California Cup

 
 

painting by Jake Sheiner 2024

Malibu Racquet Club is hosting the inaugural California Cup!

In the spirit of the Laver Cup and European Professional Club Tennis, your Malibu Racquet Club Men’s Open Team is hosting the reigning Men's Open National Champions from The Olympic Club for a two-day dual match June 22nd and 23rd.

Come watch former ATP players, Division 1 All-Americans and other world class players on two of California’s Best Men’s Open teams compete for the California Cup title.

Mark your calendars for a fun weekend of tennis, and register below.  


TEAM MALIBU RACQUET CLUB

Clay Thompson UCLA 14’, All-American and #1 Singles Player in NCAA D1 college tennis, ATP #408 career high in singles

Alex Sarkissian Pepperdine 14’, All-American in Singles and Doubles, finalist of 2014 NCAA Singles Championship, ATP #157 career high in singles

Dennis Mrktchian UCLA 15’, top 30 in NCAA D1 in Singles, 100+ singles wins at UCLA, First-Team All Pac-12, Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year, NCAA team finalist

Florian Gruessing Cambridge University - Bachelor's Degree/ PhD in Biochemistry, Top 10 in Germany U-16, Quarter-finalist at U16 German Clay Court Nationals, Multiple time state champion in Lower Saxony, Germany 

Danilo Casanova Hawaii 14’, 2008 Swiss singles and doubles junior national champion, Member of Swiss Olympic Junior team, #1 doubles at Hawaii 14’

Danny Moss Pepperdine 12’, top 10 in US U16, ITA Southwest Regional doubles Finalist, undefeated in singles duel matches Senior year and NCAA team semi-finalist

Morgan Mays UCSB 17’, #6 Doubles ranking in NCAA National Rankings, 2017 Big West Conference Player of the year, First-Team All Big West, 3-time Big West Conference Champion, Doubles Champion at ITA Southwest Regional, 13.96 career high UTR, ATP ranked from 2012-2016

Mousheg Hovhannisyan Pepperdine 13’, singles and doubles semi-finalist of Boy’s 18’s US Hard Court Nationals, 112 totals singles and doubles wins during his Pepperdine career, ATP ranked in singles and doubles with a career high ranking of 954 in the world in singles.

TEAM OLYMPIC CLUB

David Wilczynski Stanford University, Two time captain of the Stanford men's tennis team, leading the team to #2 in the country. Received the NCAA's D1 Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship award. Ranked as high as #26 in NCAA D1 singles

Timothy Sah Standford University ’22, 3x captain, 2021 Pac-12 Regular Season Champions, NCAA D1 career high ITA national rankings of #2 (team), #119 (singles), #20 (doubles), 6x SoCal Jr. Sectionals champion (2x singles, 3x doubles, 1x mixed doubles), Singles quarterfinalist at USTA Boys' 18U National Hardcourt Championships, Bill Talbert Sportsmanship Award ('17), Evelyn Houseman Lifetime Junior Sportsmanship Award ('17), Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award ('21), ITA Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award ('21)

Paul Giraud University of San Francisco, #2 singles, #1 doubles

Jason Lapidus Duke University, Captain & #1 doubles, All-time leader in conference doubles appearances, Philippines National Team

Daniel Alameh University of the Pacific, NCAA D1 Tennis @ University of the Pacific. Nationally ranked as a team; and individually in both singles and doubles, Junior Davis Cup Australian Team, 2x Australian U16's Nationals Champion Singles and Doubles (Grass Court and Clay Court Titles)

Lucas da Silveira, Brown University, #1 singles, #1 doubles, #44 NCAA D1 Doubles, Runner-up Brazilian Nationals U18 Doubles

Can Kaya, UC Berkeley, '17-'21 co-captain, 2020 Pac-12 Tournament Finalist, #1 doubles, NCAA D1 career high ITA national rankings of #14 (doubles), #8(team),Represented the Turkish national team U12, U14 and U16. 4x ITA Scholar Athlete


SCHEDULE
FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE BALL | 06.21.24 | 6 - 7:30pm
Kick-off the weekend with live ball - players from both our Malibu Racquet Club team and the Olympic team will be playing in on each court. Participation in this event is for Malibu Racquet Club members only.

COLOR WARS | 06.22.24 | 9am-12:30pm 
The Club's annual Color Wars event for Malibu Racquet Club members only.

CALIFORNIA CUP: SATURDAY DUAL 06.22.24 | 1:30pm
Promptly after the 1:30pm opening ceremony matches will begin with two doubles, followed by two singles matches. All matches will be no-ad with a super breaker in lieu of a third set. 

CALIFORNIA CUP: SUNDAY DUAL 06.22.24 | 10:30am
At 10:30am the top 3 doubles teams begin 
Following their matches will be a closing ceremony & trophy presentation. 


FOOD & BEVERAGE
Throughout the weekend Sparrow will be offering a special event menu in an adapted service format. 

Sparrow will be serving food & drinks:
FRIDAY 10am - 9pm
SATURDAY 10am-7pm
SUNDAY 10a-7pm

WINE TASTING: SATURDAY 06.22.24 | 1-3PM
Sommelier Matheus.Stroher will be on-site from 1-3pm Saturday serving up a selection of wines to taste. 

Outside food & beverage not permitted.