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US Open Begins Aug. 28

Check back for seeding and daily results (Bolded players lost out)

1 Iga Swiatek 2 Aryna Sabalenka 3 Jessica Pegula 4 Elena Rybakina

5 Ons Jabeur 6 Coco Gauff 7 Caroline Garcia 8 Maria Sakkari

1 Carlos Alcaraz 2 Novak Djokovic 3 Daniil Medvedev 4 Holger Rune

5 Casper Ruud 6 Jannik Sinner 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas 8 Andrey Rublev 

Mon: # 4 Rune and # 8 Sakkari are out

Tues: # 7 Garcia is out

Wed: # 5 Ruud and # 7 Tsitsipas loses

Thur: No major upsets

Fri: # 4 Rybakina gets beat

Sat: No major upsets

Sun: Big upset as #1 Swiatek is out

Mon: # 3 Pegula, # 5 Jabeur and # 6 Sinner lose out

Tues: No major upsets

Wed: Women SF # 2 Sabalenka vs # 17 Keys  # 6 Gauff vs # 10 Muchova

          Men SF # 2 Djokovic vs # Shelton  # 3 Medvedev vs # 1 Alcaraz

Thur: Women Semi finals

Fri: Men Semi Finals

Sat: # 6 Gauff wins it in 3 sets over # 2 Sabalenka

Sun: # 2 Djokovic vs # 3 Medvedev   ESPN 4:00

Atlanta Open Results in Final

# 1 Taylor Fritz wins in 3 sets

# 4 Lammons/Withrow win in 2 sets

Wimbledon Begins July 3

Check back for seeding and daily results (Bolded players lost out)

  1 SWIATEK 2 SABALENKA 3 RYBAKINA 4 PEGULA
  5 GARCIA 6 JABEUR 7 GAUFF 8 SAKKARI

  1 ALCARAZ 2 DJOKOVIC 3 MEDVEDEV 4 RUUD
  5 TSITSIPAS 6 RUNE 7 RUBLEV 8 SINNER

Mon: # 7 Gauff loses out

Tues: # 8 Sakkari gets beat

Wed: No major upsets

Thur: # 4 Ruud is out

Fri: # 5 Garcia is out

Sat: No major upsets

Sun: No major upsets

Mon: # 5 Tsitsipas is out

Tues: Huge upsets as # 1 Swiatek loses and # 4 Pegula

Wed: # 3 Rybakina is out

Thur: Women SF is # 2 Sabalenka vs # 6 Jabeur

                                Svitolina vs Vondrousova

Fri: Men SF is # 1 Alcaraz vs # 3 Medvedev

                     # 2 Djokovic vs # 8 Sinner

Sat: Women F is # 6 Jabeur vs Vondrousova 9:00 ESPN

                          Vondrousova wins it 6-4 6-4.

Sun: Men F is #1 Alcaraz vs # 2 Djokovic 9:00 ESPN

                      Alcaraz wins it in 5 sets. 

Stacey Venker at Tennis For Life (TFL)

has decided to retire on June 30 2023

She has given lessons and been training players and fellow instructors for the past 36 years in the Athens area. Her knowledge, enthusiaum, and devotion to her students will be sorely missed. Taylor Dodd a current instructor at TFL will take over the Oconee County Recreation Department tennis program on July 1, 2023. Tall Socks Tennis is the new name.

UGA Ethan Quinn just won the 2023 NCAA singles championship!  Go Dawgs!

French Open Begins May 28

Check back for seeding and daily results (Bolded players lost out)

Women's seeds

1 - Iga Swiatek 2 - Aryna Sabalenka 3 - Jessica Pegula 4 - Elena Rybakina
5 - Caroline Garcia 6 - Coco Gauff 7 - Ons Jabeur 8 - Maria Sakkari

Men's seeds
1 - Carlos Alcaraz 2 - Daniil Medvedev 3 - Novak Djokovic 4 - Casper Ruud
5 - Stefanos Tsitsipas 6 - Holger Rune 7 - Andrey Rublev 8 - Jannik Sinner

