Junior Competition News: October 2022

2023 MIDWEST ELEVATED JUNIOR TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Want to see what next year will look like? You can find the tentative schedule for elevated junior tournaments here. Registration links will be coming soon. Please note that this schedule is subject to change.

TOURNAMENT SEARCH

Be sure to check out ALL upcoming tournaments with open registration. 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. Find Midwest Tournaments.

RATINGS

TRANSITIONING TO ITF WORLD TENNIS NUMBER

As mentioned last month, we have been working on how the Midwest Section will transition to using the ITF's World Tennis Number (WTN), particularly within elevated junior tournaments. Beginning November 1, all elevated junior singles tournaments (Open Level 5s, Open/Closed Level 4s, Closed Level 3s) will officially switch from UTR to WTN when it comes to player selections and seeding.

The hybrid system that has been in place at these tournaments will remain the same, with a majority of spots still going to players based on the National Standings List (NSL) and the remainder going to players based on WTN, with seeding done by WTN.

You can find out more information on WTN and how it works here, and if you have any questions about how it relates to elevated junior tournaments, please feel free to contact the Midwest office at jrtourney@midwest.usta.com.

WEBINAR RECORDINGS

JUNIOR TOURNAMENT PARENT WEBINAR SERIES

Did you miss one of our webinars? No sweat. We have all of them here. These recordings cover all things junior tennis competition, from how to get started all the way up to the collegiate tennis pathway!

PLAYER NEWS

COLLEGE TENNIS SPOTLIGHT

Speaking of college tennis, we want to give a quick shoutout to two of our Midwest stars at the University of Michigan! Jaedan Brown and Kari Miller reached the doubles final of the ITA All-American. Read more.

Know someone who is going above and beyond in tennis? Let us know, and they could be featured in our monthly newsletter! Email player details to Tara Moore at tara@midwest.usta.com.

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