USTA Eastern's Southern Region 

USTA Eastern Southern Region organizes all USTA tennis programs throughout seven counties in New York State: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester, plus Southern Connecticut (Greenwich). 

News

• Beacon, N.Y.'s Kellie Mee captured the title in her division at the 2026 NTRP National Championships.
• Former USTA Eastern President Perren Wong, of Ardsley, N.Y., was named the 2025 USTA Eastern Leslie J. Fitz Gibbon Tennis Man of the Year.
• An Eastern team from Rye, N.Y. finished as finalists in the 10.0 Mixed division at the 2025 USTA League National Championships.
• Multiple Southern Region-based players scored big wins at the 2025 NTRP National Championships.
• Longtime volunteer and former staff member Sandy Hoffman was honored as the 2024 USTA Eastern Tennis Woman of the Year. Read our profile.
• Former Army head coach Jim Poling was posthumously honored as the 2024 USTA Eastern Leslie J. Fitz Gibbon Tennis Man of the Year.
• The Rockland Community Tennis Association was named the 2024 USTA Eastern Organization of the Year.
• Two Southern Region-based players captured a title at the 2024 NTRP National Championships.
• Janet Lefkowitz, a local adaptive tennis legend who served as the tennis director for the Greenburgh Parks & Recreation Department, was honored as the Tennis Woman of the Year at USTA Eastern's Annual Awards Dinner on January 28, 2023. Read our profile.

Upcoming Events

Information will be posted here as it becomes available.

The Southern Region Team

Adult League Coordinators

• Becky Bellino - bellino@eastern.usta.com (Westchester/Rockland Counties)
• Kate Jennings - jennings@eastern.usta.com (Westchester/Rockland Counties)
• Diana Kimick - kimick@eastern.usta.com (Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties)

Community Tennis Coordinator

• Cally Young - young@eastern.usta.com

Southern Region Council

Officers:

• Ari Roberts, Interim Regional Council Director
• Ben Thompson, Vice Chair
• Khayot Narzikulov, Junior Competition 
• Igal Katan, Adult Competition
• Zuka Mukhuradze, Coaching
• Elisa Tertulien, DEI

• Matt Anastasi
• Michele Arbogast
• Johnny Benoit
• J. Calungcagin
• Urvashi Gupta
• Sandy Hoffman
• Rokhsha Michael-Razi
• Dennis Zaide

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