Matt | Tai
Price | Tennis & Full Member Discount | |
---|---|---|
Hour Privates | $78 | $70 |
1/2 Hour Privates | $45 | $40 |
Semi Privates | $46 | $41 |
3 Players | $33 | $28 |
4 Players | $28 | $23 |
5 Players | $25 | $20 |
6+ Players | $22 | $17 |
Matt Watson – USPTA Elite Professional
Matt is an Elite level USPTA Certified Professional with 25+ years teaching experience. He was previously Director of Tennis at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth for 13 years and most recently Membership and Special Events Director at TBarM Racquet Club in Dallas from 2015-2021. Prior to those roles he served as a Director of Junior Development, a Head Tennis Professional and volunteer assistant coach for the TCU Women’s Tennis team. Matt previously held a Top 5 Men’s Open Doubles and Men’s 25’s and 30’s Singles ranking in Texas and was a USTA 5.0 National Champion in 2000. Matt has served on several USTA committees and is currently the USPTA Texas Division President (since 2020). Matt was the USPTA Texas Professional of the Year in 2017. Matt oversees the entire tennis program at Hollytree.
Tai Kikuchi – USPTA Professional
Tai has been at Hollytree for over 15 years and has an immense passion for teaching tennis. He enthusiasm carries over to his students during lessons and classes with students ranging from young children to seniors. Tai also manages the racquet restringing for Hollytree CC.
Tai was born and raised in Houston, TX and is fluent in English and Japanese. He started playing tennis when he was 5 years old and was self-taught by his parents and by age 7 he started stringing rackets. During his childhood and teen years, he started competing in Junior tournaments in the US and played a few, as well, in Tokyo, Japan. When he was 17, he started teaching at John Newcombe Tennis Ranch in New Braunfels, TX during summers and also at Texas A&M Summer Tennis Camp in College Station, TX. After graduating high school, Tai attended Tyler Junior College where he played competitive tennis and received an Associate degree in Engineering and graduated from the Tennis Tech Certification program.
Tai works with juniors and adults and is the Junior Program Coordinator for Hollytree. He also runs our Adult Beginner program (Quickstart).
Racquet Sports Staff
Matt Watson, USPTA
Director of Racquet Sports
Tai Kikuchi, USPTA
Teaching Professional
Jessica Mase
Racquet Sports Manager