USTA News
Neighborhood Picnic a Big Success
1999-08-01 Aug 11, 1999Last night, the West Main Neighborhood held its annual picnic for players, guests, officials and volunteers of the tournament. As usual, the event was a big success. It was an evening of good food, music, raffles, and fun!
The picnic, which was sponsored by Prince, provides a great chance for everyone involved in the tournament to get together, kick back, relax, and have a little fun! The people who live in the West Main neighborhood, despite having to deal with congested traffic, road detours and noise during the ten days of the tournament, do a great job hosting the picnic and making visitors and volunteers of the tournament feel at home.
The highlight of the evening, besides the good food, are the great raffle drawings. Prince and many other local stores and restaurants donate many great prizes, ranging from tennis rackets to t-shirts, to free dinners! Add to this the freindly atmosphere and live music, and its easy to see why the neighborhood picnic has become such a favorite event to many involved with these Nationals.
USTA Boys' Results Go Wireless!
1999-08-01 Millions of Palm Pilot users were excited to learn earlier this year that their pocket-sized digital organizers were going wireless. Now, USTA Boys' 18 & 16 National Championship results and player profiles are available via those high-tech computing devices.Palm VII users can flip up the antenna on their wireless organizers, about the size of a pocket calculator, and download the latest match results from virtually anywhere. Even fans right in Kalamazoo, enjoying a match at Stowe Stadium, could pull out their Palm VII and get more information about the players they are watching by accessing their player profiles remotely.
If you have a Palm VII and would like to access 1999 player profiles and results, simply Shift-Click here to download the program you'll need from the USTA Boys' website.
And Then There Were Eight
1999-08-01 Day seven in Kalamazoo arrives with the threat of afternoon rain and just eight players remaining in both the 18 and 16 singles draw.The top two seeds in both divisions, Phillip King/Mardy Fish (18s) and Jesse Witten/Robby Ginerpri (16s), have made it to the quarter finals. The only unseeded player to survive is Chris Martin (Tulsa, OK).
Half of the quarter final matches in both divisions will be played at Stowe Stadium today. David Martin, Chris' brother and fifth seed, will play Andy Roddick (Boca Raton, FL) while York Allen (McLean, VA) faces off against second seed Mardy Fish (Vero Beach, FL). Both matches are scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m.
In the 16s division, third seed Hamid Mirzadeh (Lake Worth, FL) will play fifth seed Ryan Heinburg (Agoura Hills, CA) while second seed Robby Ginerpri (Marietta, GA) will try to fend off eleventh seed Brian Wright (Fresno, CA). Both matches begin at 10:00 a.m.
Click here for 18 singles results.
Click here for 16 singles results.
Intermittent Rain Prevents Completion Of Today's Scheduled 16s Singles Quarter-Finals
1999-08-01 As expected, the rain arrived at mid-day suspending play with one quarter-final match completed. Second seed Robby Ginepri (Marietta, GA) ousted eleventh seed Brian Wright (Fresno, CA) 6-3, 6-2. The Heinburg/Mirzadeh quarter-final match was suspended in the third set.As of 4:00 p.m. Thursday, 16 doubles quarter-final action was underway at Markin.
Click here for 16 doubles results.
16 Doubles Quarter-Final Results
1999-08-01 Four quarter-final matches were completed at Markin late yesterday (Thursday) afternoon and evening. Second seeded Stephen Amritraj (Calabasas, CA) and Sam Warburg (Sacramento, CA) defeated Connor Murnighan (Glenview, IL) and Jason Zimmermann (West Chester, OH) 6-3, 6-4; ninth seeded Jonathan Chu (New York, NY) and Alexandru Popescu (Stamford, CT) eliminated fifth seeds Jeff Kazarian (Rolling Hills Estates, CA) and Rylan Rizza (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; sixth seeds Ytai Abougzir (Boca Raton, FL) and Robby Ginepri (Marietta, GA) ousted Doug Stewart (Malibu, CA) and Scott Stewart (Malibu, CA) 6-3, 6-3; while in a hard-fought match, the eleventh seeded pair of Brent D'Amico (Aurora, CO) and Roger Gubser (Laredo, TX) fended off Scott Brown (Ballwin, MO) and Stephen Nolen (Aurora, CO) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6).Click here for 16 doubles results.
Friday's Scheduled Matches (8/13)
1999-08-01 Matches at Stowe Stadium:(times/locations subject to weather)
8:30am 16 Feed In, 5th Round
9am 18 Feed In, 5th Round
9am 16 & 18 Singles, Quarter Finals (cont. from yesterday)
11am 16 Singles, Quarter Finals
12:30pm 18 Singles, Quarter Finals
2:30pm 18 Doubles, Semi Finals
3:30pm 16 Doubles, Semi Finals
Quarter Final Matches:
9am 16 Singles
Ryan Heinberg (5), Agoura Hills, CA vs
Hamid Mirzadeh (3), Lake Worth, FL (cont. from yesterday)
9am 18 Singles
David Martin (5), Tulsa, OK vs
Andy Roddick (4), Boca Raton, FL (cont. from yesterday)
9am 18 Singles
Yorke Allen (22), Mclean, VA vs.
