Chira Tennis Academy - Poway, California

Danielle

This place is lovely for open play pickleball. It is quite hot during the summer or sunny hours but lots of fun to play with others at various skill levels. This facility is shared between tennis and pickleball, so you cannot play pickleball every day unless you book private courts or lessons.

It's $7 per open play session, which usually lasts 2-3 hours (currently Monday and Friday nights and Sunday afternoons, see their website for specifics). Slightly more expensive than I'd like but comparable to other open play facilities that charge and the competition is usually enough to get you moving and working hard. It can get quite busy, but they usually have at least 6 courts open and often expand to 10 courts during the later hours of open play.

Sheffali Budhiraja

We enjoy going here for pickleball. It's so easy to book a court and the courts are very well maintained

Joanna C.

Updated:
After posting the last review, the owner contacted me and explained what happened. He admitted one of the employees made an mistake by putting my son in the wrong group. The employee lied about other players skills level and said, I quoted "if your son is feeling that he is much better, we will put him Thursday on court 2 with older players". We were shocked to see her response. We understand everyone make mistakes but she should not have lied and denied her mistake. Later, the owner contacted us. He said he was on vacation overseas and the employee made a mistake. He refunded us the money and apologized for the mistake his employee made. Overall, the courts are nice and owner is a responsible person. Its unfortunately this happened to us, but the owner rectified the situation and take the responsibility for his employee's mistake. In my opinion, it is a good place for kids to play tennis. And if there are any issues, just contact the owner directly, not the employees.

Previous review:
Scam! False advertisement on their website claim they put kids in different group based on their levels. But the reality is they put kids with different levels in one group. They ask you to pay in advance so you get discount. Later you realize you cannot get refund even though you were misled by their false statement on their website because they asked you to pay via Venmo. Think twice before you make any payment. Dishonest practice and unethical. Stay away from this business.

Heather Skale

My teenage daughter has played here for a year and enjoys the lessons. Good coaches that make it fun. Drop off and pick up is a bit dicey.

Patrick Osio III

Very courteous, friendly and professional. They were able to ensure that their students had fun while going thru various drills. Our child can't wait for the next class

Elena G.

Favorite place for my daughter for 3 years!! Great program for improvement! Great professional staff! Highly recommended!

J Christopher

Great coaching. Tennis facility looks great! Has 16 pickleball courts as well. Reasonable rates no memberships required!

Anastasia Golopapenko

5 STAR TENNIS ACADEMY! Great programs, amazing coaches. Both of my children love coming here and have progressed so much in tennis after they started training at CTA!