About Wyatt Russell

Wyatt is the founder of OC Tennis

Originally started as Wyatt Russell Tennis in 2016, the brand is new but the mission and vision remain unchanged.

Early Days

Wyatt started playing tennis around age 6 in the Midwest. With a true 4 season climate Wyatt grew up playing indoors in the winter and outdoors in the summer. He grew up in a tennis family with aunts, uncles, and a brother James Russell who all played division I level tennis. His father was a 5.0 player and coached Wyatt and James quite a bit.

He played at a high level as a junior in the pacific northwest. Shortly after high school and while working on a bachelors degree he was brough into the coaching world at a private club outside of Seattle.

Early Coaching

In 2008, under the wings of premier coaches, Wyatt quietly began to learn the ins and outs of coaching the sport of tennis. He started working a few hours a week with the clubs junior team program. A couple years and a now a full time job later one of the senior leaders departed for a new opportunity. A good amount of business was lost which tends to happen when great pros move to another local facility.

Wyatt became the new Head Professional and took over most of the programming. Under his leadership he grew an even stronger junior team program by emphasizing sound fundamentals in a fun learning environment. The junior program grew by over 40% in 2 years.

He was lucky to work with several kids that went on to play at the collegiate level. Some have even gone on to become coaches themselves.

He also coached and lead adult USTA teams to playoffs and division championships.

Move to California

Fast forward to 2015 and Wyatt was in love chasing a girl down to California. He took up roots with his then girlfriend in Newport Beach and began working at some of the local clubs in the area. After being discouraged by some of the management and atmosphere around these clubs he decided to start his own company: Wyatt Russell Tennis.

In 2016 he began contracting with the city of Laguna Hills, building up a grass roots program focused on developing good fundamentals for kids and adults. Later that same year he started a second location at Halecrest Park Swim and Tennis Club in Costa Mesa. Both areas had zero prior services.

Over the next couple years the programs grew quickly. Kids liked the atmosphere and so did the parents.

Today

Now that the program has grown so much the company is looking to expand to new locations. It made sense to change the name to OC Tennis as we look for places to expand the business in 2022.

Personal Life

Wyatt currently lives in Costa Mesa with his wife Kristin, son Tyler, daughter Katelyn, Kaia (dog) and cat (cat). When he isn’t working or playing tennis he enjoys listening to music, mountain biking, cruiser biking, golfing, and of course spending time with his family.