I call The Racket Doctor 'the old school tennis store.' I've been a customer since I first started playing tennis which was when I was a little kid, almost 2 decades. I was referred by my coach to this day, I still come in to get restrung. They do a good job restringing and always put a label with the specs. They are fast and call you normally, within a few days maybe even less to pick-up. Their demo program is good. You can demo 1-2 rackets for a week then switch out. If you need a little more time with the rackets, phone in. They are pretty nice about it if you just communicate. I would rate 5 but the reason I put 4 stars is the "hits" and "misses" when I visit, particularly about the customer service and their general inventory. I've had top-class service from Beau previously, and a woman (I forget her name :( but she classifies herself as a hard hitter, heavy racket, and top spin player ha! She showed me how to determine if a racket is engineered to be power or precision rackets just by feeling and looking. They knew their stuff. The misses were when I came in and was offered help separate times, but I was offered not so great recommendations/ recs that were not what I needed, didn't mention some hint of knowledge that they understand different racket and string specs... average customer service of "yea, look around and see what you like. What you see is what we have" Thumbs down. This goes for the shoe section too. Now with their merch, they carry the popular stuff that sells but you can't get a racket in a particular color, underrated racquets, color shoes etc . No service to have the color/model shipped to the store. Also, I always check the sales section but every single time, I can never find my women's size 6/7 (which I know is the most popular shoe size) but I always see HUGE, multiple inventory of sizes like 10, 12, 14...this goes for shoes and clothing. I've never once bought anything at the sales section in my size, ever. They don't carry fun, stylish, likable colors of shoe models, tennis models..clothing like pleated tennis skirts with pockets, there's no current tennis hat or visor options, sweatbands, eyewear in different colors and styles, no cute bear key charms for tennis bag to promote Racket Doctor which I would proudly carry!...even not much color selection for grips. No patterns, no fun colors. I would be purchasing way more if they were more open and just more fun. Pricing is fair for their services. So they are very reliable for stringing service, and demo'ing, getting your usual Tour Bite strings but don't expect to find something in particular. read more

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I went back to get my strings restrung. This time, they remembered to put the sticker info on the racket. Good job. This time, my only complaint is that the Asian guy who was there didn't really seem knowledgeable when it came to string recommendations. He couldn't recommend anything similar to a specific string that I was looking for. Unlike the Caucasian man with the long hair that I previously had an encounter with. read more

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i'm a year 2 tennis noob but i love how everyone in the store isn't snobby and actually very helpful. They have a nice selection of shoes and kids rackets and have always given me the time of day to help me with my purchases. i feel like i can always walk in and get my racket re-strung in an hour. best customer service and vibes. read more

Amazing service. Only place I'll go for rackets + racket service. Zack + Beau are so helpful!

The new location, apart from being a bit hard to get to, does not have the shoe selection it had before. Currently they have only clearance shoes in small and very large sizes. Also they were quite rude. read more

The quality and kindness of this shop are unmatched. My high school tennis playing son gets a tremendous amount out of his visits and purchases here as the staff always takes time to educate him and encourage him. After the Eaton fire last year the shop even reached out, asking how they could help and replacing his racket and shoes free of charge so he could get back on the court. We feel so fortunate to have this shop in our community. read more

Outstanding service. Always speedy and reliable. The staff are highly knowledgeable when it comes to perfecting your stringing setup and can recommend appropriate material/tension tweaks based on your preferences and hitting patterns. read more

Been to the Racket Doctor over many years, at first for tennis rackets and shoes, now for pickleball sneakers. They have a good selection of court shoes which work for tennis as well as pickleball and if there is a sneaker you are looking for, they will do their best to get it for you. I find it best to try on sneakers as you never know from shoe to shoe what feels the best. It is also nice to support individual shop owners. Friendly and helpful service. read more

They're the best, good service, respectful,working fast, good price.thanks.all guys working together.

