Have you heard about the new BOLT racquets? Perhaps not yet. Introduced last fall, they employ a patented ZipStrip™ technology for improved ball response. To help get the word out, they're giving a racquet away. To be eligible, visit www.boltadvance.com and enter your email address for updates and you'll be entered in a drawing to win a brand new BOLT racquet of your choice. You can also sign up to demo the new Bolt technology for free (just pay modest shipping).
On a recent visit to Hawk's Cay Resort in the Florida Keys, whose eight-ourt facility is now managed by Cliff Drysdale Tennis, I had a chance to interview the popular television commentator, who was making a personal appearance the resort for a special tennis clinic. Our wide-ranging conversation addressed such topics as his tennis predictions for the men's tour in 2012, the dissatisfaction among players on the ATP Tour over scheduling and what it may lead to, the state of the resort-tennis business, the importance of Quickstart, how he started playing tennis in South Africa, and the best tennis advice he ever received. To read all he has to say, visit Interview with Cliff Drysdale >>>
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The Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo opened a grass court on Christmas Day. The new grass court utilises Tifdwarf Bermuda grass and is the first true grass regulation tennis court at any Four Seasons property worldwide. The new court complements the four Har-Tru courts at the tennis complex, a facility run by Peter Burwash International's David Hong.
Rancho Valencia, an Auberge Resort, in Rancho Santa 
Fe, CA will close in January 2012 to undergo a six-month, $20-million renovation. Plans call for remodeling all 49 of the suites, expanding the spa, and enhancing the reception, dining, fitness, and meeting spaces. The tennis complex will remain open throughout the renovation, which will be complete by summer 2012.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are 
both seeing red after Spain's Mutua Madrid Open announced that it would switch from traditional red clay to blue—
that's right, blue clay—for the 2012 tournament. The ATP Tour has given its approval but the two headliners have reservations: Nadal tweeted: "I hope I never have to play a single day on blue clay," while Federer called it "difficult to talk about right now."
As of January 1, the Naples Grande Beach Resort in Naples, Florida has been renamed the Waldorf Astoria Naples. According to the press release, the name change will be accompanied throughout 2012 by "property enhancements reflecting the latest Waldorf Astoria brand standards."
Jonathan Sarosiek has been promoted to Director of Tennis at Wintergreen Resort, a 22-court facility in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Charlottesville, VA. He also continues to direct the Wintergreen Tennis Academy, a year-round program and bundles groups clinics with private lessons and sports psychology sessions.
Justine Henin's 6th Sense Tennis Academy at the has gone on hiatus and, according to director of sports Cesar Villaroel, "is in the process of rebuilding." As more details become available, I'll post them here.
The Reed Anderson Tennis School, 
which now operates out of the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.
Work on the interiors of the Carefree Resort & Conference Center in Carefree, Arizona has now been completed and tennis director Glen Gerbino has added monthly 4-day tennis camps to his calendar.
Charly Rasheed, the tennis director at Wild Dunes Resort near Charleston has been named the "Adult Male Player of the Year" by the USTA South Carolina. The award recognizes individuals who have made "who made outstanding contributions to tennis."
The Inn at Harbour Town in Sea Pines Resort ranks among the Top 150 in the world based on Conde Nast's annual "Reader's Choice Survey."
This year's No. 1 tennis resort Kiawah Island Golf Resort near Charleston, South Carolina plans to add two new swimming pools: a children's pool at Night Heron Park and another at the West Beach Tennis Center that will have both an adult section and a large play area with water toys and slides.
The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, just unveiled its new Windsor Club, a collection of 26 newly renovated guestrooms—among them a 7-room Presidential Suite—on two floors with their own concierge service.
George Cobia, who had been director of tennis at the Pensacola Athletic Center, has joined Hidden Dunes Beach & Tennis Resort as head professional.
Dispatches from my latest travels
Cliff Drysdale Tennis at Hawk's Cay Resort, Florida
A Northern California Tennis Odyssey
Big Island's Kohala Coast: Where Hawaiian Royalty Vacationed
Soaring Above Phoenix, Arizona
Update on Florida's Alluring Panhandle
Guide to Hilton Head Island Tennis
Newport, Rhode Island, For Tennis Players
Club Med-Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Little Dix Bay, British Virgin Islands
Boulevard Village & Tennis Club, Vero Beach, Florida
The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton, South Carolina
Four Seasons Resort and Club at Las Colinas, Texas
Caneel Bay, A Rosewood Resort, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
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AUSTRALIAN OPEN. www.australianopen.com
Novak Djokovic and Kim Clijsters are defending champions.
