2009 highlights
USTA/Mid-Atlantic Section Highlights
Reaching for the Top
Most Members Ever • Nearly 38,000
members • Increase of 1,600 in last year
Most National Semifinals Ever • No. 1 out of all 17 • •
Sections 14 Top 4 Finishes 3 National League Championships
Most League Participation • No. 1 for the third • •
straight year Up 7% this year Many players compete on teams in 3 states
Most Web Hits Ever • Nearly 1/2 million hits • • • •
on all 5 websites combined 500 articles & postings & thousands of photos 12 online monthly newsletters Improved District & Section websites 350,000 hits on Section website (Up 17%)
NCAA Division III Champions • Emory’s Lorne
McManigle & Michael Goodwin (both from Rockville, MD) won Division III Singles titles
1st Legg Mason Tennis On Campus Challenge • Competed in front
•
of Legg Mason crowds (about 500 people) Watched US Open Champion Juan Martin del Potro defeat Andy Roddick in third-set tiebreaker 8-6 in Legg Mason final
“Little Mo” 8s National Champion
• Scott Sculley, the No.
1 seed, beat the No. 2 seed in straight sets in the final in Texas
High-School Coaches Workshop • USPTA President •
Tom Daglis Former University of Alabama and Kentucky tennis coach Tommy Wade
Tennis On Campus Sectional Championships • Virginia Tech crowned •
Mid-Atlantic Champion Maryland is runner-up
First Member Day at Kastles
Quick Stars Exhibition • Showed Washington Kastles fans how to play QuickStart
Mid-Atlantic Wins Gold Medal at 14 Zonals
• Undefeated Olivia Gaudreault Leads Team
QuickStart Tennis at Every Kastles’ Home Match • Kids and adults
played with the foam QuickStart tennis ball
Capra Wins USTA National Title • Won USTA
•
Girls’ 18 Spring National Title Competed for New York Buzz World Team Tennis Squad
First Ever College Showcase
• • • • • •
100 high-school players were seen by 15 college coaches from: Arkansas Illinois Pennsylvania North Carolina Virginia Maryland
Kudla Earns Easter Bowl Victory
• Wins Easter Bowl National Doubles Championship
Kastles Second USTA Day • Kastles
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Crowned WTT Champs in DC Final Auction Raised $14,000 for MATEF Foundation 250 People Attended
Frank Wins International Title • Mitchell Frank earns
ITF Grade 1 International Spring Junior Championship
Legg Mason USTA Day
• 500 members & guests
attended Mid-Atlantic Member Appreciation Day
Tolliver Wins Rapid Rally Silver • Case Tolliver
(Bluefield, WV) improves upon his bronze finish the year before
Nationals in Virginia Beach • Fabiola
•
Chaillo and Spencer Liang are Girls’ 16 National Clay Court Finalists Tournament at Virginia Beach Tennis and Country Club
NJTL Regional Rally • Washington Area Chinese
Tennis Association crowned champions
Dennis Wins Boys’ 12 National Singles & Doubles • Yancy Dennis
•
crowned National Open Champion in Baltimore Climbed to No. 10 Nationally
High-Performance Coaches Workshop • Jose Higueras and Jay
Berger help French Open juniors prepare for clay
US Open Wheelchair Finalist in Singles & Doubles • Jillana “Mel” Curry
•
earns two silver medals in US Open Class A Wheelchair competition Upset No. 1 seed in straight sets in semifinals
Arthur Ashe Kids' Day Target Challenge Champion • Skylar Morton
wins $10,000 for the TCCP’s Junior Tennis Champions Center in Maryland
• The 15-year-old hits
more forehand targets than Roger Federer
Match Play Camp Improves National Players with Mental Toughness Seminar
• 52 players participated • Chosen from the top 15 of each age division
Asian Festival Block Party
NCAA Division I Champions • University of
Virginia’s Michael Shabaz (Fairfax, VA) and Dom Inglot Won a Doubles Title • Named to All American Team • Cavaliers were undefeated during the regular season
National Champions
• Craig & Lindsey
Hardenbergh Win USTA Father-Daughter Grass Title
Boswell is Doubles World Champ • Mary Boswell won 75
international doubles title and was a singles and Queen’s Cup team finalist
• Fred Drilling’s
Britannia Cup 65 Team Wins ITF Championship
Mid-Atlantic is Reaching for the Top with Your Help • Thank you • President Chris Reynolds & the MAS Board of Directors
Reaching for the Top
Most Members Ever • Nearly 38,000
members • Increase of 1,600 in last year
Most National Semifinals Ever • No. 1 out of all 17 • •
Sections 14 Top 4 Finishes 3 National League Championships
Most League Participation • No. 1 for the third • •
straight year Up 7% this year Many players compete on teams in 3 states
Most Web Hits Ever • Nearly 1/2 million hits • • • •
on all 5 websites combined 500 articles & postings & thousands of photos 12 online monthly newsletters Improved District & Section websites 350,000 hits on Section website (Up 17%)
NCAA Division III Champions • Emory’s Lorne
McManigle & Michael Goodwin (both from Rockville, MD) won Division III Singles titles
1st Legg Mason Tennis On Campus Challenge • Competed in front
•
of Legg Mason crowds (about 500 people) Watched US Open Champion Juan Martin del Potro defeat Andy Roddick in third-set tiebreaker 8-6 in Legg Mason final
“Little Mo” 8s National Champion
• Scott Sculley, the No.
