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Table Of Contents (Click on the section you wish to view.) Hall Inductions...... 2 On Campus...... 22 National Recognition...... 3,4,5 League Tennis...... 23-24 SoCal-NorCal and More ...... 6 Rule Changes...... 25 Annual Meeting...... 6 Section...... 25 NJTL...... 7 National...... 25 Jr. Team Tennis...... 8 Community Tennis...... 26 School Tennis...... 8 District...... 27 Junior Competition...... 9 Youth Tennis San Diego...... 28 Awards Banquet...... 9 Orange County Community Triple Crown...... 9 Tennis Association...... 28 107th Junior Sectional Championships...... 10 Top Gun...... 28 Singles...... 11 Tennis After-School...... 29 Doubles...... 12 Junior Numbers...... 29 Mixed Doubles...... 13 Senior Sirs...... 29 Maze Cup...... 13 Division A...... 29 Little Mo...... 13 Division B...... 29 First Serve...... 14 The Ladies Evening Doubles League Tucker Cup...... 14 Division I (4.5)...... 29 2010 SCTA Player Information...... 15 Division 2 (4.0-3-5)...... 29 National Schedule...... 15 2009 Winter League Final Standings...... 29 Endorsement Requirements...... 15 Results: National Ranking Tournaments (4.0/4.5)...... 29 (USTA Level 3/4/5)...... 15 (3.0/3.5)...... 29 International Spring Inland Empire...... 30 Championships & Easter Bowl...... 15 Tennis In The Parks...... 30 ITF Claremont...... 15 Community Tennis...... 30 Campus match Play One-Day Showdowns Adult Leagues...... 30 What are they?...... 15 Tennis On Campus...... 30 Upcoming One-Day Showdowns...... 15 Special Populations...... 30 Men...... 15 Tri-Counties...... 31 Women...... 15 Ojai Recognized...... 31 San Diego Girl’s 18 & 16/Girls Summer Slam...... 31 National Team Championships...... 16 Ventura Tennis Club Day...... 31 Code of Conduct Suspension Points...... 16 Rio Mesa Girl’s Almost...... 31 K-Swiss Summer Grand Prix...... 16 Sunset Hills Success...... 31 29th K-Swiss Summer Grand Prix Central Coast Tennis...... 32 Master Championships...... 16, 17 Seniors...... 32 12th Prince Doubles Grand Prix North-South...... 32 Master Championships...... 18 Cup Play...... 32, 33 23rd Central Coast Grand Prix Desert Circuit...... 33 Master Championships...... 19 National Championships...... 34 5th Desert Cities Grand Prix Husband & Wife Senior And Super Master Championships...... 20 Senior Grass Courts...... 34 College & University Men’s 60 & 90 Hard Courts...... 34 Scholarship Seminars...... 21 Closing Thoughts...... 35 Spring 2010 Scholarship Seminar Schedule... 21 www.scta.usta.com Graphics~SharpEyes Design HALL INDUCTIONS

Meeting Expectations Mark Winters When all was said and done, 2009 lived up to the traditional excellence that makes Southern tennis storied. Both on and off the court, performances, along with programming efforts, met or exceeded expectations over the last twelve months. Of the changes that took place, the most dramatic was William (Bill) J. Kellogg Bill Rombeau and Bill Kellogg Bill Rombeau with his wife, Sharon. assuming the Presidency from William Photos: Cynthia Lum (Bill) Rombeau, who had skillfully guided the Southern California Tennis Association for twelve years. , Nominating Committee Chairperson, Jim Buck, Vice President, Carlos Cruz-Aedo, Secretary and Bob Shafer, Section Delegate also assumed new positions on the Board of Directors. All Photos: Cheryl Jones All Photos: Class Of 2009 As is the case every two years, a Hall of Fame induction gala was held. , Robert Lansdorp, , Peggy Michel, and Pat Yeomans were honored in mid-July. Not quite a week later, Phyllis Adler, Willis Anderson, Dodo Cheney, Robin Hippenstiel, Evelyn Houseman, Verne Hughes, Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher, Bill Lurie, Merwin Miller, Corky Murdock, Mary Arnold Prentiss, Carol Schneider, Bill Smith, Bob Sherman, Walter Westbrook and Yeomans were honored SCTA President Bill Kellogg with the Senior Hall Of Fame inductees. as members of the first Senior Hall of Fame class.

Dodo Cheney with Bob Lutz and Peggy Michel Robert Falkenburg II and Stan Smith Phyllis Adler daughter Christie Putnam Claudia Falkenburg accepted for their father, Bob.

Robert Landsdorp Bill Lurie Merwin Miller Bob Sherman Pat Yeomans

2009 Year in Review 2 NATIONAL RECOGNITION

Ryan Thacher, one of the four Junior Sportsmanship Award winners; Cathy Thomas, the Nicholas E. Powel Award honoree; and Tony Brock, who was one of the WTA’s “Heroes Among Us” finalists received national recognition. At the US Open, the late Richard “Pancho” Gonzalez was recognized for winning the US National singles title 60 years ago. Annually, the USTA will award a Pancho Gonzalez Scholar Athlete Grant to one male Ryan Thacher (Center) was one of the four Bill Talbert Junior Sportsmanship Award winners. Photo Courtesy Michael Baz/International Tennis Hall of Fame and one female high school student of Hispanic heritage.

Daniel Nguyen JT Sundling

Richard “Pancho” Gonzalez The National Junior Championships were a Photo International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum, Newport, Rhode Island proving ground for local titlists Daniel Nguyen/ Cathy Thomas JT Sundling-Boys’ 18 doubles; Marcos Giron-

Tom Fey, the ever industrious Director of Tennis at Indian Wells Tennis Garden, was the USTA Recreation Coaches Workshop Trainer of the Year and USPTA Community Service Award winner. Mission Hills Country Club was the Private Facility and Rancho Penasquitos Tennis Center the Small Tennis Center USTA Award winners. Ojai finished second in the “Best Tennis Town America” voting. Mission Hills Country Club

Tom Fey Rancho Penasquitos Tennis Center Photo Jay Havelka Photo Hank Beck

2009 Year in Review 3 National Recognition

Marcos Giron Drew Dawson Gregory Garcia Kenadi Hance Gabrielle Andrews Alexios Halebian Photo USTA Texas Photo USTA Texas

Boys’ 16 doubles; Drew Dawson/Gregory Garcia-Boys’ 14 doubles; Gabrielle Andrews-Girls’ 14 doubles; and Kenadi Hance-Girls’ 12 singles and doubles with Carolyn Xie. Krista Hardebeck was the Girls’ 18 Clay Court champion. At the Spring Nationals, Sundling was the Boys’ 18 doubles winner; Nikko Madregallejo and Alyssa Smith claimed the Boy’s and Girls’ 14 doubles gold; and Daniel Gealer was the Boys’ 12 doubles titlist. At the International Spring Championships, Dennis Mkrtchian was Boys’ and Hardebeck was Girls’ 16 winners; and Desirae Krawczyk/Sarah Lee were the Girls’ 16 champs. Raymond Sarmiento, a US Open Boys’ quarterfinalist, won the Boys’18 International Grass Court Championships singles and Krista Hardebeck Mike Fedderly doubles. Alexios Halebian downed Giron, a qualifier, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 Photo Pat Parsons to win the Boys’ 16 Orange Bowl, and Yuki Chiang was the Girls’ 14 champion. Senior competitors also received accolades as Mike Fedderly won all of the National Mens’ 50 doubles championships, and Kathy Bennett did the same in National Womens’ 60 doubles play. Doris Stephens, playing her first year in the division swept National Womens’ 80 doubles honors. The legendary Dodo Cheney won the three Womens’ 90 singles championships that were played, scoring a Dodo Slam. (The Womens’ 90 Grass Court Championships wasn’t played in 2009.)

Kathy Bennett

Raymond Sarmiento Photo cameraworkusa Daniel Gealer Sarah Lee

Dodo Cheney Dennis Mkrtchian Desirae Krawczyk Doris Stephens Photo Pat Parsons

2009 Year in Review 4 National Recognition

USC was the Men’s NCAA Team champion. Silvio Chiba, Jared Kamel, Max Ortiz and Marc Vartabedian played vital roles in University of California Santa Cruz’s Men’s Division III NCAA Team Championship season. Taylor French was a member of the Williams College team that defended its Women’s Division III NCAA Team Championship title.

