June 2016 Honor Roll

July 28, 2016 09:36 AM

The monthly USTA Player Development Player and Coach Honor Roll recognizes the top performing young Americans and their coaches each month.

Here’s a look at some of the most outstanding performances turned in by American tennis players ages 20 and younger in June:

Hind Abdelouahid (Feb. 28, 1999), San Jose, Calif. – Won the girls’ doubles title at the Grade 5 Canadian Saville junior event in Edmonton. She is coached by Vitaly Gorin.

Drew Baird (Aug. 31, 2000), Holly Springs, N.C. – Reached the boys’ singles semifinals at the Grade 4 Tihta Aruba junior event. He is coached by his father, David.

Zummy Bauer (April 20, 1999), Suwanee, Ga. – Won the girls’ singles title at the Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships junior event in Haverford, Pa.

Deiton Baughman (April 23, 1996), Carson, Calif. – Reached the singles semifinals at the $25,000 Futures event in Karuizawa, Japan. He is coached by his father, Brad.

CiCi Bellis (April 8, 1999), Atherton, Calif. – Won the singles title at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit women’s event in Sumter, S.C. She is coached by her mother, Lori.

Blaise Bicknell (Nov. 26, 2001), Miami, Fla. – Reached the boys’ singles final at the Grade 5 Bank of Bermuda Foundation ITF junior event in Pembroke, Bermuda. He is coached by Mellville Spence.

Ulises Blanch (March 25, 1998), Pompano Beach, Fla. – Won the doubles title and reached the singles semifinals at the Grade 1 Nike Junior International Roehampton event in Great Britain. He is coached by Daniel Garcia, Rodrigo Alvarez and Claudio Menna.

Willa Breunich (Feb. 22, 2001), Port St. Lucie, Fla. – Reached the girls’ singles semifinals at the Copa El Salvador La Libertad Grade 4 ITF junior event, then won the doubles title at the Grade 4 Copa Mundo Maya junior event in Guatemala. She is coached by Gabe Jaramillo.

Anna Brylin (March 12, 2000), Short Hills, N.J. – Won the girls’ singles title at the Grade 5 Copa Horizontes ITF junior event in Havana, Cuba.

Safiya Carrington (June 23, 2001), South Hadley, Mass. – Reached the girls’ singles semifinals at the Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships junior event in Haverford, Pa. She is coached by her father, Lex.

Hanna Chang (Feb. 25, 1998), Fontana, Calif. – Won the singles title and reached the singles final at consecutive $10,000 pro circuit tournaments in Korea. She is coached by Peter Lucassen.

Richard Ciamarra (Nov. 13, 1998), Southington, Conn. – Won the boys’ doubles title at the Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships junior event in Haverford, Pa. He is coached by Matt Daly.

Nicole Coopersmith (May 8, 1999), Palm City, Fla. – Reached the singles semifinals at consecutive $10,000 pro circuit events in Poland and Portugal. She is coached by her father, Roy.

Ivana Corley (Sept. 11, 1999), Albuquerque, N.M. – Reached the girls’ singles final and won the doubles title at the Grade 5 Canadian Saville junior event in Edmonton. She is coached by Ben Dunbar.

Abigail Desiatnikov (Jan. 22, 2001), Sandy Springs, Ga. – Qualified and reached the women’s singles semifinals at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Bethany Beach, Del. She is coached by her father, Eugene.

Morgan Dill (May 28, 1998), Coral Gables, Fla. – Reached the boys’ singles semifinals at the Grade 5 Bank of Bermuda Foundation ITF junior event in Pembroke, Bermuda. He is coached by Bill Adams.

Francesca DiLorenzo (July 22, 1997), New Albany, Ohio – Reached the women’s singles semifinals at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit women’s event in Sumter, S.C. She is coached by Ann Grossman.

Caroline Dolehide (Sept. 5, 1998), Hinsdale, Ill. – Swept the singles and doubles titles at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Buffalo, N.Y., then reached the singles semifinals at the $25,000 event in Sumter, S.C. She is coached by Tom Lockhart.

Victoria Emma (Aug. 7, 1999), Naples, Fla. – Reached the girls’ singles semifinals and doubles final at the Grade 2 M-Tech Junior Cup in Bochum, Germany. She is coached by Adoni Vivanco.

Katharine Fahey (Oct. 19, 1996), Fair Haven, N.J. – Won the women’s singles title and reached the doubles final at a $10,000 women’s pro circuit event in Victoria, British Columbia. She is coached by Catarina Linquist.

Jessica Failla (July 5, 1997), Ramona, Calif. – Reached the women’s singles final at a $10,000 women’s pro circuit event in Victoria, British Columbia. She is coached by Richard Gallien and West Nott.

Max Freeman (Oct. 18, 1998), Ashland, Mass. – Won the boys’ doubles title at the Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships junior event in Haverford, Pa. He is coached by his father, Woody.

Jennifer Gadalov (Feb. 26, 2001), Los Angeles, Calif. – Reached the girls’ singles semifinals at the Grade 5 Bank of Bermuda Foundation ITF junior event in Pembroke, Bermuda. She is coached by Robert Lansdorp.

Alexa Graham (July 7, 1998), Garden City, N.Y. – Reached the women’s singles semifinals at a $10,000 women’s pro circuit event in Victoria, British Columbia. She is coached by Robbie Wagner.

Imani Graham (Dec. 20, 2001), Saint Johns, Fla. – Reached the boys’ singles semifinals at the Grade 5 Bank of Bermuda Foundation ITF junior event in Pembroke, Bermuda. She is coached by David Witt.

