How To Grow College Tennis & Regional Roundup

I wrote an article for ZooTennis talking about how to grow college tennis and what I think are the keys to making the sport sustainable for years to come.  Make sure you give it a read and don't hesitate to provide feedback over on Colette's site or right here.

Yesterday concluded the 2 weeks of USTA/ITA Regional play which determined the automatic qualifiers for the National Indoor Intercollegiates which will be held from November 12th through 15th at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Click here for a full list of qualifiers along with my picks for the at-large and wild cards on the men's side.

Below were the results from each regional final on the Men's side:

Texas (Houston, TX)
[4] Arthur Rinderknech (Texas A&M/14.51) def. Hunter Johnson (SMU/12.66) 6-0, 6-2
[1] Hugo Dojas/Felipe Soares (Texas Tech) def. [5] Shane Vinsant/Arthur Rinderknech (aTm) 6-4, 6-1

Northeast (New Haven, CT)
[1] Dovydas Sakinis (Dartmouth/13.80) def. [5] Victor Pham (Columbia/13.91) 6-3, 6-2
[5] Richard Pham/Shawn Hadavi (Columbia) def. Diego Pedraza/Roko Glasnovic (Dartmouth) 2-6, 6-3, 1-0(8)

Midwest (South Bend, IN)
[6] Herkko Pollanen (Ohio State/13.39) def. [2] Chris Diaz (Ohio State/14.02) 6-3, 7-5
[2] Alex Lawson/Quentin Monaghan (ND) def [4] Charlie Emhardt/Jeffrey Schorsch (Valpo) 6-1, 7-5

Northwest (Seattle, WA)
[5] David Wilczynski (Stanford/13.82) def. [2] Mitch Stewart (Washington/13.51) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
[2] Nils Skajaa/Vasco Valverde (San Fran) def. [4] Nolan Paige/Maciek Romanowicz (Stanford) 6-2, 6-2

Mountain (Albuquerque, NM)
[2] Diogo Rocha (Denver/13.43) def. [8] Dan Little (Utah/12.70) 6-0, 5-7, 6-4
[2] Henry Craig/Alex Gasson (Denver) def. [1] Hayden Sabatka/Bart Van Leijsen (New Mexico) 3-6, 7-6, 1-0(6)

Carolina (Cary, NC) 
[6] Skander Mansouri (Wake Forest/13.90) def. S: [1] Brett Clark (UNC/13.75) 6-3, 6-4
[2] Ian Dempster/Nick Horton (NCST) def. [8] Romain Bogaerts/Max Kan (Wake) 6-1, 7-6(2)

Atlantic (Blacksburg, VA) 

[4] Joao Monteiro (Va Tech/13.99) def. [9] Adam Moundir (Old Dominion/13.19) 6-3, 7-6(4)
[6] Adam Moundir/Aziz Kijametovic (ODU) def. [5] Eduardo Tessaro/Amerigo Contini (VT) 2-6, 6-4, 1-0(8)

Ohio Valley (Knoxville, TN)
[15] Sam Monette (Indiana/13.13) def. Edu Mena (Tennessee Tech/12.95) 6-1, 6-3

[6] Sam Monette/Daniel Bednarczyk (IU) def. [9] Lucas Andersen/Andrew Stutz (Ball St) 6-1, 6-2

Central (Fayetteville, AR)
[3] Alex Ghilea (Oklahoma/14.31) def. [12] Julian Cash (Oklahoma St/13.41) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
[6] Matic Spec/Felix Corwin (Minn) def. [1] Arjun Kadhe/Julian Cash (Okla St) 7-6, 0-6, 1-0(6)

Southeast (Gainesville, FL)

[1] Roberto Cid (South Florida/14.53) def. [6] Diego Hidalgo (Florida/14.00) 6-3, 6-2
[5] Diego Hidalgo/Gordon Watson (Florida) def. [8] Jack Findel-Hawkins/Yannick Zuern (UNF) 7-5, 6-4

Southwest (Malibu, CA)
[4] Martin Redlicki (UCLA/14.21) def. Logan Smith (USC/13.64) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
[1] Jordan Angus/Filip Vittek (San Diego) def. Pedro Iamachkine/Lautaro Pane (Pepperdine) 6-4, 6-3

Southern (Tuscaloosa, AL)
[6] Max Hinnisdaels (Auburn/13.78) def. [9-16] Tuki Jacobs (South Alabama/12.75) 6-2, 7-5
[5-8] Christian Coetzee/Luiz Felipe Pinto (UAB) def. [2] Korey Lovett/Mazen Osama (Alabama) 1-6, 6-3, 1-0(4).


Regional Singles Champions Ranked by UTR*:
Roberto Cid (South Florida/14.53)
Arthur Rinderknech (Texas A&M/14.51)
Alex Ghilea (Oklahoma/14.31)
Martin Redlicki (UCLA/14.21) 
Joao Monteiro (Va Tech/13.99)
Skander Mansouri (Wake Forest/13.90)
David Wilczynski (Stanford/13.82)
Dovydas Sakinis (Dartmouth/13.80)
Max Hinnisdaels (Auburn/13.78)
Diogo Rocha (Denver/13.43)
Herkko Pollanen (Ohio State/13.39)
Sam Monette (Indiana/13.13)
*Universal Tennis Ratings as of the date of the Regional Final

Regional Singles Champions by Seed
#1 - Dovydas Sakinis (Dartmouth), Roberto Cid (South Florida)
#2 - Diogo Rocha (Denver)
#3 - Alex Ghilea (Oklahoma)
#4 - Arthur Rinderknech (Texas A&M), Joao Monteiro (Va Tech), Martin Redlicki (UCLA)
#5 - David Wilczynski (Stanford)
#6 - Herkko Pollanen (Ohio State), Skander Mansouri (Wake Forest), Max Hinnisdaels (Auburn)

#15 - Sam Monette (Indiana)

Regional Doubles Champions by Seed
#1 - Dojas/Soares (Texas Tech), Angus/Vittek (San Diego)
#2 - Lawson/Monaghan (Notre Dame), Skajaa/Valverde (San Francisco), Craig/Gasson (Denver), Dempster/Horton (North Carolina State)
#5 - R Pham/Hadavi (Columbia), Hidalgo/Watson (Florida)
#5-#8 - Coetzee/Pinto (UAB)
#6 - Moundir/Kijametovic (Old Dominion), Monette/Bednarczyk (Indiana), Spec/Corwin (Minnesota)


Guys that played in both the singles and doubles finals: 
Arthur Rinderknech (Texas A&M) - won singles/lost doubles
Adam Moundir (Old Dominion) - lost singles/won doubles
Julian Cash (Oklahoma State) - lost both
Sam Monette (Indiana) - won both
Diego Hidalgo (Florida) - lost singles/won doubles

Guy to win both singles and doubles: 
Sam Monette (Indiana)

Schools that made both the singles and doubles finals:
Texas A&M
Columbia
Dartmouth
Stanford
Denver
Wake Forest
Virginia Tech
Old Dominion
Oklahoma State
Indiana
Florida

Schools that won both the singles and doubles finals:
Denver
Indiana

Schools that had both finalists in either singles or doubles:
Ohio State - Pollanen vs. Diaz