Local Boca Raton Tennis Player Nominated to U.S. Fed Cup Team
Top American Juniors To Compete In Junior World Team Event Qualifying In Montreal
Boca Raton, FL – The United States Tennis Association (USTA) today announced the 12 top juniors nominated to represent the U.S. in the qualifying rounds of Junior Davis and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas (16-and-under) and World Junior Tennis (14-and-under), the world’s premier junior team competitions. The events will be played on April 25-27 in Montreal, Canada.
The North/Central American and Caribbean Final Qualifying rounds consist of three days of round-robin play, with each matchup consisting of two singles matches and one doubles match. The top two countries from each four-country pool will advance to the World Junior Tennis Finals, taking place on clay courts in Prostejov, Czech Republic on August 5-10.
With the U.S. set to host the Junior Davis and Fed Cup Finals at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla. for the next three years, the host nation automatically earned a spot in the finals. In Montreal, the U.S. Junior Davis and Fed Cup teams will be competing for seeding in the finals that will be played on September 25-30.
The U.S. is the defending champion in both Junior Fed Cup and Boys’ World Junior Tennis.
The full U.S. team nominations:
Junior Davis Cup
+ Alexander Bernard (15, Bonita Springs, Fla.; Coach: Rene Gomez)
+ Dali Blanch (16, Miami, Fla.; Coach: Mauricio Perez Mota)
+ Martin Damm (15, Bradenton, Fla.; Coach Martin Damm Sr.)
+ Captain: Philippe Oudshoorn
Junior Fed Cup
+ Ellie Coleman (16, Midland, Mich.; Coach: Mike Flowers)
+ Robin Montgomery (14, Washington D.C.; Coach: Ali Agnamba)
+ Charlotte Owensby (16, Boca Raton, Fla.; Coaches: Jason Zafiros and Robbye Poole)
+ Captain: Erik Kortland
ITF World Junior Tennis – Boys
+ Kyle Kang (14, Fullerton, Calif.; Coach: Dave Mann)
+ Learner Tien (13, Irvine, Calif.; Coach: Khuong Tien)
+ Cooper Williams (13, New York, N.Y.; Coaches: Jay Berger and Jay Devashetty)
+ Captain: Jon Glover
ITF World Junior Tennis – Girls
+ Tsehay Driscoll (13, Los Angeles, Calif.; Coach: Cecil Mamiit)
+ Qavia Lopez (14, Milwaukee, Wis.; Coach: Mike Flowers)
+ Clervie Ngounoue (12, Washington D.C.; Coach: Aime Ngounoue)
+ Captain: Maureen Diaz
The U.S. has won five Junior Fed Cup titles (2008, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018); three Junior Davis Cup titles (1999, 2008, 2014); seven World Junior Tennis girls’ titles (1992, 2007-10, 2013, 2017) and five World Junior Tennis boys’ titles (2002-03, 2008, 2012, 2018). Former U.S. junior international
team members include Jim Courier, Andy Roddick, James Blake, Lindsay Davenport, and Sloane Stephens. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic also have represented their respective countries in junior international team competition.
The USTA is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the U.S. and the leader in promoting and developing the growth of tennis at every level — from local communities to the highest level of the professional game. A not-for-profit organization with more than 655,000 members, it invests 100% of its proceeds in growing the game. It owns and operates the US Open, one of the highest-attended annual sporting events in the world, and launched the US Open Series, linking seven summer WTA and ATP World Tour tournaments to the US Open. In addition, it owns approximately 90 Pro Circuit events throughout the U.S. and selects the teams for the Davis Cup, Fed Cup, Olympic and Paralympic Games. The USTA’s philanthropic entity, the USTA Foundation, provides grants and scholarships in addition to supporting tennis and education programs nationwide to benefit under-resourced youth through the National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) network. For more information about the USTA, go to USTA.com or follow the official accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat.
For more information, contact: Esteban Camino, Coordinator, Corporate Communications, USTA, esteban.camino@usta.com; 914-672-7152.
