2015 Fall-Winter CrossCourt

Fall/Winter 2015

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3) 322-4801 322 48 4801 01 Fax F (913) facebook.com/USTAMissouriValley twitter.com/USTAMoValley instagram.com/USTAMoValley pinterest.com/USTAMoValley Mary Buschmann Executive Director Manon Eilts Marketing Communications Director Emily Steinwart Communications Coordinator Graphic Design and Digital Media

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ANNUAL CONFERENCE PREVIEW

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2015 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES AND AWARD WINNERS Join us in congratulating our 2015 honorees

6-7 SPOTLIGHT ON SPORTSMANSHIP/SECTION LEAGUE CHAMPIONS We are proud to recognize the great sportsmanship and league champions in our section

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Andrew Robinson Communications Coordinator

10 For questions about your USTA membership, please contact USTA Member Services at 1-800-990-USTA, or visit www.membership.usta.com.

Get all the details of the 2015 Annual Conference

ALL STARS!

A section adaptive tennis event prepped its participants for international competition

PRO CIRCUIT STARS IN THE VALLEY

Three junior players tested their mettle in the Pro Circuit this summer

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PHOTO GALLERY

News and tidbits from all the exciting action in the section

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JOIN US! FOR THE 2015

USTA MISSOURI VALLEY ANNUAL MEETING AND CONFERENCE

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DECEMBER 4-5 SHERATON OVERLAND PARK OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS

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League Coordinator Training Junior Team Tennis Coordinator Training 10 and Under Tennis Committee (Closed) League Committee Junior Competition Committee (Closed) Teamwork & Innovation through Cross Cultural Dexterity with USTA Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Bill Leong Join us after the Cross Cultural Training for a diverse dining and tennis experience at Genesis Health Club - Overland Park!

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Opening Sessions with USTA Board Member Michael McNulty and USTA Chief Marketing Officer Sue Hunt Officials Committee Adult Competition Committee Diversity & Inclusion Committe Youth Pathway Committee Junior Competition Committee Tennis on Campus Committee Awards & Hall of Fame Luncheon Afternoon Break Meeting of the Association Meeting of the Board (Open) Meeting of the Board (Closed) FALL/ WINTER 2015 MISSOURIVALLEY.USTA.COM 3

GUEST SPEAKERS Sue Hunt is the Chief Marketing Officer of the United States Tennis Association. She began with the USTA in 2006 as Senior Director, Marketing, was promoted to Managing Director in 2009 and to her current post in 2011. In this role, Hunt oversees the USTA’s marketing and digital efforts and works out of the association’s national headquarters in White Plains, N.Y. In her nine years with the USTA, Hunt has worked across all channels to grow and market the association’s endeavors both in the professional and community realms.

She has orchestrated and overseen the development of marketing and advertising campaigns for the US Open and Emirates Airline US Open Series as well as for USTA’s groundbreaking youth tennis initiative, with a series of television and digital marketing elements advocating changes in the game to get more kids involved in tennis at a younger age. Most recently, she has spearheaded the effort to involve the leading organizations in the American sporting community to support initiatives to combat childhood inactivity by stressing the importance of participation in athletics and multi-sport play.

Michael J. McNulty III began serving his first two-year term as Director at Large on the USTA Board of Directors in January 2015. He is the board liaison to the Adult Council and is a member of the Budget Committee, the International Committee and the Strategic and Creative Planning Committee. McNulty is a member of the BB&T Tournament Steering Committee.

McNulty has a long history of serving as a USTA volunteer. During the 2013-14 term, he was the Council Chair for the Rules Council, a member of the Advisory Group on Committees and Evaluations Committee, and a section delegate representing the USTA Southern section, as well as the USTA representative on the ITF Constitutional Committee. He has served numerous times on the Constitution and Rules Committee—including the 2007-08 term, when he was vice chair—and was a member of the Nominating Committee from 2009 to 2012.

