As the 101st American Tennis Association (ATA) National Championships, hosted by the USTA National Campus, nears its conclusion, all junior play was wrapped up Friday evening. A total of eight singles and eight doubles titles were earned on the junior side while another seven crowns were collected across the adult divisions.

Highlighting the action on Friday was the boys’ and girls’ 18s finals, which were part of a live broadcast; a replay of that broadcast can be viewed here.

In the boys’ 18s championship matchup, top-seeded Kent Hunter (Los Angeles) handled No. 2 seed Raymond Richardson (Chicago) 6-3, 6-1. Hunter broke twice in the opening set, once to open the match and a second time to close out the first frame. He raced out to a 5-0 advantage in the second, holding a match point on Richardson’s serve for a 6-0 sweep; however, Richardson managed to take that game and force Hunter to serve out the win, which he did successfully at 15.

The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds also squared off for the girls’ 18s trophy. Top seed Azaria Hayes (Pinole, Calif.) sprinted through the first seven games of the match, rarely making mistakes while allowing Hana Moss (Culver City, Calif.) to overplay on numerous points. As the second frame wore on, a few more errors crept into the game of Hayes while Moss began to find the mark with her powerful groundstrokes more frequently. After saving four break points for a 3-2 lead, it appeared Moss had grabbed the momentum in the second. But Hayes would not be denied, quickly turning the match back in her favor by saving a break point in the next game and promptly securing the crucial break for 4-3. She rattled off the next two games for the 6-0, 6-3 victory.

Listed below are the results from the 23 championship finals that were completed on Friday.

SINGLES

Boys’ 12s: No. 1 Morgan Woodson (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) def. No. 2 Maddox Bose (Winter Haven, Fla.) 6-2, 6-2

Boys’ 14s: No. 1 Keith Bunn (Philadelphia) def. No. 4 Flex Howard (Atlanta) 6-3, 6-3

Boys’ 16s: No. 1 Jelani Sarr (Towson, Md.) def. No. 3 Jered Wilson (Red Oak, Texas) 6-7, 6-0, 10-7

Boys’ 18s: No. 1 Kent Hunter (Los Angeles) def. No. 2 Raymond Richardson (Chicago) 6-3, 6-1

Girls’ 12s: No. 1 Asadah Maat (Hackensack, N.J.) def. Giovannii Cuadrado (Augusta, Ga.) 6-4, 6-4

Girls’ 14s: No. 4 Cynthia Tchonda (San Diego) def. No. 2 Kameryn Bunn (Philadelphia) 6-3, 6-3

Girls’ 16s: No. 1 Nyjah Head (Orlando, Fla.) def. No. 4 Breana Cook (Long Beach, Calif.) 6-2, 3-4 Ret

Girls’ 18s: No. 1 Azaria Hayes (Pinole, Calif.) def. No. 2 Hana Moss (Culver City, Calif.) 6-0, 6-3

Men’s 70s: No. 1 James Clayton (Fort Washington, Md.) def. No. 2 Henry Kennedy (Washington, D.C.) 7-5, 6-4

DOUBLES

Boys’ 12s: Maddox Bose (Winter Haven, Fla.)/Ange Sery (Washington, D.C.) def. Malcolm Gordon (Briarwood, N.Y.)/Flavius Henderson II (Hephzibah, Ga.) 5-7, 6-3, 10-7

Boys’ 14s: Eliyahu Pinkney (New Albany, Miss.)/Neiman Sneed (Hephzibah, Ga.) def. Drew Rukavina (Hilton Head Island, S.C.)/Morgan Woodson (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) 5-7, 7-5, 11-9

Boys’ 16s: Jorge Quintana (Dorado, P.R.)/Jelani Sarr (Towson, Md.) def. Eli Gan-Dy (Garland, Texas)/Jered Wilson (Red Oak, Texas) 6-3, 6-3

Boys’ 18: No. 1 Tory Bailey (Los Angeles)/Kent Hunter (Los Angeles) def. Antonio Ausbon (Washington, D.C.)/Raymond Richardson (Chicago) 6-0, 6-1

Girls’ 12s: No. 1 Imani Jean (Brooklyn, N.Y.)/Asadah Maat (Hackensack, N.J.) def. No. 2 Deja Dimps (Washington, D.C.)/Daelyn Dimps (Washington, D.C.) 6-1, 6-3

Girls’ 14s: Nia Cooper (Chesterfield, Mo.)/Journee White (St. Louis, Mo.) def. No. 1 Amanda Diaz (Caguas, P.R.)/Isabella Rivera (San German, P.R.) 7-5, 6-1

Girls’ 16s: No. 1 Camila Gonzalez (San Juan, P.R.)/Jean Arlette Legrand (San Juan, P.R.) def. Eboni Goring (Washington, D.C.)/Emperess Johnson (Hyattsville, Md.) 6-2, 6-1

Girls’18: Rishona Lewis (Lake Worth, Fla.)/Chacadyah Lewis (Lake Worth, Fla.) def. No. 1 Breana Cook (Long Beach, Calif.)/Hana Moss (Culver City, Calif.) 6-1, 6-0

Men’s 55s: No. 1 James Brown (Honolulu)/Lonnie White (Conway, S.C.) def. No. 2 Mark Chisholm (Washington, D.C.)/Mark Williams (Boynton Beach, Fla.) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3

Men’s 75s: Ollen Dupree (Bowie, Md.)/Denton Johnson (Seabrook, S.C.) def. Carl Mimms (Tampa, Fla.)/Alvin Wimberly (Marion, Ark.) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1

Women’s 45s: Donnetha Johnson (Houston)/Shelena Sanderson (Owings Mills, Md.) def. Muriel Bell (Philadelphia)/Cheryl Irons-Guynn (Dresher, Pa.) 6-0, 6-0

Women’s 60s: No. 1 Laila Cofield (Washington, D.C.)/Angela Parker (Baltimore, Md.) def. Sherryl Chaffin (Palmdale, Calif.)/Iris Van Sciver (View Park, Calif.) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5

Women’s 65s: No. 1 Mildred Azizi (Glenside, Pa.)/Cecelia Hodge (Philadelphia) def. No. 2 Fenelia Cooper (St. Thomas, V.I.)/Constance Foreman (Philadelphia) 6-4, 6-2

MIXED DOUBLES

Mixed 50s: No. 1 Lisa Robinson (Duluth, Ga.)/Mark Williams (Boynton Beach, Fla.) def. Carlos Baez (Manati, P.R.)/Flona Francis (Pasadena, Texas) 6-2, 6-3

The last day of the event gets underway Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. For more information on the 2018 ATA National Championships, click here. To learn more about the history of the ATA, click here.

The ATA was born on November 30, 1916, when representatives from over a dozen black tennis clubs met in Washington, D.C., with the goal of promoting black tennis in America. The organization held the first ATA National Championships at Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park in August of the following year; the tournament featured three total draws – men’s singles, women’s singles, and men’s doubles.

The ATA, which is the oldest African-American sports organization in the United States, has produced a number of the world’s top players and coaches. Most notably among these are Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe, the first African-Americans to be ranked No. 1 and to win grand slam titles. Others to grow up training at ATA-affiliated clubs and participating in ATA events include current USTA Chairman of the Board and President Katrina Adams, Zina Garrison, Leslie Allen, Lori McNeil, Chanda Rubin and MaliVai Washington.