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April 20-24, 2016

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Tuesday, April 19• Ojai Valley Athletic Club: Men’s and

Women’s Open Singles Qualifying Rounds

Wednesday, April 20• Libbey Park: Two PAC-12 Men’s

Team Matches starting at 12 p.m. and 3 p.m.

• Ventura College: Men’s California Community College Team Champi-onship 12 p.m.

• Pierpont Inn: Women’s California Community College Team Champi-onship: 1 p.m.

Thursday, April 21OJAI SITES

• Libbey Park: Two Pac-12 Men’s Team Dual Matches, Junior Events

• Ojai Valley Inn: Open Men’s Singles• Ojai Valley Athletic Club: Pac-12

Women’s Championship Singles• The Thacher School: Boys’ CIF,

Junior Events• Villanova Preparatory School: Ju-

nior Events• Ojai Valley School Upper Campus:

Boys’ CIF• Ojai Valley School Lower Campus:

Junior Events• Nordhoff High School: Junior

Events• Matilija Junior High School: Junior

Events• Private Courts: Junior Events

VENTURA SITES• Pierpont Racquet Club: Indepen-

dent College Women’s Singles & Doubles

• Ventura College: Community College Women’s Singles & Dou-bles, Independent College Women’s Singles & Doubles

• Ventura High School: Junior events• Camino Real Park: Community

College Women’s Singles & Doubles• Buena High School: Community

College Women’s Singles & Doubles

OXNARD SITES• Oxnard Tennis Center: Community

College Men’s Singles & Doubles• Pacifica High School: Community

College Men’s Singles & Doubles• Hueneme High School: Community

College Men’s Singles

Friday, April 22OJAI SITES

• Libbey Park: PAC-12 Men’s Team semifinals at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

• Ojai Valley Inn: Open Men’s Singles & Doubles, Open Women’s Singles

• Ojai Valley Athletic Club: PAC-12 Women’s Championship Singles & Doubles

• The Thacher School: Boys’ CIF, Junior Events

• Villanova Preparatory School: Ju-nior Events

• Nordhoff High School: Junior Events

VENTURA SITES• Pierpont Racquet Club: Inde-

pendent College Men’s Singles & Doubles

• Ventura College: Community College Women’s Singles & Dou-bles, Independent College Women’s Singles & Doubles

• Camino Real Park: Community College Women’s Singles & Doubles

• Buena High School: Division III College Men’s Singles and Doubles

OXNARD SITES• Oxnard Tennis Center: Community

College Men’s Singles & Doubles, Division III College Men’s Singles & Doubles

• Pacifica High School: Community College Men’s Singles & Doubles

• Hueneme High School:Community College Men’s Singles &

Doubles.

Saturday, April 23ALL EVENTS IN OJAI

• Libbey Park: PAC-12 Men’s Team Championship at 6 p.m., PAC-12

Women’s Championship & Invita-tional Singles and Doubles semifi-nals at 9 a.m., all JR and CIF finals at12 p.m.

• Lower Libbey Park: Selected Junior Event Semifinals

• Ojai Valley Inn: Open Men’s Singles Semifinals, Open Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals and Semifinals, Open Women’s Singles Semifinals, Open Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals and Semifinals

• Ojai Valley Athletic Club: Inde-pendent College Men’s Singles and Doubles, Independent College Women’s Singles and Doubles, Community College Men’s Singles and Doubles, Community College Women’s Singles and Doubles

• The Thacher School: Division III College Men’s Singles & Doubles and selected Junior Event Semifi-nals

Sunday, April 248 a.m. - PAC-12 Women’s Invitational

Singles, Division III Men’s Sin-gles Semifinals, Lower Libbey: Community College Men’s & Women’s Doubles semifinals

9:30 a.m. - Open Women’s Singles, Independent Women’s Singles, Independent Men’s Singles

10 a.m. - PAC-12 Women’s Champi-onship Singles

11 a.m. - PAC-12 Women’s Invi-tational Doubles, DIII Men’s Singles

11:30 a.m. - Open Men’s Singles12:30 p.m. - Community College

Men’s & Women’s Singles finals 1 p.m. - Open Women’s Doubles,

PAC-12 Championship Doubles 2 p.m. - Independent Women’s Dou-

bles, DIII Men’s Doubles 2:30 p.m. - Open Men’s Doubles,

Independent Men’s Doubles 3:30 p.m. - Community College

Men’s & Women’s Doubles finals

Schedule of Events

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THANKS TO ALL OUR 2016 TOURNAMENT SPONSORS!!As the sponsor/promoter of The Ojai Tennis Tournament, the Ojai Valley

Tennis Club, Inc. would sincerely like to express its deep gratitude to each

of the following sponsors, who have provided financial or in-kind support,

or provided the use of their venues, to the 2016 Tournament. Your very

generous contributions are an essential part of this great event!!

