Top juniors Emma Shelton (18, Gainesville, Fla.) and Logan Zapp (18, Fleming Island, Fla.) won the USTA National Winter Championships Girls’ and Boys’ 18s singles titles on Friday, headlining the American juniors to win trophies at the USTA National Winter Championships over the past week.

 

The National Winter Championships were played at the USTA National Campus at Lake Nona in Orlando, Fla., (18s and 16s divisions) and the Reffkin Tennis Center in Tucson, Ariz., (14s and 12s divisions) consisting of 128 singles players and 64 doubles teams across all age groups.

 

Zapp added another title to his resume, as the No. 1 seed claimed the boys’ 18s singles title. A semifinalist at last year’s event, the Florida native took down Ben Shelton (17, Gainesville, Fla.), 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 in the final. Meanwhile, Ben’s older sister, Emma, defeated the No.1 seed, Sarah Hamner of Fort Collins, Colo., 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, in the girls’ 18s single final to earn her first USTA national title.

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Visit the USTA National Campus website for a full recap of both 18s singles finals.

 

With their victories, both teens earned wild card entries into future tournaments through the USTA’s merit-based competitive pathway linkages. Zapp, as the boys’ 18s singles champion, received one wild card entry into the main draw of a future ITF World Tennis Tour M15 event in the U.S. Shelton, as the girls’ 18s singles champion, received a wild card entry into the singles qualifying draw of a USTA Pro Circuit W25 event, as well as a wild card into the singles main draw of the International Spring Championships, an ITF Grade 1 junior tournament in Carson, Calif.

 

Hamner, as the girls’ 18s singles runner-up, received a qualifying wild card to a USTA Pro Circuit W15 event and a wild card entry into the singles main draw of an ITF Junior Grade 4 event to be determined. 

 

Ethan Quinn (15, Fresno, Calif.), ranked No. 14 in the nation in the boys’ 16s division, defeated Kurt Miller of Los Gatos, Calif., 6-2, 6-2 in the final to win the boys’ 16s singles title. In the girls’ 16s draw, No. 2 seed Katie Codd (15, Carlsbad, Calif.) came out victorious in singles play and was a finalist in doubles as well.

 

Fourteen-year-old Susanna Maltby (Glen Ellyn, Ill.), swept the girls’ 14s singles and doubles titles defeating Ava Bruno, (14, Bronxville, N.Y) in the singles final. Bruno was also a doubles finalist. As the girls’ 14s singles champion, Maltby also received a wild card into the singles main draw of an ITF Junior Grade 4 event to be determined. In the boys’ 14s final, Daniel Kong (14, Commack, N.Y.) overcame Humza Noor (14, Olathe, Kan.).

 

Gray Kelley (12, Tarzana, Calif.) and Elena Zhao (11, San Diego) captured the boys’ and girls’ 12s singles titles, respectively.

 

Final results of the USTA National Winter Championships can be found below. The complete draws are available at the following links: 18s and 16s; 14s and 12s.

 

USTA Boys’ 18s National Winter Championships

Orlando, Fla., Dec. 28, 2019 – Jan. 3, 2020

Singles: (1) Logan Zapp (Fleming Island, Fla.) d. (8) Ben Shelton (Gainesville, FL), 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 6-4

Doubles: (4) Keshav Chopra (Marietta, Ga.)/Coy Simon (Charleston, S.C.) d. (3)Aryan Chaudhary (Santa Clara, Calif.)/ Zapp, 4-6, 6-1, Ret

 

USTA Girls’ 18s National Winter Championships

Orlando, Fla., Dec. 28, 2019 – Jan. 3, 2020

Singles: (17) Emma Shelton (Gainesville, Fla.) d. (1) Sarah Hamner (Fort Collins, Colo.), 6-1, 1-6, 6-3

Doubles: Bridget Stammel (Dallas)/Katja Wiersholm (Kirkland, Wash.) d. (3) Elizabeth Fahrmeier (Cincinnati)/Megan Heuser (Lindenhurst, Ill.), 6-3, 6-4

 

USTA Boys’ 16s National Winter Championships

Orlando, Fla., Dec. 28, 2019 – Jan. 3, 2020

Singles: (6) Ethan Quinn (Fresno, Calif.) d. (5) Kurt Miller (Los Gatos, Calif.), 6-2, 6-2

Doubles: (2) Louis Cloud (San Antonio)/Sebastian Gorzny (Fountain Valley, Calif.) d. (1) Lucas Brown (Plano, Texas)/Aidan Kim (Milford, Mich.), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4

 

USTA Girls’ 16s National Winter Championships

Orlando, Fla., Dec. 28, 2019 – Jan. 3, 2020

Singles: (2) Katie Codd (Carlsbad, Calif.) d. (17) Lucinda Gatsiounis (Studio City, Calif.), 6-2, 6-3

Doubles: (1) Natalie Block (Plantation, Fla.)/Aubrey Nisbet (Wilmington, Del.) d. Codd, /Tomi Main (Seaside, Calif.), 6-3, 3-6, 6-0

 

USTA Boys’ 14s National Winter Championships

Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 28, 2019 – Jan. 3, 2020

Singles: (17) Daniel Kong (Commack, N.Y.) d. (10) Humza Noor (Olathe, Kan.), 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(4)

Doubles: (1) Carson Baker (Daniel Island, S.C.)/Lucas Coriaty (Long Beach, Calif.) d. (8) Kane Kelley (Tarzana, Calif.)/Ivan Savkin (Carlsbad, Calif.), 7-6, 1-6, 6-2

 

USTA Girls’ 14s National Winter Championships

Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 28, 2019 – Jan. 3, 2020

Singles: (3) Susanna Maltby (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) d. (10)Ava Bruno (Bronxville, N.Y), 6-3, 6-3

Doubles: (2) Sage Loudon (Delray Beach, Fla.)/Maltby d. (1) Bruno/Caroline McGinley (Essex Fells, N.J.), 6-2, 6-3

 

USTA Boys’ 12s National Winter Championships

Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 28, 2019 – Jan. 3, 2020

Singles: (4) Gray Kelley (Tarzana, Calif.) d. (2) Roman Sancilio (Henrico, Va.), 6-3, 6-0

Doubles: (1) Jagger Leach (Laguna Beach, Calif.)/Sancilio d. (6) Dominick Mosejcuk (East Elmhurst, N.Y.)/Ronan O’Dwyer (Fishers, N.Y.), 6-0, 6-1

 

USTA Girls’ 12s National Winter Championships

Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 28, 2019 – Jan. 3, 2020

Singles: (3) Elena Zhao (San Diego) d. (12) Emerey Gross (Saint Louis, Mo.), 6-4, 6-0

Doubles: (1) Amy Lee (Beverly Hills)/Mia Yamakita (Johns Creek, Ga.) d. (7) Kenzie Nguyen (Irvine, Calif.)/Claire Zhang (San Diego), 7-6(4), 6-4