Our Story
International Junior Performance Tennis LLC formed in 2012. Chad and Elana Campbell had recently moved from England, where their children were introduced to tennis under the LTA's Mini Tennis program. Upon arriving in the US, they quickly discovered how little the USTA's 10 and Under Tennis program had been accepted by the tennis community. We set out to change that.
IJP Tennis is dedicated to developing junior tennis players into elite athletes, introducing the sport of tennis to the next generation of players, and generally promoting the sport of tennis. We are advocates of the International Tennis Federation's Stay + Play Tennis 10s methodology. We believe that a systematic approach (Red, Orange, Green, and then Yellow Ball) is the most successful method of developing young players. Countries around the world have been following this format for years, but the USTA has only recently implemented its 10 and Under junior tennis program.
Our Director of Tennis, Matt Sunter, has extensive experience in the Tennis 10s development pathway. He has trained elite juniors players around the world. He also loves Liverpool Football Club, but please don't hold that against him!
IJP Tennis is dedicated to developing junior tennis players into elite athletes, introducing the sport of tennis to the next generation of players, and generally promoting the sport of tennis. We are advocates of the International Tennis Federation's Stay + Play Tennis 10s methodology. We believe that a systematic approach (Red, Orange, Green, and then Yellow Ball) is the most successful method of developing young players. Countries around the world have been following this format for years, but the USTA has only recently implemented its 10 and Under junior tennis program.
Our Director of Tennis, Matt Sunter, has extensive experience in the Tennis 10s development pathway. He has trained elite juniors players around the world. He also loves Liverpool Football Club, but please don't hold that against him!
About Matt
Matt Sunter
Director of Tennis
Director of Tennis
A native of Melbourne, Australia, Matt Sunter has been coaching tennis professionally around the world since 1999. He has trained elite juniors in Australia, the UK and throughout Europe, and the US. He has produced several top-ranked juniors (Orange, Green, and Yellow ball) in the USTA rankings.
Started Coaching 1999
Certifications USPTA, LTA, Tennis Australia
Aussie Footie Team Melbourne Demons
Certifications USPTA, LTA, Tennis Australia
Aussie Footie Team Melbourne Demons
IJP Tennis...in the news!
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Nick Ciletti of ABC 15 visited our ACEing Autism program, and put together this story on how our dedicated volunteers are creating opportunities for kids with autism to play tennis, interact with others, and have fun. You can see it HERE.
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Lamar Smith, a graduate student at Arizona State University and sports reporter for Cronkite News, did a story on junior tennis in Arizona, and featured our IJP Tennis program.
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Robby Baker of 12 Sports Arizona joined us at the courts to learn about our program and philosophy of junior tennis development.
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Catherine Anaya of AZ TV 7 talks to Brett Fischer of Fischer Institute about junior sport specialization. The piece features IJP Tennis's Niamh working with our fitness partners at DAP Academy.
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Phoenix lifestyle magazine Voyage Phoenix profiled IJP Tennis-our story as a junior tennis program and a local business. You can see it here.
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Ashley Mackey of Cronkite News joined our ACEing Autism program, and did a fantastic job telling our story!
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