USA tennis vacation - Where??
 

Im think of travelling to some place warm in the US to play and play with other rec player at 4.5 to 5.5 level as well as play open and USTA (if possible) tournaments every week for about a month. My plan is also to supplement this with paid lessons/training from/with local high level players (ie 6.0-6.5). I dont mind travelling 500-1000 miles to the next tournament, this would also give me a chance to see different areas/states of the US.

I would be going around mid november.

Advice is greatly appreciated!

So-Cal or So-Florida most likely.

Can u be more specific? How would i go about finding suitable tournaments or where to find player of my own level who whould be interested in playing several hours a day, during the day?

Go on the USTA site and do some tournament searches.

Dn u know if i can play regular eg 5.0 USTA tournaments right off the plane or do i need a license first or something?

You can sign up for 5.0 right away since the USTA uses a self rate system at first.

You can usually find an open tournament somewhere in FL every weekend. Heck, if you just stayed in SF, you could probably play an open every weekend. Open's will have larger draws. 5.0 are usually very small draws.

That sounds awesome! Even if im not a Yankee, nor green card or voting card holder? All i have is a pair of stars n stripes speedos!

That sounds really great, i hear that SF is a great city even if ur not homosexual or bicurious :confused: Do u think that it would be easy to find players at my own level to play with during the week? And how would u go about that? Go to the club/courts where the next tournament is held or just try my luck at some public courts? How is the weather in SF now? Fally?

For November Florida, Texas and California are your best bets.......just look over the USTA website as mentioned before......in each area you will find weekly events and tons of players.

South Florida gives you the most tennis options and warm ocean temperatures compared to California. Although it is one of my favorite places, the Florida Panhandle, aka "Redneck Riviera" :-), can get downright cold in November. Weather is Texas can be quite inhospitable at that time of year, too.

Sorry - that is SF - South Florida - not San Francisco. So your Speedos will do just great there also

If all else was equal i would probably choose "the south"/Texas as i have never been to "redneck" country (no offense intended, really!) and think that could be fun. I have been to both the east and west coast.

OK ic!

Redneck Riviera lol :)

Im a bit confused though, are u saying that the Florida Panhandle (dont know if that means the whole of Florida?!) is differet from SF or are u saying that even SF can get cold in November?? And inhospitable Texas weather in Nov. that means cold right?

So no guarantee of nice warm tennis weather in Nov/dec anywhere?

Ahh ok, i was indeed thinking of San Francisco!

Redneck Riviera is the Panhandle of Florida - Pensacola, Pamana City, Ft Walton, Destin...etc. BUT most all of Florida is pretty "redneck" - anything north of Orlando and its not much different than Alabama or Georgia its all deep south.

The large cities like Tampa, Miami, Ft Laurderdale...etc full of transplants and snowbirds from the North and all over latin America and have a different vibe......

As for Texas in November the best place for Tennis would be in the Hill Country - Austin, San Antonio - weather still nice ( can start to get chilly) but for the most part you can have lots of days where it can hit well above 70s (20+c). also warm in Corpus Christi region with again lots and lots of Tennis events across the state.

Check out New Braunfels - where Newks is - lots of adult clinics -

Where it gets cold would be North Texas like Dallas and out west in Amarillo, Lubbock....by mid November down right brutal

Florida, anywhere in southern Florida. Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Tampa Bay etc. Tons of tennis centers, players, coaches, academies etc all fairly close to each other and lots of tournaments.

It'll save you money traveling all over and Florida is cheaper then California by a fair bit.

The old saying about Florida: "the farther north you go, the farther south you get". I do truly love the Panhandle though -- Cola to Cola (Apalachicola to Pensacola). We try to get there once a year, basing ourselves in Destin. In a way it is like the inbred child of California and the Deep South. Heck, Destin gets TV signal straight from Mobile, AL. :-)

For the OP, be sure to do some research into tennis in and around Boca Raton.

Ok intere!sting, tx for the insights!