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Steve JohnsonThe ITA released its final singles and doubles rankings of the year with both of the NCAA Singles Champions, Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and Brienne Minor, finishing ranked No. 9. TCU’s Cameron Norrie finished at No. 1 in the men’s rankings while Ohio State’s Francesca Di Lorenzo was tops on the women’s side.
Oklahoma’s Andrew Harris and Spencer Papa, who won the NCAA Doubles Championship, finished at No. 1 in the doubles rankings while Pepperdine’s Christine Maddox and Mayar Sherif Ahmed finished at No. 1 in the women’s doubles rankings. The NCAA Women’s Doubles Champs, Ohio State’s Francesca Di Lorenzo and Miho Kowase, finished at No. 3 while the NCAA runner-ups Alabama’s Erin Routliffe and Maddie Pothoff finished at No. 2.
To see the men’s rankings click here while the women’s rankings are available here. Further down below I have them broken down by UTR, school, conference, year, plus I have what the first rankings of the fall should look like – if you are a CTT subscriber make sure you login and if you’re not a subscriber hop on board!
Last week the ITA released its national award winners but with the NCAA team and individual competitions going on the announcement kind of fell through the cracks. Below are this year’s winners and for further details you can check out the ITA’s release.
The one thing I find odd is they don’t have a Player of the Year award for the best player – they have the ITA Senior POY but of course that only goes to a senior. It’s a shame that neither Cameron Norrie or Francesca Di Lorenzo won a national award because in my opinion those were the two best players last season.
WOMEN
Wilson/ITA Coach of the Year: Melissa Schaub, The Ohio State University
ITA Assistant Coach of the Year: Courtney Nagle, University of North Carolina
ITA Most Improved Player (Senior): Blair Shankle, Baylor University
ITA Senior Player of the Year: Hayley Carter, University of North Carolina
ITA Rookie of the Year: Ena Shibahara, UCLA
ITA Player to Watch: Astra Sharma, Vanderbilt University
ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award: Monica Robinson, University of Notre Dame
ITA/Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship: Aslina Chua, Michigan State University
ITA Community Service Award (tie): University of Tennessee & East Carolina University
MEN
Wilson/ITA Coach of the Year: Sam Paul, University of North Carolina
ITA Assistant Coach of the Year (tie): Justin Kronauge, The Ohio State University & Dustin Taylor, University of Virginia
ITA Most Improved Player (Senior): Jose Salazar, University of Arkansas
ITA Senior Player of the Year: Ronnie Schneider, University of North Carolina
ITA Rookie of the Year: William Blumberg, University of North Carolina
ITA Player to Watch: Alfredo Perez, University of Florida
ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award: Christopher Eubanks, Georgia Tech
Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award: Lucas Fumagalli, United States Air Force Academy
ITA Community Service Award: Boise State University
Steve Johnson (USC ’12) moved into the third round at the French Open with a hard fought 6-2, 7-6(8), 3-6, 7-6(6) win over ATP #40 Borna Coric. Johnson trailed 4-2 in the fourth set before reeling off three straight games to go ahead 5-4. Johnson had five match points on Coric’s 4-5 service game but Coric managed to hold for 5-5. In the tiebreak, Coric led *6-4 but Johnson took the final four points to close it out. The clip above shows an emotional Johnson talking after the win which came just 3 weeks after the passing of his father, Steve Sr. Next up for Johnson is the No. 6 seed Dominic Thiem.
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Highest UTRs:
12.13 – Francesca Di Lorenzo (Ohio State)
11.99 – Hayley Carter (North Carolina)
11.95 – Josie Kuhlman (Florida)
11.88 – Blair Shankle (Baylor)
11.80 – Karla Popovic (Cal)
Teams with the highest number of ranked players
6 – Florida, Stanford
5 – North Carolina, Oklahoma State
4 – Duke, Georgia, Ohio State, Pepperdine, Vanderbilt,
3 – Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, California, Georgia Tech, LSU, Syracuse, Texas
Conferences with the most representation
36 – SEC
26 – ACC
20 – Pac-12
15 – Big 12
7 – Big Ten
6 – Conference USA
Projected Top 5 for the fall
1. Francesca Di Lorenzo (Ohio State)
2. Astra Sharma (Vanderbilt)
3. Ena Shibahara (UCLA)
4. Gabriela Talaba (Texas Tech)
5. Brienne Minor (Michigan)
Highest UTRs:
15.06 – Cameron Norrie (TCU)
14.92 – Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio State)
14.87 – Aleks Vukic (Illinois)
14.85 – Constantin Schmitz (Tulane)
14.83 – Christopher Eubanks (Georgia Tech)
Teams with the highest number of ranked players
6 – Virginia
4 – Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Wake Forest
3 – California, Duke, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio State, South Florida, Texas, USC, Vanderbilt
Conferences with the most representation
26 – ACC, SEC
21 – Big 12
12 – Big Ten
11 – Pac-12
10 – American
5 – Ivy League
Projected Top 5 for the fall
1. Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio State)
2. Nuno Borges (Mississippi State)
3. Petros Chrysochos (Wake Forest)
4. Arthur Rinderknech (Texas A&M)
5. William Blumberg (North Carolina)
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