Junior Team Tennis will once again be in action this weekend at the USTA National Campus, as the program’s 18U National Championships will get underway Friday morning at 9 am. Play will extend through Sunday afternoon.

Representing a total of 16 USTA Sections, a combined 32 teams will take the courts in hopes of claiming the prestigious JTT national crown. The tournament consists of two divisions (Advanced and Intermediate) with 16 teams in each division. Using the World Team Tennis format, each team dual match will feature five individual matchups – boys’ singles, girls’ singles, boys’ doubles, girls’ doubles and mixed doubles. A player may only compete in two of these matchups. Squads will first compete in round robin flight play before advancing on to the playoff rounds.   

After two practice days on Wednesday and Thursday, match play kicks off Friday morning at 9 am on both the Team USA and Collegiate courts. Friday and Saturday will feature flight play, with the tournament shifting to its playoff rounds on Saturday afternoon. The two team champions will be crowned on Sunday.

Established in 1991, USTA Junior Team Tennis provides youth with all of the health and social benefits of tennis in a coed, fun and competitive environment – all while allowing participants to compete with and against individuals of similar ages and skill levels.

With more than 85,000 players competing nationwide, USTA Junior Team Tennis brings players together to enjoy camaraderie and teamwork, providing a fun environment for kids to learn that succeeding is really more about how they play the game – win or lose.

Each year the USTA crowns a national champion in two age divisions (14U and 18U) in both the Intermediate and Advanced classifications. In last year’s 18U action, USTA Mid-Atlantic’s Advengers claimed the Intermediate crown while SDUTA, Inc. of USTA Southern came through in the Advanced division.

For a complete breakdown of all Advanced and Intermediate flights, along with full daily match schedules, click here.

 

Previous USTA JTT 18U Champions

 

18U Intermediate

2016 – Mid-Atlantic (Advengers)

2015 – Mid-Atlantic (Heat Strokes)

2014 – Middle States (YM Tennis)

2013 – Missouri Valley

2012 – Eastern

2011 – Southern

2010 – Florida

2009 – Eastern

2008 – Eastern

2007 – Southern

2006 – Florida

 

18U Advanced

2016 – Southern (SDUTA, Inc.)

2015 – Texas (RTC Rebels)

2014 – Texas (RTC)

2013 – New England

2012 – Texas

2011 – Texas

2010 – Eastern

2009 – Texas

2008 – Midwest

2007 – Midwest

2006 – Florida

2005 – Southern

2004 – “Canyon Creek Raging Donkeys”