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Junior Competition News: April
UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND COMPETITION
The historic Court One Memorial Day weekend Open Level 4 tournament is coming up May 27-29 in Okemos, Michigan, and this year's event will be in dominant duo format. That's right, players will get the chance to compete with a partner in both singles and doubles matches! Sign up with your partner before the May 18 deadline.
DISTRICT CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIPS
Compete to be the best in your district! Many of our District Closed Championships will be happening over the next few months. These events are closed to just players within each district, and many offer the chance to earn wildcards to the Midwest Closed. Register using the links below.
Central Indiana: BG12-14 & B18, June 2-4; BG16 & G18, June 9-11
Chicago: BG12-18, June 10-11
Mid-South Illinois: BG12-18, June 9-11
Northeastern Ohio: BG12-18, Various dates in May/June
Northern Illinois: BG12-18, June 2-4
Northern Indiana: BG12-18, June 10-12
Northern Michigan: B12-18 & G12, June 2-4
Northwest Ohio: BG12-18, June 3-4
Ohio Valley: BG12-18, June 10-12
Southeastern Michigan: BG12-18, May 26-29
Western Michigan: BG12-18, June 9-11
Wisconsin: G12-18, June 2-4; B12-18, June 9-11
DISTRICT TEAM CUP
Each summer, juniors from around the Midwest represent their district in an exciting mixed team competition, and registration is still available! This Closed Level 4 tournament is your chance to help bring home the winning trophy! The deadline to register is coming up on May 21, so be sure to register today.
June 16-18
District Team Cup BG12s: Kohler, Wisconsin
District Team Cup BG14s: South Bend, Indiana
Marian Wood Baird Cup BG18s: Champaign, Illinois
TOURNAMENT SEARCH
Be sure to check out ALL upcoming tournaments with open registration here. Use filters to find events by gender, age, level, distance and format. If registration is open, you'll be able to sign up for the divisions you want to enter.
PLAYER NEWS
EASTER BOWL RESULTS
Midwest juniors took a trip to California to compete at the 55th Annual Easter Bowl competition. Congratulations to all of our players! We look forward to seeing their success continue.
2023 Easter Bowl Results:
B12s Doubles 2nd Place: Gareth Kurowski (Ohio Valley District) and Raghav Narayanan (Eastern Section)
B12s Doubles 3rd Place: Karan Shanker (Ohio Valley District) and Aayush Vartak (Eastern Section)
G12s Doubles 3rd Place: Vibha Gogineni (Ohio Valley District) and Grace Hong (Middle States Section)
G18s Doubles Champions: Susanna Maltby (Chicago District) and Maddy Zampardo (Southeastern Michigan District)
JUNIOR WORLD TEAM EVENTS
USTA has announced the 12 top juniors nominated to represent the U.S. in the qualifying rounds of the Junior Davis Cup and Junior Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas (16-and-under) and the ITF World Junior Tennis (14-and-under), the world’s premier junior team competitions. The events take place April 20-22 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando. We want to wish good luck to Marcel Latak from the USTA Chicago District who is competing on the ITF World Junior Tennis Boys team! For reference, former U.S. junior international team members include Andy Roddick and Coco Gauff among many others. And Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic also represented their respective countries in junior international team competition. Congratulations, Marcel, on this tremendous opportunity!
GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
The USTA/Midwest Tennis & Education Foundation, the charitable arm of USTA Midwest has a variety of grant and scholarship opportunities designed to benefit junior competitors: covering travel costs, college funding and more! Opportunities include the new Parker Ross Memorial Junior Tennis Grant and the Kevin Minor Legacy Scholarship, now available for 2023. Find more information and apply on the MTEF website. If you have any questions, please email our foundation.
MAY IS NATIONAL TENNIS MONTH
We are less than two weeks away from National Tennis Month in May! Join us as we celebrate at fun events across the section. Find an event near you.
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