The 2009 USTA Pacific Northwest (USTA/PNW) Junior Section Championship was held August 20-23 at Tualatin Hills Tennis Center in Beaverton, Ore. The annual event features the section's best junior tennis players as they battle to claim a championship title. This year's competitors did not disappoint as they put on a spectacular display of skill and strategy round after round.
The USTA/PNW Junior Section Championship offered both singles and doubles play in boys and girls 18-and-under, 16-and-under, 14-and-under, 12-and-under, and 10-and-under. For more on the section championship and the latest in junior tennis, please click here to read "Over the NET" with Zack Elliott.
Congratulations to the following players who reached the final in their respective division:
SINGLES
Boys’ 18
Emmett Egger, Issaquah, Wash., def. Alex Rovello (1), Portland, 6-3, 6-2.
Boys’ 16
Hudson Barnhart (1), Wenatchee, Wash., def. Alexander Wallace (2), Vancouver, Wash., 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Boys’ 14
Toshiki Matsuya (1), Redmond, Wash., def. Mitch Stewart (2), Federal Way, Wash., 6-3, 6-0.
Boys’ 12
Henrik Wiersholm (5), Kirkland, Wash., def. Noah Schachter (1), Steilacoom, Wash., 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Boys’ 10
Jackson Suh, Bellevue, Wash., def. Joe Hardwicke, West Linn, Ore., 7-5, 6-1.
Girls’ 18
Belinda Niu (4), Portland, def. Christy Sipes (1), Gig Harbor, Wash., 6-1, 6-1.
Girls’ 16
Maya Jansen (1), Valleyford, Wash., def. Audrionna Farr (2), Beaverton, Ore., 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4).
Girls’ 14
Alexandra Bourguignon (1), Issaquah, Wash., def. Dasha Ivanova (3), Beaverton, Ore., 6-2, 6-0.
Girls’ 12
Madison Bourguignon (1), Issaquah, Wash., def. Alexis Prokopuik (2), West Vancouver, B.C., 6-3, 6-2.
Girls’ 10
Elizabeth Scotty, Bremerton, Wash., RR.
DOUBLES
Boys' 18
Egger/Michael Schaeffer d. (1) Manthou/Rovello, 8-4.
Boys' 16
(1) Kent Andreasen/Wallace d. (2) Barnhart/Jordan Smith, 8-4.
Boys' 14
(2) Luat Le/Stewart d. (1) Matsuya/Jamie Thorp, 8-4.
Boys' 12
(1) Daniel Foster/Spencer Furman d. (3) Andrew Newell/Wiersholm, 8-6.
Boys' 10
James Scotty/Suh d. Lucas Ball/Jonathan Lu, 9-8(2).
Girls' 18
(2) Sasha Carter/Meghan Cassens d. (4) Katie Edwards/Niu, 8-5.
Girls' 16
(2) Elaine Baik/Jansen d. Grace Egger/Lana Robins, 8-1.
Girls' 14
(1) Ivanova/Erin Larner d. Dominique Beauvais/Fiona Cerf, 8-2.
Girls' 12
(1) Samantha Hampton/Michelle Wang d. (2) Charlie Naddeo/Prokopuik, 8-4.
Girls' 10
Madelin Doneskey/Julia Haynes d. Sophia Bourguignon/Scotty, 8-5.
For complete results from the 2009 USTA/PNW Junior Section Championship including a list of competitors, please click here.