Rancho Valencia Junior Tennis Programs
Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa, 5921 Valencia Circle, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
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Rancho Valencia Junior Tennis Programs include tennis, padel, and pickleball activities for kids, along with junior tennis camps. The program is part of a larger racquet sports offering that also includes adult tennis camps. Kids can join fall, winter, and spring after school junior tennis sessions, as well as summer and holiday junior tennis camps.
• Ages: 5–14 years old
• Schedule: Rafael Nadal Tennis Academy Monday July 13th – Friday July 17th, 2026.
Rancho Valencia Junior Tennis Programs take place within a resort that features 12 Plexipave championship courts, 3 European Red Clay courts, 3 padel courts, and 4 pickleball courts. Players of all ages and abilities can play matches or work with highly accredited and experienced tennis, pickleball, and padel professionals for one-on-one or group instruction. Padel in the program is described as a hybrid of tennis and squash played on enclosed turf courts and is identified as one of the fastest-growing sports worldwide. Kids of all levels ages 5–14 may participate in fall, winter, and spring after school sessions in addition to summer and holiday camps. Resort guests and members receive complimentary use of all pickleball and tennis courts.
Since its opening in 1989, Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa has operated as Southern California’s only Relais & Châteaux property. The resort’s tennis program has been ranked Southern California’s #1 Tennis Resort by Tennis Magazine since 2008, and Tennis Magazine continues to name it as a top U.S. Tennis Resort each year. Rancho Valencia was selected by Forbes Travel Guide as a Five-Star hotel and spa for five consecutive years through 2021 and received the AAA Five Diamond award for five consecutive years through 2020. U.S. News & World Report ranked the resort as the #1 Best Hotel in California and #1 Best Resort and #1 Best Hotel in California in 2022, and Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards ranked it as the #2 Best Hotel in California in 2021. Condé Nast Traveler’s 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards list also included the resort, and in 2019 Forbes Travel Guide named it among the Top 10 World’s Best Rooms.
Rancho Valencia is partnered with Produce Good, a local organic upcycling organization that contributes its annual collection to San Diego County’s charitable food supply to fight hunger in the local community.
Last updated March 11, 2026.
• Ages: 5–14 years old
• Schedule: Rafael Nadal Tennis Academy Monday July 13th – Friday July 17th, 2026.
Rancho Valencia Junior Tennis Programs take place within a resort that features 12 Plexipave championship courts, 3 European Red Clay courts, 3 padel courts, and 4 pickleball courts. Players of all ages and abilities can play matches or work with highly accredited and experienced tennis, pickleball, and padel professionals for one-on-one or group instruction. Padel in the program is described as a hybrid of tennis and squash played on enclosed turf courts and is identified as one of the fastest-growing sports worldwide. Kids of all levels ages 5–14 may participate in fall, winter, and spring after school sessions in addition to summer and holiday camps. Resort guests and members receive complimentary use of all pickleball and tennis courts.
Since its opening in 1989, Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa has operated as Southern California’s only Relais & Châteaux property. The resort’s tennis program has been ranked Southern California’s #1 Tennis Resort by Tennis Magazine since 2008, and Tennis Magazine continues to name it as a top U.S. Tennis Resort each year. Rancho Valencia was selected by Forbes Travel Guide as a Five-Star hotel and spa for five consecutive years through 2021 and received the AAA Five Diamond award for five consecutive years through 2020. U.S. News & World Report ranked the resort as the #1 Best Hotel in California and #1 Best Resort and #1 Best Hotel in California in 2022, and Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards ranked it as the #2 Best Hotel in California in 2021. Condé Nast Traveler’s 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards list also included the resort, and in 2019 Forbes Travel Guide named it among the Top 10 World’s Best Rooms.
Rancho Valencia is partnered with Produce Good, a local organic upcycling organization that contributes its annual collection to San Diego County’s charitable food supply to fight hunger in the local community.
Last updated March 11, 2026.
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