Boomer Tennis Senior Clinic, Van Der Meer Tennis, Shipyard, South Carolina
This 16-hour midweek program bundles strokes mechanics, drills, supervised match play, and a Boomer fitness component, all designed for players 60 and older with NTRP ratings from 2.0-4.5.
TAHHI Tennis Classic, Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center, South Carolina, Phone: 843-785-1152
Men's and Women's singles and doubles. Presented by the Tennis Association of Hilton Head Island (TAHHI).
Men's 4.5 Interstate Team Challenge, TOPS'L Beach & Racquet Resort, Florida
For teams of men with a NTRP ratings of 4.5.
PBI Tennis Show & Carnival, JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa, California
This three-hour (12:30-3:30) event begins with the Peter Burwash International Tennis Show, a hilarious mixture of a musical revue, tennis exhibition and tennis clinic staged on the resort's two grass courts. A carnival follows, comprising twenty-five games designed for kids from age 5 to 95. Earn credits to use to bid on great prizes: hotel stays, Wilson tennis racquets and other prizes from Wilson and ellesse, dining, tennis lesson packages, tickets to local attractions, including the BNP Paribas Open, grass court time and much more, including prizes only for kids. All are welcome. Guaranteed fun. Light refreshments served. Call PBI Director of Tennis Jim Leupold at 760 341-1894 or email jim.leupold@pbitennis.com
Boomer Tennis Senior Clinic, Van Der Meer Tennis, Shipyard, South Carolina
This 16-hour midweek program bundles strokes mechanics, drills, supervised match play, and a Boomer fitness component, all designed for players 60 and older with NTRP ratings from 2.0-4.5.
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Discounts, room upgrades, and special packages only available on Tennis Resorts Online.
Port Royal Racquet Club, South Carolina
Special Weekend Group Packages
A specialist in group packages, Port Royal is offering Tennis Resorts Online users a special 4-day/3-night program for groups of 4 or more. It consists of deluxe lodging in two-bedroom villas (based on 4 people per villa), 6 hours of clinics, complimentary court time, a welcome social, souvenirs and a 15% discount on pro shop merchandise. The cost is $405/person with lodging; $150/person without lodging.
To book, call Tanda at 843-686-8803 and tell her you want the "Tennis Resorts Online Group Package."
IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy, Florida
TRO Special: $100 Off Full-week Adult Camps
Tennis Resorts Online has secured a $100/week discount on any Adult tennis camp you book at the Bollettieri Tennis Academy. Book two weeks, get $200 off. Discount applies to full weeks only. To get it, phone toll-free 800-872-6425 and mention this discount code: U_NY4252.
Not sure what you want? Send an online brochure request.
*Note: May not be combined with other discounts.
Saddlebrook Tennis (Hopman), Florida
Free Upgrade to One-bedroom Suite + Amenity Basket
Book the Saddlebrook Tennis School (which offers five hours a day of instruction) and a regular deluxe guest room at Saddlebrook Resort and they'll upgrade you to a one-bedroom suite* at no extra cost (two-night minimum) and include a complimentary Saddlebrook Amenity basket.
To get it, phone toll-free 800-729-8383 and ask for the Tennis Resorts Online Upgrade.
*Subject to availability at the time of booking
Rate any resort or camp you know first hand, and you'll automatically be entered in a drawing, to be held May 1, 2012, for one of these great vacation prizes:
To participate, go to Rate a Resort or Camp or Rate a Junior Tennis Camp and fill out a questionnaire.
Here's a sample of recent critiques of the top resorts and camps by other vacationers.
Cliff Drysdale Tennis School at Stratton, Vermont
Couples Swept Away Negril, Jamaica
Reunion Resort & Club of Orlando, Florida
Shadow Mountain Resort & Club, California
Studios are great! I like the Creekside set of studios because the units are bigger and they are quieter because they are a bit away from the big pool. Be sure to ask for a newly remodeled unit because there can be major differences in the units even though the price is the same on all of them."—K.T., Adv., January 2012
PBI Tennis Camp at Bio-Hotel Stanglwirt, Tirol Austria