McNulty served as president of the USTA Southern section from 2011 to 2012 and as executive vice president from 2009 to 2010, and was president of USTA Louisiana from 2004 to 2005. He is the former tournament chairman of the BB&T Atlanta Open, the tournament that annually kicks off the Emirates Airline US Open Series, and is a current member of the Tournament Steering Committee. At the community tennis level, he is the founder and an officer of the Lake Area Community Tennis Association, which promotes and develops the growth of tennis in Lake Charles, La., and surrounding areas.

Bill Leong serves as the Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the United States Tennis Association (USTA). His primary responsibilities include leading efforts to drive sustainable and superior business results by leveraging diversity and inclusion solutions within the USTA’s national office and amongst its 17 sections nationwide. He oversees the diversity engagement and trainings to strengthen recruitment and retention of diverse tennis players and fans.

Prior to rejoining the USTA national office in 2012, Leong served as the Executive Director of USTA Pacific Northwest section for 13 years. In 1986 he began his USTA career as a Director of Junior & Community Tennis in Hawaii after a brief stint as the manager of a private tennis club in New York City. Leong earned his MBA and Digital Social Media Marketing certification from Rutgers University.

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Please welcome our 2015 inductees:

Richard Hudlin

Cornelia Salmon-Robertson

Mark Rosewell

Verne Weber

The USTA Missouri Valley is proud to honor the following outstanding award recipients: Female Junior Player of the Year Olivia Hauger (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

Adult Recreational Player of the Year Anne Muren (O’Fallon, Illinois)

Male Junior Player of the Year Casey Ratzlaff (Wichita, Kansas)

Outstanding Contributor USTA League Tennis Program Susan Nealy (Lenexa, Kansas)

Junior Recreational Player of the Year Austin Gartner (Andover, Kansas) Outstanding Junior Tournament Klotz Winter Open presented by NXT Bank (Iowa City, Iowa)

Outstanding Diversity Achievement Jess Campbell Batchelor (St. Louis, Missouri)

10 and Under Tennis Provider Michael Van Vogt (Overland Park, Kansas)

Outstanding Adult/Senior Tournament Wheel It Forward (Kansas City, Missouri)

USTA Junior Team Tennis Organizer Janet Glaser (Wichita, Kansas)

Tennis Family of the Year Caro Family (Iowa City, Iowa)

Outstanding Contributor Youth High Performance Program Matias Marin (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

Facility of the Year Overland Park Racquet Club (Overland Park, Kansas)

High School Coach of the Year Fred Pedersen (Iowa City, Iowa)

Outstanding Community Tennis Association Net Rushers Tennis Association (St. Louis, Missouri)

Adult Player of the Year Cindy Bick & Mark Tabscott (St. Louis, Missouri)

Member Organization of the Year Genesis Health Club - Overland Park (Overland Park, Kansas) Outstanding Official Cheryl Lady (Fairway, Kansas) Media Excellence Bill Hester - St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) Event of the Year Madison Keys Welcome Home Party (Moline, Illinois) Dwight Davis Trivia Night (St. Louis, Missouri) Community Service Excellence Ann Spivak (Kansas City, Missouri) Distinguished Service Fred Johnson (Kansas City, Missouri) President’s Award Surprise Announcement

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SPOTLIGHT ON:

SPORTSMANSHIP

The USTA Missouri Valley is proud to honor these 2015 Junior Sportsmanship recipients: Girls 10s Girls 12s Girls 14s Girls 16s Girls 18s Boys 10s Boys 12s Boys 14s Boys 16s Boys 18s

Victoria Recuarte-Cabas Ariel Madatali Ella Kinder Zoe Hahn Karen Yan Kevin Nguyen Rowan McCollum Justin Good Matthew Dubuque Zeke Clark

Edmond, Oklahoma St. Louis, Missouri Fenton, Missouri St. Louis, Missouri Overland Park, Kansas Edmond, Oklahoma Shawnee, Oklahoma San Diego, California St. Louis, Missouri Tulsa, Oklahoma

as well as recipients throughout the year in these programs:

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ADULT 18 & OVER MEN 2.5 N/A 3.0 ST. LOUIS/ALLEN MASENGILL 3.5 IOWA/JOHN GLOVICK 4.0 OKLAHOMA /BILL RIGGAN 4.5 OKLAHOMA/ADAM BORDERS 5.0 KANSAS/MYRON PUSHYK

