Junior Competition News: February 2025
UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
OPEN LEVEL 5: FEB. 22-23
Join us for our February Open Level 5 tournament happening the weekend of Feb. 22-23. The last day to sign up is Sun., Feb. 16. We will be hosting each division at multiple locations to try and provide more local options for play. Players can only sign-up for one division per our Dual Entry Policy.
OPEN LEVEL 5: MARCH 8-9
We are hosting the B14-18s and G14-18s divisions in an Open Level 5. The tournament will take place the second weekend of March; make sure to sign up by Sun., March 2.
Register:
B14s: Green Bay, Wis.
B16s: Grandville, Mich.
B18s: Homewood, Ill.
G14s: Akron, Ohio
G16s: Homewood, Ill.
G18s: Aurora, Ill.
CLOSED LEVEL 4: MARCH 8-10
For our Winter Closed Level 4 tournament, the boys and girls 12s divisions will also take place the second weekend of March. Don't forget to sign up! Registration closes on Thu., Feb. 27.
Register:
B12s: Racine, Wis.
G12s: Cincinnati, Ohio
TOURNAMENT SEARCH
Don't miss out on upcoming tournaments! Click the button below to explore all events with open registration and filter by gender, age, level, distance and format to find the perfect match. If registration is open, you can sign up right away!
2O25 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Save the dates for your favorite tournaments. Use our 2025 Midwest Elevated Junior Tournament Schedule to help you plan. The schedule is subject to change.
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PLAYER NEWS
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
We followed the progress of our Midwest pros at the Australian Open. One of the first to play... Nishesh Basavareddy from Central Indiana had an incredible debut. The 19 year old went up against Novak Djokovic in Round 1 and stunned the crowds (and all of us back home) with his seemingly fearless performance! Ultimately, Djokovic won 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, but went on to say about Basavareddy, "I was very impressed by him," calling Basavareddy, "a complete player."
In other exciting news at the Australian Open, Chicago's Taylor Townsend and her doubles partner Katerina Siniakova won their second Grand Slam women's doubles title together! Last year, they won at Wimbledon. It was a full circle moment for Townsend who won the 2012 Australian Open singles junior title at age 15. Read more.
Want to know how USTA juniors competed? Click the button below to find out who clinched a junior title at the Australian Open.
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