William Grant (Feb. 13, 2001), Boca Raton, Fla. – Reached the boys’ singles final at a Grade 4 ITF junior tournament in Odense, Denmark, after advancing to the singles final at a Grade 5 event in Albania. He is coached by Thomas Brinkhoff and Juan Viloca.

Robert Hammond (June 10, 2000), Boca Raton, Fla. – Won the boys’ doubles title and reached the singles semifinals at the Grade 5 Bank of Bermuda Foundation ITF junior event in Pembroke, Bermuda.

Dalayna Hewitt (Dec. 16, 2000), Pepper Pike, Ohio – Won the girls’ doubles title at the Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships junior event in Haverford, Pa. She is coached by Bill Adams.

Zane Khan (Feb. 11, 2002), New Braunfels, Texas – Reached the boys’ singles semifinals at the Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships junior event in Haverford, Pa. He is coached by Shariq Khan.

Raveena Kingsley (July 23, 1998), Fulton, Md. – Reached the singles semis at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Baton Rouge, La. She is coached by Phil Dent.

Vasil Kirkov (March 13, 1999), Tampa, Fla. – Won the doubles title at the Grade 1 Nike Junior International Roehampton event in Great Britain. He is coached by his father, Stoyan.

Stefan Kozlov (Feb. 1, 1998), Pembroke Pines, Fla. – Kozlov (pictured above) beat Steve Johnson to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP World Tour 250 Ricoh Open in s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. He is coached by his father, Andrei.

Ashley Kratzer (Feb. 8, 1999), Newport Beach, Calif. – Reached the women’s singles semifinals at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Bethany Beach, Del. She is coached by Harold Solomon.

Ashley Lahey (Oct. 26, 1999), Hawthorne, Calif. – Reached a girls’ singles final and an additional semifinal at consecutive Grade 1 ITF junior events in Germany.

Ingrid Neel (June 16, 1998), Rochester, Minn. – Won the singles title at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Bethany Beach, Del., and won the doubles title at the $10,000 event in Buffalo, N.Y. She is coached by Margie Zesinger.

Alexa Noel (Sept. 6, 2002), Summit, N.J. – Won the girls’ singles title at the Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships junior event in Haverford, Pa. She is coached by Frank Salazar.

Paul Oosterbaan (Sept. 8, 1995), Kalamazoo, Mich. – Reached the singles semifinals at the $25,000 USTA Futures tournament in Tulsa, Okla. He is coached by Manny Diaz and Bo Hodge.

Kariann Pierre-Louis (Jan. 16, 1999), Miami, Fla. – Won the girls’ doubles title at the Grade 4 Tihta Aruba junior event. She is coached by Bill Adams.

Gabriella Price (June 11, 2003), Montebello, N.Y. – Reached the girls’ singles final at the Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships junior event in Haverford, Pa. She is coached by Rick Macci.

Ethan Prost (May 26, 1999), Peoria, Ariz. – Won the boys’ doubles title at the Grade 5 Canadian Saville junior event in Edmonton. He is coached by Lou Belken.

Miranda Ramirez (March 7, 1999), Port St. Lucie, Fla. – Won the girls’ doubles title and then reached the singles semifinals at consecutive Grade 4 junior tournaments in Tunisia. She is coached by Thomas Finck.

Jimena Rodriguez-Benito (July 7, 2000), Miami, Fla. – Won the girls’ doubles title and reached the singles final at the Grade 4 Copa Mundo Maya ITF junior event in Guatemala. She is coached by Lawrence Carpio.

Noah Schachter (Sept. 6, 1999), Wesley Chapel, Fla. – Reached the boys’ singles final at the Grade 4 Tihta Aruba junior event. He is coached by Matt Gordon.

Fletcher Scott (Dec. 10, 1998), Olathe, Kan. – Reached the boys’ singles final at the Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships junior event in Haverford, Pa.

Christina Sisti (Oct. 5, 1998), Mt. Vernon, N.Y. – Reached the girls’ singles and doubles finals at the Grade 5 Bank of Bermuda Foundation ITF junior event in Pembroke, Bermuda. She is coached by Lawrence Kleger.

Alana Smith (Nov. 9, 1999), Fort Washington, Md. – Won the girls’ doubles title at the Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships junior event in Haverford, Pa. She is coached by Bill Adams.

Brian Shi (Feb. 24, 2000), Jericho, N.Y. – Won the boys’ singles title at the Copa El Salvador La Libertad Grade 4 ITF junior event. He is coached by Andrei Daescu.

Lauren Stein (May 23, 2002), Paradise Valley, Ariz. – Reached the girls’ singles final at the Grade 5 Copa Horizontes ITF junior event in Havana, Cuba. She is coached by Spencer Hing.

Danny Thomas (Nov. 22, 1999), Pickerington, Ohio – Won the doubles title at the $10,000 USTA Futures in Pittsburgh.

Sara Tsukamoto (March 21, 2000), Kailua Kona, Hawaii – Reached the girls’ singles final at the South Pacific Open Junior Championships in Fiji. She is coached by Kenntarou Ueda.

Kyrylo Tsygura (May 1, 1999), North Potomac, Md. – Reached the boys’ singles semifinals at the Grade 2 M-Tech Junior Cup in Bochum, Germany. He is coached by Jorge Gonzalez.

Luba Vasilyuk (Jan. 16, 2000), Frisco, Texas – Qualified and reached the girls’ singles semifinals at the Grade 5 Canadian Saville junior event in Edmonton. She is coached by Dave Licker.

Savannah Williams (Oct. 1, 1999), Port St. Lucie, Fla. – Reached the girls’ singles semifinals at the Grade 4 Tihta Aruba junior event.

 

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