Northern

USTA Northern Junior Tournaments

USTA Northern offers a year-round schedule of junior tournaments and events. Play opportunities are either by skill level or age division and spread geographically throughout the Section. Junior tournaments offer competitive social atmospheres, opportunities to meet new players, and valuable match-play experience, which is crucial for player development.

Boys and girls 12's, 14's, 16's & 18's age divisions offer ranking points which are valuable in providing additional access to higher level events. Players ages 7-10 are able to play in PlayTracker Programs, which are designed for orange and green ball competition.

Finding Junior Tournaments

All USTA Northern Sanctioned Junior Tournaments appear in this search. You can search by section or zip code to find tournaments. You can also search for and play in tournaments outside of the section.

Junior Tournament Information

USTA Resources for Players here.

For more information about playing junior tournaments in USTA Northern, please contact Katie Lemke at katie@northern.usta.com.

*NEW Tournament Regulation: No-Ad Scoring

USTA Northern’s standard scoring format is no-ad scoring. Tournament directors have the discretion to use ad-scoring if they have the court availability to do so without violating Friend At Court and/or USTA Northern start time policies.

2026 Battle of the Sections Selection Process

Winners of the Boys' & Girls' 16u & 18u divisions of the Closed Winter L3 (or highest placed finisher through 4th place if the winner is unable to go)
Winners of the Boys' & Girls' 16u & 18u divisions of the Closed Summer L3 (or highest placed finisher through 4th place if the winner is unable to go)
The highest-ranked applicant from the National Standing List published on July 8th.
The second-highest-ranked applicant on the National Standing List published on July 8th.

All selected players must play a minimum of 4 USTA sanctioned tournaments in the USTA Northern section within a calendar year of Battle of the Sections. Example: To qualify for the 2026 BOTS, an applicant must have played four tournaments between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026. Applicants who qualify for both age divisions must register for the age division they intend to play. The format, singles positions, and order of play are determined by USTA National. More information can be found on the Battle of the Sections tournament homepage.

*If none of the top four players from one of the closed Level 3 tournaments are able to play in the Battle of the Sections, that selection will default to an NSL spot.

Fair play and sportsmanship is something that impacts the tennis experience on and off the court. USTA Northern is committed to fair play and sportsmanship in our tournaments. Learn more about our Do's and Dont's for sportsmanship.

All Northern Section tournament players are asked to sign the Pledge annually (once per calendar year). By doing so, you are helping us create awareness and facilitate a positive culture for all tennis players in the Northern Section.

Player Pledge

Thank you for taking sportsmanship to heart when you play tennis! Learn more about USTA Northern's commitment to sportsmanship here.

Three USTA sections - one traveling trophy.

It's the 2026 Battle of the Mississippi - a Level 2 Intersectional team tournament with USTA Midwest, USTA Missouri Valley and USTA Northern. Learn more and register now!

USTA Northern Junior Team Tennis helps girls and boys ages 11 to 18 get in the game. Players 10 & under are welcome to play JTT and should be green or yellow ball eligible in accordance with USTA's Play Tracker system.*

Learn more about Junior Team Tennis.