Select Page

King/Betkas Win USONP Mixed Dubs, Vliegen Takes Belgium, NCAA Champs US Open Track Record

by | Aug 28, 2016 | Blog

Tagged with: , , , , ,

It was a good day for former Michigan stars Evan King (’13) and Emina Bektas (’15) as the Wolverine duo won the US Open National Playoff Mixed Doubles Draw with a 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (8) win over Sanaz Marand (North Carolina ’11) and Malcolm Harrison (NW Missouri St ’12). The win earned King and Bektas a main draw wild card into next week’s US Open which will be the first main draw Grand Slam match for each.

 
#631 Joran Vliegen (East Carolina ’14) won his first singles title of the year, second of his career, with a straight set win over #508 Romain Barbosa in the final of the $10K Belgium F11 Futures in Huy. Vliegen trailed 4-1 in the opening set before winning five straight to take the set 6-4. Vliegen broke Barbosa in a three-deuce game to start the second set and made the break lead hold up in route to a 6-4, 6-4 win in 1 hour and 16 minutes. 
 
#471 Petr Michnev (Hawaii-Pacific ’14) will be seeking a singles title for the second week in a row after picking up his ninth straight win with a 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4 over #494 Peter Nagy (Texas A&M Corpus Christi ’15) in the semifinals of the $10K Austria F7 Futures in Poertschach – next up for Michnev is 19-year old #542 Corentin Denolly who was a top 3 ITF junior that has already won one Futures title this year. Michnev will be seeking his second singles title of the year and third overall. 
 
Andre Begemann (Pepperdine ’08) was seeking his 29th career doubles title and fifth at the ATP level but he and Leander Paes weren’t able to close out Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Henri Kontinen in the doubles final at the ATP 250 Winston-Salem Open. Begemann and Paes led 6-4, 4-2 before GGL and Kontinen won three straight to go ahead 5-4. The second set went to a tiebreak and Begemann and Paes went ahead 6-1 meaning they had five match points. Unfortunately they lost seven straight points to lose the tiebreak 8-6 and then after falling behind 7-3 in the third set supertiebreak they fell 10-8.
 
Mitch McDaniels (New Mexico ’15) had a great week in Romania but his road came to a end after falling 6-1, 6-4 to #571 Gabriel Hidalgo in the semifinals at the $10K Romania F14 Futures in Galati. McDaniels entered the week ranked 1441 but when these six points are added in he should rise to around 1080.
___________________________________________________________
 

The US Open released its Monday schedule with seven players with collegiate ties on the slate including both NCAA singles champions – Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA ’16) and Danielle Collins (Virginia ’16). The last female NCAA Champion to win her opening round match was Wake Forest’s Bea Bielik back in 2002 while the last male winner was USC’s Steve Johnson in 2012. The chart below shows how each NCAA Champion has faired since 1990.

Men’s First Round
#22 [20] John Isner (Georgia ’07) vs. #124 [WC] Frances Tiafoe – Mon. 1:00 pm (2nd/Gstand)
#25 [23] Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) vs. #86 Yoshihito Nishioka – Mon. 2:30 pm (3rd/Ct. 13)
#412 [WC] Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA ’16) vs. #227 [Q] Jan Satral – Mon 3:00 pm (3rd/Ct. 11)
#143 [Q] Saketh Myneni (Alabama ’10) vs. #48 Jiri Vesely – Mon. 4:30 pm (4th/Ct. 9)
#21 [19] Steve Johnson (USC ’12) vs. #79 Evgeny Donskoy – Tuesday or Wednesday
#105 [WC] Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03) vs. #67 Daniel Evans – Tuesday or Wednesday
#97 Benjamin Becker (Baylor ’05) vs. #7 [6] Kei Nishikori – Tuesday or Wednesday

Women’s First Round
[WC] Danielle Collins (Virginia ’16) vs. #102 Evgeniya Rodina – Mon. 3:00pm (3rd/Ct. 9)
#74 Irinia Falconi (Georgia Tech ’10) vs. #67 Cagla Buyukakcay – Mon. 11:00am (1st/Ct. 15)
#158 [Q] Catherine Bellis (’17 Stanford cmt) vs. #65 Viktorija Golubic – Mon. 12:30pm (2nd/Ct. 6)
#723 [WC] Ellen Perez (Georgia Jr) vs. #49 Shuai Zhang – Tuesday or Wednesday
#72 Nicole Gibbs (Stanford ’13) vs. #153 [Q] Aleksandra Krunic – Tuesday or Wednesday

