Santa Clarita's #1 Youth Tennis Program

Adam Davidson

Tennis Instructor

Adam is a homegrown Valencia native who played tennis at Hart High where he set the record for most singles wins in a season and advanced to the QF of the CIF tournament.

He earned a scholarship to play tennis at Azusa Pacific University, where he played for four years. As team captain in 2005, he led the Cougars to win the school’s first ever NAIA National Championship. He won the prestigious Ojai Valley Invitational twice in doubles (2003, 2005) and once in singles (2004) and was a First Team NAIA All-American selection three times (2003-2005). He and his doubles partner, Sam Fletcher, were ranked #1 in the country for three years (2003-2005). His highest singles ranking was #14 in the country (2003).

After graduating with a bachelor’s in business, Adam turned pro and took his racquets around the world for the next three years, competing on the ATP tour. Traveling to over 35 countries, he notched several victories over top 100 ATP opponents in doubles and reached a career high of #527 in the world. Davidson played two seasons of World Team Tennis for the Sacramento Capitals, where he played alongside the likes of Pete Sampras, Anna Kournakova, Mark Knowles, and the Bryan Brothers.

With 15 years of coaching experience, in addition to a USPTA certification, Adam has coached a wide variety of players — from beginners to several Division I collegiate players. He has a passion for coaching and mentoring players who want to improve in tennis but also glean from it lessons for living a successful life.

Adam charges $95 per private lesson. Contact Adam Davidson.

Raisa Grinberg

Tennis Instructor

Raisa Gurevich was a national tennis champion in Russia at the age of 7 for the under-14 division.  She won the European Championship twice at 14 and was a world championship runner up. She turned pro at 14 and ended up as number 8 in ITF juniors in the world. She began to play WTA at 14 and then moved to Spain to Palma de Mallorca where she was coached by Uncle Tony (Rafa’s uncle) for 5 years. Her singles highest was 300 and doubles highest 170. 

Raisa retired at 22 due to knees surgeries. She went to Egypt and played there for a year and then came to LA where she worked at Braemar Country Club and Porter Valley Country Club. She has worked at Warners for close to 15 years.

Raisa teaches all ages and all levels. She charges $90 per hour for private sessions. Contact Raisa Gurevich

René Heger

Tennis Director, USPTA Certified Tennis Instructor

Dustin Kua

Tennis Instructor

Hello! I’m Dustin Kua, a former division 1 men’s tennis player from Cal Poly and the University of Portland. I grew up playing at the Paseo summer tennis clinics when I was 8 years old and have gained the foundation, enthusiasm, and grit to go onto the collegiate level. I helped coach several of my college teammates as well as kids of all levels to find their inner drive, confidence, and ability to perform on the tennis court.

Gaining the wisdom from many coaches ranging from Paseo pros all the way to former NCAA division 1 champion from USC and UCLA, I have gained experience and knowledge on how to improve not only my game, but those around me. I’m super excited to be a part of the staff at the Paseo Club and I’m looking forward to working with all kids, adults, and people of all ages!

Dustin charges $70 per hour for private instruction. Contact Dustin Kua.

Hayden Rand

Pickleball Instructor, Junior Tennis Instructor

My name is Hayden Rand, and I was born and raised in Santa Clarita. I grew up playing tennis my whole life, but I was always interested in all kinds of sports. I went on to play Division 1 tennis at Sacramento State, where I won the Big Sky Championship.

A few months ago, I decided to try my hand at pickleball because of its similarities to tennis. Even though I’ve only been playing for about three months, my background and technical knowledge from tennis have helped me pick up the sport quickly. Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to train and compete with pros and have already won gold medals in 5.0 singles tournaments.

Right now, I am fully focused on pickleball and my goal is to take my game to the professional level. Contact Hayden for private lessons.

Pavel Soukharev

Tennis Instructor

Pavel Soukharev was born in Russia in 1974. He started gymnastics at age 6 until age 21, and earned the Title "Master of Sport" in Gymnastics. He went on to get a Masters degree in Physical Education. Pavel immigrated to the US in 1995 on contract with Cirque Du Soleil. During that period, he picked up a racquet and start playing tennis. He got to known some former tennis pros who helped develop his understanding of the game, and soon after he began teaching.

Darren Woodford

USPTA Certified Tennis Instructor

Aleksey Zharinov

USPTA Certified Tennis Instructor

A native of Siberia, Russia, Aleksey was a top-ten junior in the country. He came to the US to go pro but decided to attend college instead. He played #1 singles for the University of Minnesota, helping the team to climb to the #8 spot in the country.

Aleksey traveled all over the US to play professional tournaments, eventually achieving ATP ranking in the summer of 2004. He participated in two exhibition doubles matches (St. Paul, MN 2003, and Grand Forks, ND 2004) against the former #1 doubles team in the world the Jensen brothers. The first match also featured Monica Seles and Anna Kournikova, and the second match was between Andy Roddick and Andre Agassi.

Since 2005, Aleksey has been coaching in numerous country clubs as well as full-time at Lifetime Club in Minneapolis. In 2006, he received the “USPTA Northern Section Junior Development Coach of the Year” award. Aleksey has been working at the Paseo Club since 2012 raising half a dozen Division 1 and 3 college players during that time. Aleksey’s specialty is technique, and along with helping juniors establish proper fundamentals, has been helping many adults to do the same. He has drills almost every day for different levels of players, who want to tap into their full potential.

His private lesson rate is $95 per hour. 

Contact Aleksey Zharinov