USTA News
Boys' 18 Match Times Posted
2010-08-05 Friday's Boys' 18s singles match times are now posted on the big board at Stowe Stadium as well as online (Match Times tab above).
"Jr. Tennis & Beyond" Panel Participants Announced
2010-08-02 “Junior Tennis & Beyond: The Pathway from Junior Tennis to Collegiate/Professional Tennis”Please join us for a panel discussion in conjunction with the Player’s Meeting discussing different pathways to college and pro tennis. The panel will explore collegiate tennis opportunities and pathways from junior tennis to professional tennis.
The 18s Player’s Meeting will be held on Thursday, August 5 at 7pm at Dewing Hall.
The 16s Player’s Meeting will be held on Friday, August 6 at 4pm on the Grass Across from Markin Racquet Center.
Panel participants include: Scoville Jenkins, 2004 Boys’18s Champion, ATP Touring Professional; Jan-Michael Gambill, 1995 Boys’ 16s Runner-up, ATP Touring Professional, Career High Singles Ranking: #14; Todd Martin, former ATP Touring Professional and Coach, Reached Career High Singles, Ranking of #4 in 1999; Sergio Casal, Sanchez-Casal Tennis Academy and Former ATP Touring Professional, Career High Singles Ranking: #31 and Career High Doubles Ranking: #3; Timon Corwin, Former Director of USTA Player Development for Junior & Collegiate Tennis, Former Director of the USTA Boys’ 18 & 16 National Championships; Jon Choboy, Head Men’s Tennis Team, North Carolina State University and Collegiate Tennis Players. Parents, Players and Coaches will have an opportunity to ask the panelists questions.
USTA Boys' Nationals Seeds Announced
2010-08-01 Jordan Cox #1 in 18s; Shane Vinsant #1 in 16s. Seeds have been announced for both the USTA Boys' Nationals 18s, which begin on Friday, August 6, and 16s, which begin on Saturday, August 7. (Click on sidebar item Players and tab 2010 Seeds) The draw will be posted to this site on August 2.
Nats Wild Cards Announced
2010-07-28 The USTA has announced the Wild Card recipients for the 2010 USTA Nationals. Boys' 18s: Harry Fowler, Alexios Halebian, Hunter Harrington, Mousheg Hovhannisyan, Matthew Kandath, Evan King, Zachary Leslie and Alexander Petrone. Boys' 16s: Eric Brinzenskiy, Luca Corinteli, Joseph Di Giulio, Daniel Kerznerman, Nikko Madregallejo, Spencer Papa, Konrad Zieba and Shane Vinsant.
Exhibition Players Announced
2010-07-19 Scoville Jenkins will return to the stadium where he made history when he faces Jan-Michael Gambill in the Rx Optical/Greenleaf Trust & Greenleaf Hospitality Exhibition at Kalamazoo College’s Stowe Stadium. The two pros are part of the USTA Boys’ 18 & 16 National Championships opening night activities beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6. “We always like to honor former champions, and Scoville was a great champion,” tournament director Mark Riley said. “He’s part of the history of this tournament. “Jan-Michael has had a nice pro career and, although he seems to be at the end of his career, he was a top 15 player in his prime. He was a two-time boys’ 18s runner-up, and I like the idea that they’re coming back. They’ll also be part of a panel that talks to the players during their meeting.” Jenkins became the first African-American male player to win the 18s title after he defeated Portage native Scott Oudsema 7-5, 6-1, 6-3, before a crowd of nearly 4,000 people in 2004. That was the first year teens who had already turned pro were permitted to compete, and Jenkins was one of four who did. Gambill’s most memorable loss was the boys’ 18s final against Justin Gimelstob in 1995. With the court temperature more than 100 degrees, Gimelstob was leading 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 4-4 when Gambill dropped to the ground with severe cramps and ended up defaulting the match. Both players competed on the pro circuit with Gambill ranked as high as 14 (2001) and Jenkins as high as 187. Both are currently playing World Team Tennis, Gambill, 33, for the Boston Lobsters and Jenkins, 23, for the New York Buzz in Albany. During the exhibition, Gambill and Jenkins will team up to take on the boys’ 18s top-seeded doubles team, then face each other in an eight-game pro set.