WOMEN OKLAHOMA/STACYE CHERINSKY OKLAHOMA/KRISTIN SCHENK OKLAHOMA/ANGIE LYNN RAY HEART OF AMERICA/JODY MCCLAIN OKLAHOMA/NINA LOEFFLER HEART OF AMERICA/HEATHER ANDREWS

ADULT 40 & OVER MEN 3.0 OKLAHOMA/BRIAN LEONARD 3.5 OKLAHOMA/JOSH PHILBECK 4.0 NEBRASKA/MARK LEAHY 4.5 OKLAHOMA/J. SCOTT DENNE

WOMEN OKLAHOMA/DENISE WESTFALL OKLAHOMA/MONIQUE MARTINEZ HEART OF AMERICA/CYNTHIA THOMAS OKLAHOMA/LAURA GROOMS

ADULT 55 & OVER MEN 6.0 OKLAHOMA/LARRY DOTSON 7.0 HEART OF AMERICA/JIM HAWKINS 8.0 KANSAS/JAMES PIGG 9.0 ST. LOUIS/JOHN KINSELLA

WOMEN OKLAHOMA/LIZBETH BURCH ST. LOUIS/BARBARA SHADBURNE HEART OF AMERICA/GAIL GREGORY OKLAHOMA/KIM LEWIS

ADULT 65 & OVER MEN 6.0 N/A 7.0 OKLAHOMA/VINCENT LONG 8.0 NEBRASKA/THOMAS TIPTON

WOMEN ST. LOUIS/ROSE ALBRECHT HEART OF AMERICA/IRENE HARKLEROAD OKLAHOMA/JANICE ROBERTS

MIXED 18 & OVER 6.0 KANSAS/DEBBIE FLYNN 7.0 KANSAS/MEL BROWN 8.0 IOWA/TYLOR SCHLADER/JUSTIN DESPOTOVICH 9.0 HEART OF AMERICA/HARRISON HILL MIXED 40 & OVER 6.0 OKLAHOMA/CONNIE GUERTZ 7.0 OKLAHOMA/MICHAEL THAGARD 8.0 IOWA/ELISABETH MARKS 9.0 HEART OF AMERICA/JENNIFER GRUBB FALL/ WINTER 2015 MISSOURIVALLEY.USTA.COM 7

ALL STARS!

By Evan Riggs

Four athletes used the annual Fred Johnson All Stars Event in Overland Park, Kan., as a way to prepare for the Special Olympics World Games. All four returned home with medals from the World Games, which ran from July 25 to August 2 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.

Bobby Williams, 40, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., Michael Bottom, 21, of Hutchison, Kan., and Casey Hostetler, 26, of Haysville, Kan., and Melissa Giersch, 34, of Omaha, Neb., were members of the U.S. tennis team at the Special Olympics World Games held recently in Los Angeles.

Williams earned a silver medal in his division of singles, and a gold medal in his level of doubles. Bottom earned two silver medals in his singles and doubles divisions. Hostetler earned a silver medal for doubles and bronze for singles.

Finally, Giersch earned a bronze for doubles, and a fourth place finish for singles. Sid Kanter, a tennis pro in Kansas City, coached the team.

“I’m excited to meet new people and make friends from all over the world,” Hostetler said. “I’ve been practicing my serves and returns more to get ready.”

ESPN covered the World Summer Games Opening Ceremonies on July 25, and did a 30-minute recap of each day on television.

Some athletes selected for the World Summer Games practiced with local coaches and took lessons. The Fred Johnson All Stars Event was the perfect practice opportunity for Bottom, Williams and Hostetler to prepare.

“It means a lot to me,” Bottom said. “I like to be active and play tennis; it’s really great.”

In addition to those players, 60 athletes from eight different teams in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa participated in the fourth annual Fred Johnson All Stars Event held June 20-21.