Elizabeth Lewis of Chapman was the ITA Small College Tennis Division III singles winner last fall. Later in the season, Steve Johnson of USC, Bradley Klahn/Thacher of Open Women-San Gabriel Valley Stanford, along with Hilary Barte, In National League competition, San also from Stanford, collected Gabriel Valley won the Women’s Open singles and doubles trophies at and Women’s 4.0 titles. Orange County’s the ITA National Intercollegiate Laguna Hills was the Senior Men’s 4.5 and Indoor Championships. Johnson Ventura’s Westlake Tennis & Swim Club was also a member of the US was the Senior Women’s 4.0 champions. team that played the International Collegiate Competition at Poitiers, Elizabeth Lewis and Chapman coach Will Marino France in December. Photo ITA

Women’s 4.0-San Gabriel Valley- Whittier Narrows

Hilary Barte Steve Johnson Photo Stanford Sports Information Photo ITA Men’s 4.5 Senior-Orange County-Laguna Hills Photo Andrew Ong

Ryan Thacher Bradley Klahn Women’s 4.0 Senior-Ventura-Westlake Photo Stanford Sports Information Photo Stanford Sports Information

2009 Year in Review 5 SOCAL-NORCAL AND MORE

Against Northern California, the section won both the Jr. Team Tennis Gar Glenney Cup, and the Maze Cup, along with the North-South Super Senior Challenge Cup. SoCal teams were the winners or finalists at the Boys’ and Girls’ 16, 14 and 12 Zonals.

ANNUAL MEETING

At the SCTA’s Annual Meeting in February, the following awards were presented: William (Bill) Rombeau – Lifetime Achievement Biola University – Member Organization Of The Year JT Sundling and Thien-Trang Nguyen – Evelyn Houseman Junior Sportsmanship Condon Family – Curt Condon Spirit Award Jeff Richards – Community Tennis Eric Mann – Junior Competition Doris LaCour – Multicultural Participation Steve Azeka of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo – Tennis On Campus Katie Pruitt of USC – Tennis On Campus Heidi Betts – Tennis Service Representative Executive Director Henry Talbert, Lifetime Achievement USC - Long Ellis Intercollegiate honoree Bill Rombeau and new SCTA President Bill Kellogg.

Dee Henry and players from Biola University The Condon family accept Member Organization of the Year Award.

JT Sundling Thien-Trang Nguyen Doris LaCour Jeff Richards

Steve Azeka Katie Pruitt Peter Smith accepted Long Heidi Betts Ellis Intercollegiate Award.

2009 Year in Review 6 NJTL

Melanie Bischoff, who manages the program, said, “NJTL was a huge hit… This was the 24th year the program received LA84 Foundation funding, and approximately 8,000 youngsters participated in the Year-Round and summer activities. Thanks to the support, many of those from disadvantaged backgrounds had an opportunity to learn to play the game.” As one would imagine there are Special Activity Days were a big hit. many components that make NJTL handling large groups and talked about special. Bischoff said, “Besides the LA84 the experience he gained teaching tennis in public park settings,” Bischoff said. “He also talked about the QuickStart format, which some of the sites offer as part of their NJTL program. He was a real pro, equally adept on and off the court, making everyone feel comfortable. All of those who attended enjoyed his presentation.” NJTL is all about the children. Bischoff continued, “Another of summer school classes participation at last year’s many highlights was having many NJTL sites tripled in size. Parents 200 youngsters attend the Special were desperately trying to get their Activity Days at the Whittier Narrows th children in classes.” Tennis Center on August 12 . Darren Kirk Anderson and Karen Ronney Potkey, Manager of Junior Competition, at NJTL Orientation One of the 2009 highlights was having Kirk Anderson, USTA Director organized the on-court festivities. There Foundation, a BIG thanks must be Recreational Coaches and Programs, at was a lot of excitement and fun. With In- extended to the 300 NJTL instructors the NJTL Orientation in June. Anderson N-Out Burger providing lunch, the kids, who spent many hours on-court and was the keynote speaker at the event instructors and parents had a great day.” made the Special Activity Days so held at the Home Depot USTA Training Looking ahead, Bischoff is excited successful.” Center. Working with 100 of the summer about the program’s 2010 calendar th Not surprisingly, the economy affected instructors, his talents were showcased. because it will be the 25 year of LA84 the program as Bischoff detailed, “Because “He shared suggestions on how to Foundation’s involvement with NJTL. The the School District cancelled motivate young players, offered tips on schedule follows:

Saturday, February 27th—Special Activity Day-Winter Wednesday, August 11th—Tennis Carnival Year-Round 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at Whittier Narrows Tennis Center 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at Whittier Narrows Tennis Center Thursday, August 12th—Championship Tournament Saturday, May 22nd—Special Activity Day-Spring 12 & Under And 13 & Over Year-Round 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at Whittier Narrows Tennis Center 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at Los Angeles Tennis Center-UCLA Saturday, August 14th—Special Activity Day Saturday, June 5th—LA84 Foundation NJTL Staff 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. at Robb Field in San Diego & Instructor Orientation 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at Los Angeles Tennis Center-UCLA Saturday, November 20th—Special Activity Day Fall Year-Round July 5th- August 14th Summer NJTL Program Dates 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at Los Angeles Tennis Center-UCLA

Tuesday, July 27th—NJTL Night LA Tennis Open Men’s Professional Tournament at Los Angeles Tennis Center-UCLA

2009 Year in Review 7 JR. TEAM TENNIS

Jeff Benito, who is in charge of Jr. Team Tennis, goes about making the program successful in a very low-key manner. But, based on the year JTT had, there was nothing low-key about 2009. “Jr. Team Tennis was the focus of national attention and Southern California didn’t disappoint,” Benito said. “Local leagues have grown and continued to grow not only in numbers, but more importantly, in quality of participation. Yet, there is still ample room for more players and teams. “One of the big highlights of 2009 was the 27th the Gar Glenney Cup San Diego 18 Advanced team played a crucial role in the Gar Glenney Cup victory. which pitted Southern California’s best Advanced division teams against their Mobile, Alabama. The competition was Northern California counterparts. After tough, but the team had a great time two straight losses Southern California and the experience will benefit all of the regained the Cup with a 41-31 victory. players involved.” “Chris Emery’s Irvine Heritage Park Benito, along with all of those working 14 Advanced team competed in the Jr. with Jr. Team Tennis can’t wait for next Team Tennis National Championships in year. “Everyone is really looking forward

Heritage Park 14 Advanced team to the 2010 seasons and the opportunity to again defeat Northern California and keep the Gar Glenney Cup,” he said. “Teams are also anxious to compete in the Jr. Team Tennis National Championships that will take place in Surprise, Arizona.” For information about the program visit www.scta.usta.com and click on Junior Team Tennis or call Jeff Benito at (310) 208-3838 Ext. 226.

Southern California’s Gar Glenney Cup success was a team effort.

SCHOOL TENNIS

School Tennis is Tiffany Geller Reed’s four School Districts and trained over part of its efforts the past few years. area of concentration and her program 60 teachers and After-School staff. “El Next year, there are plans for getting had a very busy year. “The USTA created Monte and Long Beach were a couple tennis into more school systems in a package of resources designed to make of the big school districts that were PE classes, After-School programs and starting and maintaining a PE or After- involved,” she said. “In addition, the youth tennis clubs.” School Program easy for teachers and No-Cut High School Tennis Program If you have any questions about administrators,” she noted. “Training, made great progress with 107 high School Tennis, contact Tiffany Geller a new curriculum DVD, equipment schools participating, involving over Reed at [email protected] or visit assistance and staff support were 4,700 students. the website www.scta.usta.com or call included in the package.” “School Tennis continued to support (310) 208-3838 Ext. 235 In 2009, Geller Reed worked with the School Districts that had been

2009 Year in Review 8 JUNIOR COMPETITION

Given the seemingly never-ending activity in his program, Darren Potkey and his assistant, Ai Takamori proved to be ultra- marathoners. It was as if they spent the entire year running Junior Competition races. What was even more noteworthy was all the activity didn’t cramp their “get it done” passion. Awards Banquet The 19th Junior Awards Banquet was held during the 107th Junior Sectional Championships and the following were honored: JT Sundling and Thien-Trang Nguyen—2008 Evelyn Houseman Lifetime Sportsmanship Award Steve Johnson and Kaitlyn Christian—2008 Player Of The Year Daniel Kosakowski and Stephanie Hoffpauir—2008 Most Improved Player

Age Division Sportsmanship Awards Chase Melton and Kristina Smith—18’s Johnny Wang and Hazuki Onaga—16’s Travis Tu and Cassidy Spearman—14’s Reid Shumway and Yuki Asami—12’s Ryan Peus and Liam Caruana—10’s

Triple Crown Winners 2008 Maxwell Cancilla and Kaitlyn Christian

Junior Award winners Triple Crown For the first time in section history, three players were Triple Crown winners. Daniel Kosakowski was the Boys’18 Sectional singles winner, doubles titlist with Ryan Cheung and mixed champion with Desirae Krawczyk. Mayo Hibi claimed the Girls’ 16 singles and doubles with Gabrielle Andrews, along with the 14 mixed with Gregory Garcia. Bryce Pereira swept the Boys’ 10 singles, doubles with Austin DiGiulio and mixed with Kayla Day. The trio added their names to the list of twelve performers who had accomplished the impressive feat in the past. (It should be noted that Steve Johnson tripled twice as a Boys’12 competitor and again in the Boys’ 16s.)