Sun: # 8 Sakkari is out

Mon: No major upsets

Tues: Big upset as # 2 Medvedev loses

Wed: # 5 Garcia gets beat

Thur: # 8 Sinner loses out

Fri: # 3 Pegula and # 7 Rublev are out

Sat: # 4 Rybakina WD

Sun: No major upsets

Mon: No major upsets

Tues:No major upsets

Wed: No major upsets Semis are set

Thur: # 1 Swiatek vs # 14 Haddad Maia; # 2 Sabalenka vs Muchova

Fri: # 1 Alcaraz vs # 3 Djokovic; # 4 Rudd vs # 22 Zverev

Sat: Women's Final  #1 Swiatek wins in 3 sets

Sun: Men's Final 9:00  #3 Djokovic wins in 3 sets

NCAA Round of 16 at UGA home courts

# 4 UGA women vs # 13 Oklahoma Friday at 5:00  W 4-1

# 6 UGA men vs # 11 Harvard Saturday at 2:00  W 4-2

Elite 8 Round Orlando, FL

# 4 UGA women vs # 5 Michigan  May 17 5:00  Won

# 6 UGA men vs # 3 Ohio St.  May 18  7:30   Lost 3-4

Final 4 Round

#4 UGA women vs # 1 North Carolina  Lost

Singles and Doubles start soon. Check back for details

1st Round Singles All UGA players won

2nd Round Singles Mia, Vidmanova, and Quinn all win

3rd Round Quinn wins

Quarters Quinn wins

Semis Quinn wins

Championship Quinn Wins it  Saturday 10:00  Go Dawgs!

1 st Round Doubles 

Women lose; Men lose as well 

After 38 seasons as head coach Jeff Wallace is retiring as UGA women's head coach. Long time assistant and former UGA player Drake Bernstein will be the NEW head coach. Thanks to Jeff and looking forward to Drake continuing the excellence that is UGA tennis!

Stacey Venker at Tennis For Life (TFL)

has decided to retire on June 30 2023

She has given lessons and been training players and fellow instructors for the past 36 years in the Athens area. Her knowledge, enthusiaum, and devotion to her students will be sorely missed. Taylor Dodd a current instructor at TFL has bid to keep a program going in Oconee County. Taylor Dodd will take over the Oconee County Recreation Department tennis program on July 1, 2023. 

UGA next matches (Check back for results)   Go Dawgs!

Women SEC April 19-23 at Arkansas

# 2 UGA Women in SF vs # 3 Tenn Sat 4:00 ET      UGA Wins

# 2 UGA vs # 1 Texas A&M Sun  2:00 ET        Dawgs WIN IT!!!

May 5 Friday UGA Women vs Florida A&M 1:00  Home  Dawgs win

May 6  Sat. Winners plays at 4:00   Dawgs win!

Men SEC April 20-23 at Auburn

# 1 UGA Men in SF vs # 5 Texas A & M Sat 4:00 ET   UGAWins

@1 UGA Men vs # 3 Kentucky Sun 4:30 ET   UGA loses 3-4 :(

May 6 Sat UGA Men vs Florida Gulf Coast 1:00 Home  Dawgs win

May 7 Sun. Winners play at 1:00  Dawgs win!

Local High School Regions 2023 (pics below)

Prince Ave. Girls Region 5 A Champs

Prince Ave. Bouys Region 5 A Champs

NOHS Girls Region 8 AAAA Runner Ups

NOHS Boys Region 8 AAAA Champs

OCHS Girls Region 8 AAA Champs

OCHS Boys Region 8 AAA Champs

Athens Academy Girls Region 8 AA Champs

Athens Academy Boys Region 8 AA Runner Ups

State Playoff Updates: (Check back for results)

1st Round

Prince Boys play Mon April 17 Away 3:00    Prince boys loses out

NOHS plays Mon April 17 Boys and Girls at home 4:00  NOHS wins both

OCHS plays Tue April 18 Boys and Girls at home 3:00  OCHS wins both

Prince Girls play Wed April 19 Home 4:00  Lost 1-3

Athens Academy Girls win their 1 st round at state

Athens Academy Boys win their 1 st round at state

2 nd round (Sweet 16)

NOHS Girls at Pace Monday April 24 at 2:00    Titans lose out :(

NOHS Boys vs Lovett Tuesday April 25 4:00  Home  Titans Win!

