Tier 1 Performance
Newport Beach, California, United States
What's new at Tier 1 Performance
One of today's pros grew up on these courts.
- Alex Michelsen #37 ATP
A high-performance academy for competitive juniors, founded by coaches Eric Diaz and Jason Leavitt, training at Los Cab Sports Village in Fountain Valley, California, with a branch in Huzhou, China, since 2025. It runs full-time and part-time training after a try-out, and ATP players Alex Michelsen and Learner Tien train with its coaches.
Programmes and prices
What they sell and what it costs, as published on Oct 11, 2026.
- Full-time programme (Option 1): full-time, juniors already winning in tournaments, try-out first. $3,000–$5,000 / month, by level
- Part-time programme (Option 2): juniors with tournament experience, weekday afternoons. $1,500–$3,000 / month, by level
- Individual plan with a private coach: full-time afternoons, keen juniors not yet at try-out level. Price on request
- Summer camp 2025: juniors, ages not stated. $750 / week
- After-school programme: kids and juniors, weekday afternoons. Price on request
Deals and codes
- Summer camp: sibling and multi-week discounts
The facts
- College players: 130+ (players who went on to college tennis; 38 named)
- Full-time from: $3,000 (a month, up to $5,000 by level, for local players)
- Part-time from: $1,500 (a month for afternoons 1–3 pm, up to $3,000)
- Summer camp 2025: $750 (a week, Mon–Fri 11 am–4 pm, 10 weeks)
- Gold balls: 60+ (US national junior titles won by their players)
- ITF junior titles: 15+ (won by their players)
- Boarding: Not mentioned
- School on site: Not mentioned
- From age: Not stated
- Adults: None listed
- Visits: Try-out for full-time
- Campus: Fountain Valley and Huzhou, China
- How to get in: Full-time and part-time: try-out first; players not yet at that level can take an athletic evaluation for an individual plan
- Visits and trials: Try-out for the full-time programme; no tours or trial lessons mentioned
- College: Over 130 players went on to college tennis; 38 named, including Princeton, Harvard, UPenn, Brown and USC (Learner Tien)
Coaches
- Eric Diaz, Founder and director, former Davis Cup player
- Jason Leavitt, Founder and director, former USTA national coach
- Eliot Teltscher, Senior coach adviser, former world No. 6
- Omar El Kheshen, Director of tennis, ex-Harvard assistant coach
- Konstantin Kravchuk, Coach, former ATP No. 78
- Jwany Sherif, Coach, former pro with WTA points
- Victor Castro, Coach, former San Diego State player
- Johnny Chang, Tennis operations and programmes director
- James Liang, Programmes director
- Steven Shi, Founder, tennis promoter and investor
Tournaments they host
- Alisports Golden Series 14U. Sep 27–28, 2025, boys and girls 14U singles, winners to the Hangzhou final
- US vs China junior friendship match. January 2025, boys and girls under 14, at the academy
Where it is
Newport Beach, California.
Nearest airport: Orange County John Wayne (SNA), 7 km
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