Daniel Kosakowski Mayo Hibi Bryce Pereira

2009 Year in Review 9 107th Junior Sectional Championships Singles

Boys’ 18 Girls’ 18 Daniel Koskowski d. Zachary Leslie Pamela Montez d. Sarah Lee 6-7, 7-6, 7-5 6-4, 6-2

Boys’ 16 Girls’ 16 Reo Asami d. Daniel Faierman Mayo Hibi d. Shayne Austin 7-6, 3-6, 6-2 6-2, 6-3

Boys’ 14 Girls’ 14 Joseph DiGiulio d. Drew Dawson Yuki Chiang d. Christiana Makarova 3-6, 6-4 7-5 6-7, 6-3, 6-4

Boys’ 12 Girls’ 12 Logan Smith d. Garrett Mak Carolyn Xie d. Elizabeth Profit 6-3, 6-4 6-3, 3-2 Retired

Boys’ 10 (No Picture) Girls’ 10 (No Picture) Bryce Pereira d. Connor Hance Parris Todd d. Claire Liu 7-6, 6-4 6-2, 6-2

2009 Year in Review 10 107th Junior Sectional Championships Doubles

Boys’ 18 Doubles (Fall) Girls’ 18 Doubles Ryan Cheung/Daniel Kosakowski d. Britney Sanders/Nikki Sanders d. Mousheg Hovhannisyan/Andranik Khachatryan Kaitlyn Christian/Sabrina Santamaria 6-2, 6-3 4-6, 7-6, 6-3

Boys’ 16 Doubles Girls’ 16 Doubles Rickey Baylon/Caryl Hernandez d. Gabrielle Andrews/Mayo Hibi d. Justin Agbayani/Ace Matias Alyssa Smith/Joanna Smith 7-5, 0-6,6-1 6-1, 6-2

Boys’ 14 Doubles Girls’ 14 Doubles Garrett Auproux/Gregory Garcia d. Christina Makarova/Alexis Pereira d. Gage Brymer/Drew Dawson Yuki Asami/Carolyn Xie 6-4, 6-0 6-1, 6-2

Boys’ 12 Doubles Girls’ 12 Doubles Jack Barber/Daniel Gealer d. Emma Higuchi/Amber Park d. Aiku Shintani/Isaiah Strode Angela Kulikov/Ryan Peus 6-7, 6-0, 6-3 6-1, 6-0

Boys’ 10 Doubles Girls’ 10 Doubles Austin DiGiulio/Bryce Pereira d. Kayla Day/Riley McQuaid d. Markus Doehler/Alex Kuperstein Grace Danco/Claire Liu 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 6-4, 6-1

2009 Year in Review 11 107th Junior Sectional Championships Mixed Doubles

Mixed 18 Doubles Mixed 16 Doubles Daniel Kosakowski/Desirae Krawczyk d. Rickey Baylon/Sabrina Santamaria d. Daniel Ho/Sarah Lee Justin Agbayani/Krista Hardebeck 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 6-3, 7-6

Mixed 14 Doubles Mixed 12 Doubles Gregory Garcia/Mayo Hibi d. Eduardo Nava/Angela Kulikov d. Victor Brown/Gabrielle Andrews Maxwell Cancilla/Yuki Asami 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 6-1, 6-4

Mixed 10 Doubles Bryce Pereira/Kayla Day d. Sangeet Sridhar/Claire Liu 6-2, 6-0

Zonals

16 Zonals 12 Zonals-Bobcats Photos yourgameface.com

2009 Year in Review 12 12 Zonals

Cougars Jaguars

Mountain Lions Panthers

Maze Cup Thanks to the stellar play of Ashley Dai, Marcos Giron, Lorraine Guillermo, Krista Hardebeck, John Huang, Sarah Lee, Zachary Leslie, Dennis Mkrtchian, Spencer Simon and Joanna Smith, SoCal downed NorCal 14-6 for Maze Cup honors. As he regularly does, Jim Buck served as the team captain, and Hank Pfister and Paul Settles were coaches.

Little Mo Alexander Rushin was the Boys’ 10 Little Mo Nationals winner, and William Grant was a Boys’ 8 finalist. Mimi Levine was a Girls’ 11 finalist and Kayla Day did the same in the Girls’ 10 competition. Claire Liu won the Girls’ 9.

Mimi Levine Kayla Day Claire Liu

2009 Year in Review 13 First Serve

First Serve, the junior varsity high school tournament program, developed in cooperation with the Wilson Sporting Goods Company and the California Interscholastic Federation, had a record 120 boys’ and girls’ teams participate in the program. Kennedy and Rowland High Schools were the winning Girls’ teams.

Rowland High School

Kennedy High School

Tucker Cup The inaugural Tommy Tucker Cup, named for the Mission Hills Country Club Pro Emeritus, was played at the facility and four 12 & Under teams—Federer, Nadal, Sharapova and Williams—participated. “The event was awesome and we will look forward to a bigger turn out next year,” said Eric Allen, Mission Hills Spa & Sports Center Director.

Team Nadal the Tommy Tucker Cup winner.

2009 Year in Review 14 2010 SCTA PLAYER INFORMATION

1. National Schedule: Once again, there will be no national schedule booklet printed. To access the schedule in PDF form, please go to www.usta. com and click on player development/junior competition. There is also a link on the SCTA website, www.scta.usta.com, under the juniors’ home page.

2. Endorsement Requirements: The following change has been made by the Junior Tennis Council to the SCTA endorsement requirements for 2010: - Juniors can utilize Santa Barbara towards requirements for clay court endorsement.

All other endorsement requirements will remain the same as in 2009. A full listing is available on the SCTA website, www.scta.usta.com under juniors.

3. National Ranking Tournament (USTA Level 3/4/5): There is one change to the SCTA Level 3/4/5 events, Harper Ink doubles events are now a Level 5 doubles, replacing Chapman. A list is available on www.scta.usta.com under juniors/info for players and parents.

4. International Spring Championships & Easter Bowl The USTA will again be holding the ITF International Winter Championships in Carson (ITF Grade 1) on April 5-11 (qualifying April 3-4). Once the information from the tournament is available, it will be sent out. You can also look at tournaments.usta. com (tournament ID # 651734910). The Easter Bowl will be held in Rancho Mirage on April 11-18 (specific starting dates for each division yet to be determined). The Boys and Girls 18’s will once again be an ITF Grade B1 event.

5. ITF Claremont The USTA is moving the College Station ITF event to Southern California, and the SCTA will be running the ITF Grade 4 event at the brand new Biszantz Family Tennis Center on the campus of Claremont McKenna College. Dates are March 27-28 (qualifying), March 29-April 4 (main draw). This will be an 18’s event only, the main draw is 64, and the qualifying is 64. There will be more information to follow. Each player must have a valid IPIN # to enter.

6. Campus Match Play One-Day Showdowns What are they? - One-day, short format tournaments open to juniors, college players, professionals and adults. Generally, competitions are compass draws for both singles and doubles with matches being one set with a tiebreaker at 5-5, although format and scoring is at the discretion of the tournament director. Events can be men’s, women’s, or coed.

- The tournaments are run on campuses with the college coach acting as tournament director. Both ITA Membership and USTA Organizational Membership are required

- Entry Fees are kept low to provide access to full range of players. Generally, entry fees run $10 for singles, $5 for doubles, and $15 for both. These tournaments are non-sanctioned, non-ranking events.

Upcoming One-Day Showdowns Men University of California Irvine—Saturday January 16th, contact Trevor Kronemann, at [email protected] Loyola Marymount—January 17th, contact Aaron Paajanen at [email protected] Women UCLA—March 21st, contact Grant Chen at [email protected] To access the full Campus Showdown Schedule, visit www.usta.com, under player development/college tennis.

