Youth Tennis Advantage hosts three fun, unique events annually for donors to participate in.
The Big Hitters
2023 Big Hitters is complete!
Thank you so much to everyone who supported the 2023 Big Hitters event both on and off the court. The rain was coming down that day everywhere around the Bay EXCEPT the Berkeley Tennis Club, incredible!
A special shout out to Chase bank for sponsoring the Big Hitters again this year, the incredible Cal Men's and Women's tennis teams plus their coaches for volunteering their day, and to the amazing folks at the Berkeley Tennis Club for hosting us this year – an iconic location, we were honored to be able to have our event there!
Our event sold out in record time this year -- mark your calendars for Big Hitters 2024, the first Saturday of December -- December 7, 2024.
Photos, Big Hitters 2021
No event held in 2020
Photos, Big Hitters 2019
Photos, Big Hitters 2018
Support Our Scholars (S.O.S.)
The 2023 SOS Pro/Am is done! We look forward to 2024 SOS!!
A “Pro”/Am Tennis Tournament benefitting Youth Tennis Advantage and featuring the USF Men’s and Women’s Tennis Teams. Participants will partner up with a Division I college player for a fun morning of tennis followed by lunch. Men and women of all levels are welcome to play. Event opens at 9:00 am; players rotate partners and opponents, earning points each round until a "winner" Pro and "winner" Amateur are announced at the end! Tennis generally goes to 11:30/12:00 and is followed by lunch on the beautiful Cal Club outside deck.
Thank you Ron Tong, for volunteering to be the S.O.S photographer every year!
Photos, S.O.S. 2023
Photos, S.O.S. 2021
No event held in 2020
Photos, S.O.S. 2019
Photos, S.O.S 2018
For the Kids Dinner
Traditionally held in the Fall
2021 You're "Un-Vited!" -- For the Kids fUNdraiser running October, 2021
Our annual dinner is the biggest fundraiser of the year, generating more than 50% of our operating budget. 2021 marks the 28th annual For the Kids Dinner. Part of the tradition at this event is to honor someone with our Arthur Ashe Award of Excellence. Arthur Ashe founded the National Junior Tennis League (NJTL) more than 50 years ago, and helped YTA as a part of that organization. He personally helped YTA for 12 years, and we continue to be inspired by his accomplishments daily. Each year we present the Arthur Ashe Award of Excellence to an extraordinary member of our community.
2021: We made an early decision to not host an in-person event because we felt it was more important this year than ever to put our available resources back into the program. We also realize you are inundated with online activities so we wanted to make this fun. We appreciate all you have done for Youth Tennis Advantage and are thanking you with a night off from online events-- but we still need your support! Please be generous. Our students need our help to give them a level playing field.
Due to the pandemic in 2020, our one night gala became a seven week online event entitled Stories of Love, with exciting videos featuring sports icons like Steve Kerr, James Blake and Frances Tiafoe! Watch the videos to see what they and our kids had to say about YTA!
Stories of Love teaser Featuring James Blake
Stories of Love Premiere Featuring Steve Kerr
Tennis Transforms Lives Featuring Steve Kerr
Life Lessons On and Off the Court
Stories of Love Finale Featuring a candid conversation between New York Times write Kurt Streeter (our Arthur Ashe Award of Excellence recipient) and rising American tennis star Frances Tiafoe about their experiences as athletes of color and what it takes to achieve success.