USTA National B14s Seeds and Draws; Defending Champions Frusina and Ganesan Return as Top Seeds in Kalamazoo 18s; Jovic and Grant Seeded No. 1 in San Diego 18s; Ram and Krajicek Reach Gold Medal Match in Olympic Men's Doubles

While Kalamazoo is the first of the eight USTA National Championships to begin, with Friday the opening day of singles for the 18s, all the divisions will begin this weekend.

The draws have been out for the girls 16s, and the boys 16s and 18s, with the seeds for those divisions listed in my posts of Wednesday(girls 16s and 18s) and Tuesday(boys 16s and 18s).

The girls 18s, girls 14s, girls 12s and boys 12s draws have yet to be posted, but the boys 14s singles and doubles draws were posted tonight and the top 16 seeds in singles are below.

B14s
1. Tristan Stratton
2. Victor Pignaton
3. Sebastian Godoy
4. Akshay Mirmira
5. Gadin Arun
6. Alexander Totoian
7. Tabb Tuck
8. Ivan Rybak
9. Dylan Meineke
10. Mikaeel Alibaig
11. Carter Jauffret
12. Vedant Bhende
13. Antanas Daugis
14. Eli Kaminski
15. Zesen Wang
16. Rafael Pawar

2023 Kalamazoo 18s double champions

Doubles begins tomorrow in Kalamazoo for both divisions, so those draws are up, with the seeds below. Frusina and Ganesan are the defending champions.

B18s doubles seeds

1. Alex Frusina and Adhithya Ganesan

2. Cooper Woestendick and Maxwell Exsted

3. Noah Johnston and Benjamin Willwerth

4. Nikia Filin and Alexander Razeghi

5. Ian Mayew and Kase Schinnerer

6. Kaylan Bigun and Trevor Svajda

7. Dylan Long and Nicholas Patrick

8. Max Pettingell and Jack Satterfield

9. Jordan Chang and Ronit Karki

10. Nolan Balthazor and Mitchell Sheldon

11. Matthew Forbes and Dylan Jaen

12. Abhinav Chunduru and Prathinav Chunduru

13. Simon Caldwell and Zachary Cohen

14. Meecah Bigun and Mitchell Lee

15. Maximus Dussault and Dominick Mosejczuk

16. Jack Kennedy and Jordan Reznik

B16s doubles seeds

1. Yannik Alvarez and Ryan Cozad

2. Adrien Abarca and Justin Anson

3. Sutton Severance and Lucas Smith

4. Gabriel Jessup and Arjun Prabhakar

5. Yashin Krishnakumar and James Quattro

6. Tyler Lee and Brayden Tallakson

7. Gus Grumet and Arin Pallegar

8. Ford McCollum and Jack Secord

9. Theo Hegarty and Jordan Papadopoulos

10. Gavin Goode and Mason Taube

11. John Gentek and Austin He

12. Noah Bayon and Williams Freshwater

13. Graeme Angus and Samuel He

14. Hunter Nelson and Micah Ward

15. Nicolas Pedraza and Erik Schinnerer

16. Andre Alcantara and Liam Alvarez

2024 Wimbledon girls doubles champions

The girls 16s and 18s doubles draws have not been posted, but the seeds have been and are listed below. Defending champions Kate Fakih and Olivia Center are the No. 4 seeds in San Diego; Australian Open and Wimbledon girls doubles champions Tyra Grant and Iva Jovic are the top seeds.

G18s doubles seeds

1. Iva Jovic and Tyra Grant

2. Mia Yamakita and Akasha Urhobo

3. Alanis Hamilton and Kayla Chung

4. Olivia Center and Kate Fakih

5. Sophie Webster and Ashton Bowers

6. Anya Murthy and Valerie Glozman

7. Victoria Osuigwe and Maya Iyengar

8. Kristina Penickova and Annika Penickova

9. Linda Ziets-Segura and Kady Tannenbaum

10. Kenzie Nguyen and Emily Deming

11. Lani Brotman and Katiana Gonzalez

12. Shannon Lam and Thea Frodin

13. Jessica Bernales and Christasha McNeil

14. Claire An and Mia Slama

15. Ariana Pursoo and Monika Ekstrand

16. Bianca Momlnar and Alyssa Ahn

G16s doubles seeds

1. Emerey Gross and Anna Bennett

2. Carrie-Anne Hoo and Danielle Young

3. Carlota Moreno and Addy Rogin

4. Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann and Reagan Levine

5. Sara Shumate and Bella Payne

6. Catherine Rennard and Isabelle DeLuccia

7. Rachel Gee and Sephi Sheng

8. Zimora McKnight and Anna Bugaienko

9. Karlin Schock and Thara Gowda

10. Brooke Kwon and Sydney Barnhart

11. Olivia Dartawan and Sasha Miroshnichenko

12. Nola Jones and Angela Chen

13. Andi Anderson and Lucia Fuduric

14. Aya Manning and Autumn Xu

15. Maria Navarro and Lyla Messler

16. Adla Lopez and Nancy Lee

I hope to have links to all the draws in Friday's post.

The USA Olympic team will return from Paris with at least one medal, with No. 4 seeds Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek advancing to Saturday's final in men's doubles. No. 3 seeds Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul could join them, after Fritz and Paul advanced to the semifinals with a win over Andy Murray and Dan Evans of Great Britain and will play the Australian team of Matt Ebden and John Peers for a chance to play for a gold medal against Ram and Krajicek. Thursday's results and Friday's schedule from USTA:

RESULTS - (THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2024)

 

(1) Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def. (9) Tommy Paul (USA) 63 76(7)

(4) Austin Krajicek/Rajeev Ram (USA) def. Tomas Machac/Adam Pavlasek (CZE) 62 62

(3) Taylor Fritz/Tommy Paul (USA) def. Daniel Evans/Andy Murray (GBR) 62 64

 

TOMORROW’S ORDER OF PLAY (FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2024)

 

(3) Taylor Fritz/Tommy Paul (USA) vs Matthew Ebden/John Peers (AUS) - Court Suzanne-Lenglen – nb 14:00