VENUES• City of Ojai – Libbey Park

• Ojai Valley Inn & Spa• Ojai Valley Athletic Club

• The Thacher School• Villanova Preparatory School

• Nordhoff High School• Matilija Junior High School

• The Ojai Valley School

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Ojai Valley Tennis Club, Inc.BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Gary Belshe, Mike Borders, Wayne Bruce, Carolyn Burke, George Conrad, Craig Fugle, Jeff Jenkins, Dennis Jenks, John Kretzers, Tina Leslie, Terry Lynch, Jim Maxwell, Robin Neumann, Vivian Perrett, Bruce Purvine, Alan Rains, Mandi Roberts, Kathleen Rogers, Jakob Vos, Mark Weil, Anne Williamson, Duane Williamson, Ron Wilson

DIRECTORS EMERITUSJoe DeVito, Robert Jarboe, Binney Moss, Caroline Thacher, Tony Thacher

TENNIS CLUB OFFICERSPresident: ..........................................................................Mike Borders

Vice President: ............................................................Kathleen Rogers

Secretary: .................................................................... Robin Neumann

Treasurer: ....................................................................... Mandi Roberts

YOUTH TENNIS PROGRAMSChair: ...................................................................................... Jakob Vos

Vice Chair: ............................................................................Craig Fugle

VCJTA Liaison: .................................................................. Terry Lynch

Policy Board: ....................................................................Tony Thacher

TOURNAMENT OFFICIALSExecutive Director: .................................................Duane Williamson

Open Tournament Director: ...................................Anne Williamson

Pac-12 Tournament Director: ............................................ Jeff Jenkins

Colleges Tournament Director: ....................................... Terry Lynch

Junior Tournament Director: .............................................Craig Fugle

I.T.A. Referee/Chief of Umpires: ................................ Jane Goodman

Pac-12 Women’s Referee: ...........................................Joan Vormbaum

Open Referee: .............................................................. Marylynn Baker

Junior Referee: .......................................................Trevor Kronemann

TOURNAMENT COMMITTEES / CHAIRSPlayer Activities and Liaison: .............................................. Mark Weil

Operations Consultant: ....................................................... Jim Kasser

Directory & Draw Sheets: .........................................Cynthia Duncan

Libbey Tournament Desk: ..............................Jan Key & Sandi White

Score Reporting: .......................................... Duane & Rhonda Basore

Tournament Scheduling: .....................................................Tina Leslie

Ojai Volunteer Coordinators: .....Suzanne St. Claire & Leslie Gache

Accommodations: .............................................Cassandra Vankeulen

Pac-12 Housing: ............................................................. Nancy Pierson

Ball Boys & Girls: ........... Peter Fagan, Rick Thompson & Brice Pace

Trophies & Photos: .......................................Dan & Yoko McSweeney

Volunteer & Board Socials: ........... Leslie Gache & Robin Neumann

Ojai Lunches: ............................................................. Robin Neumann

Umpire Coordinator: ........................................................... Jeff Becker

Libbey Venue Management:

Chair: ....................................................... ......................John Kretzers

Vice Chair: ......................................................................Dennis Jenks

Security: .............................................................................David Breese

Security Assistant: ............................................................Terry Wright

Health and Safety:.............................................................Dave Warner

Barbecue: .......................................................................George Conrad

Barbecue Entertainment: ..................................................... Mark Weil

Orange Juice: ...................................................................... Roy Bennett

Tournament Physician: ............................... Dr. Kenneth Hartenstein

Libbey Venue Setup:

Chair: ........................................................................... Bruce Purvine

Vice Chair: ................................................................Kathleen Rogers

Ojai Desk Managers: .......................................................... Mike Burke

