CAL Club Tennis Academy is regarded as one of the premiere academies in Northern California.  The academy is run by Steve Jackson and Pablo Pires de Almedia out of the prestigious California Tennis Club.  Tecnifibre has a strong partnership with the academy with more than 80% of the junior program using Tecnifibre rackets and strings.

Tennis Director

* USPTA Certified
* Over 15 years coaching experience
* High Performance Coach
* 2006-2008 Maze Cup Coach
* Former Director of Tennis at Tiburon Peninsula Club

Pires de Almeida helps run the junior academy in conjunction with his coaching responsibilities at the University of San Francisco.  Prior to coaching he played on the professional circuit where he amassed a career ATP ranking of 1461 in singles and 930 in doubles. Pires de Almeida got to the doubles Quarter Final of the Aptos Challenger twice and made three Semi Finals in Futures tournaments in Hawaii, Mexico and Brazil. In Singles Pires de Almeida recorded wins over players in the top 100 in the world ranks.
Following his collegiate and professional career, Pires de Almeida went on to become a High Performance Coach. His coaching efforts include overseeing the USTA national team traveling to the Boys’ 16 Winter Super National Championships and the Boys’ 18 National Open Championships. Pires de Almeida is a USTA Northern California High Performance coach and runs a High Performance Training Facility at the California Tennis Club with Director Steve Jackson. For the past 2 years Pires de Almeida has coached the Northern California Maze Cup team against Southern California