those who takes a lesson with her.
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Kirk Schaaf
Kirk is USPTA Certified and specializes in juniors, developing players on court strategy, and stroke development. Kirk co-directs Riviera’s summer camp with GC Cava.
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