Ojai Venue Setup: ...............................................................Gary Belshe

Private Courts: ....................................Carolyn Burke & Connie Russ

Private Court Monitors: ........... Mark Zimmermann & Greg Wright

Ventura Area — Venue Management: ............................. Lester Tong

Venue Setup: ............................................................... Bill Flothmeier

Merchandise Sales: ...................................Pam Speitel & Kris Etzler

Tickets: ...................................................................................Brian Ford

Marketing & Media Relations: ............................Steve Pratt, BZA PR

Vice Chair: ................................................................................Jill Cox

Program: ....................................................................... Vivian Perrett

Website Info Technology: .........................................George Walden

Website Content: ...............................................................Tina Leslie

Sponsors: ........................................................................ Ronnie Wilson

Libbey Score Posting: ......................................................Samuel Eaton

Tea Tent:

Chair: ......................................................................... Sharon Morgan

Vice Chair: .....................................................................Tonya Peralta

Fundraising Chair: ........................................................ Carolyn Burke

Event Planning Chair: ......................................................Susan Kasser

Strategic Planning Chair:.....................................................Tina Leslie

Facilities Management & Capital Improvements Chair: Dennis Jenks


By Steve PrattSunday at The Ojai, if Lester

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Lester Cook Finds a HomeTournament’s winningest player fulfills a

dream, moves his young family to Ojai

2000-Lester Cook def. Aaron Yovan

2005-Cecil Mamiit def. Lester Cook2007-Lester Cook def. Travis Rettenmaier

2008-Cecil Mamiit def. Lester Cook2009-Lester Cook def. Cecil Mamiit2010-Lester Cook def. Brian Wilson

2013-Mackenzie McDonald def. Lester Cook2015-Philip Bester def. Lester Cook

2005-Lester Cook-Derrick Rostagno def. Grant Doyle-Sam Querrey2007-Nick Rainey-Brian Wilson def. Lester Cook-Shane LaPorte2009-Lester Cook-Shane LaPorte def. Colt Gaston- Cecil Mamiit2013-Lester Cook-Zack Fleishman def. Artem Sitak-Dennis Lajola

A look at Lester Cook’s seven

in the Record of Events the fol-

The man who made The Ojai his tournament, has made the Ojai Valley

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2000-Mark Ellis Peter Jeschke2001-Peter Jeschke Aaron Webster2002-Peter Jeschke Mark Ellis2003-Adriano Biasella Bryan Juinio2004-Michael Joyce Travis Rettenmaier2005-Cecil Mamiit Lester Cook2006-Zbynek Mlynarik Sam Querrey2007-Lester Cook Travis Rettenmaier2008-Cecil Mamiit Lester Cook2009-Lester Cook Cecil Mamiit 2010-Lester Cook Brian Wilson2011-Marcos Giron Aaron Yovan2012-Artem Sitak Peter Lucassen2013-Mackenzie McDonald Lester Cook2014-Dennis Novikov Haythem Abid2015-Philip Bester Lester Cook

Women’s Open Invitational Singles— The Foothills Cup

2000-Nicole Elliott-Herrmann Mary Fallara2001-Dina Birch-McBride Amanda Parson Siegel 2002-Dina McBride Stacy Margolin-Potter2003-Martina Nejedly Dina McBride2004-Martina Nejedly Maureen Diaz2005-Jessica Nguyen Amanda Fink 2006-Kasenia Milevskaya Maureen Diaz2007-Gail Brodsky Tanya Raykova2008-Pamela Montez Maureen Diaz2009-Pamela Montez Maureen Diaz2010-Gail Brodsky Olga Puchkova2011-Monica Turewicz Ashley Dai2012-Sachia Vickery Amanda Fink 2013-Noelle Hickey Ashley Harkleroad2014-Katsiaryna Zheltova Emma Higuchi2015-Ena Shibahara Emma Higuchi

Lester Cook (left) coaches music sen-

sation Redfoo, who has played in The

Ojai Open division the past two years.


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PAC-12

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Stanford sophomore and No. 1 player Tom Fawcett has been ranked as high as No. 4 nationally this year in the ITA singles rankings. He led the Cardinal to the Pac-12 Conference regular season title last year and the No. 1 seeding at The Ojai with Stanford falling to USC in the final match, 4-3.

