For the last 1.5 year my son Chris has trained full time at ATA. This month he started at North Carolina State University, where he has been recruited in their team. Below is my thank you message to the ATA staff who helped Chris achieve his goal. Dear all, It has been about two years since we first talked. It has been only two years but it seems so far away. I do not want to write a melodramatic note. I just feel the need to say to you a big THANK YOU for what you have done for Chris. It has been a difficult two years period -it started at the same time his knee problem started. But you were there for Chris all along. For the last 1.5 years you did a great job not just training him but mainly guiding him to shape and reveal his personality. He trusted you and rightly so. I trusted you as well. It was great knowing that he is in the best possible hands and that you would take care of him like true parents. And here he is now, more than happy in his new home, achieving his goal and taking such an important step for his future. Saying thank you is not enough. I think, however, that your main reward is the satisfaction you feel for what you achieved with Chris and all your athletes. What can be better than helping enthusiastic, hardworking young athletes achieve their personal goals? We never met - we will someday - but you are definitely part of us forever. I am sure Chris will keep in touch with you. With the first opportunity I come to LA I will come and visit you. I can only strongly recommend you to any young aspiring tennis player that I meet. I wish to all of you every professional and personal happiness. Please express my thanks to whoever else has been part of Chris's life in ATA. All the best, Maria read more

Hello my name is Joseph Di Giulio. I have trained at Advantage for about 10 years now and have had nothing but positive feedback regarding the coaches. Through the training I received at Advantage tennis academy I have been able to have success winning major tournaments such as the Orange Bowl, Eddie Herr, and Easter Bowl. Mahmoud has been a great coach and mentor for me throughout my development. My success in juniors led me to receive a scholarship to UCLA where I will be entering by Junior year. I found the post describing Dave as a "creep" to be very bizarre. Coach Dave is someone who really cares for each player and will go to great extents to help them improve their game. Attending an excellent academy like Advantage does not guarantee you will have success. In an individualized sport like tennis it is ultimately up to the player to take accountability for their own game. The same goes for academics. Just because you may not be succeeding on the court or in the classroom doesn't give you the right to start pointing fingers. Ask yourself if you are doing everything in your power to have success. I find it sad someone struggling would go to the extent to where they would personally attack a coach with lies and an academy that sets such high standards. It's a privilege to train in beautiful Southern California at a high performance tennis academy in Advantage. I feel bad for someone that has the opportunity to be a part of something special in Advantage would have the gull to go and write lies that are vulgar and offensive. The Advantage reputation speaks for itself. A few people out there that have no class and respect won't have any effect on Advantage but man they make themselves seem like complete idiots. read more

I had trained at Advantage for over two years prior to leaving for college and improved exponentially. Before coming to Advantage I had not received much technical training and had issues with my strokes but after my two years I was a completely different player! I worked with Jimmy Johnson who preached about the "details" when it came to the technical side of my game. One of the benefits of being apart of an academy like this is that you have players to compete against everyday who are at your level. The point play and matchplay helped my competitiveness which translated into tournaments. The coaches at Advantage were very friendly and were always willing to help . Due to the large groups of kids sometimes the one on one attention was tough, but when I asked for help on a certain aspect of my game they would help me out whenever they had a free minute. Players who did well at my time at Advantage looked for help and the coaches responded to those players which was really nice. Usually the kids who complained the most were the ones who didn't go out for help SO BE VOCAL, ASK QUESTIONS, and DONT BE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP. Living in the ATA housing was very structured and was an interesting experience because I got to hang out with the same people I had played tennis with all day. Irvine is a unique place in terms of location. During the weekends we would take group trips to the beach or go to the mall. Most of the time we would be so tired from the week training or had extra school we would just want to relax though. My experience at Advantage awesome and really helped me improve for the college level. I just only wished that I had come earlier! read more