Registration Now Closed
2010-07-12 Registration for the USTA Boys' 18 & 16 National Championships have now closed.
Registration Nearing Cut-Off
2010-07-07 Registration for the USTA Boys' 18 & 16 National Championships ends at Noon EDT on Thursday, July 15. If you plan to play Doubles: whether or not you have registered online for Doubles, you MUST register in Kalamazoo at Markin Tennis Center by 5:00pm on Thursday, August 5 for 18s and by 4:00pm on Friday, August 6 for 16s.
Nationals News
2009-08-16 Top seeds Daniel Nguyen and JT Sundling are headed into the main doubles draw of the U.S. Open after defeating Sekou Coker Bangoura, Bradenton, Fla., and Nathan Pasha, Atlanta, 7-6(2), 6-3, for the boys’ 18s doubles title on Saturday.Earlier this year, Nguyen won the NCAA national team title with USC Winning the title “definitely gave me a lot of confidence,” Nguyen said. As for the U.S. Open, “Hopefully we can go out there and have a pretty solid match. I can’t even imagine if we play someone like the Bryan brothers,” said Sundling, who is headed to USC in the fall.
Nick Chappell and Marcos Giron won the 16s title, defeating the No. 2 seeds, Emmett Egger, Issaquah, Wash., and Shane Vinsant, Keller, Texas., 6-2, 6-2. This tournament is the first as a doubles team for Chappell, Indianapolis, and Giron, Thousand Oaks, Calif. Chappell contacted Giron on facebook to set up the pairing. “We struggled a little bit at the beginning (of the tournament),” Chappell said. “Our first three matches were all three sets. “Then we just clicked. Our last three matches were all straight sets.” Early Sunday morning, Chappell beat Giron 6-4, 6-3 in the feed-in semifinals.
Nationals Update
2009-08-16 Chase Buchanan played his first three-set match of the tournament, but that was good news for the Boys’ 18s second seed from New Albany, Ohio. Buchanan won the best-of-five singles championship over eighth-seeded Ryan Lipman, Nashville, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, on a sweltering Sunday afternoon. In the third set, Buchanan squandered one match point before Lipman fired a shot long, giving Buchanan the wild card into the main draw of the U.S. Open. “I stayed really calm,” Buchanan said. “Even if there were some bad games, bad points, just try to figure everything out. “I was down love-40 a few times and held, and was down 40-15 sometimes and broke.” Last year, Buchanan won the Boys’ 18s doubles title with Ryan Harrison.In Boys’ 16s, Gonzales Austin, the eighth seed from Miami, upset top-seeded Jack Sock, Lincoln, Neb., 3-6, 7-5, 6-0, to earn a wild card into the Junior U.S. Open. Late in the second set, Sock started bending over, clutching his stomach. “Weird; it comes out of nowhere,” Sock said of his ailment. “You just hit a wall. I couldn’t help it.” During the 10-minute break after the second set, Sock tried to settle his stomach, but couldn’t. Austin took advantage. “He was playing so well in the first set, I couldn’t do anything, and then second set, I had a lucky break at the end. “Then I noticed something was wrong on those last two points, so I was like, ‘OK, now’s my chance to take it to him.’”
Sunday Schedule
2009-08-15 We have invoked the "Neville Rule" for Sunday's play.The 16s and 18s Feed-In Semi-Finals will begin Sunday at 9am EDT.
Feed-In Finals will begin around Noon EDT.
3rd Place Singles Playoffs at 10am EDT.
The 16s Finals will begin at 11:30am EDT.
The 18s Finals will begin at 1:30pm EDT.