Paul and Kathy Settles
Co-Directors
Paul and Kathy Settles bring over thirty years of experience working with professional, collegiate, and junior tennis players.
Having spent the first fifteen years of their careers with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP World Tour), Paul and Kathy began coaching at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges in 2004, where they have helped to bring the CMS men's and women's programs to national prominence, including an NCAA DIII National Men's Title in 2015 and NCAA DIII National Women's Titles in 2018, 2022, and 2023.
Kathy is a PTR certified professional, while Paul is a USPTA certified Elite Pro and a graduate of the USTA High Performance Coaching program. Kathy coached the Boys and Girls Varsity Tennis Teams at Claremont High School and was named the 2019 Sun/Bulletin Girls Tennis Coach of the Year after the CHS Girls Team reached the final of Division II CIF Team Championships. In 2021, her Boys Team won the Division I CIF Team Championship Title.
Kathy and Paul have collectively won over 70 USTA National Championships - including twenty together - and have earned USTA year-end #1 rankings in three different divisions.
- 2016 USTA National Husband Wife 100's Hardcourt Champions
- 2017 USTA National Husband Wife 100's Grasscourt Champions
- 2017 USTA National Husband Wife 100's Hardcourt Champions
- 2017 USTA National Husband Wife 100's Indoor Champions
- 2018 USTA National Husband Wife 100's Grasscourt Champions
- 2018 USTA National Husband Wife 100's Indoor Champions
- 2019 USTA National Husband Wife 100's Grasscourt Champions
- 2019 USTA National Husband Wife 100's Hardcourt Champions
- 2019 USTA National Husband Wife 100's Indoor Champions
- 2020 USTA National Husband Wife 100's Grasscourt Champions