Mardy Fish (2), Vero Beach, FL
11am 16 Singles
Jesse Witten (1), Naples, FL vs.
Rajeev Ram (25), Carmel, IN
11am 16 Singles
Sam Warburg (4), Sacramento, CA vs.
Ytai Abougzir (16), Boca Raton, FL
12:30pm 18 Singles
Phillip King (1), Long Beach, CA vs.
Nicholas Rainet (14), Mercer Island, WA
1pm 18 Singles
Tres Davis (10), Austin, TX vs.
Chris Martin, Tulsa, OK
Semi Final Matches:
2:30pm 18 Doubles
Calkins & Fruttero (9) vs. Hahn & Jenkin
2:30pm 18 Doubles
Harper-Griffith & Roddick (4) vs. Haymond & McCafferty (12)
3:30pm 16 Doubles
Abougzir & Ginepri (6) vs. D'Amico & Gubser (11)
3:30pm 16 Doubles
Chu & Popescu (9) vs. Amritaj & Warburg (2)
Quarter-Finals Complete In 16 & 18 Singles; Top Two Alive In Both
1999-08-01 Quarter-final action wrapped up Friday afternoon in both the 16 and 18 divisions.In 18s action, top seed Phillip King took a tough match from Nicholas Rainey (14) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; second seed Mardy Fish defeated Yorke Allen (22) 6-4, 6-3; fifth seed David Martin knocked off fourth seed Andy Roddick 6-1, 6-4; and tenth seed Tres Davis eliminated Chris Martin 7-5, 6-2.
In 16s action, top seed Jesse Witten won another close match defeating Rajeev Ram (25) 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9); second seed Robby Ginepri ousted Brian Wright (11) 6-3, 6-2; fifth seed Ryan Heinberg squeaked by third seed Hamid Mirzadeh 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (3); and sixteenth seed Ytai Abougzir upset fourth seed Sam Warburg 7-6 (5), 6-3
Semi-finals are scheduled for Saturday, 16s beginning at 11:00 a.m. and 18s at 12:30 p.m.
Semi-Final Doubles Complete; Finals Scheduled For Saturday
1999-08-01 Semi-final doubles action concluded early Friday evening. Pairing off in Saturday's 18s finals match will be Michael Calkins and John Paul Fruttero (9) against LeVar Harper-Griffith and Andy Roddick (4). In the 16s division, the finals will feature Stephen Amritraj and Sam Warburg (2) against Ytai Abougzir and Robby Ginepri (6).
In 18s semi-final action, ninth seeds Michael Calkins (Portland, OR) and John Paul Fruttero (San Marino, CA) defeated unseeded Troy Hahn (Indianapolis, IN) and Alastair Jenkin (Boca Raton, FL) 7-6 (5), 6-1. The fourth seeded duo of LeVar Harper-Griffith (Sarasota, FL) and Andy Roddick (Boca Raton, FL) eliminated Ryan Haymond (Bakersfield, CA) and Carl McCafferty (Highland, CA) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4.
Click here for complete 18 doubles results.
In 16s semi-final action, second seeds Stephen Amritraj (Calabasas, CA) and Sam Warburg (Sacramento, CA) ousted ninth seeds Jonathan Chu (New York, NY) and Alexandru Popescu (Stamford, CT) 6-2, 6-4. Sixth seeded pair of Ytai Abougzir (Boca Raton, FL) and Robby Ginepri (Marietta, GA) eliminated the eleventh seeds Brent D'Amico (Aurora, CO) and Roger Gubser (Laredo, TX) 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1.
Click here for complete 16 doubles results.
16 Singles Final To Feature Ginepri (2) & Abougzir (16)
1999-08-01 Sunday's 16 singles final will feature second seed Robby Ginepri (Marietta, GA) against sixteenth seed Ytai Abougzir (Boca Raton, FL).Ginepri eliminated fifth seed Ryan Heinberg (Agoura Hills, CA) in today's first semi-final match 6-0, 7-5. Abougzir surprised top seeded Jesse Witten (Naples, FL) in today's second semi-final match 7-5, 7-5.
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Sunday's 16s final match is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. at Stowe Stadium.
Top Seeds To Face Off In Tomorrow's 18 Singles Final
1999-08-01 Top seeded Phillip King (Long Beach, CA) will face second seed Mardy Fish (Vero Beach, FL) in Sunday's 18s singles finals.King marched past tenth seeded Tres Davis (Austin, TX) 6-1, 6-3 in today's first 18s semi-final match. Fish eliminated fifth seed David Martin (Tulsa, OK) 6-7(8), 7-5, 6-0 in this afternoon's second semi-final match which ended shortly after 3:00 p.m.
Click here for complete 18 singles results.
Sunday's 18s final match is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. at Stowe Stadium.