1 seed, beat the No. 2 seed in straight sets in the final in Texas
High-School Coaches Workshop • USPTA President •
Tom Daglis Former University of Alabama and Kentucky tennis coach Tommy Wade
Tennis On Campus Sectional Championships • Virginia Tech crowned •
Mid-Atlantic Champion Maryland is runner-up
First Member Day at Kastles
Quick Stars Exhibition • Showed Washington Kastles fans how to play QuickStart
Mid-Atlantic Wins Gold Medal at 14 Zonals
• Undefeated Olivia Gaudreault Leads Team
QuickStart Tennis at Every Kastles’ Home Match • Kids and adults
played with the foam QuickStart tennis ball
Capra Wins USTA National Title • Won USTA
•
Girls’ 18 Spring National Title Competed for New York Buzz World Team Tennis Squad
First Ever College Showcase
• • • • • •
100 high-school players were seen by 15 college coaches from: Arkansas Illinois Pennsylvania North Carolina Virginia Maryland
Kudla Earns Easter Bowl Victory
• Wins Easter Bowl National Doubles Championship
Kastles Second USTA Day • Kastles
•
•
Crowned WTT Champs in DC Final Auction Raised $14,000 for MATEF Foundation 250 People Attended
Frank Wins International Title • Mitchell Frank earns
ITF Grade 1 International Spring Junior Championship
Legg Mason USTA Day
• 500 members & guests
attended Mid-Atlantic Member Appreciation Day
Tolliver Wins Rapid Rally Silver • Case Tolliver
(Bluefield, WV) improves upon his bronze finish the year before
Nationals in Virginia Beach • Fabiola
•
Chaillo and Spencer Liang are Girls’ 16 National Clay Court Finalists Tournament at Virginia Beach Tennis and Country Club
NJTL Regional Rally • Washington Area Chinese
Tennis Association crowned champions
Dennis Wins Boys’ 12 National Singles & Doubles • Yancy Dennis
•
crowned National Open Champion in Baltimore Climbed to No. 10 Nationally
High-Performance Coaches Workshop • Jose Higueras and Jay
Berger help French Open juniors prepare for clay
US Open Wheelchair Finalist in Singles & Doubles • Jillana “Mel” Curry
•
earns two silver medals in US Open Class A Wheelchair competition Upset No. 1 seed in straight sets in semifinals
Arthur Ashe Kids' Day Target Challenge Champion • Skylar Morton
wins $10,000 for the TCCP’s Junior Tennis Champions Center in Maryland
• The 15-year-old hits
more forehand targets than Roger Federer
Match Play Camp Improves National Players with Mental Toughness Seminar
• 52 players participated • Chosen from the top 15 of each age division
Asian Festival Block Party
NCAA Division I Champions • University of
Virginia’s Michael Shabaz (Fairfax, VA) and Dom Inglot Won a Doubles Title • Named to All American Team • Cavaliers were undefeated during the regular season
National Champions
• Craig & Lindsey
Hardenbergh Win USTA Father-Daughter Grass Title
Boswell is Doubles World Champ • Mary Boswell won 75
international doubles title and was a singles and Queen’s Cup team finalist
• Fred Drilling’s
Britannia Cup 65 Team Wins ITF Championship
Mid-Atlantic is Reaching for the Top with Your Help • Thank you • President Chris Reynolds & the MAS Board of Directors
