Play Where the Pros Play
USGO Tennis Village
Location & Direction
Parking
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You'll play where the pros play

The Taube Family Tennis Center is where Stanford University’s Men’s and Women’s collegiate tennis teams play and it is also home to the Bank of the West Classic US Open Series WTA event. It’s where Venus, Anna, and Daniela play every year (and Lindsay-hopefully)! The Taube Tennis Center has also hosted several major tennis championships over the years, both on the collegiate and professional levels, including over 10 years of the Bank of West Classic.

USGO Tennis Village at Taube

17 championship-quality hardtrue courts: We’ll use them all for this year’s tournament, including the stadium courts. There are ample viewing areas for friends and family to watch and enjoy the competition. All of the courts are lighted and we have evening tennis sessions scheduled for Friday and Saturday nights. In addition, the courts have scorecards and singles sticks, which we’ll be using, and chair umpires using electronic scoreboards will call the action for all of Monday’s finals matches. Nice!

Barbecue Lunch/Sandwiches: To keep you fed and hydrated, we’ll be hosting a barbecue lunch "throwdown" on Saturday, and providing sandwiches for lunch on Monday (Friday and Sunday lunches are on your own). For the Friday night tennis session you’ll be getting snacks and sodas and we'll barbecue up Saturday dinner for you as well. Yum!

USGO is going "Green:" We'll be recycling everything we can, including food scraps and food will be served on bio-degradable plates and cutlery. Draws will be printed on recycled paper of course and we're offering free transit tickets to anyone pledging to use transit to get to Stanford. And please bring your old pairs of tennis shoes. We'll be recyling them into rubberized asphalt, helping keep roadways quieter.

Other Amenities: Between matches, players can lounge around in the Orsak Family Heritage Room, featuring an impressive display of collegiate success and a large screen TV for watching the French Open early rounds. We'll also have a "players lounge" atop the stadium for your comfortable viewing of the matches away from the pesky public. There will also be Wi-Fi access to provide near real-time tournament updates. We ’ll also be providing fee-for-service racket restringing. Don't forget the free bridge card competition–sign up with or without a partner. And of course, between matches you can check out the beautiful Stanford campus and other activities going on.

We'll also be using 8 tennis courts at Stanford’s West Campus Tennis Courts. These 8 courts are a short 5 minute ride (or little over one mile walk) across campus from the Taube Tennis Faciltiy. They are located at the corner of Campus Drive West and Electioneer Road. Check map below.

There are also warm-up courts available at Palo Alto High School, 50 Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto, right down the street from our host hotel Palo Alto Sheraton.

Quick Links:
Campus Parking information (PDF)
Detailed Stanford Campus Map Overview (PDF) 12MB
Stanford West Tennis Courts (PDF)
Stanford "Google" Map

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Location & Directions

to Taube Family Tennis Center

(Stanford West Tennis Courts are a short 5 minute ride from Taube)

    * Taube Tennis Center is located at the junction of Campus Drive East and Sam McDonald Road, north of the Arrillaga Family Sports Center. Entrance to the facility is at the south end closest to Arrillaga Family Sports Center.

    From Highway 101 North & South:

        * Take the Embarcadero Road exit west towards Stanford. At El Camino Real, Embarcadero turns into Galvez Street. Cross El Camino Real and continue on Galvez. For Friday only, parking is at the Galvez Field lot at the corner of Galvez Street and Campus Drive. For Saturday thru Monday parking is available in the Serra Parking Lot. The entrance to Taube Tennis Center is at the south end of Taube, closest to the Arrillaga Family Sports Center. To get to the Stanford West Tennis Courts, take a right on Campus Drive West off of Galvez, and go about one mile. The courts are on your right at the corner with Electioneer Road.

    From Highway 280 North & South: You have three alternative routes.

        * Exit Sand Hill Road east towards Stanford. Continue on Sand Hill until you reach the Stanford Shopping Center. Turn right onto Arboretum Road and make another right onto Galvez Street. Turn left onto Campus Drive and turn right into the Serra Parking Lot. For Friday only, parking is at the Galvez Field lot at the corner of Galvez Street and Campus Drive. The entrance to Taube Tennis Center is at the south end of the facility, closest to the Arrillaga Family Sports Center. To get to Stanford West Tennis Courts off of Sand Hill Road, take a right on Stockfarm Road, and then take another right on Campus Drive West. Go about two blocks and the courts are on your right at the corner of Electioneer Road.

        * Exit Page Mill Road towards Palo Alto. Turn left at the second traffic light onto Junipero Serra Blvd. Continue on Junipero Serra Blvd and turn right onto Campus Drive East. Take a right onto Galvez Street, then a left onto Campus Drive. Turn right into the Serra Parking Lot. For Friday only, parking is at the Galvez Field lot at the corner of Galvez Street and Campus Drive. The entrance to the Taube Family Tennis Center is at the south end of the facility, closest to Arrillaga Family Sports Center. To get to Stanford West Tennis Courts, stay on Junipero Serra Blvd and take a right on Campus Drive West. Then about a 1/4 mile and the Stanford West courts are on your left at the corner of Electioneer Road.
 
     * Exit Alpine Road east towards Stanford. Turn right at the first traffic light onto Junipero Serra Blvd. Turn east at the next traffic light onto Campus Drive West. Continue on Campus Drive until you reach Galvez Street, where you'll take a left. Turn left onto Campus Drive and turn right into the Serra Parking Lot. For Friday only, parking is at the Galvez Field lot at the corner of Galvez Street and Campus Drive. The entrance to the Taube Tennis Center is at the south end of the facility, closest to the Arrillaga Family Sports Center. To get to Stanford West Tennis Courts, while on Campus Drive West, you'll go right past them, on your left, after you turn off of Junepero Serra Blvd onto Campus Drive.

Quick Links:
Campus Parking information (PDF)
Detailed Stanford Campus Map Overview (PDF) 12MB
Stanford West Tennis Courts (PDF)
Stanford "Google" Map

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Parking

For Friday only, everyone driving to Taube Tennis Center needs to park in the Galvez Field parking lot at the junction of Galvez Street and Campus Drive East, one block north of the Taube Tennis Center. This lot has been specially reserved for the USGO tournament. Remember, Friday is a regular school day for Stanford. Players at Stanford West Tennis Courts will have plenty of parking available.

For Saturday thru Monday, Public Parking at Taube Tennis Center is generally available closer in the Serra Lot, which is off of Campus Drive East, across from the Taube Tennis Center and Arrillaga Family Sports Center. Additional parking is in the Varsity Parking Lot between Stanford Stadium and Sunken Diamond. The Varsity Parking Lot can be accessed via Nelson Road, off of Galvez Street. And there is plenty of parking right at the Stanford West Tennis Courts.

Quick Links:
Campus Parking information (PDF)
Detailed Stanford Campus Map Overview (PDF) 12MB
Stanford West Tennis Courts (PDF)
Stanford "Google" Map

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Public Transportation

Transit: The San Francisco Bay Area has good transit service, even on the weekends. Caltrain serves the Palo Alto Caltrain Station with trains running about every 15-20 minutes on Friday, and hourly on the weekend. On Fridays, the Marguerite Shuttle van will pick you up at the train station and take you to the courts. On the weekend, the shuttle does not run, but the tennis courts are only about a one-mile walk through the lovely Stanford Campus from the train station. Caltrain links with BART and Muni service in San Francisco and Oakland. In addition, plenty of VTA buses run up and down El Camino Real and will drop you off a short walk from the tennis courts. Go to 511.org for complete transit information for the Bay Area.

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