Tempe, AZ – The final week of play concluded this past weekend across the 2024 ITA Summer Points Race Series powered by WTN and the ITA Summer Masters Series powered by WTN. After six weeks, 48 players (24 men and 24 women) from the ITA Summer Masters Series have qualified for the ITA National Summer Championships powered by WTN, while six players (three men and three women) have qualified via the ITA Summer Points Race Series.
The ITA National Summer Championships powered by WTN is a culmination of the ITA Summer Series powered by WTN. With $20,000 in total prize money on the line, players from around the country are set to compete in a 32-player singles draw and 16-team doubles draw hosted by the University of Memphis at the Leftwich Tennis Center in Memphis, Tennessee from August 10-13.
Qualification into the 2024 ITA National Summer Championships could be earned by finishing in the top three of the ITA Summer Points Race Standings, reaching the semifinals of an ITA Summer Masters Series tournament, or receiving an at-large selection by competing in an ITA Summer Series event over the past six weeks.
Some notible qualifiers on the men’s side include Kenta Miyoshi (Illinois) and James Connel (Florida State) who were the two finalists of the men’s singles draw at the 2023 ITA National Summer Championships. Meanwhile, the likes of Oskar Poulsen (Baylor), Patorn Hanchaikul (Michigan), and Thomas Navarro (UNLV) will all look to make a statement this summer before they return to campus in the fall to compete once again for their schools.
For the women, two Duke standouts in Emma Jackson and Eleana Yu have both qualified for the ITA National Summer Championships. Jackson was ranked as high as No. 35 nationally in singles this past season, while Yu was the No. 1 ranked recruit coming out of high school and is a four-time USTA National Champion. Across the remaining qualifiers, players such as Ellie Pittman (SMU), Micah Pierce (Tulane), and Kennedy Gibbs (Baylor) will all be looking to represet their new schools at a national level after each transfered after this past season.
The six qualifiers from the ITA Summer Points Race Standings included, Max Schmidhauser (Azusa Pacific), Luke Bracks (Wichita State), and Joel Kielbowicz who will all be headed to Memphis, while for the women, Paige Grice (Western Illinois), Marissa Pennings (Furman), and Paula Dougherty (Charlotte) have all earned their spot into the championship.
The ITA will once again be offering ITA Men’s and Women’s All-American Championship Wild Cards at the ITA National Summer Championships. The singles and doubles champions will receive main draw wild cards while finalists will receive qualifying draw wild cards. These wild cards are only available to active Division I players.
The USTA will also be offering Pro Circuit Wild Cards in conjunction with the ITA National Summer Championships presented by WTN. On the men’s side, a $25k Qualifying Wild Card will be awarded to both an American champion and finalist. For the women, the same offerings will be awarded but at the $35K level.
Continue reading to see a full list of ITA National Summer Championship qualifiers.
2024 ITA National Summer Championships Automatic Qualifiers
Men’s Qualifiers
| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Grant Lothringer | Texas A&M |
| Connor Robb-Wilcox | Denver |
| Ritesh Patil | Texas A&M |
| Patorn Hanchaikul | Michigan |
| Kenta Miyoshi | Illinois |
| James Connel | Florida State |
| Chad Miller | Northwestern |
| Justin Lyons | Florida State |
| Andrew Delgado | N/A |
| Douglas Yaffa | Virginia |
| Chase Robinson | Liberty |
| Tyler Bowers | Illinois |
| Ryan Morgan | Virginia Tech |
| Kelly Giese | Lubbock Christian |
| Jeffrey Sperling | N/A |
| Thomas Navarro | UNLV |
| Oskar Poulsen | Baylor |
| Lucas Brown | Texas |
| Marko Miladinovic | Baylor |
| Jackson Caldwell | Northwestern |
| Pedro Alvarez | Chicago State |
| Nedim Suko | Washington |
| Max Schmidhauser | Azusa Pacific |
| Luke Bracks | Wichita State |
| Joel Kielbowicz | N/A |
Women’s Qualifiers
| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Zuzanna Kubacha | Baylor |
| Alanis Hamilton | N/A |
| Aishi Das | N/A |
| Taylor Cataldi | Wisconsin |
| Tianna Rangan | Wisconsin |
| Ariel Madatali | Illinois |
| Karlin Schock | N/A |
| Eleana Yu | Duke |
| Alejandra Cruz | Georgia Tech |
| Kaitlyn Carnicella | South Carolina |
| Ellie Pittman | SMU |
| Campbell Ricci | Tulane |
| Dania Deaifi | Grand Canyon |
| Polina Jorniak | UC San Diego |
| Tyra Richardson | UC Santa Barbara |
| Kennedy Gibbs | Baylor |
| Micah Pierce | Tulane |
| Sierra Berry | Baylor |
| Emma Jackson | Duke |
| Ella Brownback | N/A |
| Addison Lanton | N/A |
| Maria Rizzolo | Mississippi State |
| Paige Grice | Western Illinois |
| Marissa Pennings | Furman |
| Paula Dougherty | Charlotte |