Year NCAA Champion School US Open Results
2016 Mackenzie McDonald UCLA vs. #227 Jan Satral
2015 Ryan Shane Virginia lost to #27 Jeremy Chardy 6-2, 6-1, 6-7(6), 6-2
2014 Marcos Giron UCLA lost to #15 John Isner 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(2)
2013 Blaz Rola Ohio State No wild card
2012 Steve Johnson USC def. #98 Rajeev Ram 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3; def. #153 Ernests Gulbis 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-4; lost to #14 Richard Gasquet 7-6(4), 6-2, 6-3
2011 Steve Johnson USC lost to Alex Bogomolov Jr. 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-3
2010 Bradley Klahn Stanford lost to Sam Querrey 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
2009 Devin Britton Mississippi lost to Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3, 7-5
2008 Somdev Devvarman Virginia No wild card
2007 Somdev Devvarman Virginia No wild card
2006 Benjamin Kohlloeffel UCLA No wild card
2005 Benedikt Dorsch Baylor No wild card
2004 Benjamin Becker Baylor No wild card
2003 Amer Delic Illinois lost to Sargis Sargsian 4-6, 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-2, 7-5
2002 Matias Boeker Georgia lost to Thomas Enqvist 6-2, 6-3, 7-6(3)
2001 Matias Boeker Georgia No wild card
2000 Alex Kim Stanford lost to Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
1999 Jeff Morrison Florida lost to Ivan Ljubicic 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
1998 Bob Bryan Stanford def. Marcos Ondruska 3-6, 6-7, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4; lost to Adrian Voinea 0-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
1997 Luke Smith UNLV lost to Marcelo Rios 6-1, 6-1, 6-4
1996 Cecil Mamiit USC lost to Alberto Berasategui 6-1, 6-4, 6-0
1995 Sargis Sargsian Arizona St. def. Michael Joyce 7-6, 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; def. Andrei Medvedev 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4; lost to Jared Palmer 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
1994 Mark Merklein Florida lost to Javier Frana 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-0
1993 Chris Woodruff Tennessee lost to Chuck Adams 6-3, 6-4, 0-6, 6-4
1992 Alex O’Brien Stanford lost to Jim Courier 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 7-6
1991 Jared Palmer Stanford lost to Rodolphe Gilbert 6-1, 6-2, 5-7, 1-6, 7-6
1990 Steve Bryan Texas lost to Cristiano Caratti 6-2, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2

Year NCAA Champion School US Open Result
2016 Danielle Collins Virginia vs. #102 Evgeniya Rodina
2015 Jamie Loeb North Carolina lost to #4 Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-0
2014 Danielle Collins Virginia lost to #2 Simona Halep 6-7(2), 6-1, 6-2
2013 Nicole Gibbs Stanford lost to #86 Flavia Pennetta 6-0, 6-2
2012 Nicole Gibbs Stanford lost to #49 Alize Cornet 7-5, 6-3
2011 Jana Juricova Cal No Wild Card
2010 Chelsey Gullickson Georgia lost to #2 Caroline Wozniacki 6-1, 6-1
2009 Mallory Cecil Duke lost to #58 Tathiana Garbin 6-0, 6-1
2008 Amanda McDowell Georgia Tech No Main Draw WC; Got A Qualifying WC
2007 Audra Cohen Miami FL lost to #103 Andrea Petkovic 6-4, 6-1
2006 Suzi Babos Cal No Wild Card
2005 Zuzana Zemenova Baylor No Wild Card
2004 Amber Liu Stanford lost to #105 Julia Vakulenko 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
2003 Amber Liu Stanford lost to #1 Kim Clijsters 6-2, 6-3
2002 Bea Bielik Wake Forest def. #148 Renata Voracova 6-4, 6-4 def. #28 Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4, 6-2 lost to #7 Justine Henin 7-5, 6-1
2001 Laura Granville Stanford lost to #1 Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-0
2000 Laura Granville Stanford Got WC but withdrew because of injury
1999 Zuzana Lesenarova San Diego lost to Sandra Kloesel 6-4, 6-3
1998 Vanessa Webb Duke lost to Cara Black 6-4, 6-2
1997 Lilia Osterloh Stanford def. Barbara Rittner 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 def. Corina Morariu 6-7, 6-1, 3-0 ret. lost to Irina Spirlea 6-2, 7-5
1996 Jill Craybas Florida lost to Alexandra Fusai 6-1, 2-6, 7-5
1995 Keri Phebus UCLA def. Brie Rippner 6-3, 6-1 lost to Amy Frazier 6-2, 6-1
1994 Angela Lettiere Georgia lost to Marie-Jose Gaidano 6-1, 7-6
1993 Lisa Raymond Florida def. Linda Ferrando 6-3, 7-6 lost to Natalia Zvereva 6-4, 6-1
1992 Lisa Raymond Florida def. Petra Ritter 6-3, 6-4 lost to Monica Seles 7-5, 6-0
1991 Sandra Birch Stanford lost to Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 6-3, 6-1
1990 Debbie Graham Stanford def. Eleni Rossides 6-4, 6-0 lost to Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 6-0, 6-2
 
Note – the NCAA Champion was guaranteed a main draw wild card through 2000 but then the US Open wild card selection committee changed the policy to only strongly consider the NCAA Champion. Every American NCAA Champion has received a main draw wild card except 2008 women’s champion Georgia Tech’s Amanda McDowell who received a wild card into qualies.