Athens Academy Girls vs Landmark Christian ???   AA wins

Athens Academy Boys at Landmark Christian ???   AA wins

OCHS Girls vs Ringold at home Mon Apr 24 at 1:00  OCHS Wins it!

OCHS Boys vs Coahulla Creek at home  Won it

3rd Round (Elite 8)

OCHS Girls vs  St. Vincents Sat April 29  12:00  Home  OCHS wins

OCHS Boys vs Savannah Country Day  Mon May 1  4:00  Home Wins

NOHS Boys vs  West Laurens Monday May 1 4:30 Home   Wins

Athens Academy Girls vs  Brantley County   AA loses :(

Athens Academy Boys vs  Brantley County  AA loses :(

4th Round (Final 4)

OCHS Girls vs Wesleyan      Lost

OCHS Boys vs Wesleyan      Lost

NOHS Boys vs Holy Innocents   Titans Win!

Championship

NOHS Boys vs Westminster in Rome Sat May 13 1:00  Titans Lose :(

Austrailian Open begins Jan. 16

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Bolded players have lost out.

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Local Tennis High Schools Regions 2022

NOHS Boys and Girls Region Champs! (Picture below)

OCHS Boys and Girls Region Champs!

Athens Academy Boys Region Champs! (Pictures below)

Athens Academy Girls 2 nd place

Prince Avenue Girls 3 rd place (Picture below)

Prince Avenue Boys 4 th place

STATE PLAYOFFS (1st round)

NOHS boys and girls win 1 st round by Default

OCHS boys and girls won 1 st round

Athens Academy boys and girl won first round

PACS boys and girls lost 1 st round

(2nd round)

NOHS boys win and girls lose a close 2-3 

OCHS boys and girls both win

Athens Academy boys and girls lose

(Elite Eight)

NOHS boys win

OCHS boys lose and girls win

(Final Four)

NOHS boys lose

OCHS girls win

Championship

OCHS girls are the runner-up

Australian Open Begins Jan 17, 2022

Check back for daily updates (bolded players have lost out)

Ladies Top Seeds

1. Ashleigh Barty 2. Aryna Sabalenka 3. Garbine Muguruza 4. Barbora Krejcikova  5. Maria Sakkari 6. Anett Kontaveit 7. Iga Swiatek                      8. Paula Badosa

Mens Top Seeds

1. Novak Djokovic – WD 2. Daniil Medvedev 3. Alexander Zverev
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas 5. Andrey Rublev 6. Rafael Nadal 7. Matteo Berrettini
8. Casper Ruud 9. Felix Auger-Aliassime

Mon: No major upsets

Tues: # 8 Ruud WD injury

Wed: # 6 Kontaveit loses out

Thur: # 3 Muguruza gets beat

Fri: No major upsets

Sat: # 5 Rublev is out

Sun: #3 Zverev, # 5 Sakkari, and  # 8 Badosa lose

Mon: # 2 Sabalenka, # 4 Krejckova lose out

Tues: No major upsets

Wed: Women SF are # 1 Barty vs Keys & # 8 Swiatek vs # 27 Collins

Thur: Men SF is # 2 Medvedev vs #4 Tsitsipas & # 6 Nadal vs # 7 Berrenttini

Fri: W Final is # 1 Barty vs # 27 Collins; M Final # 2 Medvedev vs # 6 Nadal

Sat: # 1 Barty wins the final 6-3 7-6

Sun: # 6 Nadal wins his 21 st Major in 5 sets

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Congratulations to

Team Lynch  18+ Combo 7.5 State Champs (Above)

Team Boleyn  65+ 3.0 State Champs  (Below)

Congratulations to Team Border

Tri Level State Champs 3-4.5

Team JMCC Beck 

State and Section Champs 18 & under

NOHS Girls and Boy are 2018 AAAA State Champs!

Great Job Titans! Girls have won 3 in a row!

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