To the person who commented below about David...you seem like the prick. Just because you choose to party all weekend, skip practices, and tank tournaments doesn't mean that no one else improved. I have been at advantage for a year and within 3 months of working with David, my ranking has gone up over 45 spots. I have not only seen an improvement with my tennis game but with the help of David, I have learned to deal better mentally while competing. I have been to tournaments with David one on one, and never have I felt uncomfortable or unsafe with him. He is a mentor to many children at ata both girls and boys. As far as school goes, that's on you to not learn. Do you really need a babysitter to watch every move you make? If so, maybe college tennis isn't right for you. You are grown up take some responsibility. And as far as Kevin, he is there to do his job and deal with people like you making his life a living hell. You and I both know that David is never inappropriate so it would be nice if you stopped making him look bad. Dave is all about effort, if you try he will help you and work with you whether you are a girl, boy, white, black, American, Mexican, he will help you. So maybe next time you go to advantage try a little harder and you will get noticed. read more

I attended ATA for 3 1/2 years in high school and had an amazing experience. It has become a second home for me and my years there gave me invaluable knowledge on and off the tennis court. Throughout my years at ATA, I was homeschooled. Since I graduated, I succeeded by going to Gonzaga University on a full-ride scholarship for tennis. This past May, I graduated summa cum laude and I am now completing my Master's degree in London. ATA more than prepared me for college both academically and athletically. The coaches were mentors to me then and continue to be to this day. I would highly recommend ATA to any young tennis player looking to improve not only their tennis game, but also become the best individual they can be. read more

Going to Advantage was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I boarded and trained in the full-time academy for four years before playing D1 tennis, and I met friends and mentors I will have for the rest of my life. The coaches are very knowledgeable and help their players improve each and every day. The tennis facilities are some of the best in the country and the housing is very safe. They expect players to take practice seriously and work to get better, and if you care about improving you will succeed here.I continue to come back to Advantage to stay in touch with the coaches and train in the summers, and have NEVER had a negative experience. read more

It is no coincidence that the previous review is very negative in regards to Advantage Tennis Academy as well as full of lies. The writer is an alias for a coach who has moved locally wishing to put his name out there by blogging himself. no wonder there are a lot of recent positive blogs about an academy that was shut down years ago after falling out of business. The founder of abdollahi tennis academy has moved to orange county recently and is trying to build a name in a very unprofessional manner. If you are looking for a great development as well as tournament prep program go check out Advantage Tennis Academy and make the decision yourself. read more

My boys play tennis since 2008 at: Woodbridge, UCI, Pacific, Anaheim, Keveon, Dent, Abdulahi,..., and Advantage -all are numerous tennis programs within 2-15 min from our home and we use them all from time to time. Because players and coaches are permanently rotating from one place to another it is impossible to give a permanent comment. Each player finds individual specifics at each program to be individually the best at specific time. Ask locals about current tennis conditions. Feel free to ask me using this Yelp. My pleasure: https://youtu.be/jnvTfalX5tU read more

It worked well for my two sons. We have been playing tennis in the area for 4 years and tried out Advantage for a year. My kids also complained similar to other posts but, they want continue with Advantage. My son who complained most also improved most, as many parents noticed, while with Advantage. But all unsatisfied parents in OC are still nice people, just complaining. Compare to the East Coast: when my complaining son won at National NC vs a MD player from College Park, top tennis center in DC, my rental car was vandalized. read more

My daughter was boarding there and played for the academy for almost 10 months we were promised tournament travel and that they will be trained at a high level of training and none of that was given to us. She hit against the same 3 people every day. They don't focus on making the player better they just money. Then they kept telling us to buy more private packages while spending so much money already. read more

Amazing tennis academy! I've played with a lot of coaches before, but this academy really changed my overall outlook of the game. It's not just about practicing everyday, but practicing smart. This academy really takes the game to a whole new level. Not only did they improve my tennis game, but improved my ability to stay focused and deal with stress to keep me in the game. Highly recommended! read more

If you are reading this, you've come to this site to gauge our Business. Please do not use Yelp as a gauge. We have had outstanding reviews that, for some reason only known to Yelp, don't seem to make it for recommendation. And no way to contact Yelp. This is far from unbiased, and a review program we prefer not to reflect what we have to offer your Student. read more

I trained in Advantage for a year and I loved the full experience. They had a great group of coaching staff. They all put a trumandous amount of effort to develop my tennis game. I was surrounded by the best supervisors, tennis players and coaches. Advantage Tennis Academy will always be the best memories in my tennis career :) read more

So Very disappointing! My child was given all the attention in the world until I finally signed him up for full time ,then ..... NOTHING!!!!! read more

Love what the coaches are doing! Great job!