“I’m very excited, I’ve never been to the World Games,” Williams said. The player selection process starts at the international level, and eventually each state director works with local directors to pick the athletes who are best suited to travel to Los Angeles, according to Special Olympics tennis head coach Sid Kanter.

The All Stars Event was launched in 2011 by its namesake, Fred Johnson, who was the USTA Missouri Valley Diversity Manager. He formed a steering committee of staff and volunteers to create an annual event that would bring together the USTA Missouri Valley’s top adaptive tennis athletes for a friendly round-robin competition.

As for Kanter, a tennis pro in Kansas City, he decided to apply for the head coach position because of his love for tennis and Special Olympics.

Jane Hines of Omaha, Neb., who was on the original event steering committee and is a certified tennis professional, served as the tournament director.

“I’ve been very involved in Special Olympics because my wife started the Blue Valley Special Olympics,” Kanter said. “My son is a special needs athlete, so my wife encouraged me to do it. Since I’m retired, I have the time.”

“Our adaptive tennis athletes have very few chances to compete,” Hines said. “The Special Olympics sponsors the state games once a year, and the National Games are every four years. We thought it would be awesome to have an annual Adaptive Tennis Section Championship.”

The most recent Special Olympics World Summer Games were in Athens, Greece in 2011. The 2015 World Summer Games could bring as many as half a million people to Los Angeles.

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Hines has been involved in the All Stars event since the beginning, and a big reason for that is the joy she gets working with the athletes.

“The athletes give so much of themselves and are so grateful for every opportunity that we give to them,” Hines said.

“They so freely share their gratitude, joy and love.”

This event requires more work and patience than most other tournaments, but Glaser said talking to the athletes makes it all worth it.

In addition to tennis, all of the athletes participated in a team bonding activity. They were split into groups and had to use chalk art to answer; “what does tennis mean to you?” Some of the most common responses were love, competition and strength.

“Before you get to know them, you may feel sorry for them,” Glaser said. “But I realized I feel more sorry for us that we don’t get to live that way. They put everything they have into what they’re doing and they get to live with that childlike joy that a lot of us lose. When you talk to them, you get transported back in time.”

“It makes me feel awesome,” Hostetler said when asked about playing tennis. “I love getting to play and meet different people.”

Jaren Glaser, Tennis Service Representative for USTA Kansas coordinated the All Stars event for the second year in a row.

After the countless hours of practice and preparation through events like All Stars, Bobby Williams was ready for the big moment in L.A. “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity.”

“The reason I do it is for the athletes,” Glaser said. “I like to provide an environment where they can both compete and have fun together as a group.”

“ “The athletes give so much of themselves and are so grateful for every opportunity.”

Bobby Williams

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Pro Circuit Stars in the Valley

By Andrew Robinson Less than two weeks after having won the Boys 16s division of the USTA Missouri Valley’s Sweet 16 tournament in Kansas City, Mo., this summer, Alexander Brown of Urbandale, Iowa, was once again facing stiff competition.

But rather than the top junior tournament in the section, Brown was playing in the Wichita Tennis Open, a USTA Pro Circuit $15K Tournament facing Noah Rubin, who won the Boys’ Wimbledon championship a year ago and is considered among the top juniors in the U.S. Brown was defeated 6-1, 6-1 in his first round match, but certainly took positives away from the experience as he prepares for the rest of his summer schedule including a few more ITF junior events and the USTA Boys’ National Tennis Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich.

“The biggest thing is just seeing these pro players and their professionalism and how they spend their time on and off the court,” Brown said.

USTA Pro Circuit Futures events like the one in Wichita feature players who generally have an ATP ranking between No. 150 and No. 900 in the world. The tournaments offer $10,000 to $15,000 in prize money and typically serve as a proving ground for top-ranked juniors, college players and pros at the beginning of their careers.

Aside from Wichita, the USTA Pro Circuit also made stops in Tulsa, Okla. (June 22), Godfrey, Ill., (July 20) and Edwardsville, Ill., (Aug. 3) within the USTA Missouri Valley.

Alex Brown

which offer $50,000 to $100,000 in prize money. These tournaments serve as a bridge between the Futures and the ATP World Tour and enable players to earn more points per round than they do in the Futures events.

