The youngest and brightest stars in tennis played in the Fourth Annual “Little Mo” Internationals at The West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, N.Y. This year, approximately 120 players from the United States and 15 other countries participated in the popular “Little Mo” event. “The Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation is so honored to…
USTA Eastern held its 2015 Junior Awards Gala at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Indoor Hospitality Pavilion during the first week of the U.S. Open to recognize the top juniors in the Eastern Section. Alexa Noel of Summit, N.J. was honored in two divisions, as she is number two in the Girls…
The USTA has announced that 2015 USTA Boys 18s National Champion Frances Tiafoe and 2013 U.S. Open Girls Singles Finalist Tornado Alicia Black have been awarded wild card entries into the U.S. Open Junior Championships, which will be played Sept. 6-13 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. Tiafoe, who received a wild card entry into the U.S….
USTA Foundation, the national charitable foundation of the USTA, has announced that three New York area students were awarded an $8,000 College Educational Scholarship. The Foundation granted 53 high school students nationwide a variety of college scholarships this spring, totaling $373,000. Among the winners was Shane Meyers of Huntington Station, N.Y. Meyers, a graduate of Huntington…
USTA Eastern will hold the 2015 Junior Awards Gala on Monday, Aug. 31 at 10:30 a.m. at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Indoor Hospitality Pavilion to recognize the top juniors in the Eastern Section. Alexa Noel of Summit, N.J. will be honored in two divisions, as she is number two in the Girls 12s and number…
Top American juniors Frances Tiafoe (17, College Park, Md.) and Sofia Kenin (16, Pembroke Pines, Fla.) won the USTA Boys and Girls 18s National Championships this past weekend, each earning wild cards into the main draw of the U.S. Open and headlining the annual USTA National Championships that took place last week. The nation’s top junior tennis…
World number one junior Taylor Fritz, Wimbledon Boys Champion Reilly Opelka, French Open Boys Champion Tommy Paul and reigning ITF World Junior Champion CiCi Bellis headline the Americans entered into the boys and girls singles fields at the 2015 U.S. Open Junior Championships, which will be played Sept. 6-13 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. Top-10 world-ranked juniors Michael Mmoh,…
The USTA has announced that 15-year-old Brian Shi of Jericho, N.Y., coached by Mihai Grecu, along with top-ranked 16-year-olds Sam Riffice and Oliver Crawford, along with Junior Davis Cup champion Gianni Ross, headline the eight junior boys selected for the 2015 Team USA National Junior Team, a training program designed to give a collection of America’s best young players opportunities to train together…
Eighteen-year old Tommy Paul of Lumberton, N.J., won the French Open boys’ singles title Saturday morning in Paris, capping a successful week for American juniors at Roland Garros. Paul, coached by USTA National Coach Diego Moyano, defeated 17-year old Taylor Fritz, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-2, in the first-ever all-American boys’ singles final at the French Open,…
Seventeen-year-old Taylor Fritz of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. and 18-year-old Tommy Paul of Lumberton, N.J. will play each other Saturday for the French Open Boys Singles title in Paris, the first-ever all-American boys singles final at Roland Garros, dating back to 1947. Fritz, seeded second in the French Open boys draw and ranked third in the world among juniors, will also be the number…