American Tennis Working Together The Players
American tennis players, at both the professional and junior levels, have made prominent headlines in TEAM USA AND AMERICAN TENNIS 2015. Amid Serena Williams’ pursuit of the “Calendar Grand Slam,” this summer, many of America’s up- and-comers continued writing their own stories. Among them:
Dear Tennis Friends, Teenagers Tommy Paul and Reilly Opelka won the French Open and Wimbledon boys’ titles, respectively, marking only the second time in history two different American boys had won consecutive Grand Slam When I took the position of General Manager, USTA Player Development on June 1, junior titles (John McEnroe and Van Winitsky won the French Open and Wimbledon, respectively, in 1977). I was well aware of the Team USA initiative, because I had been coaching and running an academy in the private sector just the day before. The work that Patrick McEnroe and his team in Player Development implemented to be more transparent, inclusive Taylor Fritz earned the International Tennis Federation’s No. 1 world junior ranking, becoming the first and collaborative is making a difference. American to hold the world’s top boys’ ranking since Donald Young’s year-end No. 1 finish in 2005.
The Team USA initiative is an ongoing effort to create and implement a culture of Madison Keys, a 2015 Australian Open semifinalist, and CoCo Vandeweghe each advanced to the inclusiveness where personal coaches, USTA Sections and USTA Player Development quarterfinals at Wimbledon, alongside Serena Williams – the first time three U.S. women had reached work together to be part of a national movement to help develop the next wave of Wimbledon’s quarterfinals since 2004. world-class American players.
I am committed to continuing the Team USA outreach and making sure that we at On the following pages, find information on many of these up-and-coming junior and professional USTA Player Development continue to strengthen our relationships with players, players, age 25 and younger, to keep an eye on in the coming years: coaches and parents. Our National Coaches do train and coach players directly, some year-round and some on a supplemental basis, at our National Training Centers in Boca Raton, Fla., Flushing, N.Y., and Carson, Calif. However, our greatest impact is in our support of the thousands of promising juniors and pros who train at home, with their personal coaches or in their local programs. We are committed to making sure Women Page Men Page that those players have USTA Player Development’s full support, regardless of whether they choose to come to one of our National Training Centers. CiCi Bellis 5 Deiton Baughman 9 Usue Arconada 6 William Blumberg 9 Our entire division is committed to supporting the development of the next wave Tornado Alicia Black 6 Jared Donaldson 8 of world-class American players. Our structure of Regional Training Centers, Team USA Camps in every USTA Section and a “tool box” of grants and resources are all Jennifer Brady 5 Bjorn Fratangelo 7 designed and available for every American player, coach and family. Our National Madison Brengle 4 Taylor Fritz 9 Coaches are committed to communicating with players, coaches and parents to make Louisa Chirico 5 Marcos Giron 8 sure that we make our Player Development team part of your team, with the player in the center. Samantha Crawford 6 Ryan Harrison 7 Lauren Davis 5 Jarmere Jenkins 8 Our country is filled with great coaches and great programs, and we are already seeing a resurgence in the success of American players. By working together, we can ensure Vicky Duval 6 Steve Johnson 7 that this is only the beginning. Irina Falconi 4 Austin Krajicek 7 Nicole Gibbs 5 Mitchell Krueger 8 Michaela Gordon 6 Stefan Kozlov 8 Thank you for being part of Team USA! Sofia Kenin 6 Denis Kudla 7 Madison Keys 4 John McNally 9 Sincerely, Allie Kiick 6 Michael Mmoh 9 Claire Liu 6 Daniel Nguyen 8 Jamie Loeb 5 Dennis Novikov 8 Christina McHale 4 Reilly Opelka 9 Grace Min 6 Tommy Paul 9 Martin Blackman Ingrid Neel 6 Jack Sock 7 General Manager, USTA Player Development Melanie Oudin 5 Sam Riffice 9 Alison Riske 4 Noah Rubin 8 Shelby Rogers 5 Alex Rybakov 9 Sloane Stephens 4 Alex Sarkissian 8 Katerina Stewart 5 Ryan Shane 7 Taylor Townsend 5 Frances Tiafoe 8 CoCo Vandeweghe 4 Sachia Vickery 5 Madison Keys CoCo Vandeweghe Jamie Loeb Shelby Rogers
