Our Mission

Established in 1962, the Youth Tennis Foundation of Florida Inc. is a nonprofit organization that offers support for the development of youth tennis in Florida. Our primary goal is to introduce children to the many benefits of tennis, and, among other things, we provide scholarships, grants and awards to deserving players, coaches and tennis facilities.

The YTF is a qualified 501 (c) (3) organization and all donations are tax deductible. We strive to find ways to better the game of tennis in the state and welcome your suggestions and your requests. We are particularly interested in novel programs, such as a rural initiative, to reach out and find those niches which are not currently being serviced by the Florida Tennis Association's various programs.

The YTF is an independent organization which presently consists of a Board of Directors with diversified and varied backgrounds who come from all over the State of Florida to represent each of the 8 USTA Florida Regions. We are actively looking to add creative, dynamic and energetic people to our group.

Contact us to learn more about the YTF and our goals to brighten futures.

Latest News

 This year’s Florida high school senior tennis players will be rewarded with an All Star Tennis Tournament, on May 6th & 7th. This will be the first ever All Star Tennis Tournament for Florida High School tennis team players, thanks to the joint efforts of Youth Tennis Foundation of Florida and the Florida High School Tennis Coaches Association. See full story here...

 Two Northwest Florida players were given the opportunity by YTF to attend the Ed Krass College Tennis Exposure Camps for 2011. See full story here...

 The Youth Tennis Foundation of Florida, Inc. (YTF) proudly announces that it will sponsor the first ever Division I Men's Tournament in the State of Florida. See full story here...

 On August 13, 2011, the YTF Board of Directors held their annual meeting at Saddlebrook Resort and approved a budget that includes $42,000 in grants, scholarships, projects and awards for the upcoming year. Among other things, the YTF will continue its support of the USTA-Fl Junior Team Tennis program, the Pensacola Sports Association Racquet Round-Up, and the College Tennis Academy. The YTF also established a partnership with USTA-Fl to provide entry fee scholarships to deserving kids participating in the Quickstart Under 10 program. The YTF further announced plans to host two tennis tournaments this year: an NCAA Division I College Tournament to be held at the tennis complex of Florida Gulf Coast University, September 23-5, 2011, and the annual YTF Junior Championships in the summer, 2012. To learn more, see Our Projects here.

 On July 30, 2011, the YTF held its second annual sanctioned youth tennis tournament in Treasure Island, Florida. The tournament had 33 entries and fielded 8 divisions with a first match consolation draw. Each participant received a YTF tournament t-shirt and winners and runner-ups took home a nice trophy to remember the event. See full story here...

 Arrice Robinson and Cole Feigel receive scholarships to the Ed Krass College Tennis Exposure Camps for 2011. See full story here...

 The winners of the six $500 2011 Kelley Scholarships have been announced: Jayla, Ezryel and Alexis Thompson of Spring Hill, David Britt of Jacksonville, Raven Novak of Cape Coral, Claire Whitman of Hobe Sound, Cassi Johnson of North Miami, and Davina Sisouphavong of Deltona. See more information here...

 The Youth Tennis Foundation is proud to name Laura Ospina of Holiday and Michael Beiler of Dunedin as the winners of the 2011 John Van Ryn Scholarship. See full story here...

The Youth Tennis Foundation of Florida is teaming with wheelchair athlete John Johnston of Gainesville to offer tennis training to young wheelchair athletes motivated to become competitive players. See the full article here.

For the second consecutive year, the Pensacola Sports Association (PSA) received a donation of $1000 from the Youth Tennis Foundation of Florida (YTF) to help grow the PSA’s Racquet Round-Up Program held in June. This year’s Racquet Round-Up was the 34th Annual event. See full story here...

At the 2010 Annual Meeting of the USTA-Florida held in Orlando, YTF board member Scott Harrison was in the audience for a presentation by Tom Moore of White Springs, FL. Moore, who is a tennis pro and advocate for children, had rounded up resources for a tennis court in tiny White Springs, five miles North of I-10 on I-75. However, he still needed fencing, maybe some windscreen and a storage shed or mini-clubhouse for the court. See full story here...

In February 2011, the YTF held its mid-year meeting of the Board and reported, among other things, an additional $10,000 of available grant funds for its current fiscal year. The YTF’s grant total for 2010-11 now exceeds $20,000 and will be used to support various Florida youth tennis projects, scholarships, and awards. The Board also announced an Annual Meeting date in August 2011, to be held in Tampa, Florida. Should you be an individual or organization that would like to apply for a YTF grant or award, please feel free to make application on-line here.