In addition to Brown, Will Genesen and Zeke Clark, both of Tulsa, Okla., were also in the main draw of the tournament in Wichita. Former USTA Missouri Valley junior player and current Oklahoma Sooner Spencer Papa was also in the draw.

For some players, the tournaments are a chance to work toward a bid into a grand slam qualifying tournament, or even the main draw of a junior grand slam.

The US Open juniors draw is where Clark has his sights set.

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Clark returned to the U.S. this month after playing in tournaments across Europe in over the past five weeks.

Clark had extensive experience in USTA Missouri Valley junior tournaments and has spent the last year playing higher-level tournaments.

“Those tournaments definitely helped me gain a lot of confidence to play these higher level tournaments,” he said. “If it weren’t for playing those tournaments, I wouldn’t be here.”

“I’ve been lucky enough to have the opportunity to get into some of these pro tournaments and it’s definitely been a big transition for me going from the juniors to these lower level pro events,” Clark said.

The stakes are certainly higher on the USTA Pro Circuit.

In Wichita, some of the top college players in the country were in the draw, as were players who have experience playing in the main draws of grand slams. Clark admits he's had to grow up quickly while playing older, more experienced players.

“I’ve had to grow up and mature,” Clark said. “These guys don’t put up with anything. You have to be mentally strong 100 percent of the time. Maybe in the juniors you can get away with (not being mentally strong all the time) but not here.”

Clark credits those tournaments in the USTA Missouri Valley for preparing him for the next step.

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Zeke Clark

NET NOTES Jack Sock Clinches Davis Cup Victory The most successful nation in Davis Cup history will have a chance to play for its 33rd title next year after Jack Sock sealed the United States' 3-1 World Group Playoff win over Uzbekistan in September.

The U.S. now qualifies for the 2016 Davis Cup World Group and is eligible to compete for next year's Davis Cup crown.

Uzbekistan will compete in Zone Group I competition in 2016. The U.S. will play Australia in the first round of World Group play, beginning March 4, 2016.

Davis Cup rookie Sock clinched the playoff tie on the red clay of the Olympic Tennis School in Tashkent against Uzbekistan’s top player, Denis Istomin, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, in two hours and 29 minutes. The fourth singles match between Steve Johnson and Dustov was not played.

With his victory, the 23-year-old Sock, who also beat Uzbekistan’s No. 2 player Farrukh Dustov on Friday, became the first U.S. Davis Cup player since John McEnroe in 1978 to win two live singles matches in a Davis Cup singles debut.

- Ashley Marshall, USTA.com

Han Wins USTA Gold Ball Nathan Han, of Tulsa, Okla., took home a USTA Gold Ball in August after capturing the singles title at the USTA Boys 14s Hard Court National Championships in San Antonio, Texas. Han, seeded fourth in the tournament, defeated Ronan Jachuck of Boca Raton, Fla., 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 in a match that lasted over two and a half hours. Han won a total of seven matches during the tournament, five of which were straightset victories.

Washington University Wins Tennis on Campus Fall Invite Twelve Tennis on Campus teams from 10 universities gathered at the Plaza Tennis Center for the Tennis on Campus Fall Invite, September 2627. The Washington University Team A took home the title while WashU Team B came in second. The University of Arkansas club team rounded out the top three finishers.

WashU-A moved on to finish 17th out of 48 teams at the fifth annual USTA Tennis On Campus (TOC) Fall Invitational at Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center in Hilton Head Island, S.C. The event, took place Oct. 9-11, and served as the national kickoff for the Tennis On Campus season.

Sportsmanship honors were also awarded at the invitational, with each team voting throughout the event. Jessica Seadler, captain for the Drake University team, was named the female winner, while Steven Wegner (Kansas State captain) and Aaron Neibert (Southeast Missouri State University captain) were co-winners on the male side.

