March 2025 Junior Newsletter - USTA Southern California

Junior Team Tennis

MARCH 2025 NEWSLETTER

JUNIOR TENNIS  |  USTA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

MARCH 2025 NEWSLETTER

JUNIOR TENNIS
USTA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

ULTIMATE SPORTSMANSHIP CHALLENGE WINNERS

Congratulations to our 2024-25 Ultimate Sportsmanship Challenge Grand Prize Winners – Mika Wei and Jaden Joyner! They received the most votes and will be receiving two tickets to the BNP Paribas Open and a one night hotel stay during the tournament. 

Additionally, congratulations to our 3rd Quarter winners:

– Girls (tie): Lillian Chhiv and Hannah Hwang
– Boys (tie): Imangali Kanat and Peter Maldonado

Well done to all our winners for exemplifying great sportsmanship!

The next cycle of the challenge will begin soon! Plus, stay tuned for a special article celebrating National Sportsmanship Month on March 5—find it on our website and socials!

LEVEL 5 BARBARA ESTES FRIENDSHIP TEAM CUP: APRIL 19, 2025

The USTA SoCal Barbara Estes Friendship Team Cup is back, and it’s bringing the excitement. Registration is now open!

This ONE-DAY Level 5 team tournament is your chance to build your own co-ed team and compete in a fun, high-energy event with your friends. A designated team captain will create the roster with a minimum of 2 boys and 2 girls (maximum 3 boys and 3 girls – you may do 2 boys and 3 girls or 3 boys and 2 girls as well) for singles and doubles play. Lunch, shirts, and awards will be provided for ALL participants. 

Due to the Easter holiday on April 20th, both 16s and 18s will play on April 19th. Don’t miss out—start assembling your dream team now!

Friendship Cup

USTA SOCAL PRO SERIES WILD CARDS

Our 18s and 16s Junior Sectionals and high school CIF players will have a unique opportunity at earning wild cards to the USTA SoCal Pro Series.

The SoCal Pro Series returns in 2025 with a lineup of ITF/USTA Pro Circuit $15,000 men’s and women’s tournaments, awarding over $210,000 in total prize money and highlighting the most talented up-and-coming players based in Southern California.

EARLY DEVELOPMENT CAMPS (EDC)

USTA Southern California Early Development Camps are the first step in the USTA Player Development Pathway. Our goal is to bring together SoCal 10 & Under players, who currently compete in Junior Circuit tournaments in order to practice and play together. Early Development Camps are developed and designed by the USTA High Performance Player Development and utilize local USTA trained coaches. 

This 2-day camp emphasizes fundamentals and overall athletic development in a fun, educational environment while giving players an opportunity to earn playtracker points through match play. Players with excellent work ethic, commitment, talent, and attitude are encouraged to participate. 

The next EDC is on March 22-23 at The Claremont Club.

10U GREEN & YELLOW BALL GRAND PRIX SERIES

The USTA Southern California 10U Yellow & Green Ball Grand Prix Series are underway. Top point earners will be invited to join Early Development Camps

  • The Spring Grand Prix season will run from March 1, 2025 – June 15, 2025
  • The Summer/Fall Grand Prix Season will run from June 21, 2025 – October 19th, 2025

PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS – USTA LEVEL 2

Congratulations to our February Level 2 Winners and Finalists!