Still the premier place in LA for tennis equipment and apparel! Not only the best racquet selection but by far the most knowledgeable staff. Beau was awesome, top notch service and information. Everyone on staff is super friendly and accommodating. I purchased a new frame and within 30 minutes I was out the door and ready to play. Thank you Racket Doctor for the continued excellence over the past 35 years! read more

I very rarely write reviews but I've had two great experiences with racket doctor that I think are worth mentioning! The most recent is the easiest (it's the little things) but I bought new grip tapes today and a super nice employee (Alex) spent the time to show me how to apply the grip while he changed it for me after I admitted I had never done it. The first time I went in, I decided to get a new racket because I had had mine since I was a teen. For some needed context, this was a nice racket that I had been gifted and then I didn't play for 10 years or so. I didn't really know what I had! I brought it with me to talk to the folks at RD and they could have easily sold me a $300 new racket. Instead the employee (didn't catch his name) took a look at my current one and very honestly told me this was a VERY nice racket and it just needed some new strings and grip. He walked me through options and we made my beloved racket sing again! He said, "they don't make these models like this anymore." It's been playing fantastically. He easily could have spent way less time with me, showed me a few rackets and I would have walked out. Instead he made sure he had a loyal customer! I've been back several times for various needs and will absolutely be buying a new racket from them when the time comes. It's really nice to experience some genuine honesty and clearly they know what they're doing there. read more

I have found my new favorite tennis shop, both service and product! Best of all, the shop reminds me of Main Street "mom and pop" business which I am happy to support. read more

Great customer service. Plenty of knowledgeable staff to help guide you. $10 to try out a racket before you buy plus $150 security hold. If you end up purchasing they take off the $10 from the purchase price. There's lots of tennis supplies. Big selection. read more

The Racket Doctor - Biggest racket you've ever seen. - Sporting Goods Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Gave my racket to string and the guy at the counter said they had Wilson natural gut, but when I went to pick up the racket he said they used Babolat natural gut. They didn't call me ask me whether it's ok or not. I took it back, and gave my string. I told them what tension I want. They purposely had a wrong tension and I have no control at all when I hit with it. I know, when I string my racket how it should feel. It was worse than before i gave it to them. The lady who did was a short black hair who wear pair of glasses and short. I can't imagine these people are mean and lie to you and do wrongful things read more

Super great spot. The store feels very welcoming and the staff is very friendly and helpful. They also have very fast service. I made an appointment to get my racket re strung and shopped while I waited. In n out in under half an hour, no need to drop off my racket and come back to get it. I imagine they probably get busy sometimes so if you want to get in and out I would call ahead to make an appointment. The store also has a great selection of tennis gear at good prices. Great sales! Got a pair of Wilson tennis shoes for 20 bucks. They also had some other really good deals on other tennis equipment. Literally anything you could need for tennis they have it. I'm definitely coming back here the next time I need to get my racket re-strung or if I need any tennis gear. read more

I finally checked out the Racket Doctor after hearing about it from fellow tennis players. It was funny seeing the employees stringing the racquets wearing scrubs. I appreciated the detailed explanation regarding the selection of strings. They really listened and didn't try to upsell you on unnecessary items. Will definitely be back again read more

The tennis Mecca of LA! Love the store - heard about it through PlayTennisLA now I'm a regular.

Busy great service wish they had more pickleball paddles. Large selection of tennis and pb shoes

Amazing service with a knowledgeable and knowledgeable staff. Great selection of rackets, tennis shoes and accessories.

Let me start off by saying the staff itself is amazing but since they got new ownership the business has gone down tremendously. The owner Jan is unprofessional and seems to be there just to tell others what to do and has no part in being a team player for her employees. My family and I have been coming to The Racket Doctor for years and have always had a great experience but the atmosphere has completely changed. Great job to the employees for their top tier customer service and performance. read more

I want to give a shout out to Alex who was so amazing helping me today! This is your go to local tennis store for all tennis needs!