2009 Year in Review 15 2010 SCTA Player Information

7. San Diego Girls’ 18 & 16/Girls’ 18 National Team Championships Please note that this year’s Girls’ 18 National Championships have been moved from Berkeley to San Diego, and will be held in conjunction with the Girls’ 16 National Championships. In addition, the Girls’ 18 National Team Championships has also moved to SoCal and will be hosted by The Claremont Club. The section is pleased to have these major events here for 2010.

8. Code Of Conduct/Suspension Points At its November meeting, the Junior Tennis Council voted to adopt the concept of a suspension point system for SCTA tournaments, similar to the USTA national suspension points system. The details of the system will be published as soon as they are available. Players should note that various Code offenses will be phased into this system, including but not limited to: code violations, abusive behavior towards opponents, tournament committee members and/or officials on or off court, no-show defaults, late withdrawal from events, entries in multiple tournaments held at the same time, etc. In addition, abusive actions of person(s) associated with the player will also be considered. The section recognizes and lauds all of the players who consistently honor the sport with their sportsmanlike conduct throughout all of their matches. Remember, a full listing of requirements is available at www.scta.usta.com

K-SWISS SUMMER GRAND PRIX

The K-Swiss Summer Grand Prix has Nevada, New York, Texas and Utah. In draw (and there was a sizeable list of been a fixture in Southern California for addition, there were players from Japan alternates anxious to gain a spot in the the past 29 years. Martha Katsufrakis has and Mexico. Grand Prix points were tournament). been at the helm the entire time. “During awarded from the round of 16 on at each As it always is, the double elimination the summer months, (between June 1st and event, and 1,300 individuals found their format was very popular among the August 31st to be exact), 42 tournaments names in the totals.” players and parents. As successful as were played,” she said. “There were The Masters Championships was held K-Swiss was this year, the 30th in the over 12,000 junior participants not only in October at the Lakewood Tennis program’s history promises to be even from Northern and Southern California, Center, and for the first time in better. but also from Colorado, Connecticut, several years, every division had a full

29th K-SWISS SUMMER GRAND PRIX MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Boys’ 18 Girls’18 Ryan Peyton d. Zubin Anklesaria Jennifer Cornea d. Jessica Parizher 6-2, 6-1 6-4, 6-1

2009 Year in Review 16 Boys’ 16 Girls’ 16 Garrett Auproux d. Patrick Lipscomb Kendall Heitzner d.Toby Miclat 7-6, 1-6, 7-6 6-4, 6-1

Boys’ 14 Girls’ 14 Eli Whittle d. Joseph Silvers Megan McCray d. Siena Peri 6-3, 6-4 6-3, 6-0

Boys’ 12 Girls’ 12 Alex Braksator d. Jaird Meyer Raquel Pedraza d. Marianna Alevra 6-2, 6-0 6-1, 6-2

Boys’ 10 Girls’ 10 Jacob Brumm d. Ryan Seggerman Mary Profit d. Joan Soewondo 6-1, 6-2 6-2, 6-0

2009 Year in Review 17 12th PRINCE DOUBLES GRAND PRIX MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Boys’ 18 Girls’18 Ryan Cheung/Daniel Kosakowski-Winners Lorraine Guillermo/Desirae Krawczyk-Winners Rickey Baylon/Caryl Hernandez-Finalists Jessica Harrow/Lacey Smyth-Finalists

Boys’ 16 Girls’16 Will Martin/Alex Scheinman-Winners Gabrielle Andrews/Mayo Hibi-Winners Jonathan Hammel/Lestter Yeh-Finalists Ki Ryang Kim/Maegan Manasse-Finalists

Boys’ 14 Girls’14 Garrett Auproux/Gregory Garcia-Winners Sivan Krems/Alexis Pereira-Winners Gage Brymer/Jonathan Poon-Finalists Maia Magill/Siena Peri-Finalists

Boys’ 12 Girls’12 Jack Barber/Daniel Gealer-Winners Emma Higuchi/Amber Park-Winners Nicholas Kolln/Konrad Kozlowski-Finalists Stephanie Hazell/Tracy Van-Finalists

Boys’ 10 Girls’10 Austin Johnson/Keegan Smith-Winners Jadie Acidera/Tammy Van-Winners Markus Doehler/Alex Kuperstein-Finalists Jenna Moustafa/Isabella Oedekerk-Finalists

2009 Year in Review 18 23rd CENTRAL COAST GRAND PRIX MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Girls’18 (No Picture) Sevana Zargarian d. Samantha Kaneta Withdrew

Boys’ 18 Jack Sanford d. Tyler Gottshall 6-3, 6-4

Boys’ 16 Girls’16 Michael Lowe d. Connor Daly Victoria Troesch d. Grace Flintermann 6-0, 6-2 6-4, 6-0

Boys’ 14 (No Picture) Jacob Rucker d. Eli Whittle 6-4, 6-3

Girls’14 Melissa Baker d. Karina Thornton 6-3, 6-1

Boys’ 12 Girls’12 Jayden Silpachai d. Anthony Baltazar Caisey Lee Emery d. Madison Hale 6-1, 7-5 3-6, 6-1, 6-3

Boys’ 10 Girls’10 Joseph Corse d. Allen Sokolov Gabi Medvene-Cirigliano d. Mahli Silpachai 6-2, 6-4 6-1, 6-1

2009 Year in Review 19 5th DESERT CITIES GRAND PRIX MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Boys’ 18 Girls’18 Tyler McDonald d. Kyle Anthony Bastardi Taler Brazell d. Jourdan Jefferson 6-4, 6-2 2-0, Retired

Boys’ 16 Girls’16 Christopher Bastardi d. Austin Graham Amanda Brazell d. Alexa McDonald 6-2, 6-3 7-6, 6-0

Boys’ 14 Girls’14 Parker Wilson d. Nicholas Valko Aryssa Pasinos d. Violeta Mollova 6-4, 6-3 6-2, 6-2

Boys’ 12 Girls’12 Bradley Cummins d. Sebastian Gomez Claire Liu d. Caitlin Mendoza 7-5, 6-1 6-4, 6-2

Boys’ 10 (No Picture) Christian Kontaxis d. Diego Nava 6-0, 6-1

Girls’10 Bryana Quintana d. Saige Collins 6-3, 6-4

2009 Year in Review 20 COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP SEMINARS

College & University Scholarship Seminars were held during the spring and fall for the purpose of providing those looking to play intercollegiate tennis, along with their parents and coaches with tips about the scholarship process. The sessions, which were Free and No Reservation was needed, covered a variety of topics including what coaches look for, NCAA rules and other specifics. Time was also taken for questions and answers. In 2009, more people then ever before attended the gathering. The Spring College & University Seminar schedule is listed below. For more details, contact Mark Winters at [email protected] or call (310) 208-3838 Ext. 231. Spring 2010 Scholarship Seminars

April 7th (Wednesday) MountainGate Country Club in Los Angeles at 7:00 p.m. Contact: Doug Doss (310) 476-2291

April 8th (Thursday) Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego at 6:30 p.m. Contact: Kerry Blum (619) 221-9000

April 14th (Wednesday) MountainGate Country Club Valencia High School in Valencia/Santa Clarita at 7:00 p.m. Contact: Annie Kellogg at [email protected]

April 15th (Thursday) Seal Beach Tennis Center in Seal Beach at 6:00 p.m. Contact: Seal Beach Tennis Center (562) 598-8624

April 21st (Wednesday) Santa Barbara Tennis Club in Santa Barbara at 6:30 p.m. Contact: Cathy Ann Simon (805) 680-3870

April 22nd (Thursday) Valencia High School Upland Tennis Club in Upland at 7:00 p.m. Contact: Steve Futchko (909) 985-2725

Claire Willey, Oxnard Tennis Center Director of Oxnard Tennis Center Tennis, Mark McCampbell, and Sarah Zook

Upland Tennis Club Seal Beach Tennis Center

2009 Year in Review 21 TENNIS ON CAMPUS

According to Linda Milan, “Tennis On Campus” was a success in bringing recreational tennis competition to college campuses around Southern California. Sixteen colleges from San Luis Obispo to San Diego participated in various tournaments throughout the year. During January teams geared up for the Sectional Campus Championship that was held in February. In 2009, UCLA was the location, and hard fought battles occurred between long-times rivals USC and UCLA, as well as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, USC was the Southern California Campus champion. University of California Santa Barbara and nutrition in a program that served Further information about the and University of California Irvine. In the six elementary schools in the USC area. Southern California Tennis On Campus end, USC was victorious, taking the title Nationally, the USTA began a program program can be found at http://www. away from defending champion UCLA. to recognize college students for scta.usta.com/tennisoncampus significant contributions made to the USTA Tennis On Campus program on their respective campus. Steve Azeka, founder of the Cal Poly SLO Tennis Club received this honor at the National Campus Championship. The Tennis On Campus Program was developed The UCI Club team participated in the State Tournament. to promote and develop In addition to USC and UCLA, UCSB the expansion of recreational tennis and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo represented on college campuses. Currently, more Southern California at the National than 500 campuses across the country Campus Championship held in Surprise, provide organized play opportunities Steve Azeka AZ. After two days of testing tennis, USC for over 30,000 participants.” was a finalist in the Silver Draw, which placed the school 18th out of 64 teams participating. Although not part of the National Championship tournament, University of California San Diego entered the 2009 Spring Invitational, hosted by The University of Arizona in Tucson. UCSD represented the section well, playing its “A-Game” and winning the inaugural tournament. Throughout the year, students were encouraged to work with their communities to offer support both in tennis and other activities. USC Club President, Katie Pruitt combined tennis The University of California San Diego Club team won the Arizona Spring Invitational.

