2016 TEAM USA National Junior Team Boys Summer ...

2016 TEAM USA National Junior Team Boys Summer Travel Team Team USA National Junior Teams are designed to assist the USA’s best young players with an opportunity to travel together and train together during the summer to compete against other top players from around the world. USTA Player Development will be providing coaching assistance and some travel assistance to some of the major events listed below on the sample schedule. Player schedules will be determined by ITF and ATP player ranking. Eight (8) male players born in 2000 and 2001 will be selected to participate on the 2016 Team USA National Junior Team. Players will earn selection onto the team based on automatic qualification and by tryout. Any player that meets the automatic criteria listed below is guaranteed a spot on the team. Additional players will be invited to participate in the playoff to compete for the remaining spots and the top player performing will be selected to be on the 2016 team. Sixteen (16) players will be invited to participate in the playoff (10 players born in 2000, 4 players born in 2001 and two wild cards). The boy’s try-out camp is April 16-19, 2016. The criteria to select players for the tryout will be in the following order as follows:

Automatic:

1. ITF Top 150 ranking on February 29, 2016 2. Excellence Grant Recipient who achieved 3 boxes in 2015 (2000 criteria)

Tryout Camp:

April 16-19, 2016

Age:

Players born in the year 2000 and 2001

Tryout size:

16 players (10 players born in 2000, 4 players born in 2001 and two wild cards)

The criteria to select players for the tryout will be in the following order as follows: Player Selection Criteria for players born in 2000 (10 Players) 1. Achieved 2 boxes from 2015 Excellence Grants (2000 criteria) 2. Achieved 1 box from 2015 Excellence Grants (2000 criteria) 3. Achieved 1 box from the 2016 Excellence Grants (players 16 years of age born in 2000) 4. Top 600 ITF Ranking on February 29, 2016 5. USTA Boys 16’s National Standing List published on March 2, 2016 – The USTA Boys 16’s National Standing List will be used for all remaining spots and to determine ties.

Player Selection Criteria for players born in 2001 (4 Players) 1. Achieved 3 box from the 2015 Excellence Grants (2001 criteria) 2. Achieved 2 boxes from 2015 Excellence Grants (2001 criteria) 3. Achieved 1 box 2015 Excellence Grants (2001 criteria) 4. Achieved 1 box from the 2016 Excellence Grants (players 15 years of age born in 2001) 5. Top 600 ITF Ranking 6. USTA Boys 16’s National Standing List published on March 2, 2016–The USTA Boys 16’s National Standing List will be used for all remaining spots and to determine ties.

Excellence Grants Criteria for 2015 & 2016 Listed below: Players Born 2000 (2015 Excellence Grant Criteria)  Singles Semi-finalist of the USTA 16’s Nationals in Kalamazoo  Singles Semi-finalist of the USTA 16’s Nationals Clay Courts or 16’s Easter Bowl  Singles Winner in one ITF 18’s Group 5 event or higher in USA  Singles Quarterfinalist in Orange Bowl 16s  Singles Semi-finalist in Eddie Herr 16’s  Participant on Jr Davis Cup Competition Finals  Winner of a singles main draw match of an ITF $10,000 event or higher (This bullet may be used two times) Players 16 years old (2016 Excellence Grant Criteria-born 2000)  Top 1300 ATP Ranking -First time reaching ranking  Top 1000 ATP Ranking- First time reaching ranking  Singles Top 6 finisher in the USTA 18’s Nationals in Kalamazoo  Singles Semifinalist of an ITF 18’s Group 1 or higher (This bullet may be used two times)  Singles Finalist in the USTA National 18’s Clay Courts  Singles Winner or finalist of the USTA Nationals 16’s in Kalamazoo  Singles Qualifying or Main Draw participant in Junior Grand Slam based on ranking  Singles Quarterfinalist of the 18’s Orange Bowl or the 18’s Eddie Herr  Three singles wins over ATP Top 1000 players in pro events (This bullet may be used two times)  Singles Quarterfinalist of an ITF $10,000 event or higher (This bullet may be used two times)  Participant on the Jr Davis Cup Competition Finals with team finishing Top 4 in the world Players Born 2001 (2015 Excellence Grant Criteria)  Singles Winner of a USTA 14 ‘s USTA National Championships (TX)  Singles Finalist of the 14’s USTA Clay courts  Singles Finalist of the 14’s Easter Bowl  Singles Quarter-Finalist of 16’s USTA National Championships or 16’s USTA National Clay Courts or 16’s Easter Bowl  Singles Quarter-Finalist of one ITF 18’s Group 5 event or higher held in the United States (This bullet may be used two times)  Singles Semi-finalist of the 14’s Junior Orange Bowl  Singles Finalist in 14’s Eddie Herr  Singles Round of 16 of the 16’s Orange Bowl  Singles Semi-Finalist a in Le Petit As or singles finalist in Bolton (Teen Tennis) event  Participant on World Junior Tennis Competition Finals with team finishing Top 4 in the world Players 15 years old (2016 Excellence Grant Criteria-born 2001)  Singles Semifinalist of the USTA 16’s Nationals in Kalamazoo  Singles Semifinalist of the USTA 16’s Nationals Clay Courts or 16’s Easter Bowl  Singles Winner of an ITF 18’s Group 5 event or higher in USA  Singles Semifinalist of a Grade 3 or higher ITF Event  Singles Quarterfinalist of the 16’s Orange Bowl  Singles Semifinalist of the 16’s Eddie Herr  Participant on the Jr Davis Cup Competition Finals  Winner of a singles main draw match of an ITF $10,000 event or higher (This bullet may be used two times)

2016 TEAM USA National Junior Team Sample Schedule of Events

Schedule:

April 16-19

Camp/ Tryout (National Coaches/ Personal Coaches)

April 22-May 1

Coral Gables ITF

May 2-8

Delray Beach ITF

May 9-16

Plantation ITF

June 11-15

Training Camp on Clay (Boca)

July 14-24

Clay Court Nationals

July 30-Aug 3

Training Camp on Hard Court (Boca)

Aug 5-14

Kalamazoo

Aug 19-28

College Park ITF

Aug 28-Sept 4

Canada ITF

Sep 4-11

JR US Open (National Coaches/Personal coaches)