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USC’s Eric Johnson lifts the winning trophy following the Trojans’ 4-3

win over Stanford in the Pac-12 Championship match at the 115th

Ojai Tennis Tournament.

Past Ojai Valley Tennis Club President Alan Rains awarded the Tro-

jans and Coach Peter Smith the William Thacher Challenger Trophy

for the sixth time in the last nine years.

As a junior player, UCLA’s top player Mackenzie McDonald (left) won

The Ojai Men’s Open singles title beating Lester Cook in the final.

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Men’s Pac-12 Conference ChampionshipsThe William L. Thacher Challenge Trophy

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PAC-12

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UCLA’s Catherine Harrison (left) is presented with the Pac-12 Women’s Individual

singles trophy by Caroline Thacher as finalist Klara Fabikova, from Cal, looks on.


PAC-12 TENNISPAC-12.COM

CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF CHAMPIONS


By Steve Pratt

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Coaching Legends Return to The OjaiUCLA’s Glenn Bassett and USC’s Dick Leach are featured guests at Thursday night barbecue

and have combined 135-year involvement with storied tournament

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Dick Leach (left) was the 2002 ITA National Coach of the Year, and watched both his sons, Ricky and Jon Leach, win titles playing

for USC at The Ojai.


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In 1975, current UCLA coach Billy Martin (right) beat teammate Brian Teacher (left)

in The Ojai Collegiate singles final, and the pair advanced to the doubles final giving

the Bruins the William L. Thacher Challenge Trophy for the team title. The trophy

was presented by Tony Thacher and accepted by UCLA coach Glenn Bassett.

Glenn Bassett,

pictured in action

for UCLA, made the

final at The Ojai 74

years ago in the Boys’

14s. Bassett would

later go on to win

an Ojai singles title

playing for Santa

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Boys’ CIF

Division

Preview

Boys’ CIF Interscholastic DoublesThe Wightman Cups

Champion Finalist2000-Jeff Kazarian-Ryan Rizza (Peninsula) KC Corkery-Kuba Gebel (Mira Costa)2001-Jeff Kazarian-Tiege Sullivan (Peninsula) Emil Novak-Tomas Novak (Damien)2002-Cameron Ball-Garrett Snyder (Corona Del Mar) Eric McKean-Ari Rosenthal (Brentwood)2003-James Thayer-Samuel Wagner (Harvard-Westlake) Casey McMakin-Kyle McMakin (Valhalla)2004-Steve Forman-Eric Riley (Torrey Pines) Nick Berger-Nathan Stadler (Redondo Union)2005-Scott Hohenstein-Ryan Sandburg (Canyon-Anaheim) Christopher Ho-Grant Robertson (Santa Barbara)2006-Billy Grokenberger-Christopher Ho (S. Barbara) Cory Harris-Marc Vartabedian (Los Alamitos)2007-Dustin Hladek-Oscar Matthews (Corona Del Mar) Billy Grokenberger-Christopher Ho (S. Barbara)2008-Charlie Alvarado-Christopher Freeman (Mater Dei) Tyler Bowman-Jonathan Kazarian (Peninsula)2009-Billy Grokenberger-Chase Melton (S. Barbara) Walker Kehrer-Daniel McCall (Brentwood)2010-Jeffrey Hawk-Erik Lim (Palos Verdes) Ryan Cheung-Kona Luu (University-Irvine)2011-Jeffrey Hawk-Erik Lim (Palos Verdes) Horea Porutiu-Shuhei Shibahara (Peninsula)2012-Drew Dawson-Stefan Menichella (Univ.-Irvine) Jacob Johnson-Adam Levie (Torrey Pines)2013-Drew Dawson-Tyler Lu (University-Irvine) Robert Carter-Daniel Gealer (San Marino)2014-Kent Mukai-Brandon Holt (Palos Verdes) Drew Dawson-Arash Hafezi (University-Irvine)2015-Bradley Cummin-Alex Kuperstein (Palm Desert) Keegan Smith-Ivan Thamma (Point Loma)

Taylor Fritz, who advanced to The Ojai Boys’ CIF singles final in 2013, won the U.S. Open Junior singles title in 2015 and is now a professional player moving up in the world rankings where he currently resides in the top 100.