2009 Year in Review 22 LEAGUE TENNIS Adult League Champions

Men’s 5.0-San Diego-La Jolla High School Women’s 5.0-Los Angeles-Malibu Racquet Men’s 4.5-Orange County-Nellie Gail Club

Women’s 4.5-Inland Empire-Claremont Men’s 4.0-Los Angeles-Cheviot Hills High School Women’s 4.0-San Gabriel Valley-Whittier Narrows

Women’s 3.5-Orange Country-West End Men’s 3.0-San Gabriel Valley-Racketeers Men’s 3.5-Temecula Valley-Murrieta Valley High School

Women’s 3.0-San Diego North County- Women’s 2.5-San Diego-Sunbow Lomas Santa Fe

2009 Year in Review 23 Senior League Champions

Men’s 4.5-Orange County-Nellie Gail Women’s 4.5-Orange County-Weekday- Men’s 4.0-Los Angeles-Rancho Park Woodbridge Northlake

Women’s 4.0-Ventura-Westlake Tennis Men’s 3.5-San Fernando Valley-Warner Women’s 3.5-Ventura-Westlake Tennis & Swim Center Classics & Swim

Women’s 3.0-Ventura-Moorpark Girlfriends Men’s 3.0-San Gabriel Valley-JPL1 Tri-Level League Champions

Men’s 3.5-4.5-San Fernando Valley-Rock Women’s 3.5-4.5-Bakersfield Men’s 3.0-4.0-Los Angeles-Team Racketeers Paper Scissors

Women’s 3.0-4.0-San Gabriel Valley- Women’s 2.5-3.5-San Gabriel Valley- Cosmo Chicks Covina Challengers 2009 Year in Review 24 RULE CHANGES

Section

Section League Tennis Regulation changes for 2010 include:

1. In the Tri-Level division, the highest NTRP level offered will play in the #1 doubles position, second highest will play #2 doubles and lowest level offered will play in the #3 position. A player may play one level (.5) higher than their NTRP rating as long as one member of the doubles team is at level. For example: On a 3.5/4.0/4.5 team, a 3.5 player can play on the #2 doubles line as long as he/she teams up with a 4.0 player, otherwise, that line will be disqualified and entered as a default.

2. Fifty percent of the players on a roster must be at level for the Adult and Senior divisions and the SCTA Doubles league.

3. The “50% at level” regulation will be suspended for one year for any team that participated at the Adult and Senior national championships the previous year and chooses to move up one level.

4. If players register on more than one team at the same level, in the same area, in the same division, they will be disqualified from the team(s) they last registered on and any matches played will be disqualified. If no matches were played, the player can decide which team to be deleted from. Exception: In the Tri-Level division, a player can play at the same NTRP level on two different Tri-Level teams. For example: A 3.5 player can play on both a 3.0/3.5/4.0 and 3.5/4.0/4.5 team.

5. Postponements/Reschedules for any reason other than unplayable conditions or at the request of a captain whose team (minimum of 4 players) advances to a league championship of another USTA/SCTA league division requires the approval of the ALC.

6. Area League Coordinators have authority in specifying “unplayable conditions” in their local area.

7. All verbiage regarding “Self-Rate Grievance” has been changed to “NTRP Grievance.”

National

National League Tennis Regulation changes for 2010 include:

1. A player with a valid NTRP Computer (C) rating, or Benchmark (B) rating, or granted Automatic Appeal rating of a Computer (C) rating is not subject to a NTRP grievance. Any other player is subject to a NTRP grievance.

2. Each player shall have reached eighteen (18) years of age prior to, or during, the calendar year in which such player plays his/her first local league match.

3. Adult, Senior and Mixed teams that qualify to advance to National Championships, but do not participate, will follow the Move-up/Split-up Regulations.

4. Players that are NTRP disqualified while participating in another division after qualifying for Adult, Senior, Mixed, or Super Senior National Championships will not be allowed to advance to the National Championship unless participating at the higher level.

2009 Year in Review 25 COMMUNITY TENNIS

Along with NJTL, Bischoff was League Coordinators, who also responsible for the section’s was present, mentioned to Community Tennis effort. “Block me that she never thought Party’s were a highlight of May she would ever need this activities,” she said. “The Santa kind of information, but Monica Tennis Club held one at the day after the workshop Reid Park. Racquet demo’s, doubles she was asked about courts strategy, QuickStart courts and and was able to answer the Cardio Tennis kept people active. question because of Deller’s Block Parties of note were the talk. ones that took place at the Tennis “That afternoon, Jamison Fest in San Diego and the one held proved he was as good as in Upland.” he had been on the court Geoff and Steve Kappes at Tennis Fest Block Party Bischoff continued, “It was great on Saturday when he led that the SCTA took part in the “Things started with the League Tennis an informative session 52 Experiencia Deportiva Coordinator, Ali Ordonez working on Connect To Schools & Grow Your event at Salt Lake Park in Huntington with League Coordinators,” Bischoff Program. Last, but definitely, not least Park. There were so many sports said. “Jr. Team Tennis Coordinator, Jeff was Rich Neher, Technical Account featured, and many of the people who Benito also held a meeting with Tennis Manager of Active Network, who attended had never tried to play the Commissioners. At the same time, Tom provided insights about the importance Fey, USTA Master Trainer for of “Web-based Social Networking”. Recreational Coach Workshops Thanks to his presentation many and QuickStart Tennis Workshops, in the audience left with a clearer and the Director of Tennis at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, put a QuickStart Workshop for 60 people. Jason Jamison, USTA National Manager, Schools Tennis, followed with a Connect To Both off and on the court... Schools Workshop. “Saturday evening, Ordonez, game. It was an opportunity to introduce with the help of Gina Havelka, Tennis tennis to a wide-range of people.” Service Representative, Central Coast, It’s a tradition to hold a Community organized round-robin which gave Development Workshop in October everyone a chance to hit a lot of tennis at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Last balls and have even more fun. year, the weekend (October 24th and “On Sunday, October 25th, David Slade, th 25 ) had a new expanded look because USTA National Manager, Community David Slade League Tennis, Jr. Team Tennis and School Tennis Associations, headed a Tennis Tennis were part of the program. Advocacy panel that also included understanding of how Facebook and Gideon Smith, Morongo Twitter could advance their non-profit Valley Tennis Association and tennis groups.” Jim Schooler, Director of “On the personal level, I would like Community Services of Yucca to thank everyone who attended and Valley. The discussion focused made the weekend a great event. I also on ways of becoming more of want to thank all the CTA’s that are an advocate for tennis locally doing so much for the game. Without and making use of such tools your help there wouldn’t be so much to as thebigserve.usta.com choose from in the different Southern “Bob Deller from Plexipave California communities.” was next up and he provided tips about fixing and building Workshop participation was impressive. tennis courts. One of the

