The draws are out for the second Oracle ITA Masters in Malibu with this year’s format differing a good bit from last year. Last year the singles field was limited to 16 players with the field selected based on preseason ITA rankings; this year the field has been expanded to 32 players with the goal to have one player per conference. The other change relates to doubles – last year there was a men’s and women’s doubles draw but this year those have been scrapped in favor of a mixed doubles draw.
The seeding is completely based on Universal Tennis Rating using a UTR from a few days ago. Texas freshman Yuya Ito is the top seed in the men’s draw while Pepperdine sophomore Luisa Stefani is tops in the women’s draw.
Men’s Notes:
- Georgia Tech junior Chris Eubanks has the top ITA ranking at No. 5 but he will be seeded sixth
- Texas’s Yuya Ito is the only freshmen in the men’s field but he’ll be the top seed based off his UTR
- UCLA, Pepperdine, Kentucky, and Memphis are the only schools with two players
- Baylor senior Max Tchoutakian got the Oracle Wild Card
- Pepperdine junior Lautaro Pane got the Host Wild Card
- Texas freshman Yuya Ito and Kentucky sophomore Ryotaro Matsumura were at-large entries based off their high UTRs
- Players originally committed that pulled out
- George Goldhoff (Texas)
- Sam Matheson (Liberty) – turned pro
- Juan Estevarena (Colllege of Charleston)
- Stjepan Sisko (Toledo)
- Eduardo Mena (Tennessee Tech)
- Tom Fawcett (Stanford) – entered in $100K Stocktown Challenger
- Players added after the others pulled out
- William Bushamuka (Kentucky)
- Martin Redlicki (UCLA)
- Gage Brymer (UCLA)
- Andrew Watson (Memphis)
- Ryan Peniston (Memphis)
- Nick Crystal (USC)
- Largest First Round UTR Variance (8 matches greater than 1.00)
- 2.50 – Ito vs. Ezaka
- 2.34 – Matsumura vs. Whalley
- 2.24 – Rinderknech vs. Chepik
- 1.90 – Peniston vs. Nguyen
Women’s Notes:
- North Carolina senior Hayley Carter was the preseason ITA No. 1 but she will be seeded fifth
- Pepperdine, Oklahoma State, and North Carolina are the only schools with multiple players
- There are four freshman in the field
- Ena Shibahara (UCLA)
- Ashley Lahey (Pepperdine)
- Sara Daavettila (North Carolina)
- Meible Chi (Duke)
- Baylor senior Blair Shankle got the Oracle Wild Card
- Pepperdine junior Laura Gulbe got the Host Wild Card
- Ena Shibahara and Sara Daavettila were at-large entries based off their high UTRs
- Players originally committed that pulled out
- Francesca Di Lorenzo (Ohio State)
- Mina Matsuba (Bethune-Cookman)
- Ellen Perez (Georgia)
- Alexandria Stiteler (South Alabama)
- Taylor Davidson (Stanford)
- Players added after others pulled out
- Ashley Lahey (Pepperdine)
- Meible Chi (Duke)
- Denise Starr (Cal)
- Jasmine Lee (Mississippi State)
- Viktoriya Lushkova (Oklahoma State)
- Largest First Round UTR Variance (10 matches greater than 1.00)
- 3.71 – Stefani vs. Rencheli
- 3.35 – Shibahara vs. Cartier
- 2.72 – Daavettila vs. Pasricha
- 2.71 – Lahey vs. Faybyshev
- 2.25 – Carter vs. Blinova
- 2.14 – Lee vs. Yanes Garcia
I have the men’s and women’s draw broken down by UTR, ITA ranking, school, and class year. To view in a separate window you can click these links – men & women
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