DOB: March 8, 2015 Hometown: Ossining, N.Y. DOB: Oct. 13, 1992 DOB: Dec. 6, 1991 Coach: Brian Kalbas DOB: Feb. 17, 1995 Born: New York Born: Mount Pleasant, S.C. Lives: Charleston, S.C. Born: Rock Island, Ill. Lives: Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. • 2015 NCAA singles champion; Earned the accompanying US Open Coach: Mark Lucero Lives: Boca Raton, Fla. Coach: Craig Kardon main draw wild card Coaches: Lindsay Davenport and Jonathan Leach • 2015 Wimbledon quarterfinalist; WTA • Won the US Open’s inaugural American Collegiate Invitational in 2014 (d. Elbaba) • Reached first WTA singles final in 2014 (Bad Gastein) titles: 1 (s’Hertogenbosch, 2014) • Compiled an 84-9 singles record in her two collegiate seasons • 2015 Australian Open semifinalist; 2015 Wimbledon • Top-10 win over Eugenie Bouchard quarterfinalist; WTA titles: 1 (Eastbourne, 2014) • Top-10 wins over Lucie Safarova, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic, • Trainee at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy on Randall’s Island Vera Zvonareva • Top-10 wins over Li Na, Petra Kvitova, Jelena Jankovic, Angelique Kerber • 2008 US Open girls’ singles champion • Got into tennis because, as a child, she liked Venus Williams’ • Mother, Tauna, participated in two Olympics: (1976, swimming; white dress at Wimbledon 1984, volleyball, silver medalist); Uncle, KiKi, is a former NBA player and coach and its current VP of Basketball Operations Nicole Gibbs Louisa Chirico Sachia Vickery
DOB: May 16, 1996 DOB: May 11, 1995 DOB: March 3, 1993 Born: Morristown, N.J. Hometown: Miramar, Fla. Born: Cincinnati Lives: Harrison, N.Y. Coach: Adrian Zeman Lives: Santa Monica, Calif. Coach: Jay Gooding Alison Christina Sloane Coach: Paul Gibbs (Father) • Qualified for 2015 Wimbledon; WTA • Made Grand Slam debut at 2015 Riske McHale Stephens quarterfinalist in Nottingham • Back-to-back NCAA singles champion at French Open after winning the USTA’s Stanford (2012-13), fifth player ever to wild card challenge • 2013 USTA Girls’ 18s National win consecutive NCAA titles Champion; reached second round of US • Advanced to first WTA quarterfinal this DOB: March 20, 1993 Open with accompanying wild card • Reached third round of 2014 US Open July in Washington, D.C. DOB: July 3, 1990 DOB: May 11, 1992 Born: Plantation, Fla. • Trained in France at Patrick • 2013 Wimbledon and French Open Born: Pittsburgh Born: Teaneck, N.J. Lives: Coral Springs, Fla. Mouratoglou’s academy Lives: Atlanta Lives: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Coach: Nick Saviano junior semifinalist Coach: Chanelle Scheppers Coach: Jorge Todero • Won first WTA title this July in • Two-time WTA semifinalist in 2015 • 2012 London Olympian; WTA finalist in Washington, D.C. CiCi Bellis (Hobart, Nottingham); WTA titles: 1 Acapulco, 2014; Reached QFs in Rome • 2013 Australian Open semifinalist; Has (Tianjin, 2014) this year reached fourth round or better of every Jennifer Brady Melanie Oudin • Top-10 win over Petra Kvitova, in the • Ranked career-high No. 24 in Grand Slam DOB: April 8, 1999 Hometown: Atherton, Calif. third round of the US Open during a August 2012 before a setback with • Top-10 wins over Serena Williams, Maria Coach: Lori Bellis (Mother) DOB: Sept. 23, 1991 breakout 2013 Mononucleosis Sharapova, C. Suarez Navarro DOB: April 12, 1995 Hometown: Boca Raton, Fla. Hometown: Marietta, Ga. • Still carries around parts of her • Lived in Hong Kong as a child; Speaks • Father, the late John Stephens, was a • Breakout star of 2014 US Open: beat Coach: Roger Anderson Coach: Attila Azucki childhood blanket, to remind her Mandarin Chinese and fluent Spanish New England Patriots running back; No. 12 Dominika Cibulkova to become of home (mother is Cuban) Mother, Sybil Smith, was the first youngest player to win a US Open • Turned pro after sophomore year • Reached 2009 US Open quarterfinals African-American female named a match since Anna Kournikova in 1996 at UCLA at 17 years old; WTA titles: 1 Division I All-American swimmer (Birmingham, 2012) • 2014 ITF World Junior Champion, (Boston U., 1988) • Top college women’s player in the WTA USTA Girls’ 18s National Champion rankings (Career-high: No. 176) • 2011 US Open mixed doubles champion (youngest USTA champ since Lindsay (with Jack Sock) Davenport in 1991) and Junior Fed Cup • Returned to competition in June (16-and-under) Champion Madison Irina following treatment of a heart condition. Brengle Falconi Lauren Taylor Townsend Davis Katerina DOB: May 5, 1990 DOB: April 16, 1996 Grace Min Born: Portoviejo, Born: Chicago DOB: April 3, 1990 Ecuador Stewart Lives: Atlanta Born: Dover, Del. Lives: West Palm Beach, Fla. Coach: Donald Young, Sr. Lives: Dover, Del. Coach: Anibal Aranda DOB: Oct. 9, 1993 DOB: May 6, 1994 Coach: Gaby Brengle (Mother) Born: Gates Mills, Ohio DOB: July 17, 1997 Born: Atlanta Hometown: Coral Gables, Fla. • 2012 ITF World Junior Champion and • Twice reached third round at a Grand Lives: Boca Raton, Fla. year-end No. 1-ranked junior, then the Lives: Boca Raton, Fla. • Breakout 2015: Reached first WTA Coach: Cesar Stewart (Father) Slam: 2015 French Open, 2011 US Open Coach: Jorge Todero first U.S. girl to hold such distinction in Coach: Freddy Rodriguez final in Hobart, then Australian Open (d. No. 15 Cibulkova) 30 years fourth round • Third-round appearances at 2014 • Won her sixth USTA Pro Circuit title • Reached first WTA semifinal in 2014 • 2011 Pan American Games singles in May, at the $50,000 event in Indian • Made Grand Slam main draw debut • Top-10 win over Petra Kvitova Wimbledon and Australian Open (Bad Gastein) gold medalist Harbour Beach, Fla. at 2014 French Open, advancing to • Top-10 wins over Victoria Azarenka, third round • 2011 US Open girls’ singles champion • 2007 Wimbledon and Australian Open • Played two years at Georgia Tech; grew • Mother, Marina, is a native Argentine girls’ singles finalist Eugenie Bouchard up in Inwood neighborhood of New and former touring pro; Father, Cesar, is • Grew up in Chicago as close friends with • Parents emigrated from Korea in late 1980s; Fluent in Korean 4 York City a long-time coach Donald Young and family 5 Samantha Vicky Duval Sofia Kenin Crawford Jack Sock Steve Johnson DOB: Nov. 30, 1995 DOB: Nov. 14, 1998 Hometown: Bradenton, DOB: Sept. 24, 1992 Fla. Hometown: Born: Lincoln, Neb. DOB: Dec. 24, 1989 DOB: Feb. 18, 1995 Coach: Pat Harrison Pembroke Pines, Fla. Lives: Tampa, Fla. Born: Orange, Calif. Hometown: Atlanta and Nick Bollettieri Coach: Alex Kenin Coach: Troy Hahn Lives: Redondo Beach, Calif. Coach: Michael Joyce (Father) Coach: Peter Lucassen • Breakout star of 2013 US Open: beat • Advanced to fourth round at 2015 French • Making Grand Slam main draw debut at defending champ Sam Stosur in the • 2015 USTA Girls’ 18s National Open, becoming the youngest American to advance to the fourth • Advanced to his second career ATP semifinal this summer in US Open after winning the USTA’s wild first round Champion, earned accompanying wild round at Roland Garros since Pete