USTA National Junior Calendar for 2024; USTA Pro Circuit Calendars; Ganesan Featured in ITF Junior Circuit's 2023 By The Numbers

The USTA's National Junior Calendar for 2024 is out, with information on the tournaments through August, as well as other USTA events through the end of the year. The ITF events in the last four months of the year do not appear yet, but the College Park ITF J300 will be back, as will the ITF Pan American Closed J300, and of course, the US Open Junior Championships, the Eddie Herr J300 and the Orange Bowl.

The first tournaments on the 2024 USTA calendar are three J30s in Southern California, all of them new and part of the Kleege ITF SoCal Junior Circuit. The first is at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center in Claremont from January 8-13, with the other two back-to-back at Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego January 22-26 and January 29-February 2. All are 32-draws and five days in length. 

Then come the February USTA Level 2s, followed by the two J30s indoors, in Eau Claire Wisconsin and Medford New Jersey.

In March the two ITF J300s, in Indian Wells and San Diego, are back, with Indian Wells now an open international tournament after the inaugural last year was for North Americans only. San Diego is expected to be a Closed event after being open last year, but the information on that has not yet been posted on the ITF website. The Easter Bowl remains a USTA gold ball event for all, but, as was the case last year, the 18s are no longer an ITF tournament. Indian Wells is the second week of the BNP Paribas Open, March 11-17, with San Diego March 18-23, and the Easter Bowl March 23-31.

March is a busy month, with the Brewer Cup, the National Team event in Mobile, the ITF J60 in Las Vegas and the USTA Level 3s, in addition to the three tournaments already mentioned.

Another note from this schedule is that the three ITF events on clay in Florida at the end of April and beginning of May have all been upgraded to J100s, a category that has been lacking in the United States for many years. 

The USTA Pro Circuit 2024 calendars, as of December 23, 2023, are now available, with the women starting out in just a few days at a W35 in Arcadia California. The ITF categories have changed for 2024, with no more $25Ks, $40Ks, $60Ks or $80Ks; $35Ks, $50Ks and $75Ks are taking their places. Currently there are no  $15Ks on the womens' Pro Circuit until this summer and no column for $50Ks at all; I hope this changes in the next month or two.

The men's calendar, which features no category changes, have no tournaments at all scheduled until a $25K in Ithaca New York the week of January 15th. Usually there are tournaments in California or Florida to start the year, but the first $15K in 2024 is in Sunrise Florida February 5th.

Missing from the men's calendar are the two ATP 50 Challengers in Indian Wells January 14-21 and 21-28. These are USTA Southern California tournaments; you can read more about them, including volunteer opportunities, by clicking on the banner ad to the left of this post. 

The ITF has been doing year-end By The Numbers for its circuits, including this one for the Juniors. Florida freshman Adhithya Ganesan made the article for having the longest winning streak by a boy in 2023, with consecutive titles at the J200 Nagoya, J100 Hong Kong, J200 Hong Kong and J200 Kuala Lumpur, followed by three wins at the J500 in Merida, for a streak of 23 straight victories.