Player Top 100 Debut YearMichael Chang 16 yrs, 3 mos. 1988Aaron Krickstein 16 yrs, 5 mos. 1984Andre Agassi 16 yrs, 5 mos. 1986Billy Martin 16 yrs, 7 mos. 1973Pete Sampras 17 yrs, 3 mos. 1988Jimmy Brown 17 yrs, 8 mos. 1983Jim Courier 17 yrs, 11 mos. 1988Jimmy Arias 18 yrs, 3 mos. 1982Donald Young 18 yrs, 3 mos. 2007Taylor Fritz 18 yrs, 4 mos. 2016John McEnroe 18 yrs, 4 mos. 1977Andy Roddick 18 yrs, 7 mos. 2001

Boys’ Interscholastic SinglesThe Farnam Cup

Champion Finalist2000-Philip Sheng (Thousand Oaks) Paul Warkentin (San Marcos)2001-Patrick Buchanan (Servite) Aaron Yovan (University-Irvine)2002-Doug Stewart (Malibu) Aaron Yovan (University-Irvine)

2005-Michael McClune (Woodbridge) Blake Muller (Santa Barbara)2006-Jason Jung (West Torrance) Andre Dome (Arroyo Grande)2007-Andre Dome (Arroyo Grande) Steve Johnson (Orange)2008-Kyle McMorrow (Thousand Oaks) Reese Milner (Crossroads)2009-Marcos Giron (Thousand Oaks) Clay Thompson (Crossroads)2010-Clarke Spinosa (Claremont) Denis Nguyen (Canyon-Anaheim)2011-Gage Brymer (University-Irvine) Johnny Wang (San Marino)2012-Gage Brymer (University-Irvine) Tyler Pham (Rancho Bernardo)2013-Gage Brymer (University-Irvine) Taylor Fritz (Torrey Pines)2014-Austin Rapp (Palm Desert) Michael Genender (Harvard-Westlake)2015-Michael Genender (Harvard-Westlake) Bjorn Hoffmann (Corona del Mar)

Harvard-Westlake earned the 2015 Boys’ CIF Team title.

Riley Smith (back) will play in the Boys’ CIF singles event at The Ojai for Los Alami-tos High while his U.S. Open doubles partner Brandon Holt (front) has elected not to play high school tennis and will enter the Men’s Open division.



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VENUE CODE ADDRESSLibbey Park LP Ojai Avenue

Libbey Park South LPS Ojai Avenue

Matilija Jr. High MJH 703 El Paseo Rd.

Nordhoff High School N 1401 Maricopa Hwy.

Ojai Valley Athletic Club OAC 409 Fox St.

Ojai Valley School-upper campus OSU 10820 Reeves Road

Ojai Valley School-lower campus OVS 723 El Paseo Rd.

Ojai Valley Inn OVI 905 Country Club Road

Thacher School T 5025 Thacher Rd.

Villanova School V 12096 Ventura Ave.

Camp Ramah CR 385 Fairview Rd.

Oak Grove School OG 220 Lomita Ave.

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014 1014 Country Club Dr.

057 12057 Sulphur Mountain Rd.

065 10065 Ojai-Santa Paula Rd.

250 12250 Linda Flora Dr.

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404 4404 Thacher Rd.

500 500 W. Country Dr.

574 574 Quail Oaks Rd

883 10883 Oak Knoll

897 897 La Luna


Wayne Bryan, regaled the

Bryan brothers’ doubles championshipsat The Ojai

1993-Bob Bryan-Mike Bryan (Camarillo) def. Ian Carrera-Tyler Stonebreaker (Goleta)1994-Bob Bryan-Mike Bryan (Camarillo) def. Rooshi Panchal-Sanjay Roy (Diamond Bar)

1995-Bob Bryan-Mike Bryan (Rio Mesa) def. Scott Kintz-Trent Miller (Bishops School)1996-Bob Bryan-Mike Bryan (Rio Mesa) def. J.R. Chidley-Brett Masi (Riverside Poly)

1998-Bob Bryan-Mike Bryan (Stanford) def. George Bastl-Kyle Spencer (USC)

The Bryan Twins

Ruled The Ojai

in the 1990s

Playing for Stanford University, Bob and Mike Bryan (left) hold their trophies

after earning the 1998 Pac-10 Doubles title.