2009 Year in Review 26 SAN DIEGO DISTRICT

Lesley Waite, first Vice President of the Committee as do Lisbeth Blum, Ellen champions as well as tour players. San Diego District Tennis Association Ehlers, Roz King, Angel Lopez, Lesley “Family Tennis Days, another free and a member of the SCTA Board of Waite, Kathy Willette and Joseph introduction to tennis organized by the Directors, reported, “The San Diego Zesbaugh. District, took place at Sunbow Park in District Tennis Association, which was “In early May, Tennis Fest, the annual Chula Vista, Pacific Beach Tennis Club and effort to promote the Mountain View Park in Escondido. Adults game that takes place who attended one of these offerings at the Balboa Tennis and wishing to continue learning the Club, had more than game could do so by taking advantage 900 participants. of free six-week Drop In Tennis Clinics. Nearly 60 local Youngsters looking to learn or improve teaching pros took their tennis skills took advantage of the time away Annual Meeting Award winners from lessons formed 38 years ago by Bob Bacon, Alan and spent time offering free Cheesebro, Sue Graves, Stan Potts, Mary instruction clinics on the club’s Shelton and Bill Stack, held its Annual 25 courts. Wayne Bryant was Meeting and Awards Banquet at the featured guest. Valerie After-School Tennis opportunities that the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club Ziegenfuss introduced this exist throughout the District. in January. Noted author Richard year’s Award “League tennis continued to be Lederer gave the keynote recipient – Ed Collins, a successful. Nearly 3,500 individuals speech. Honorees included: noted and dedicated tennis played on teams in the five leagues Saul Snyder and Mimi Loucks— coach and teaching pro. Bill Male and Female Player of the Rennie chaired the event Year; Woody Yocom – Pro of with the aid of Jeff Anderson, Steve Bickham, Geoff Griffin, the Year; Megan Lowrey Haber Anne Podney – Coach of the Year; Roberto Monty Grout, Steve Kappes, Ancira and Colleen Clery Ferrell – Becky Kuba, Fran McCloskey, Press and Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Juan Villanueva. “During the District Championships, Year; the Schillers Val Ziegenfuss, Ed Collins and Ben Press – Family of the Year; the San Diego Tennis Hall of Fame Class Anne Podney – of 2009 was inducted. Those honored offered. Three teams advanced to the Community Service; were: George E. Barnes, Robert (Bob) Adult League National Championships. SES Tennis Center Carrothers, Jr., Ed Collins, Kelly Jones and The La Jolla High School 5.0 Men’s team, Pro-Am Fundraiser Homer Peabody. Barnes and Peabody Eric Basart was the captain; the Lomas – Tournament of were lauded for their commitment to Santa Fe Country Club 3.0 Women’s the Year; La Jolla junior tennis – Barnes for his $1 million team captained by Diane Maloney; and Roberto Ancira Tennis Club – Club dollar donation to build the Barnes the Sunbow Park Women’s 2.5 team led of the Year. A special award was given to Tennis Center and Peabody for Ralph Anderson for Outstanding Service years of effort to get the facility of a Tennis Official. built. Carrothers was one of “William (Bill) J. Kellogg, the President the most promising junior of the Southern California Tennis players, whom tennis great Jack Association, serves on a USTA National Kramer, a contemporary, said would have been No.1 in the world had not a tragic accident Hall of Fame honorees claimed his life at age 18. Collins is a by Yaz Gomez, enjoyed the competition. venerable coach and teaching pro who “The FLEX League finished its first has helped innumerable juniors become year, encompassing four seasons of great players. Jones, a top intercollegiate singles competition. San Diego was and touring pro, was a member of the US second in participation out of 70 Olympic team in 1984 and since retiring markets throughout the nation.” JB, Torrie, Jay and Conner Schiller from the tour in 1998 has coached junior

2009 Year in Review 27 YOUTH TENNIS SAN DIEGO

“Youth Tennis San Diego (YTSD) an educational program, for three to five offered a smorgasbord of events in 2009. celebrated 56 years of service to the year olds,” Blum said. “The children are As Blum pointed out, “They included Billie youth of San Diego County in 2009,” exposed to health, nutrition and fitness, Jean King World TeamTennis; Girls’ 16 Kerry Blum, the organization’s Executive as well as age appropriate academic and National Championship; Boys’ 14 National Director, said. “It owns and operates the arts programs appropriate for their age. Championship; Father/Daughter National George E. Barnes Family Junior Tennis Lessons in listening, following instructions, Championship; Little Mo tournaments; CIF Center, the central site for After-School and concentration cross over between individual and team finals; First Serve for on-court tennis instruction and classroom high school junior varsity players; Novice, learning are part of the package that forms the foundation for academic success.” Spurred by the success enjoyed by the Team Agassi concept, YTSD received $50,000 from the USTA that it had to match (Sam Querrey is the face of the effort.) in order to develop a similar program. “The NJTL staff manages the The Barnes Center was filled with youngsters project,” Blum revealed. “The purpose tossing tennis balls throughout 2009... of the program is to create a new, And they were there day and night. Tennis, an outreach program that serves highly competitive Excellence Team Satellite and Open tournaments. The over 10,000 youngsters throughout the of underprivileged youngsters who NAIA and ITA held their intercollegiate District by providing a pathways for will compete nationally with the goal matches at Barnes throughout 2009. multi-level participation. In the past year, of achieving college acceptance and “Over 800 juniors participated in the the program grew to 120 sites.” graduation by way of a tennis and/or Barnes Center Summer Camps. The High Known for its creativity, YTSD expanded academic scholarship.” Performance workout program expanded its offerings. “We have the only program An award winning facility, it’s not and over 1,000 juniors participated in in San Diego that offers tennis, along with surprising that the Barnes Tennis Center tennis classes during the year.”

ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY TENNIS ASSOCIATION Becky Edles-Rye, Executive Director of the Orange County Community Tennis Association, offered the following summary of events and activities. Top Gun In the Men’s Open singles final, No. 1 seed, San Diego junior, Campbell Johnson, overcame a first set deficit to win an exciting second set Tie-Break and go on take the trophy with a 2-6, 7-6, 6-3 victory over former UCLA star and No. 2 seed, Aaron Yovan. Orange County junior and No. 4 seed, Brynn Boren, defeated Loyola Marymont’s Melissa Valenzuela, scoring a decisive 6-3, 6-1 victory to earn the Women’s Open singles title. In the Men’s Open doubles final Boris Bakalov/David Men’s winner Goodman, the No. 2 seeds, defeated the top seeds, Campbell Johnson Men’s Open doubles finalists Aaron Yovan/ Daniel Daniel Andrus/Yovan 6-4, 6-2. Andrus with winners Boris Bakalov/ David Goodman. Danielle Friedman/Brian Morton, seeded No. 2, defeated the No. 3 seeds Dina and Desi McBride 6-3, 6-2 in the Mixed Open doubles final. They also upset No. 1 seeds Page Bartelt/Bryan Fox, 6-3, 6-2. Shaun Bernadou, the Tournament Chair and Sam Sarria the Tournament Director, would like to thank this year’s sponsors: Babolat, Snell & Wilmer, UPS and official ‘green’ sponsor OCB Repo-graphics, as well as host site, Racquet Club of Irvine, satellite locations: Mesa Verde Country Club, The Tennis Club, Irvine Valley College, and Nellie Gail Ranch Tennis and Swim Club. They also want to include all tournament participants, and the entire team of volunteers in their praise for making the 22nd Top Gun another success. Women’s champion Brynn Boren with Tournament Director Sam Sarria. Photos Christine Cirillo

2009 Year in Review 28 Tennis After-School Although there were many challenges dealing with school site restrictions, TAS was slowly getting back to . OCCTA, which received a USTA Recreational Tennis Grant in November. Also with a Quick Start Tennis Equipment grant additional equipment will be used by TAS to bring tennis to the playground.

Junior Numbers Pre-Satellite/Novice and junior summer circuit tournament participation remained stable. New sites were added at Cabrillo Tennis Center and Newport Beach Tennis Club. Tournament winners are eligible for the invitational Novice Masters Cup in 2010.

Senior Sirs Jim Robbins noted that the Senior Sirs League for men over 55 ended last May the way it did the previous year. After eight months of play, involving 12 teams, it came down to the last match of the year between Racquet Club of Irvine and Los Caballeros #1. Los Cab, led by captain Jim Robbins, pulled out a tight match to dethrone R.C.I. and take the championship. Those on the winning team included: Bob Abdel, Herb Achzenick, Hank Bauer, Chris Bowen, Dave Fujii, Bill Hahn, Cam Jones, Mike Martin, Gunder Olafson, Tom Rettenmaier, Jim Seringer, Pete Vanderhyden and Frank Webster were all instrumental in the successful season. The league, which for years was basically a social activity for senior men, has become very competitive as more and more good players decide they want to participate. With new teams such as Palisades and Nellie Gail joining, the coming season should be exciting and packed with many tremendous matches.