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Washington University Team A

NET NOTES Ratzlaff Captures World Title For the first time in 15 years, the U.S. Junior Team, consisting of Chris Herman (Gulfport, Fla.), Casey Ratzlaff (Wichita, Kan.), and Conner Stroud (Spindale, N.C.), captured the junior team title at the 2015 BNP Paribas World Team Cup at Ali Bey Resort Manavgat in Antalya, Turkey. The World Team Cup is the ITF’s flagship wheelchair tennis event, often referred to as the Davis/Fed Cup of wheelchair tennis. The U.S. juniors last won the coveted title at the inaugural junior event in 2000.

The U.S. junior team faced the Netherlands in the final. In the first match, Ratzlaff defeated Ruben Spaargaren in a tight, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5), match. Herman then defeated Mitchel Graauw, 6-0, 6-4.

Herman and Stroud were then set to play Graauw/Spaargaren in the doubles, but the match was not played since the American team already clinched the title. The U.S. junior team made it to the World Team Cup final after defeating defending champ Russia in the semifinals. The U.S. quad team of David Wagner, (Chula Vista, Calif.), Nick Taylor, (Wichita, Kan.), Greg Hasterok, (San Diego), and Bryan Barten, (Tucson, Ariz.), led the U.S. to its ninth title in the quad division over the past 15 years with a 2-1 final-round victory over Japan.

Successful Summer for Taylor Nick Taylor (Kansas) and Greg Hasterok (California) won Quad Open Doubles at the PTR Wheelchair Championships on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The #1 seeded duo defeated Canadian Gary Luker and Florida’s Marc McLean 6-2, 6-0.

Taylor also teamed with partner David Wagner to win the U.S. Open Quad Division championship. Taylor and Wagner finished second at the U.S. Open USTA Wheelchair Championships in St. Louis.

USTA Missouri Valley Adds Two New Staff Members Amanda Pratzel joined the USTA Missouri Valley staff in August as the Youth Pathway Manager.

In this role, she organizes and implements USTA Missouri Valley 10 and Under Tennis programs, Junior Team Tennis and Tennis on Campus. A former top USTA Missouri Valley junior player who grew up in St. Louis, MO., Pratzel played Division I tennis at both the University of Missouri and the University of Oklahoma.

Kyle Quirk also joined the staff as Office Administrator and is in charge of the daily office operations. He is fundamental in our organization as he assists both the staff and the members of USTA. Kyle began playing tennis during his freshmen year at Archbishop O’Hara High School, and played #1 singles and doubles his last two years. While attending Rockhurst University, he returned to O’Hara in 2012 as an Assistant coach for both the Boys’ and the Girls’ tennis teams and worked as a pro shop assistant and 10 & Under Tennis coach for the Plaza Tennis Center and Blue Hills Country Club.

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USTA Missouri Valley IN PHOTOS

View a collection of photos from events, tournaments and community outreach within the USTA Missouri Valley this summer and fall.

To view more photos, visit MissouriValley.USTA.com and click on Photo Galleries.

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USTA National Women’s Senior 65, 75, 85 Indoor Championship May 22-28 Genesis Health Club Overland Park, Kansas

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June 16-21 Plaza Tennis Center Kansas City, Missouri

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July 20-23 Kossover Tennis Center Topeka, Kansas

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65s INVITATIONAL July 24-26 Overland Park Racquet Club Overland Park, Kansas

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Creve Coeur Racquet Club St. Louis, Missouri

SEPTEMBER PLAY EVENTS

Genesis Schools Kansas City, Missouri

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May 28-30 Homestead Country Club Prairie Village, Kansas

NAITA TOURNAMENT May 28-30 Plaza Tennis Center Kansas City, Missouri

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Fall Invitational September 26-27 Plaza Tennis Center Kansas City, Missouri FALL/ WINTER 2015 MISSOURIVALLEY.USTA.COM 23

This event is sponsored in part by the Oklahoma City Convention and Visitor's Bureau.

August 6-9 Section Championship I Oklahoma City Tennis Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 24 MISSOURIVALLEY.USTA.COM FALL/WINTER 2015

August 20-23 Section Championship II Oklahoma City Tennis Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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September 17-20 Mixed Doubles Section Championship I Various Sites St. Louis, Missouri

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