by Bobby Knight | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog
The men’s pre-qualifying and qualifying rounds in Tulsa have come to a close as the 16 qualifiers will get a day off before the main draw begins on Thursday. South Florida junior Peter Bertran, Texas freshman Christian Sigsgaard, and Columbia freshman Alex Keyser each qualified for the main draw after starting play back on Saturday in pre-qualies. Four freshman qualified for the main draw, three schools had multiple qualifiers, and 11 of the 16 qualifiers came from schools in Power 5 conference.Men’s Qualifying – Round 2 Christian Seraphim (Wake Forest 14.13) def. Dominic Bechard (Tulsa 13.02) 6-1, 2-6, 6-0 Adam Moundir (Old Dominion...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog
The women are taking the day off in California but play will resume on Tuesday with the start of the Riviera/ITA All-American qualifying draw. I’ve got the qualifying draw broken down by Universal Tennis Rating, seed, and school and it’s interesting to note that none of the top eight seeds have a top eight UTR. There actually isn’t a huge difference in UTR level between the pre-qualifying draw and qualifying draw due to the pre-qualifying draw being restricted to 64 (unlike the men’s open pre-q draw).Women’s Qualifying Singles Draw Women’s Qualifying Doubles Draw ITA’s Host SiteSchools with multiple...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog
The All-American pre-qualifying rounds are in the books with 8 women moving on to the qualifying rounds while 16 men move on to the qualifying round. Below are all the Sunday scores and down at the bottom I have the qualie draw broken down by UTR, school, and seed. Women’s Pre-Q by Conference: SEC (4) – Foster (Jr), Pierson (Sr), Liang (Sr), Kulhman (Jr) Pac 12 (2) – Westby (Jr), Shibahara (Fr) ACC (1) – Chi (Fr) WCC (1) – Lahey (Fr)Women’s Pre-Q Final RoundRyann Foster (LSU 10.88) def. Marie Klocker (San Jose State 10.66) 6-4, 6-1[5] Madison Westby (USC 10.63) def. Giulia Guidetti (Wichita State 10.70) 6-3, 7-6(5)[9-16]...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 2, 2016 | Blog
The scores trickled in throughout the day in Tulsa and Pacific Palisades as both the men and women played two rounds in the pre-qualifying draw. The top three seeds in the women’s draw were removed with two (Neda Koprcina/Madison Harrison) getting bumped up to the qualifying draw and the other withdrawing (Rianna Valdes). Women’s top 16 seeds went 11-2 in the Round of 64 and 7-4 in the Round of 32. 5 of the top 8 seeds on the men’s side advanced to the Round of 64 after each got a bye in the Round of 256.Women’s Top 8 Seeded Upsets Spencer Liang (Florida/11.19) def. [4] Louise Kwong (Illinois/10.29) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Rachel Pierson (Texas...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 30, 2016 | Blog
The pre-qualifying singles and doubles draws are out for the Riviera Women’s All-American Championships with play beginning on Saturday in Pacific Palisades, California. I also ran the Universal Tennis Ratings on each of the 64 singles participants which you can view in the table below.Pre-Q Singles DrawPre-Q Doubles DrawSingles Seeds:1. Neda Koprcina (Texas) – 10.97 2. Rianna Valdes (USC) – 10.71 3. Madison Harrison (Mississippi State) – 10.78 4. Louise Kwong (Illinois) – 10.29 5. Madison Westby (USC) – 10.63 6. Josie Kuhlman (Florida) – 11.68 7. Ena Shibahara (UCLA) – 12.10 8. Aliona Bolsova (Oklahoma...
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