Division A 1. Los Cab 29-7 2. Racquet Club of Irvine (RCI) Aces 26-10 3. Lake Forest Pirates 17-19 4. Mission Aires 16-20 5. Los Cab Bandits 9-27

Division B 1. RCI Racqueteers 22-14 2. Laguna Woods 19-21 3. Viejo Tennis Center 19-17 4. Coto Golf & Racquet 18-14 5. Irvine Tennis Assoc. 13-23 6. Seal Beach Tennis Center 8-24

The Ladies Evening Doubles League Division I (4.5) 1. RCI-173 points 2. DHTC-161 3. Nellie Gail-116 4. LFSS-103 5. LFBTC-97 6. Dove Canyon-74

Division 2 (4.0-3-5) 1. The Club Rancho Niguel-133 2. Lake Forest Sun and Sail-101 3. Mission Viejo Tennis Center-89 4. Mission Viejo Country Club-80 5. Dana Hills Tennis Center-73 6. Rancho Santa Margarita- 63.

2009 Winter League Final Standings Congratulations to Tammy Tayles and her team for winning the 4.0/4.5 division, and Wendy Steiner and her team for winning the 3.5 division. Cheers to a great bunch of ladies who helped make the season run smoothly! Results: 4.0/4.5 1. DHTC-Tavles-47 2. Mission Viejo TC-44 3. Tustin Hills RC-37 4. Coto Golf/Racquet (4.0)-29 5. DHTC-Neulander-24 6. DHTC-O’Mara-15 7. RCI (3/08)-7 3.0/3.5 1. Nellie Gail-49 2. Coto Golf & Racquet (3.5)-45 3. Dana Hills TC-40 4. Ladera Ranch-26 5. Balboa Bay Club-17

2009 Year in Review 29 INLAND EMPIRE

Alison Roell, the Tennis Service Representative for the Inland Empire, listed the area’s 2009 highlights by category:

Tennis In The Parks • City of Riverside opened a new ten court facility (Andulka Park Tennis Center) as well as two new courts in Thundersky Park) • City of Temecula hosts first Jr. Novice Tournament – 106 participants – great effort for inaugural event. Temecula Jr. Novice Committee-Charles Walker, Andulka Park’s Center Court was always busy. Kerry Leander, Shannon Aloia, Laurie Fisher and • Parks & Recreation departments Ray Fisher. of five cities take advantage of HEAD/Penn QuickStart Tennis Equipment Kits and offer QST programs.

Community Tennis Tennis was alive and well with several new initiatives throughout the area: • Eight facilities in Menifee, Riverside & Temecula participated in Tennis Nights In America activities • Two facilities hosted Tennis Block Parties – San Sevaine Park (more than 50 participants) in Fontana & Andulka Park Tennis Center San Sevaine Park Block Party kept players on court. (Over 800 participants) in Riverside • QuickStart Tennis Workshop hosted by Cal Baptist University • Formation of new Community Tennis Association — Temecula Team Tennis — worked with City of Temecula to identify program and facility needs. • High Desert Tennis Association revitalized area programs with emphasis on junior development – PE Tennis in elementary schools, high school clinics, local junior tournaments • RIM Tennis brought junior and adult programming, along with Leagues, to the Lake Arrowhead area. • Three Community Tennis Association won USTA Adopt-A- School equipment grants and brought QuickStart Tennis to elementary schools in Temecula, Riverside and the High Desert.

Adult Leagues • Senior, Senior Mixed and Super Senior Leagues grew with close Temecula Team Tennis Mixed doubles to 270 players taking part. • Tri-Level League numbers also expanded 60%.

Tennis On Campus • University of California Riverside formed a Tennis On Campus club last summer. Led by former USTA Jr. Team Tennis and North High player Andy Lu, it developed a solid core of more then 20 players. The group’s first off-campus event was the UCLA Tennis Club Doubles Mixer, in November. put participants through the paces at the RIM Tennis clinic. Special Populations • Local pros, recreational players and Parks & Recreation Departments partnered to bring weekly tennis lessons to residents of Operation Safe House – a Riverside locale providing services for Run-Away youth, and the program proved to be quite a “hit”.

2009 Year in Review 30 TRI-COUNTIES

Gina Havelka became the Tennis Service Representative for the Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo area in the fall. She analyzed what took place in her Tri-Counties Corner report.

Ojai Recognized Ojai finished second in USTA’s “Best Tennis Town” contest, the first-ever nationwide search for the community that best exemplifies the passion, excitement, spirit and impact tennis brings to members of a community.

Summer Slam ’09 The Five Cities Tennis Association and Arroyo Grande Recreation Department sponsored the Summer Slam ’09, which with almost 150 participants had, by far, the largest Charlie Fox defeated Eli Carolyn Oishi was the Women’s weekend turnout for the tournament Whittle for the Men’s A title. B winner over Leslie Kaplan. in recent history. Proceeds from the event will be used to improve public tennis facilities so that the area can keep the distinction of having the best places Danijela Dornan and Jen to play tennis on the Jarvis were the Women’s B Central Coast. Paul Reed and Mark Boone won the Mark Scribner and Sophie Whittle doubles champs. Men’s A doubles. won the A mixed doubles. Ventura Tennis Club Day On September 12th, the Ventura Tennis Club hosted a Community Tennis Day, and more than 100 people enjoyed the festivities. There was a QuickStart Tennis court, along with a fast-serve, hit for prizes court and games courts. The highlight was a huge Around the World game, and the winner received a Ventura Community College Men’s Tennis Ventura Tennis Club sweatshirt. A scrumptious lunch was served, raffle prizes were given away, and a fun doubles tournament brought the exciting affair to a close. If you missed last year’s activity, plan to check the Ventura Tennis Club website and join the 2010 Ventura Tennis Club Day.

Rio Mesa Girls’ Almost The Girls’ Tennis team at Rio Mesa High School won the Pacific View League Champions for the fourth consecutive year, and was honored at City of Oxnard Recreation & Community Service Commission meeting in November for going 24-0 during the season. After reaching the CIF Rio Mesa quarterfinals in 2006 and ’07, and the semifinals in ’08, the team dropped its last match and finished as a finalist in 2009. Steve Worthington coached the team, many of whom grew up playing and training at the Oxnard Tennis Center.

Sunset Hills Success Last fall, The Academy At Sunset finished its first semester with a flourish with four of the players who attend signing letters of Intent. They included: Shaun Berstein with Michigan; Campbell Johnson and Garrett Brasseaux with Georgia; and Zach Leslie with Wake Forest

2009 Year in Review 31 Central Coast Tennis Scott Cleere, who runs SLOTS, called attention to the fact that San Luis Obispo County sends a New Year’s “Shout Out” to all those who love the game. Possibly the “best kept tennis secret” in the section, is anxious to let people know that it’s a vibrant and welcoming tennis community. In order to get the word out concerning the special “SLO feeling”, tennis activists call attention to the websites, clubs and individuals who make the “Grand Rectangle” special: San Luis Obispo Tennis Society (SLOTS), Cleere-(805) 431-6758 [email protected]; Santa Maria Country Club, Darien Wright-(805) 937-3222, [email protected]; San Luis Obispo Country Club, Bill Dunkle-(805) 544-9880; Five Cities Tennis Association, Ron and Adel Pelligrini-(805) 474-4756, [email protected]; and Cambria Tennis Association, Ray Campos, [email protected]. Hosting community tournaments, sanctioned USTA events and with lots of good folks who love the game and are eager to share the fun of playing locally, the Central Coast is a great new area to play.

SENIORS

North-South Because they have been good for so long, senior performers rarely receive flowing accolades because they are or among the country’s and world’s best. In the 24th North-South Super Senior Challenge Cup, the South triumphed 20-10 in the rain- shortened one day competition. “This annual tournament is a team event that includes many of the top-ranked players in California and the nation in the following age divisions: 65s, 70s, 75s, 80s and 85s,” said Bob Isenberg, captain of the South team. “This was the second time both the North and the South teams had a full complement of 85s, which included 4 singles and 2 doubles teams. This reinforces the belief that we soon will have a 90s age division.” Southern California captains-Peter Smith, 65’s; Bob Seymour, 85’s; Chuck Nelson, 70’s and 75’s, Jim Settles, 80’s and Bob The sections host the tournament alternately. “The second Isenberg, team captain day’s matches were rained out by one of the largest storms to hit California in several years,” Isenberg said. “We definitely need the water, but we wish it had waited one more day! “NCTA hosted the annual Monday night banquet for players and their guests. The players all enjoyed the musical entertainment and the chance to socialize. “The tournament has become one of the most, if not the most, prestigious Super Senior events in California because of the caliber of the players and the continued support by SCTA. Each year, the players look forward to the intense competition and the camaraderie. In 2010, the North-South Super Senior Challenge Cup will be hosted by SCTA, and it again will be held at the Copper River Country Club in Fresno.”

