Owner/GM/Director of Tennis/Junior Excellence Program Coordinator

Randy Ross has been in the tennis business full-time since graduating from Indiana State University with a degree in Business Management and moving to Denver in 1976.

Randy has been the Head Tennis Coach of the boys tennis team at Kent Denver School from 1996 to present, winning 10 state championships. After 23 years Randy left Colorado Athletic Club Inverness in April 2012 to open the Randy Ross Tennis Center at the Hilton Denver Inverness. Randy was involved with the Team Colorado Program for the Colorado Tennis Association as Director/Site Director/Coach for over 25 years.

Randy’s coaching philosophy is based upon the fact that tennis is a game and games are meant to be fun. In 2016 Randy received the prestigious Bud Robineau Award presented by the Colorado Tennis Association for outstanding service to the tennis community.

Senior Staff Professional/Adult League Coordinator/Permanent Court Time Coordinator

Gay West has been teaching tennis full time in Denver since 1989. She was a full time professional and the league coordinator at Colorado Athletic Club Inverness for 21 years before joining RRTC in 2012. Gay was a Team Colorado Coach from 1994 until 2015. She has participated in High Performance, USTA and Tennis Australia coaches’ workshops. Gay continues to increase her knowledge of the most modern technical and strategic aspects of the game through workshops including 4 presentations by Brian Gordon in the past six years.

Coach Gay was the head coach of the Kent Denver Girls’ High School tennis team from 1996 until 2018. During that time, Coach Gay lead her team to five state championships, eight state runner-up finishes, and 5 third place finishes in the state. Gay believes she can help her students recognize their potential as tennis players, competitors and people through her passion and knowledge of tennis. She is proud of the junior players she has coached who have gone on to play at the college level and those who continue to make tennis an important part of their lives as adults.

Tennis Professional

Mike Hall is a USPTA member and former Director of Tennis at Inverness and Monaco. He was one of the founding coaches of the Team Colorado Junior Excellence Program and a three time featured speaker at The USPTA Intermountain Convention. He has coached with Randy at Kent Denver for eight years and was the Head Tennis Professional at South Suburban. Mike also coordinated the annual high school coaches workshop for thirteen years.

Tennis Professional

Coach Phill was born and raised in Ohio. There his playing career quickly turned into a successful coaching career. Some of his proudest moments in coaching include 13 consecutive final four appearances as part of the St. John's Jesuit Titans coaching staff, as well as coaching an 18+ adult ladies team to an appearance at Nationals in 2016. The SJJ program during those years produced numerous D-1, D-2, and D-3 tennis athletes as well as capturing one Ohio State Team Championship.

While producing college athletes he was also the Director of Junior Progression at Shadow Valley Tennis and Fitness and his program produced numerous regional qualifiers in the Midwest Section.

Developing players is a passion that he takes very seriously. It's important to allow players to develop both tennis skills and at the same time let their personality come out in their game. There is no one size fits all approach to coaching tennis. His coaching philosophy centers on getting to know his players' learning style and adapting his presentation to match the players goals and expectations.

As an ambassador to the sport of tennis he finds it important to grow the game of tennis as a whole. This includes running after school tennis programs and introducing the game to as many new players as possible. Without constant community engagement our sport can not continue to thrive. He also has an interest in paddle tennis, pickleball, and padel and hopes to share his passion for racquet sports with the entire community.

Junior Development Program (ROG) Coordinator

Kenny Orive is a teaching professional who specializes in the junior development pathway from beginners all the way to high performance. He has professional certifications from several prominent organizations ranging from the USPTA, PTR, USTA Net Generation, and the Special Olympics.

Kenny’s objective as a coach is to grow the game of tennis. He is driven to guide high-performance players to push boundaries and excel in every way and to expose new players to the fun and beauty of the game. Having a background and experience in performance psychology, athletic training, kinesiology, and high-performance athletics, he is able to help clients improve on all fronts: mentally/emotionally, technically and physically.

Kenny is an advocate for accessibility for all sports, as such he frequently volunteers to host wheelchair tennis clinics across the state, as well as volunteering in programs to help socioeconomically disadvantaged kids play tennis.

Enthralled with the mental side of performance and growth, Kenny is pursuing a degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Tennis Professional and Program Coordinator for Yellow ball, Challenger, and Teen Beginner Level

Juan Pablo Sanchez, born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, started playing tennis at a very young age. As a junior, Juan played many national tournaments in his home country and was constantly ranked Top 10 best players in Ecuador. Juan is USPTA certified.

Juan continued his tennis career at the collegiate level. He attended Shaw University where he had a very successful college tennis career and graduated with a degree in Business Administration. He then attended Stephen F. Austin State University where he worked as the Assistant Coach of the Women’s Tennis Team while pursuing his MBA.

Juan has also worked as a teaching professional in multiple summer camps and most recently at Midtown Athletic Club in Weston, Florida. He enjoys teaching tennis and is always looking for new and fun ways to deliver all his knowledge of the sport to his students.

Tennis Professional

Vanja Klaric started playing tennis at the age of 6 in Gaborone, Botswana where she was born and raised. While based In the Southern African region, she was ranked 1 in Botswana and top 10 in South Africa in the women’s singles as a junior. She achieved a career high ITF Junior ranking of 395 in the world, and ranked in the top 1000 in the world on the WTA rankings.

She continued her tennis career in Florida where she played Division I College Tennis for the University of South Florida and obtained her degree in Psychology. At USF she played a pivotal role in the team’s win at the American Athletic Conference Championship in 2017, and helped lead the team to the finals in 2019. She was later appointed as the assistant coach for the women's tennis program at USF where she assisted the team in achieving a ranking of 55 out of all 340 Division I tennis programs in the nation.

Vanja is a GPTCA certified coach pursuing PTR certification. She strongly believes in a patient, disciplined and humble approach to the game.

Alessio was born and raised in Rome, Italy where he started playing tennis at the age of 6. From a young age, he attended tennis academy camps throughout Italy to perfect his game. He came to the United States at 17 where he was undefeated on the varsity team while attending his final year of highschool. He has coached tennis for the past 4 years at a Tennis club in Phoenix, Arizona where he was able to develop players of all levels, from beginners to advanced competitors. His biggest achievement as a coach thus far was being nominated Assistant Coach for the Grand Canyon University Women's team, where they won their Conference and made an appearance in the NCAA tournament. Alessio is dedicated to helping each player reach their full potential on the court. Whether you're looking to improve your game or compete at a higher level, he is committed to guiding players towards success in the world of tennis. When not on the court, he enjoys walking outside, reading and traveling.