The Road to THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP 2023
The tour's first college-style team USTA event rounded out the yearlong season and provided a few players with the opportunity to qualify for next week's Tour Championship. The 10U players were placed into teams of two or four and duked it out for team supremacy.
At the Green level, Team 1, composed of Steven Huang, Thomas Huang, Justin Huang and Akirele Akiwumi went undefeated at 3-0 and took the championship. Team 3 came the closest with a 23-12 loss to the winners, and they closed out the silver medal in a tight 16-13 win agains Team 2.
In the opposite draw, Team 6 won over Team 5 in the match that decided the eventual title, 19-12. The champions included Penelope Huh, Jack Kivov, Shannon Bu, and Kamsiyonna Udejiofor. For the latter two, the points meant that they would be vaulted into the 10U Girls Tour Championship, with Udejiofor doing so in just her first tour event.
Each player competed at singles and doubles against each other team, with each match counting for one point in the overall total.
Five teams went at it in the Orange tournament in a single round robin group, with only two players per team. Ayaan Ghosh and Anika Ahuja teamed to take down Team 3 by a scoreline of 7-4 in the most dramatic match of the day.
That means that the Tour Championship tickets have been punched. Here are the current rankings. The top six boys are marked with *, the top six girls with ^. Players are listed where they have qualified, but some changes in age division will be made for those who have aged out of their group, as well as next-qualified players added in place of those with injuries.
18U Boys
Michael Fleming
Benjamin Kaufman
Jonah Treitler
Aryan Dhiman
AJ Mangin
Tanish Rayan
18U Girls
Honor Sax
Daniela Corona Shturman
Atlee Hilliard
Adelaide Houston
Mia Payson
Ariana Sartip
16U Boys
Solomon Ravitz
Alvaro Orlove
Diego Levi
Spencer Weiss
Anton Grib
Jack Jaffee
16U Girls
Taylor Shen
Caroline Peterson
Zahra Doriwala
Paisley Fromer
Riece Grimes-Thomas
Sofia Gerhardt
14U Boys
Jon Ozenci
Ilan Faraci
Braden Walter
David Gong
Carter Mills
William van Horne
14U Girls
Serena Provinse
Daphne Dunlap
Zoe Taylor
Cornelia Touw
Lily Venzke
Annie Lippard
12U Boys
Kiran Mathura
Archer Pollak
Deniz Ozenci
Sajan Chandela
Arnav Nadikatla
Rohan Bhagat
12U Girls
Shritha Adapala
Julia Urbanowska
Likitha Gaddipati
Stella Dybczakova
Sandhya Lakshmanan
Elizabeth Agbomson
10U Boys
Shiloh Auzoux
Finn Jackson
Abir Kedar
Devin Leung
Pierson Holahan
Nicolas Kidd
10U Girls
Siena Auzoux
Lara Dabney
Shannon Bu
Petrina Bailey
Kamsiyonna Udejiofor
Isabelle Savvas
Remember the newly added feature to the rankings: the Plus / Minus, which will tell you how far up or down the player has moved within the last week.
Champions
8/27 USTA Team College Format 10U Green: Penelope Huh, Jack Kivov, Shannon Bu, and Kamsiyonna Udejiofor
8/27 USTA Team College Format 10U Green: Steven Huang, Thomas Huang, Justin Huang and Akirele Akiwumi
8/27 USTA Team College Format 10U Orange: Ayaan Ghosh and Anika Ahuja
The full tables now look like this.
Each weekend this spring and summer, Tennis Central is bringing you USTA and UTR tournaments at Holton-Arms School. Earn points for advancing through each round, just like on the pro tours, and qualify for the TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP at season's end.
Bigger events offer more points, with the TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP offering the most, as well as prizes.
Check here for updates each week to the Tennis Central Tour Rankings, a 52-week points system based on the pro tours, as well as recaps of all the action and photos.
2023 Tour Schedule
March
April
Apr 8: UTR 14U - Sweet Spotter Open
Apr 16: USTA L7 Boys and Girls 12U
Apr 16: USTA L7 Boys and Girls 14U
Apr 30: 10U Green Dot UTR - Anguilla Service Trips Open - rescheduled for June 3
May
May 7: USTA L7 Adult NTRP
May 13: USTA Boys' and Girls' WTN 12-18U
June
June 4: 14U and 16U UTR - String48 Open
June 11: 16U UTR - The Beach Open
June 18: 14U and 18U UTR - Travel Team Open
July
July 15-16: Adult UTR - Tennis Central Open
July 16: USTA 10U Orange & 10U Green
July 22: 10U & 14U UTR - BGO Cup
August
Aug 19: 10U & 16U Singles & Doubles UTR
Aug 20: USTA 10U Orange and 10U Green
Aug 20: 12U & 18U Singles & Doubles UTR
September
Sept 9-10: THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP - all age levels 10U-18U
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