The Road to THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP 2023
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Carter Mills had already qualified for the 14U Tour Championship next weekend, but it never hurts to prepare in style. Much like the pros at New Haven, he tweaked his game in the last week leading up to the major and came away with another title.
More important may be confidence and hot play heading into the Tour Championship. Mills had to defeat the No. 1 ranked player on tour, Jon Ozenci, to capture the Sweet Spotter Cup championship, 4-2, 4-2.
Shed no tears for Ozenci, however. He has multiple options to compete and with his finals performance regained the No. 1 position in the 16U rankings over Solomon Ravitz, who he had trailed by eleven points before the Sweet Spotter Cup. He'd already held No. 1 in 14U and 18U and now is consolidating his holdings.
Zander Abramson emerged the victor after coming back from a set down to capture a tight tiebreak against Zachary Mills 1-4, 4-1, 10-8. That coupled with his default win to make Abramson 2-0 and the champion. But Kidd was able to oust Mills for second place, 4-2, 4-1. It would have been chaos had the last tiebreak points gone Mills' way.
One interesting note from the weekend---Zachary Mills, a Junior Circuit tournament champion in the past, may have endured a heart-wrenching loss. But the five points he earned in competing at the 12U level means he debuts on that tour at 22nd.
Not only that, but he improved enough in the 10U rankings to earn an invitation as an alternate to the Tour Championship, which he has converted.
Tour Championship tickets have been punched. Players are listed where they have qualified, but some changes in age division will be made for those who have aged out of their group, as well as next-qualified players added in place of those with injuries.
There are still a few hours to apply to play in the Tour Championship! Sign up here. Registration closes at 9 pm on Thursday, Sept 7.
18U Boys
Michael Fleming
Benjamin Kaufman
Jonah Treitler
Aryan Dhiman
AJ Mangin
Tanish Rayan
18U Girls
Honor Sax
Daniela Corona Shturman
Atlee Hilliard
Adelaide Houston
Mia Payson
Ariana Sartip
16U Boys
Solomon Ravitz
Alvaro Orlove
Diego Levi
Spencer Weiss
Anton Grib
Jack Jaffee
16U Girls
Taylor Shen
Caroline Peterson
Zahra Doriwala
Paisley Fromer
Riece Grimes-Thomas
Sofia Gerhardt
14U Boys
Jon Ozenci
Ilan Faraci
Braden Walter
David Gong
Carter Mills
William van Horne
14U Girls
Serena Provinse
Daphne Dunlap
Zoe Taylor
Cornelia Touw
Lily Venzke
Annie Lippard
12U Boys
Kiran Mathura
Archer Pollak
Deniz Ozenci
Sajan Chandela
Arnav Nadikatla
Rohan Bhagat
12U Girls
Shritha Adapala
Julia Urbanowska
Likitha Gaddipati
Stella Dybczakova
Sandhya Lakshmanan
Elizabeth Agbomson
10U Boys
Shiloh Auzoux
Finn Jackson
Abir Kedar
Devin Leung
Pierson Holahan
Nicolas Kidd
10U Girls
Siena Auzoux
Lara Dabney
Shannon Bu
Petrina Bailey
Kamsiyonna Udejiofor
Isabelle Savvas
Remember the newly added feature to the rankings: the Plus / Minus, which will tell you how far up or down the player has moved within the last week.
Champions
9/2 UTR 12U: Zander Abramson
9/3 UTR 15U: Carter Mills
The full tables now look like this.
Each weekend this spring and summer, Tennis Central is bringing you USTA and UTR tournaments at Holton-Arms School. Earn points for advancing through each round, just like on the pro tours, and qualify for the TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP at season's end.
Bigger events offer more points, with the TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP offering the most, as well as prizes.
Check here for updates each week to the Tennis Central Tour Rankings, a 52-week points system based on the pro tours, as well as recaps of all the action and photos.
2023 Tour Schedule
March
April
Apr 8: UTR 14U - Sweet Spotter Open
Apr 16: USTA L7 Boys and Girls 12U
Apr 16: USTA L7 Boys and Girls 14U
Apr 30: 10U Green Dot UTR - Anguilla Service Trips Open - rescheduled for June 3
May
May 7: USTA L7 Adult NTRP
May 13: USTA Boys' and Girls' WTN 12-18U
June
June 4: 14U and 16U UTR - String48 Open
June 11: 16U UTR - The Beach Open
June 18: 14U and 18U UTR - Travel Team Open
July
July 15-16: Adult UTR - Tennis Central Open
July 16: USTA 10U Orange & 10U Green
July 22: 10U & 14U UTR - BGO Cup
August
Aug 19: 10U & 16U Singles & Doubles UTR
Aug 20: USTA 10U Orange and 10U Green
Aug 20: 12U & 18U Singles & Doubles UTR
September
Sept 9-10: THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP - all age levels 10U-18U
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