Happy New Year! IMG Academy 16s Division Videos; USA Reaches Quarterfinals of United Cup

As I close out another year at Zootennis.com, it's time to post for posterity the 2024 Honor Roll, with a list of all Americans, under the age of 19, who won USTA Level 1 titles and ITF junior titles at the J300 level or above. Also included are major international titles for Americans in the 12s and 14s divisions and ITF men's and women's World Tennis Tour events, as well as ATP Challenger titles. This was also a banner year for American juniors at ITF team competitions, with the boys winning the ITF World Junior Tennis title for 14-and-under players and both the boys and the girls taking the Junior Davis Cup and Junior Billie Jean King Cup titles for 16-and-under players. The sidebar features all Honor Rolls from 2005 onward, if nostalgia should surface this time of year.

The full 2024 list is here. Let me know if I've missed anyone who fits into the categories I mentioned above. 

The 16s IMG Academy International Championships videos are below, with one for the boys final, and two for the girls, as it was not possible to be in a position from above with the girls playing on Court 5. More videos from IMG and the 16s Orange Bowl finals will be coming from at my tenniskalamazoo YouTube channel in the next few weeks.

The top-seeded United States team advanced to the quarterfinals of the United Cup in Australia, with Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz winning their singles matches over Croatia's Donna Vekic and Borna Coric respectively, then teaming up for a dead rubber mixed doubles victory over Ivan Dodig and Petra Marcinko to win the group. They will play China in the quarterfinals Wednesday. For more on their win over Croatia, see this article from the tournament website.