The 1994 title was the second for the pair.

Twenty years ago,

Camarillo twins Mike

and Bob Bryan reeled

off amazing streak of

116 straight games


S AV E T H E

DAT E !

BRYAN BROS. TENNIS FEST

BRYAN BROS.TENNIS FEST 2016

Bob and Mike were joined by good friends and fellow pros Sam Querrey and John Isner (above), as well as

childhood friend and superstar actress Kaley Cuoco (below).

The VCTJA’s Terry Lynch accepted a check from Bob and Mike Bryan that will once again help defray the costs associated with playing local junior

tennis events.

Once again in 2015, the Bryan Bros. Tennis Fest raised closeto $100,000 for junior tennis in

Ventura County and Santa Barbara, as well as other

worthy causes.

Date: Sunday, September 25th at 1:00 p.m.

Ticket Purchase and Info: BryanBrosTennisFest.com

Be sure to check back to www.bbtennisfest.com for allthe latest news and information on the 2016 event.




Skyler Butts and Glenn Hull, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

Kyle Richter and Adri-an Sirovica, UC Santa Cruz

Jake Yasgoor, Pomo-na-Pitzer

Brendan Aguilar and Leonardo Urquidi, San Diego Christian

Carl Lindqvist, Westmont

Lauren Stratman, West-mont

Erin Walker, Abilene Christian

2016 Independent Colleges/Men’s Division III West Preview

Grand Canyon took the 2015 Men’s Independent College title.

Abilene Christian went home with the 2015 Women’s title.



2016

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The Ojai Wine & BeerFundraising Reception

at The Porch Gallery

Saturday, February 20, 2016



Community College State Championship Preview

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Hironori Koyanagi and Corey Karen, Ventu-ra

The 2015 Men’s Community College title went to Irvine Valley.


Welcome Tennis Tournament,

Please join us for a quick,

healthy lunch to

fuel your matches.

Wishing you the best!



Santa Monica claimed the women’s Community College title.

Nikita Katsnelson and Oleksandr Krasnov, Cerri-tos

Morgan Peyre, Gross-mont

Lovedeep Singh and Cody Duong, American Riv-er

Mayra Jovic, Santa Monica

Clarisa Colling, Orange Coast –

Mariko Sagara, Ventura

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Boys’ 14s Singles:

Miles Jones def.

Jacob Bullard

Girls’ 14s Singles:

Delanie Dunkle def.

Hina Inoue


Alexa Ryngler def.

Rika Tanaka

Boys’ 16s Singles:

Matthew Tsolakyan def.

Connor Rapp


Ryan Peus def.

Siera Shimizu

Girls’ 18s Doubles:

Madison Hale/Mattea Kilstofe def.

Kelsie Bryant/Sophia Whittle

Boys’ CIF Doubles:

Bradley Cummins/Alex Kuperstein

def. Keegan Smith/Ivan Thamma

Boys’ CIF Singles:

Michael Genender def.

Bjorn Hoffmann

Men’s Comm. College Singles:

Hironori Koyanagi def.

Corentin Haener

Men’s Comm. College Doubles:

Valentin Baize/Maxime Rumeau def.

Simon Guillin/Guillermo Ucelay

Women’s Comm. College Doubles:

Mayra Jovic/Izabel Nazdracheva def.

Polina Gorshinina/Van Nguyen

Women’s Comm. College Singles:

Mayra Jovic def.

Chieko Yamada

Men’s Indept. College Singles:

Brendan Aguilar def.

Adrian Legarreta

Men’s Indept. College Doubles:

Adrian Legarreta-Mitchell Maroscher d.

Alexander Roggenkamp-Felix Schueller

Women’s Indept. Coll. Doubles:

Lucile Pothier-Erin Walker def.

Kaysie Hermsdorf-Brittney Reed

Women’s Indept. College Singles:

Erin Walker def.

Brittney Reed

2015 Winners and Finalists


Pac-12 Men’s Team:

USC def Stanford

Women’s Pac-12 Invitational Doubles:

Gabriella DeSimone/Zoe Katz def.

Capucine Gregoire/Riko Shimizu

Women’s Pac-12 Invitational

Singles: Meredith Xepoleas def.

Terri Fleming

Men’s Open Singles:

Philip Bester def.