Sampras in 1993 Washington, D.C., defeating Grigor Dimitrov and Jack Sock card challenge card into US Open main draw • Recovering from Hodgkin’s Lymphoma • Broke into the Top 30 for the first time this August • Peaked at No. 37 in December, 2014, after first ATP semifinal • 2012 US Open girls’ singles champion; after diagnosis during Wimbledon • 2014 Orange Bowl girls’ 18s champion; appearance in Delray Beach, Fla. Ranked as high as No. 5 in the world last year 2014 Junior Fed Cup (16-and-under) • 2014 Wimbledon doubles champion; 2011 US Open mixed junior rankings champion doubles champion (w/ Melanie Oudin) • 2011-12 NCAA singles champion; four-time NCAA team champion • Lived in Haiti as a child; Her father, Jean- at USC Maurice, was buried alive in the 2010 • 2014 Youth Olympian • ATP titles: 1 (Houston, 2015) • Finished collegiate career on a 72-match win streak earthquake but was airlifted to the U.S. • Top-10 world-ranked junior in 2015 • Top-10 win over Kei Nishikori for treatment from friends at the Atlanta Tornado club at which Vicky was training • 2010 US Open boys’ champion (d. Kudla) Alicia Black Claire Liu Allie Kiick DOB: May 12, 1998 Denis Kudla Ryan Shane Hometown: Boca Raton, Fla. Coach: Gayal and Sly Black (Mother and DOB: May 25, 2000 DOB: June 30, 1995 Father) Hometown: Thousand Oaks, Calif. Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. DOB: Aug. 17, 1992 Coaches: Mike Gennette, Adam Peterson Coach: Harold Solomon Born: Kiev, Ukraine • 2013 US Open girls’ singles finalist; and Leo Azevedo DOB: April 15, 1994 Lives: Arlington, Va. 2015 Wimbledon girls’ quarterfinalist • Won fourth Pro Circuit singles title in Hometown: Falls Church, Va. Coach: Billy Heiser Coach: Brian Boland • 2014 Junior Fed Cup (16-and-under) • In March, Liu (14 years, 9 months, 2015 ($50,000 , Charlottesville) 25 days old) won a USTA Pro Circuit champion • Father, Jim, was a running back on • Advanced to fourth round at 2015 $10,000 tournament in Orlando, became • 2015 NCAA champion (Virginia, Jr.); the Miami Dolphins’ undefeated Wimbledon, taking defending US Open champion Marin Cilic to • 2014-15 USTA Girls’ 18s National the youngest female to win a USTA Earned accompanying wild card into US Open, but has yet to 1972 team four sets Championships finalist; 2015 USTA Pro Circuit tournament since Anna turn pro Girls’ 18s national doubles champion Kournikova in 1996 and the sixth- • Reached first ATP semifinal at 2015 BB&T Atlanta Open • Went 36-8 in his junior season in 2015 (w/ Ingrid Neel) youngest ever. • Has won five ATP Challenger singles titles since 2012, on three • Older brother, Justin, played at UVa and now plays different surfaces (hard, clay, grass) professionally; the pair won a USTA Pro Circuit doubles title • 2010 US Open junior finalist (l. to Sock) together this August at the $15,000 Futures in Champaign, Ill. Michaela Ingrid Neel • Trained at the renowned Junior Tennis Champions Center in Usue Arconada College Park, Md. Gordon DOB: June 16, 1998 DOB: Oct. 28, 1998 Hometown: Rochester, Minn DOB: July 26, 1999 Hometown: College Park, Md. Coach: Margie Zesinger Hometown: Los Altos Hills, Calif. Coach: Frank Salazar Bjorn Ryan Austin Coaches: John Hubbell and Leo Azevedo • 2015 USTA Girls’ 18s national doubles • Top-5 world-ranked junior in 2015 champion (w/ Tornado Alicia Black) Frantangelo Harrison Krajicek • 2015 Wimbledon girls’ singles • Trains out of the Junior Tennis quarterfinalist • Florida recruit; Long-time trainee at Champions Center in College Park, Md. Nick Bollettieri’s IMG Academy in • Top-25 world-ranked junior in 2015 Bradenton, Fla. DOB: July 19, 1993 Hometown: Pittsburgh Coach: Stanford Boster DOB: May 7, 1992 DOB: June 6, 1990 Born: Shreveport, La. Born: Tampa, Fla. Additional players to watch • Making Grand Slam main draw