Ben was very helpful. Love my new shoes and clothes selection. Wish they had the Wilson pro staff autograph. Thank you read more

Attention Tennis players: this place is THE place for racket maintenance, stringing, grips, new rackets, advice, demo loaner rackets. We just got the whole fam outfitted. Glendale, worth the drive. Getting back into the game? They got you. Got game already? They got you. read more

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When I first started playing tennis I came here because it was close to me and I had heard good things. The first time I came I walked in and no one said anything to me. There were many employees but no one even looked at me. I wanted to buy a racket and stood by them. Nothing. I stood at the counter. Nothing. I left after five minutes with no one ever saying one word to me. I came back a couple days later because I didn't know where else to go and the same thing happened. This time I went up to someone who at first ignored me and then when they realized I wasn't walking away said "oh do you need help?". I told them I was new to tennis and was looking for a racket. I had done some research and tried friend's rackets and told them what I wanted. They recommended one to me and while they had mentioned something about demoing it, they weren't clear and I didn't understand that I could try it out. I bought the racket and got it strung and they never explained anything about the strings to me. They just kept asking what I wanted like I knew what they meant, but I didn't. I really wish I had demoed the racket because I ended up disliking it. It was a racket for spin, which I wouldn't have wanted, and then after doing research I learned it was for more advanced players. I felt like the employee didn't listen to me when I was saying what I wanted and recommended a bad racket for a beginner. This is definitely partially my fault, but I was new to tennis and didn't know what I was doing and it wasn't clear I was allowed to borrow rackets and try them. I ended up selling the racket because I disliked it so much. I then came back to demo some other rackets now that I had been playing longer and learned more about what I wanted. I explained what I wanted and they recommended one. I tried and it immediately knew it wasn't what I wanted. I went back to trade it in and got one I ended up liking. I was interested in buying it but had questions about the bigger head size. When I went to return it I wanted to talk to someone but instead they were just like "thanks bye" and walked away. Never asked what I thought, if I wanted to demo another one, if I wanted to buy it, nothing. I ended up going and demoing the bigger head size somewhere else and buying it there. Nearly everyone I dealt with here was unhelpful and acted annoyed at any question I had. I feel like they probably get a lot of people who think they want to play tennis because it's trendy and maybe they don't take it seriously. But there are a lot of people who are new to tennis and are going to take it seriously. We will have questions and need to given advice. No one here seemed to care at all about answering my questions and the advice I got honestly seemed bad. read more

A little disappointed how things have changed since the ownership change. I know everyone says Randy was temperamental and it just depended on how he was feeling that day on how your interaction was going to be with him but that was part of the experience. That feeling of it being a mom and pop shop are over. Ok, so they cleaned it up and now you can walk around without having to slide by people but now they don't have the selection they used to have. I miss the old anniversary sales where almost everything went on sale. Now its just clothing and shoes. I used to love popping in to see what crazy deal they had for the month. $1 sets of strings or $50 racquets. No more of that. I get you have to make money to pay the bills but I miss the old racket doctor. Now it just feels like just another boutique tennis store. read more

This place definitely lives up to the reviews. Helpful, friendly, and incredibly fast service. We got two rackets re-gripped and a racket with some balls for our toddler for about $35. Will definitely be back next time I need to restring or if I need to upgrade my racket. read more

Who do you call when your racket is not feeling well, needs re-stringing and a bumper guard/grommet set--The Racket Doctor, of course! Recently, I dropped off a racket to be re-stringed. The grommets have seen better days so it needed to be replaced, as well. I waited few days since the store was closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, but it was worth the wait. The strings looked great as I took a quick glance while paying for the racket, but the bumper guard/grommets did not look so hot. They were not replaced. Huh? I explained what happened to sales person and she spoke to the manager. It was an hour till closing so I was expecting to come back another day to pick up the racket. The manager explained the work order did not show grommet replacement (only restringing), but they would restring and replace the bumper guard/grommet, right away, and I could pick it up before closing. The racket was finished in around 20 minutes. It looked great - strings, bumper guard/grommets...everything! I went to pay for the bumper guard since I only paid for restringing, earlier, but the staff member said something shocking, "There is no charge." I told them I did not pay for the set, yet, but I got the same response. Wow - talk about customer service. The team at The Racket Doctor are amazing! Thank you for an awesome shopping experience and going out of your way for your customers! You are the best! read more

