Tennis Center Trainers

We are extremely proud of the staff we have put together at Nellie Gail Ranch Tennis club.

From our front desk staff to our great staff of Tennis professionals, we are here to make each and every experience you have at the club a good one.

TENNIS CLUB INFORMATION

25281 Empty Saddle Drive
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
(949) 831-6660

For more information check out the website at nelliegailtennis.com
or visit us on Facebook.

Public Memberships Available

Tennis & Swim Membership
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Bob Hochstadter
Director of Tennis

Our Director of Tennis for the last 25 years, Bob Hochstadter brings a great deal of experience to Nellie Gail Ranch as an administrator, player, and coach. He has over 45 years of tennis club experience, having served as a Head Tennis Professional and General Manager of four different Southern California facilities.

As a coach and tennis instructor, Bob is one of the most respected in the business nationally. Bob has coached numerous sectionally and nationally ranked juniors. Over 60 of his students have received tennis scholarships to universities around the country, and he has coached three NCAA champions. Even the infamous tennis duo, the Bryan Brothers, on their website list Bob as one of their favorite coaches.

A collegiate All-American at Texas A&M University at Commerce, Texas, Bob helped lead the 1972 men’s tennis team to the school’s first NAIA National Championship and as part of that effort has since been inducted into the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Bud Davis
Tennis Professional

Bud has been an important part of the Nellie Gail tennis staff for over 24 years. He helped turn the junior program around and has been incredibly popular with both our adult and junior players.

He comes to us originally from Boston, Massachusetts. Having started tennis at the relatively late age of 25, Bud made up for lost time. He won the New Hampshire State doubles title in 1977 and moved to California in 1978. In 1978, Bud was named the Head Tennis Professional at the Westlake Village Tennis Club, where he stayed until 1992. While there Bud coached Westlake High School to 2 first place league finishes and then moved on to Moorpark Junior College where he coached for 5 years and received coach of the year honors once. As a player Bud has won numerous events including a couple of USPTA (tennis professionals) doubles and mixed doubles championships.

Bud resides in Laguna Woods. He received his BS from Lowell Tech in Massachusetts, and his MBA from Rivers College in New Hampshire.

Don Davis
Tennis Professional

Don is a very experienced teaching professional who originally comes to Nellie Gail from the Chicago area. He has logged over 40 years of on court instruction teaching beginner level students to top nationally ranked students. His many students have enjoyed success at various levels including working with over 70 nationally ranked juniors , some #1 ranked players and players who have had success on the professional tour. Even with this kind of success Don’s favorite on court activity is the first timer or beginner student. Whether a child or an adult Don loves to see the progress of his students and truly relishes in showing them the joys of tennis.

Cori Slater
Front Desk Supervisor

Cori is the friendly face you’ll likely encounter when you arrive at the club. She books court time reservations, handles pro shop transactions, answers the phone lines, coordinates racket stringing jobs, and assists the pros. She coordinates a staff of six desk attendants to provide seven-day a week coverage at the club.

Steve Valles
Tennis Facilities Maintenance

Kate Mortensen
Tennis Professional

Kate Mortensen has been involved with tennis most of her life, beginning with juniors in Southern California where she was nationally ranked and heavily recruited for collegiate tennis. Kate played locally in high school at Dana Hills, then spent four years playing at Division I Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, both in singles and doubles. She earned a full tennis scholarship and studied psychology.

Kate has been teaching tennis in many facets to all ages over the past 11 years, including assisting with the extremely successful Dana Hills School tennis teams. Along with six years coaching of highly competitive California Training Center alongside Hank Llyod.

You may find her teaching PAC sun ladies how to close the net, small kids learning the basics of tennis or seniors keeping the love of tennis alive.

When Kate isn’t on the court you can find her at home with her husband Michael and twins, Madison and Grant

Tennis has taught me to take chances, to take life as it comes. To hit every ball that comes to me, no matter how hard it looks, to give it my best shot.

Rogan Egerton
Tennis Professional

Rogan has 10 years experience in Director and Senior Performance Coach positions at Federation Centres as well as independent Performance Programs across the UK and California.

During this time Rogan has repeatedly produced top national and international junior players, helped countless players to obtain scholarships to Div 1 Colleges and also developed a number of ITF, ATP and WTA ranked players, some of whom have competed in Grand Slams and Davis Cup.

Rogan is a huge advocate of long term athlete development and maximizing each player’s own potential.

As a player, Rogan played No.1 singles and double at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. He competed on the ITF and ATP tours and was ranked as high as No.2 in the Nation as well as representing Great Britain in several team events.

Rogan is now utilising his knowledge and experience to deliver a successful performance program at Nellie Gail Ranch Tennis Club.

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