Lester Cook

Men’s Open Doubles:

Quinn Borchard/Calle Hansen def.

Jochem Hoefnagels Peter Lucassen

Women’s Open Doubles:

Jada Hart/Ena Shibahara def.

Kaitlyn Christian/Amy Zhu

Women’s Open Singles:

Ena Shibahara def.

Emme Higuchi

Men’s Division III Singles:

Warren Wood def.

Skyler Butts

Men’s Division III Doubles:

Skyler Butts/Daniel Morkovine def.

Joe Dorn/Warren Wood

Women’s Pac-12 Doubles:

Taylor Davidson/Carol Zhao def.

Caroline Doyle/Ellen Tsay

Women’s Pac-12 Singles:

Catherine Harrison def.

Klara Fabikova

2015 Winners and Finalists


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Wilson BBQ Awards Night at Ojai Tennis TournamentArea coaches help with the selection of awards (includes tennis instruction scholar-ships) and make scholarships available. The tennis bags were given by Wilson. Coaches and sponsors include: Mark Weil, Ryan Gaston, Jim Kasser, Rick Thompson, Tom Rohr-bacher, and Stacy Margolin Potter. Aiden Federoff was named the winner of the Lucking Sportsmanship award and trophy. Winners in 2015 included: Hina Suzuki, Cole Burke, Ella Giuliani, Victor Becker, Jules Thompson, Claudia Adelman. Also pictured are Lucy Lucking, Mr. Lauretta, Fabio Lauretta, Mrs. Lauretta, Jakob Vos, Wilson Sporting Goods Regional Manager Tim To, Lena Lucking Fredell, and Carly Lucking Ford.

The 4th Annual Ojai Holiday Adult/Youth Tennis Challenge was held in January in Libbey Park to raise funds for youth tennis programs in

organized and sponsored by the Ojai Valley Tennis Club under the magnif-icent leadership of Craig Fugle, with substantial support from Rick Thomp-son, the Ojai City Recreation Depart-ment tennis professional and many

Sixty-four adults and juniors round-ed out 32 adult/youth doubles teams which battled it out under brilliant sun-ny skies. Participants aged 9 to 74 en-joyed quality and healthy family time.

members of the family on the courts,

representation. The Adelman family was the second-largest contingent with

highlighted with an excellent lunch of pizza and salad donated by Toppers Pizza Place, along with tasty tangerines from Friend’s Ranches.

and youth Fabio Lauretta defeated Rick Thompson and his daughter, Jules, who celebrated her 12th birthday the same day. The team of Jenkins/Lauretta pulled out the win, 6-7, 6-2, 10-6. In

Vos teamed with youth Gemma Quack-

(John) Selzer and youth Juliana Adel-

the father/daughter team of Howard and Lauren Radding beat John Hall and Rachel Quackenbush (10-5). The

two father/son teams facing each other. After a long and tough battle, the team

Dan and Dakota Martin (10-2).

Ojai Valley Tennis Club Supports Youth Tennis Activities

of all the participants and spectators. -

ported by the OVTC include: 10 and Under

The 10 and Under Youth Tennis is a USTA program that was started by the Ojai Valley Tennis Club in 2009 at all Ojai area elementary schools and continues strongly today. The main facilitators of the program generally work with 3rd, 4th and 5th -els for about a month at each school. Katya Welborn has been added this year as a part of a dedicated group of

who singled out Holly Roberts and Philippe Gache for their many years

include: USTA, SCTA, Rotary of Ojai,

Mike Taggart and the OVTC. Dona-

Goods and the OVTC. Schools in the program include: Sunset (Oak View), Topa Topa, Meiners Oaks, San Anto-nio, Mira Monte, Ojai Valley School,

High-Performance Tennis ClinicFor more than 10 years, select young

their coaches to participate in a day of intense tennis instruction and match strategy. All Ojai tennis professionals donate their time and expertise for this

please make a tax-deductible contribu-

482, Ojai, CA 93024. For more infor-mation please contact Jakob Vos, Chair,

aol.com.

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OJAI · 2019. 2. 21. · THE OFFICIAL OJAI TENNIS TOURNAMENT PROGRAM 5 Ojai Valley Tennis Club, Inc. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gary Belshe, Mike Borders, Wayne Bruce, Carolyn Burke, George