Cup Play Twice a year the International Tennis Federation holds age group team events that are similar to the Davis and Fed Cup competition. Southern California is always well represented on the squads that carrying the flag abroad. Writing about the players from the San Diego District that distinguished themselves Lesley Waite said, “Gretchen Magers was No.1 on the Women’s 45 Court Cup team that won in the spring in Mallorca, Spain. Martin Barba was No. 1 on the Men’s 40 Trabert Cup team at the same time. Competing in Perth, Australia in the fall, were Suella Steel and Cathie Anderson who made up half of the Women’s 65 Godfree Cup team. Roz King was a member of Gretchen Magers the Women’s 70 Gibson Cup team. Both teams finished in third place.” Roz King Martin Barba Cathie Anderson and Suella Steel

2009 Year in Review 32 Others who made the trip “Down Under” included Dorothy Matthiessen, who was the captain of the Gibson Cup team. Richard (Dick) Doss and Kathy Bennett scored a rare double with Doss captaining and playing for the winning Men’s 75 Grant team and Bennett for the Women’s 60 Marble Cuppers who finished third. (As an aside, Richard (Dick) Doss Dorothy Matthiessen King and Boots Van Nostrand matched the Doss/Bennett combo representing the US on the Men’s 75 Grant and Women’s 75 Queen’s Cup teams.) Bob Duesler and George Sarantos were Graydon Nichols members of the third place Men’s 70 Crawford Cup team, but they won the ITF Men’s 70 doubles the following week. Graydon Nichols was on the Men’s 80 Mulloy Cup squad that was a finalist and was the Men’s 80 doubles winner with Tony Franco. Besides Magers and Barba, Amy Alcini was a member of the Women’s 35 Lenglen Cup; Kathy Bennett Mike Fedderly played on the Marianne Robertson winning Men’s 50 Perry Cup; Marianne Robertson was a member of the Women’s 50 Bueno Cup team, that was a George Sarantos Bob Duesler finalists; and Tina Karwasky was No.1 on the championship Women’s 55 Connolly Cup team, and she finished the year ranked No. 1 in the world in the 55 singles. Robertson teamed with Susan Wright for the Women’s 50 World doubles title. Fedderly, who was third in the singles, was a Men’s World 50 doubles finalist with Val Wilder. Tina Karwasky Amy Alcini

Desert Circuit Annually, the “Desert Circuit” kicks the year off with national tournament-like competition, along with matching camaraderie and hospitality that is practically unrivaled in the senior tennis. Four events—20th Monterey Country Club Senior Tournament, which Brad Berry organized; 16th Plaza Racquet Club Senior Invitational Tournament that showcased the talents of Kurt and Ana Haggstrom; 27th Palm Spring Tennis Club Senior Championships where Glenn Erickson led the way; and Babolat World Tennis Classic (a Category II USTA event) that Ed Trost and Jayne Robertson made memorable, all again drew raves.

Nothing can match the desert in January.

2009 Year in Review 33 National Championships Southern California seemed to be the home of the 2009 National Hard Court Championships because of all the tournaments held locally, and the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club topped the list, having staged the Men’s 40, Women’s 40, as well as the Women’s 60, 70, 80 and the Grandfather /Grandson, Mother/Son. The Men’s 45 was played at Westlake Tennis & Swim Club; the Men’s 50 at Santa Barbara Tennis Club; and the Men’s 55 at Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The Men’s 65 and Men’s 70 were held at the Racquet Club of Irvine; and the Men’s 75, Men’s 80 and Men’s 85 at Morgan Run Resort & Club. Doubles was the focus at the following National Hard Court Championships: Father/Son at Newport Beach Tennis Club; Father/Daughter at Barnes Tennis Center; and Senior/Super Senior Husband/Wife at Riviera Tennis Club. Last but by no means least, the National Women’s 90 Clay Court Championships was held at .

Husband & Wife Senior And Super Senior Grass Courts… Men’s 60 & 90 Hard Courts All the Tournament Directors and staff made the pursuit of gold ball honors special in Southern California. That was certainly true of the Campbell’s and Tennis Channel National Husband & Wife Senior and Super Senior Grass Court Championships, a Combo 100, 120 and 140 spectacular, and the Campbell’s National Men’s 60 & 90 Hard Court Andrew and Ann Stanley, Tournament Director Championships, both at Mission Hills Steve Solomon with Charles and Hilary Marold Country Club. Steve Solomon and his wife, Abby, who played a major role in developing the idea then making the “Desert Circuit” concept a success, have set the standard for running first rate competitions. Steve Solomon admitted, “The Grass Court Charles and Hilary Marold with Mas Championships, because of its camaraderie and Susan Kimball and ambiance, was the most fun tournament we ran last year.” Andrew Stanley/Ann Stanley won the Combo 100 over a newly eligible tandem Jennifer Lyons/John Lyons 7-5,1-6, 6-3. It was the Stanley’s third straight Grass Court triumph. Charles Marold/Hilary Marold survived being down two set Brent and Mai Ichikwa Abel with Hugh Thomson points to slip past Mas Kimball/ Susan Kimball 7-6, 7-5 in the Combo 120. Carolyn Henderson/Courtney Henderson were solid in a well played Combo 140 final, edging the The Husband & Wife And is always competitive. defending champions, Bonnie Grass Courts always serves up the best Roberts/Neil Roberts 5-7, 6-4, tennis... 7-5 for the Combo 140 title. In the Hard Court wrap-ups, Brent Abel won his first gold ball, defeating Hugh Howard Moffett Tudor ApMadoc Thomson 6-4, 6-4 in the Men’s 60 final. But, Thomson didn’t leave Rancho Mirage empty handed. He teamed with Neal Newman for a 7-6, 6-2 decision over the perennial titlists, Dave and Dan Bohannon. The Men’s 90 singles was all about upsets. Howard Moffett took full advantage of the surprises, downing new kid on the block Tudor ApMadoc, who also was unseeded, 6-4, 6-3 for the title. Ed Osgood/Tom Whitlow were the Men’s 90 doubles winners. ApMadoc/ Robert Newman were the finalists. The Solomons sponsor efforts are always Herculean. In addition to The Tennis Channel and Campbell’s, they enlisted support from Prince, LU Biscuits, Hawaiian Airlines, Wyndham Resorts, Panda Express and Bullfrog Sun Block to name a Dave and Dan Bohannon, Tournament few of the companies that make Director Steve Solomon with Neal their events more player friendly. Newman and Hugh Thomson

2009 Year in Review 34 CLOSING THOUGHTS

Each year, the game and the tennis community lose distinguished members. Last year, the legendary passed away during the US Open. The serve and volleying pioneer made his last public appearance at the LA Tennis Open. The event, once called the Kramer Open (because the Hall of Famer sponsored it), was an All-SoCal affair as Sam Querrey defeated Carston Ball in the singles final and the Bryans, Bob and Mike Jack Kramer with sons John, Ron and his wife, Hollie, and Bob in Paris to receive the Chattrier Award were the doubles champions. in 2002. Querrey, who has now recovered from a career threatening, twenty-five stitch laceration that resulted when his right

Bob Bryan Photo John Martin World Tennis Gazette Photo John Martin World Tennis Gazette forearm slipped through a shattered glass tabletop at the Thailand Open last fall, was the US Open Series winner. He wasn’t the only local player to have a solid year on the tour. Alexa Glatch, in her Fed Cup debut, won two matches in the semifinals against Sam Querrey the Czech Republic. Photo Harvey Rubin Vania King was a mixed doubles finalist at Roland Garros with pick- up partner , losing to Liezel Huber/ 5-7, 7-6, 10- 7. At Wimbledon, she teamed with Anna-Lena Groenefeld to reach the women’s double quarterfinals, and in her inaugural World TeamTennis season with the Springfield Lasers, was the Female Most Valuable Player. Both, Glatch and King were members of the Fed Cup team that was a finalist to Italy at Reggio Alexa Glatch Photo John Martin World Tennis Gazette Calabria in November. Given all that has been noted, most would say tennis had a spectacular year. In another section, this would be true, but because Southern California is Southern California it’s Vania King more appropriate to applaud and offer, “Wait Until 2010!” Photo cameraworkusa

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