Watch your kids grow in tennis

Jackson Boxall

Tennis Instructor

Jackson was recognized as the youngest Head High School Coach at Valencia High School at age 19. During his time as Head Coach, Jackson developed his players and won the girls league title, ending the drought of titles at the school and making him the youngest Head Coach to win a league title. Along with the league title, Jackson also coached his team to the CIF D1 Quarterfinals. Each year Jackson was Head Coach at Valencia he coached up a Player of The Year in the Foothill League. Jackson has experience working with high-level juniors who have played college tennis. Alongside coaching at Paseo, Jackson is now an Assistant Coach at College of the Canyons. 

Jackson played at Valencia High School, where he won 2 individual titles during his playing career. While playing at Valencia he was named first team in the conference twice, Doubles Team of the Year twice and was a part of the LA Regional 2nd Team once. In college Jackson played at Glendale College where he started in singles and doubles and had a winning record in both. In his second year of the program at Glendale, he was named Team Captain.  Jackson then received 30+ college offers to various schools ranging from D1, D2, D3, and NAIA. Jackson then played at the University of Puget Sound where he played the #1 singles and doubles positions on the team. Afterward, Jackson played for NAIA powerhouse OUAZ on an athletic scholarship.

Jackson is excited to pass on the lessons he has learned from his playing and coaching career to the members of The Paseo Club and continue the tradition of the love for tennis at the Club.

Adam Davidson

Tennis Instructor

A homegrown Valencia native, Adam 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 day-1 beginners to several Division I collegiate players. He has a passion for coaching and mentoring players, to improve in tennis but also glean from it lessons for success in life.

Gabe Harmat

USPTA Pro

Gabe was born and raised in Tel Aviv Israel. In 1963 he was introduced to tennis for the first time his was 13 years old.

In two years he won already the juniors and adult championships at his club and a year later he made the national junior team and represented Israel in Germany.

After completing his three year military duty he settled down in the US and continued pursuing his tennis ambitions by coaching and simultaneously  competing on the US and European tour.

His best win came in 1983 in doubles over Shlomo Glickstein who was the French open doubles finalist a year later, and also was 22 on the ATP in singles.

Lack of sponsors and after running out of funds, just like many other pros coaching was the inevitable alternative.

Working in Several clubs in the valley and  LA Gabe has established himself as a prominent pro by winning the USPTA pro of the year twice and producing many college players, he also got to work with ATP  and WTA players such as Dan Dan- China fed. Cup, Nir Welgreen – ATP 160.

At age of 35 Gabe has returned to competition on the senior tour. Staying fit was quite handy leading to high So Cal ranking, US national ranking and number 5 I.T.F  ranking.  Winning the Macabia gold medal (1986), the sectionals in So.Cal, and reaching semi finals twice in I.T.F  world championships were some of his best accomplishments.

Gabe is looking forward to share with you a life span of coaching and playing experience and ready to assist you with your tennis aspirations.

René Heger

USPTA Pro

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, they have helped me gain 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!

Proyfon Lohaphaisan

Tennis Instructor

Proyfon Lohaphaisan is a native of the Santa Clarita Valley and began competing in USTA tournaments when she was 11 years old. She played varsity tennis at Hart High School for 4 years. In her junior year, she and Jackie Resler took the team to their first CIF Southern California Sectionals. In her senior year, she and her doubles partner, Natalia Muñoz, reached the CIF Southern California Sectionals' doubles quarterfinals. After she graduated from Hart High School in 2015, Proyfon played for Quinnipiac University, a Division I tennis team, in Hamden, Connecticut. At Quinnipiac University, she played both singles and doubles for all 4 years. In 2016, she had 46 Division I Single-Season Wins, which placed her #3 in Quinnipiac's single-season record book. For her All-Time Career Wins, she had 120 wins, which placed her #18 in Quinnipiac’s tennis record book. During her 4 years at Quinnipiac, Proyfon and her team won 3 consecutive conference championship tournaments and played in the college tennis NCAA tournament 3 times. 

Proyfon earned a Bachelor’s in Health Science Studies with a minor in Biomedical Sciences. She is USPTA certified and hopes to share her knowledge and experiences, coach players, and mentor young player's values and skills to use on and off the court. See you on the courts!

KP Puvogel

USPTA Pro

Jackie Resler

USPTA Pro

Darren Woodford

USPTA Pro

Aleksey Zharinov

USPTA Pro

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. Between school, 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 feared 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 fundamental, 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.