Great experience. Love the demo program was able to try out a number of rackets. Cool store and I like their brand merchandise, the t shirts trucker hats etc. really just a great spot for tennis enthusiasts read more

I was searching for a replacement Bumper Guard and Grommet set for my older Babolat racket. Stephanie was great - she helped me over the phone and checked if they had it in stock so that I wouldn't have to make the drive out if they didn't have it. They had it, and she got me an appointment within 2 hours to get my racket restrung, which they finished in 30 minutes. She advised me that I actually didn't need the bumper guard and grommet change. Definitely would come back here. I had a great customer experience. read more

Love tennis? Then you'll love this place because they have it all! I personally like how I can wait for my racquets to get restrung within an hour and shop for gear in the meantime. The prices at RD are by far the best, and the selection of gear and apparel are great. They always keep a good stock of top rated balls which helps buying the amount that you need vs having to buy an entire case from the online tennis shops. Lastly, the staff is always friendly and helpful to answer any questions on their products. read more

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I took my goddaughter shopping here and to get her racquet restrung. They were very helpful and polite. This is a great shop.

Tennis ..... tennis balls, tennis rackets, tennis shoes, tennis socks, tennis tops, tennis bands, tennis racket re- stringing - from animal gut to space age compounds and all in between... Vintage rackets on the wall... you can demo/buy a racket ... prices very competitive with on line - folks are super nice ... clientele: the novice through life player, egotists through self- efacing....staff seems to handle all of it in-stride ....I am a novice and they were gracious as can be - my wife an advanced intermediate- the staff's treatment the same..... have fun.....it's a slippery slope.... read more

Shop isn't what I remembered it to be. Prices are nothing special. Stringing a racquet is constantly going up every time I go

Just stood outside per their directions to buy a new Racquet and all kinds of gear. Waited a good 20" then dumb CSR asked... Did you want to come inside?""" WTH! I'm so sick of people!! You lose. Was about to drop a Few hundred and be a Loyal Customer! Step it up People!! On the other hand their KIND neighbor at the Thai Massage knows how to Provide Customer Service. Great 90" Massage!! read more

I was banned from this place for trying to return defective merchandise. I assumed the store would honor my return, like any other store. I was not aware of their NO RETURNS, NO REFUNDS POLICY; not very good at reading the small print. So when you go there, BEWARE. The owner was unnecessarily rude and uncouth to me. After insulting me, he finally exchanged the item for another that ALSO turned out to be defective. I will NEVER return, just on principle. There are so many options now a days! Why would I? Would you? read more

Hard for me to be objective in that I love the people who run this shop, who work at this shop, who frequent this shop. Best prices on sticks I've ever seen, quite the knowledgeable staff and there are three--count them, three!--super pretty, smiley, sexy, funny ladies who KNOW the game and indeed the gear. They put you in a great mood to go out on court and play your best. I know that that sounds mushy but HEY sentimentality has its proper place. The Doctor is tops, is like tennis: the BEST people play our sport (well, the WORST people do as well... but they are the TRUE deplorables.... hahaha). read more

The merchandise is overpriced and they only give store credit for returns - no refunds. I found this out the hard way when I attempted to return a $26 sun visor less than 24 hours after I purchased it. The clerk who sold it to me had not mentioned their "No Refunds!" policy, or I would have reconsidered the purchase. Sad that a small local business would engage in such sketchy business practices, especially when their prices are as high as they are. There are far better options in the area for tennis equipment. read more

Love the community and local aspect of this place! Depends on who you get for help- if you are a tennis novice- you might not get the best advice or education here. But people are friendly. I've gotten lots of strings here and all my racquets were in good shape! read more

Yeah. I don't recommend getting your racket string here or having them touch your professional racket. But if it's just for whatever, then sure. read more

Great selection of rackets and shoes. Love the fast stringing service. Bonus points for awesome owners!