Play your best tennis in the Santa Clarita Valley at The Paseo Club

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.

Lauren Davidson

Tennis Instructor

Lauren comes from a strong, well-rounded athletic background, including four years of experience as a high school tennis coach and five plus years coaching youth. She has developed players of all levels while fostering teamwork, discipline, and confidence.

Before coaching, Lauren competed in high school volleyball, softball, and soccer, and continued her love for sports through college intramurals. These experiences shaped her understanding of athletic development and the importance of a positive, encouraging environment.

Connor Dean

Tennis Instructor

Connor was born in Melbourne, Florida and moved to Stevenson Ranch when he was 9 years old. He began playing tennis and fell in love with the sport, competing in tournaments as a junior in both singles, doubles, and junior team tennis and led his junior team to a division championship. He played tennis for all 4 years at West Ranch High School including 3 years on the Varsity team (2018-2021). Connor earned numerous awards including Coaches Award (2018, 2019), Most Valuable Doubles (2019), All League Team Doubles (2019), All Team Singles (2021) and Team Captain (2021).
After graduation, Connor took a gap year and worked as an assistant Varsity coach for the West Ranch Tennis Teams (2021 - 2023) during which time both the girls' and boys' teams became a dominate force in the Foothill League winning 2 championships. He left his coaching position to play for Santa Barbara Community College at line 1 or 2 doubles as well as singles. He now devotes his time to finishing his film degree at Cal Lutheran where he maintains a 4.0 average.
Connor's training includes time at the USTA National Campus in Florida, lessons with the late Nick Bollettieri as well as training in the OC alongside rising USA player Alex Michelsen. In addition, Connor's career in the entertainment industry has given him the opportunity to hit with such tennis legends as Jim Courier, Mardy Fish, Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz, Andy Roddick, and many others. Connor's USPTA certified and is ready to help players of all levels improve their game while having fun.

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

Gabe Harmat

USPTA Certified Tennis Instructor

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

In just two years he won 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.

After experiencing a lack of sponsors and running out of funds, he turned to coaching.

Gabe has worked in several clubs in the valley and in LA , establishing 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 returned to competition on the senior tour. Staying fit was quite handy leading to a high So Cal ranking, US national ranking, and number 5 I.T.F  ranking.  Some of his best accomplishments were winning the Macabia gold medal (1986), the sectionals in So. Cal, and reaching semi-finals twice in I.T.F  world championships.

Gabe is looking forward to sharing with you a lifespan of coaching and playing experience and is ready to assist you with your tennis aspirations.

Gabe charges $90 per hour for private instruction.

Contact Gabe Harmat.

Nick Joyce

Tennis Instructor

Nick brings over five years of coaching experience, working with players of all ages and skill levels—from beginners picking up a racket for the first time to competitive athletes striving for championships.

A standout player at high school, Nick was a consecutive district champion, a Top 5 district-ranked player, and earned All-Doubles honors his senior year. He also served as co-captain of his varsity team alongside a nationally ranked Top 100 U18 player.

Following his playing career, Nick returned to coach at his former high school, leading the team to two undefeated seasons. His coaching focuses on building strong fundamentals, confidence, and a genuine love for the game, helping players grow both on and off the court.

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.

KP Puvogel

USPTA Certified Tennis Instructor, Pickleball Instructor

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