debut Lives: Austin, Texas Lives: Bradenton, Fla. at the 2015 US Open after winning the Coach: Grant Doyle Coach: Stephen Amritraj Raveena Kingsley Kayla Day Kylie McKenzie USTA’s wild card challenge with results 17, Fulton, Md.; Coaches: Taylor and Phil Dent 15, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Coaches: Mike Gennette, 16, Anthem, Ariz.; Coaches: Leo Azevedo, Lou Belken on the USTA Pro Circuit • 2012 London Olympian; Career-high No. • Reached first ATP quarterfinal in Aaron Webster, Adam Peterson, Leo Azevedo 43 (2012) Memphis this February Caty McNally • Won first ATP Challenger title in 2015; Francesca Di Lorenzo Alexandra Sanford 13, Cincinnati; Coach: Lynn Nabors-McNally won five Futures titles in 2014 • Reached seventh ATP semifinal this • 2011 NCAA doubles champion at 18, New Albany, Ohio; Coach: Ann Grossman- 16, Westerville, Ohio; Coach: Doug DiRosario winter in Acapulco Texas A&M Wunderlich Taylor Johnson • 2011 French Open boys’ champion Carson Branstine 14, Redondo Beach, Calif 14, Orange, Calif.; Coach: Kathy Rinaldi • Named after tennis legend Bjorn Borg Kelly Chen 6 16, Cerritos, Calif.;Coach: Debbie Shaffer 7 Jared Donaldson Jarmere Jenkins Taylor Fritz Reilly Opelka Tommy Paul
DOB: Oct. 28, 1997 DOB: Oct. 9, 1996 DOB: Nov. 25, 1990 Hometown: DOB: Aug. 28, 1997 Hometown: Chepachet, R.I. Hometown: College Park, Ga. Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Hometown: Palm Coast, Fla. DOB: May 17, 1997 Coach: Taylor Dent Coach: Brian Boland Coach: Guy Fritz (Father) Coach: Diego Moyano Hometown: Greenville, N.C. Coach: Diego Moyano • Won first ATP Challenger title in 2015 • Intercollegiate Tennis Association Player of the Year in 2013 • No. 1 ranked junior in the world this • 2015 Wimbledon boys’ at Virginia • Earned first ATP World Tour main draw victory at 2015 summer (first U.S. boy since Donald singles champion • 2015 French Open boys’ Young in 2005) Memphis Open • Won five pro Futures titles in 2014 • 2015 USTA Boys’ 18s national doubles singles champion • Trained with Roger Federer in Dubai • Has eight siblings; two brothers also played Division I tennis • 2015 French Open boys’ singles finalist champion (w/ Taylor Fritz) • Won two ITF clay-court Futures titles in and Wimbledon boys’ • One of the world’s tallest players at lead-up to French Open singles semifinalist 6-foot-10 • Turned pro in June • 2015 USTA Boys’ 18s national doubles • Turned pro in April champion (w/ Reilly Opelka) Daniel Nguyen Marcos Giron Noah Rubin • Son of former world No. 8 Kathie May Fritz and former player, well-known coach, Guy
DOB: July 24, 1993 DOB: Feb. 21, 1996 William Hometown: Thousand Oaks, Calif. Alex Rybakov DOB: Oct. 16, 1990 Hometown: Rockville Centre, N.Y. Coach: Amir Marandy Hometown: Oxnard, Calif. Coaches: Lawrence Kleger and Eric Rubin Blumberg Coach: Amir Marandy • 2014 NCAA singles champion at UCLA • 2015 NCAA singles finalist (Wake Michael Mmoh and Intercollegiate Tennis Association • Four-time NCAA team champion at USC Forest, Fr.) DOB: Jan. 27, 1997 Player of the Year DOB: Jan. 26, 1998 (2009-12) • 2014 Wimbledon boys’ singles champion Hometown: Coral Springs, Fla. • 2014 American Collegiate Invitational DOB: Jan. 10, 1998 Hometown: Greenwich, Conn. • Seven pro circuit Futures singles title and USTA Boys’ 18s national champion Coaches: Nick Rybakov and Diego Moyano men’s champion Hometown: Bradenton, Fla. Coach: Dean Goldfine victories since 2012 • Protégé of John McEnroe’s at his Coach: Glenn Weiner • Former Top-15 world-ranked junior Randall’s Island, N.Y., academy • 2015 Wimbledon boys’ singles • 2015 French Open boys’ semifinalist; quarterfinalist and French Open boys’ • Represented U.S. at 2014 Youth 2014 Junior Davis Cup champion doubles finalist Olympic Games • World No. 3-ranked junior • 2014 Junior Davis Cup champion this summer Dennis Novikov • Top-10 world-ranked junior Alex Sarikissian Mitchell Krueger • Son of former touring pro and Nigerian this summer Olympian Tony Mmoh DOB: Nov. 6, 1993 Hometown: San Jose, Calif. Sam Riffice DOB: April 3, 1990 Coach: Vladimir Novikov DOB: Jan. 12, 1994 Hometown: Glendale, Calif. Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas Coach: Federico Browne • Winner of six Futures titles since 2013; Coach: Stanford Boster Deiton played two seasons at UCLA John McNally • 2014 NCAA singles finalist DOB: March 1, 1999 • Former Top-5 world-ranked junior (Pepperdine, Sr.) • 2012 USTA Boys’ 18s National Baughman Hometown: Roseville, Calif. Champion; beat 2013 Wimbledon • Won second pro Futures title Coaches: Lori Riffice and Sylvain Guichard • Won two pro Futures and one semifinalist Jerzy Janowicz in the US in January DOB: Oct. 18, 1998 Challenger title in 2015 Open first round that summer Hometown: Cincinnati DOB: April 23, 1996 • 2015 USTA Boys’ 16s national Coaches: Lynn Nabors-McNally (Mother) Hometown: Carson, Calif. clay-court champion Coach: Brad Baughman • 2014 USTA Boys’ 16s singles and • 2014 Eddie Herr and Orange Bowl Boys’ doubles national champion 16s champion; joined Grigor Dimitrov • Former standout junior won first two as only players to win both titles in the • Sister, Caty, won 2014 USTA Girls’ 14s pro Futures singles titles and five pro same year Frances Tiafoe Stefan Kozlov national singles title doubles titles in 2015
DOB: Jan. 20, 1998 Hometown: College Park, Md. DOB: Feb. 1, 1998 Coaches: Jose Higueras and Nicolas Todero Hometown: Pembroke Pines, Fla. Additional players to watch Coach: Andrei Kozlov • 2015 USTA Boys’ 18s National Champion (def. Stefan Kozlov in five sets), earned Ulises Blanch Oliver Crawford Gianni Ross • 2015 USTA Boys’ 18s National accompanying wild card into US Open main draw 17, Pompano Beach, Fla.; Coach: Daniel Garcia 16, Spartanburg, S.C.; Coach: Kelly Jones, 16, La Grange, Ill.; Coach: Jack Sharpe Championships’ finalist (lost to Frances Anthony Stewart • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2015 French Open, after winning the Har-Tru USTA Tiafoe in five sets) Nathan Ponwith Alexandre Rotsaert Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge with results on the Challenger circuit • 2014 Wimbledon and Australian Open 17, Scottsdale, Ariz., Coach: Lou Belken William Howells 15, Boca Raton, Fla.; Coach: Hafeez Hameed • Unique upbringing contributed to tennis success: father was the maintenance man at boys’ finalist 16, Boca Raton, Fla.; Coach: Cyril Saulnier the Junior Tennis Champions’ Center in College Park, Md., and Francis sometimes slept Trent Bryde Brian Shi overnight in his father’s office • Former world No. 2-ranked junior; 2014 15, Suwanee, Ga.; Coach: Will Wright Vasil Kirkov 15, Jericho, N.Y.; Coach: Mihai Grecu Orange Bowl boys’ champion 16, Tampa, Fla.; Coaches: Stoyan Kirkov and 8 Sylvain Guichard 9 TEAM USA Coaching Awards
The USTA held its second annual TEAM USA coaching awards reception in April at the prestigious Easter Bowl junior tournament in Indian Wells, Calif., recognizing the following coaches and programs for their outstanding success
COACHING STAFF
Martin Blackman Jose Higueras Jay Berger Ola Malmqvist General Manager Director of Coaching Head of Men’s Tennis Head of Women’s Tennis
TEAM USA DEVELOPMENTAL COACH OF THE YEAR Lynn Nabors-McNally Cincinnati Stephen Amritraj Richard Ashby Leo Azevedo National Coach, Roger Anderson Anibal Aranda Lead National Coach Lead National Coach – Stanford Boster National Coach – Women National Coach – Women National Coach – Men TEAM USA DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM OF THE YEAR Collegiate Tennis – Women Clay Court Specialist Tucker Tennis Academy Tulsa, Okla.