  • Chris Deng (B12 Singles Claremont Champion)
  • Paolo Huerta (B12 Singles Claremont Finalist)
  • William Zhou & Andrew Cheng (B12 Doubles Claremont Champions)
  • Chris Deng & Olie Rosa Hall (NorCal) (B12 Doubles Claremont Finalists)
  • Indra Vergne (B14 Singles Claremont Finalist)
  • Jasper Chen & Alexander Anderson (NorCal) (B14 Doubles Claremont Champions)
  • Danielle Han (G12 Singles Claremont Champion)
  • Agneshka Markina (G12 Singles Claremont Finalist)
  • Victoria Park & Aarna Patel (G12 Doubles Claremont Champions)
  • Lillian Chivv & Nicole Handjono (G12 Doubles Claremont Finalists)
  • Madeline Cleary (G14 Singles Claremont Champion)
  • Anya Arora (G14 Singles Claremont Finalist)
  • Fiona Tseng & Cissy Loretta Adams (G14 Doubles Claremont Champions)
  • Mia Sandblom & Kimber Kuykendall (Nevada) (G14 Doubles Claremont Finalists)
  • Abigail Haile (G16 Singles Long Beach Champion)
  • Armira Kockinis (G16 Singles Long Beach Finalist)
  • Jaidyn Finley & Brandon Hsiung (B16 Doubles Long Beach Finalists)
  • Kingsley Wolf & Julia Seversen (G16 Doubles Long Beach Champions)
  • Benjamin Berger (B18 Singles Las Vegas Champion)
  • Nicole Weng (G18 Singles Las Vegas Finalist)
  • Krishna Rishvanth & Andre Alcantara(Nevada) (B18 Doubles Las Vegas Champions)
  • Trevor Nguyen & Brayden Tallakson (B18 Doubles Las Vegas Finalists)
  • Anna Cherico & Sage Bergeson (Utah) (G18 Doubles Las Vegas Finalists)
  • David Wu (B18 Singles Scottsdale Finalist)
  • Thomas Gamble (B12 Singles Tucson Champion)
  • Luca Rodriguez (B12 Singles Tucson Finalist)
  • Thomas Gamble & Matthew Kolomeyer (B12 Doubles Tucson Champions)
Junior Tennis
Junior Tennis

OTHER INFORMATION

PLEASE RESPECT FACILITIES! Please remember that we are all guests at these facilities when playing in tournaments. Please do not leave trash around, respect club policies, etc. With the shortage of tennis courts, we need every facility possible to run these tournaments.

– WITHDRAWING DUE TO PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCE: According to USTA Friend at Court, Personal Circumstance is a bona fide reason other than illness or injury for not playing. Personal circumstance generally describes a situation in which a player has a serious or genuine reason for not playing. For example, wanting to get home to play in another sporting event or for the convenience of the junior or an adult who is the player’s parent or coach is not a personal circumstance.

USTA PARENT WEBINARS: Did you miss any past webinars? Watch them HERE!

– After every tournament, you should be receiving a tournament survey from Feefo. Please take a moment to fill out the survey(s). It’s very important when it comes time for the staff and Junior Comp Committee to award new bids and it also helps us improve our tournaments. Responses will remain confidential. 

– DOUBLE ENTRIES: Players are not permitted to enter two tournaments at the same time. When entries close, a player shall not be entered in two or more sanctioned tournaments, if any part of the tournament sanction dates overlap (once you have been selected for a tournament, you are committed to finishing out that tournament and you cannot enter another tournament). After a player has been eliminated from a tournament whose schedule of play partially overlaps with that of a second tournament, the player may enter the second tournament. If you are an alternate for another tournament, you MUST remove yourself from that alternate list once you are accepted into another tournament. Players who violate this rule will be disqualified from both tournaments (applies to SoCal tournaments only) and will receive four (4) suspension points. (USTA Regulations IV.F.). This includes two weekend tournaments – don’t assume you’ll lose in the first weekend! 

– IMPROPER ENTRY OR WITHDRAWAL: Player may be penalized under the Point Penalty Suspension System for improper withdrawals which includes:

    • Failure to pay an entry fee
    • Being entered when entries close in two or more sanctioned tournaments scheduled to overlap
    • Withdrawal from tournament after entries closed for reason other than injury, illness, personal circumstance, or  previously authorized entry into another tournament.

BECOME AN OFFICIAL: We are looking for more people to become certified officials. Officials ensure fair play, sportsmanship, and smooth tournaments at every level—from local to professional. Serve as a Roving Umpire, Line Umpire, Referee, or Chair Umpire! If you’re interested, please start HERE.

– NEED HELP PAYING ENTRY FEES? Please email Ai Takamori from USTA SoCal and we’ll try to help you! Player must be free of suspension points and grievances to receive assistance.

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TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

CLICK HERE FOR THE MARCH JUNIOR TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE!

 
More tournaments may be added if there is a need for them so please check the 
USTA website for the most up-to-date information.

Deadlines are staggered by level so please make sure you are not double entering in tournaments.