TTC Pros

Meet the TTC Pros

	Phil Dent • Professional tour player from 1968-1981 • Reached #12 in the world in 1977, finished the year #19 • 2 ATP Singles Titles • 25 ATP Doubles Titles • Has wins over Laver, Borg, McEnroe, and Connors • 1975 Australian Open Doubles Champion • 1974 Australian Open Singles Finalist • From 1988-1991, coached Michale Chang • Has worked with Maria Sharapova
	Taylor Dent • ATP Player from 1998-2010 • Career-high #21 • 4 ATP Singles Titles • Wins over Roddick, Djokovic, Blake, Safin, Hewitt, Ferrero, Nalbandian, Robredo, and Moya • Holds serve speed record at 3 Grand Slams • After three back surgeries and three years off tour climbed 800+ spots to finish 2009 #75
	Jenny Dent • WTA Tour player 1999-2006 • Career-high #52 • 6 ITF Women's Singles Titles • 1 WTA Women's Doubles Title • Wins over Coetzer, Frazier, Myskina, Dechy and Weingartner
	Bob Ogle • Native Californian; born at Hoag Hospital; attended local schools • Graduated from NNHS • Played Varsity Tennis 4 Years; team was in CIF 4 years, winning Junior and Senior years • Won CIF Individuals as a Senior • 4-Year Full Ride Scholarship to University of Houston, team was #4 in the Nation in 1973 • All-American Honors during Collegiate Career • Returned to Newport Beach and Began Teaching Career at BBCRC, now TTC, in 1974
	Chris Ketcham Chris Ketcham has been coaching and teaching the last 12 years as a Tennis Pro at The Tennis Club, formerly the Balboa Bay Racquet Club, with the last six years as a "Prince National Team" sponsored pro. In addition to teaching clinics and private lessons, Chris is the Director of the Junior Tennis Program at the Club where he coaches several ranked local juniors as well as running the Club's junior teams, of which several successful teams won SoCal Sectional titles in '05,'06 and '07. Along with his duties at the Club, Chris has coached college level players as an Assistant Coach at Cypress College and Irvine Valley College. Currently, Chris is the Head Coach of the men's tennis team at Orange Coast College where he was elected Conference "Coach of the Year" in '08. Chris is also a local product, born in Newport Beach and an alumnus of Newport Harbor High School, UC Irvine and Chapman University where he competed collegiately in both soccer and tennis.
	Paul Jenkins • Born in Bristol, UK • Gloucestershire Under 21 Tennis Champion 2 Years • Played Division 1 County Tennis for Gloucestershire • Lived in Seychelles, Cape Town, South Africa and Vancouver, Canada • Has lived in Newport Beach and has been teaching at The Tennis Club since 1980
	Kevin Steele • Born and raised in Orange County • Graduated UC Santa Barbara • Owned and operated racquet clubs on Kauai and Kona (The Big Island) as President of Sandwich Isle Tennis • Returned to Orange County in the 1980s to direct Jr. and Adult programs in Mission Viejo and Anaheim • Tennis Club Pro/Instructor for 14 years • Believes tennis lessons should be as fun as they are informative • A few memorable students and friends include Walter Cronkite, Ray Bolger and Pete Rozelle