TEAM USA COACHING LEGENDS Jimmy Evert, Dennis Van Der Meer, John Wilkerson
2015 USTA Junior National Champions Andy Brandi Jean Desdunes Jay Devashetty Maureen Diaz Lead National Coach National Coach National Coach National Coach Sylvain Guichard Tom Gullikson National Coach – Men Lead National Coach – Men – Men, Women – Men, Women – Men, Women Every year, hundreds of the nation’s top junior tennis players compete in eight USTA National Championships in four age groups across America. A US Open main draw wild card is awarded to the Boys’ and Girls’ 18s champions, while the Boys’ and Girls’ 18s runners-up are traditionally offered wild card entries into the US Open Qualifying Tournament. The Boys’ and Girls’ 16s champions, meanwhile, earn wild card entries into the US Open Junior Championships.
Boys’ Boys’ Girls’ Girls’ 18s 16s 18s 16s Erik Kortland Diego Moyano Adam Peterson Jamea Jackson National Coach Lead National Coach – David Nainkin Eric Nunez Lead National Coach National Coach – Men National Coach – Men National Coach – Men – Junior Development Clay Court Specialist – Women Frances Tiafoe Patrick Kypson Sofia Kenin Abigail Desiatnikov College Park, Md. Greenville, N.C. Pembroke Pines, Fla. Sandy Springs, Ga.
Boys’ Boys’ Girls’ Girls’ 14s 12s 14s 12s
Nathan Han Saud Alhogbani Katie Volynets Nikki Yanez Kathy Rinaldi Lead National Coach Brad Stine Jorge Todero Nicolas Todero National Coach – Men Touring Pro Coach National Coach – Men 10 Tulsa, Okla. Alexandria, Va. Walnut Creek, Calif. Sarasota, Fla. – Women 11 Photos ©Getty Images: All cover photos, Irina Falconi, Jack Sock, Reilly Opelka; Ron Angle/Alex Smith: Michael Mmoh, Sam Riffice, Sofia Kenin, CiCi Bellis, Marcos Giron, Jared Donaldson, Ryan Harrison, Steve Johnson; David Maxwell: Christina McHale, Lauren Davis, Madison Keys, Alison Riske; Dave Kenas: Taylor Fritz, Michaela Gordon, Usue Arconada; all coaching awards photos; USOpen.org: Jennifer Brady; Grace Min, Austin Krajicek, Alex Sarkissian, Bjorn Fratangelo, Jarmere Jenkins, Madison Brengle, Denis Kudla; Tim Hartis: Allie Kiick; David Christenson: Victoria Duval; Chris Ganz: Mitchell Krueger; Rodolfo Benitez: Deiton Baughman; Courtesy USTA: all National Champions photos, all coaching headshots, Tommy Paul, Daniel Nguyen, Samantha Crawford, Katerina Stewart, Louisa Chirico, Ingrid Neel, Taylor Townsend, Nicole Gibbs; Cynthia Lum: Sachia Vickery; Bill Kallenberg: John McNally, Stefan Kozlov; Susan Mullane: Sloane Stephens; CameraworkUSA: William Blumberg, Tornado Alicia Black; Wake Forest SID: Noah Rubin; North Carolina SID: Jamie Loeb; UCLA SID: Dennis Novikov; Virginia SID: Ryan Shane © 2015 United States Tennis Association. All rights reserved.