Over the next two weekends, players from the USTA Missouri Valley will compete in the NTRP National Championships. The players qualified through local tournaments in 2018.

The National Tennis Rating Program (NTRP) is the official system for determining the levels of competition for the USTA League Tennis Program. The USTA NTRP Computer Rating System assigns ratings based on play in the local league and at championship level during the current league year.

The championships are round robin draws that led into non-elimination playoffs.  A best of three short sets format are played with no-ad scoring and a tiebreak at three all.  If a tiebreak comes into play it is the first to five points, win by one.

18 & Over Men’s & Women’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 Singles

Academia Sanchez-Casal, Naples, FL

Friday, March 29 - Sunday, March 31, 2019

18 & Over Men’s & Women’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 Doubles

Academia Sanchez-Casal, Naples, FL

Friday, April 5 - Sunday, April 7, 2019

50 & Over Men’s & Women’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 Singles

Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex, Surprise, AZ

Friday, March 29 - Sunday, March 31, 2019

50 & Over Men’s & Women’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 Doubles

Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex, Surprise, AZ

Friday, April 5 - Sunday, April 7, 2019

18 & Over Singles:

3.0 Women: Melissa Wheeler (Alvo, Nebraska)

3.5 Men: Teja Yeluri (Des Moines, Iowa)

3.5 Women: Kim Bradfield (Fairfield, Iowa)

4.0 Men: Rich Heil (Johnston, Iowa)

4.0 Women: Debbie Mackaman (Ankeny, Iowa)

4.5 Singles: Aaron Ogden (Lincoln, Nebraska)

4.5 Singles: Mark Mills (Overland Park, Kansas)

18 & Over Doubles:

3.0 Women: Nikola Puffinbarger (Nichols Hills, Oklahoma) & Laura Stewart (Edmond, Oklahoma)

4.0 Men: Daniel Wasta (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) & Ethan Gascho (Waukee, Iowa)

4.0 Women: Debbie Mackaman (Ankeny, Iowa) & Rachel Morgan (Des Moines, Iowa)

4.5 Men: Andrew Cusick (Kansas City, Missouri) & Brandon Cusick (Kansas City, Missouri)

50 & Over Singles:

3.0 Men: Gary Korsun (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

3.0 Women: Heather Shanahan (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

3.5 Men: Jeff Finkenstaedt (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

3.5 Women: Florence Streeter (Manchester, Missouri)

4.0 Men: Jeff Ganaden (Lee’s Summit, Missouri)

4.0 Men: Jeffrey Marcott (Independence, Missouri)

4.0 Women: April Austin (Carrollton, Missouri)

50 & Over Doubles:

3.5 Men: Don Arnold (Topeka, Kansas) & Don Eccles (Berryton, Kansas)

3.5 Women: Kelly O’Connor (Leawood, Kansas) & Teri Ramm (Leawood, Kansas)

4.0 Men: Mark Leahy (Fremont, Nebraska) & Paul Ronhovde (Omaha, Nebraska)

4.0 Women: Huong Doan (Springfield, Missouri) & Debbie O’Reilly (Springfield, Missouri)

4.5 Men: Carlos Acosta (Overland Park, Kansas) & J Eduardo Riveros (Overland Park, Kansas)

4.5 Women: Heather Blumel (Omaha, Nebraska) & Lee Cooney (Omaha, Nebraska)

More information about the 2019 qualifying tournaments and process