The Outreach and Performance Tennis Center (OPTC), a new year-round non-profit tennis center, celebrated its opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday.

Deputy Mayor Doreen Marchione cut the ribbon during the event.

OPTC was founded by Tennis Outreach Programs, a 501(c)3 non-profit. Marceil Whitney, who founded TOPS in 2003, was surprised during the event with a special plaque, naming one of the six full-sized tennis courts in her honor. Whitney is a tennis educator who has taught and coached tennis for over 36 years.

A special grand opening celebration/open house is also scheduled from 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11. There will be tennis exhibitions, junior and adult program information tables and opportunities to play on the tennis courts (tennis shoes required).

The public is invited but RSVPs are required for planning purposes. RSVP to info@tennisoutreach.org.

OPTC is located at 10822 117th Place N.E., in Kirkland’s Totem Lake neighborhood. Additional facility information, including how to sponsor one of the remaining three courts for naming rights, is available at www.topskirkland.org.

Seven day a week public courts are now available for reservation/rent, call 425-658-4046.