2023 Southern junior tournament info

Southern tournament schedule

Click here for a pdf version of the 2023 schedule. We will regularly update this schedule.

New  12s, 14s Boys' Girls' Level 4 Southern Closed Team Championships

USTA Southern has approved a new Level 4 Team championship for the Girls' and Boys' 12s and 14s on July 27-30. The Champions Club Tennis Complet, 1096 Lupton Drive, Chattanooga, Tenn. 37351 will host the event.

The competition replaces the Southern junior tournament calendar the Level 2 National Zonal Event that was cancelled for 2023.

This new event will be closed to Southern players. There will be 24 girls and 24 boys selected into the 12s and 14s and waterfalled into four teams of six girls and six boys. Each team will have a coach who will be able to coach during changeovers. Selection will be by USTA standings from the July 5 published list. Applications open on May 1 and the deadline to apply is July 9. Waterfalling will be done by USTA standings list published July 19. 

Format is round robin. All competitors will play three singles, two doubles and one mixed. Scoring: 2 out of 3 sets -with match tie break in lieu of third set. Doubles will be an eight-game pro set, no ad.

On Thursday, July 27^, there will be a mandatory Meet and Greet with your team and coach at 3:00 p.m.  At 4:00 p.m. the first round of doubles begin. After doubles there will be a pizza party.  

Click here to apply.

Other team competitions

As announced by USTA, the L1 'Battle of the Sections' event will return in 2023 for the 16s and 18s divisions, but the other national team events—Intersectional Championships, Zone Team Championships and National Team Championships—will not be held in 2023. Additional resources will be made available to encourage team event competitions at the local level as the USTA continues to evaluate its national team products.