With a new venue and an earlier date, the International Tennis Federation J300 Pan American Closed ventured into new territory last week in Houston. Yet when the hot and humid week drew to a close, the top two seeds in both boys and girls draws made the finals, with No. 1 seed Alex Frusina and No. 2 seed Maya Joint capturing the titles.
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Tournament
Events
9/30
L5 Open: Phoenix Junior Challenger Phoenix, AZ
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9/30
L5 Open - City of Plantation Splitz Plantation, FL
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10/07
L2 Columbus Day Open Delray Beach, FL
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10/07
L4 Open Southern Open Rome, GA
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10/13
L5 Open: Kiawah Island Clay Court Kiawah Island, SC
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10/21
L5 Open: McCallie John Strang Chmps. Chattanooga, TN
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11/03
L5 Open: Dennis Van Der Meer Tennis Chmps. Hilton Head, SC
The USTA's Tennis On Campus program is designed to provide college students with opportunities for team camaraderie, social networking, and rivaled competition through tennis without the rigors of a varsity program.
The lifeblood of Tennis Recruiting is its rankings - and our team has been ranking tennis players for more than two decades. Learn about tennis rankings in general - as well as our best-of-breed ranking system.
Want to know what the experts think? Roundtable Articles features comments from top coaches and recent graduates on various college tennis and recruiting topics.
