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OJAITennis Tournament
April 20-24, 2016
Ojai’s All-Time Winningest Player
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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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Tournament Sponsors
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
• City of Ventura – Camino Real Park• Ventura College
• Pierpont Racquet Club• Pacifica High School• Buena High School
• Channel Islands Racquet Club • Ventura High School
• Hueneme High 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
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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
his home.
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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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Stanford
PAC-12
MEN’S
PREVIEW
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.
2000-Stanford
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2003-Stanford
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.
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PAC-12 TENNISPAC-12.COM
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF CHAMPIONS
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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
Monica College.
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Thank you,Mike Taggart!
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Before taking on the world, they
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.
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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.
CODE PRIVATE COURTS
014 1014 Country Club Dr.
057 12057 Sulphur Mountain Rd.
065 10065 Ojai-Santa Paula Rd.
250 12250 Linda Flora Dr.
260 260 Fairview Rd.
350 3500 Maricopa Hwy.
404 4404 Thacher Rd.
500 500 W. Country Dr.
574 574 Quail Oaks Rd
883 10883 Oak Knoll
897 897 La Luna
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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
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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.
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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.
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2016
Instagram: uclatenniscampFacebook: Billy Martin Tennis Camp
www.uclasportscamp.comTwitter: @ UCLA Tennis Camp
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The Ojai Wine & BeerFundraising Reception
at The Porch Gallery
Saturday, February 20, 2016
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Community College State Championship Preview
th
Hironori Koyanagi and Corey Karen, Ventu-ra
The 2015 Men’s Community College title went to Irvine Valley.
Continued on page 40
Welcome Tennis Tournament,
Please join us for a quick,
healthy lunch to
fuel your matches.
Wishing you the best!
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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
Marifer Ochoa and Milah Ryland, Fresno City
Continued from page 38
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Tennis Tournament
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Boys’ 14s Singles:
Miles Jones def.
Jacob Bullard
Girls’ 14s Singles:
Delanie Dunkle def.
Hina Inoue
Girls’ 16s Singles:
Alexa Ryngler def.
Rika Tanaka
Boys’ 16s Singles:
Matthew Tsolakyan def.
Connor Rapp
Girls’ 18s Singles:
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
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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,
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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
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