Tracy Austin Ojai Memories Interview with Mark Weil

Check out this video from the 2013 Ojai Tennis Tournament as Mark Weil interviews legend Tracy Austin about her Ojai memories.
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Kaley Cuoco & Friends Entertain Calabasas Tennis Crowd

CALABASAS, Calif., (March 22, 2014) – Kaley Cuoco, star of the hit TV show “The Big Bang Theory”, showed flashes of the form that made her a competitive USTA junior player during the Kaley Cuoco & Friends Exhibition on Saturday night at the Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center.

Cuoco, 28, teamed with her newlywed husband and professional player Ryan Sweeting in an  exhibition—which featured mini-matches and shot skills--before the featured semifinal match at the USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships of Calabasas, a USTA $15,000 Pro Circuit Futures event.

In Sunday’s final of the event, it will be UCLA junior Marcos Giron of Thousand Oaks facing former Michigan University star Jason Jung in an all-Southern California final. The unseeded Giron beat No. 6-seeded Mate Pavic of Croatia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, in Saturday night’s featured semifinal match. In the other semifinal, it was the No. 3-seeded Jung taking out former USC star Daniel Nguyen, 7-5, 6-2.

In the doubles final that will open up play on Sunday at 12 noon, the top-seeded team of Sekou Bangoura and Evan King will take on Dennis Novikov and Connor Smith. All four players are from the U.S. and played college tennis.

Before the final singles semifinal match between Giron and Pavic, Cuoco and her husband played with Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center pros Brady Heite, Natasha Mucci, Ahmad Shiraz and Jonas Wallgard for 20 minutes while Top Seed Director Steve McAvoy handled the commentary over the public address system.

“Ryan gave me a lot of pointers yesterday,” Cuoco said. “Actually I have been practicing for about three weeks. I thought I was going to want to kill him, but he was very sweet about it. My game is still deep down there somewhere.”

Cuoco hit strong forehands and backhands during the exhibition, “but I wasn’t expecting this much of a workout. That was like a Wayne Bryan workout with all the running around.”

“I remember watching her train,” said Mucci, a tennis instructor at the Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center. “She looks fantastic, like she has been playing a little tennis lately.”

“Her key is she intimates opponents,” said Sweeting, who lost to Roberto Marcora, the No. 4 seed from Italy, 6-1, 6-2, in the opening round. In 2010 Sweeting lost in the singles final to Marinko Matosevic of Australia in the Calabasas Challengers final. “Kaley understands the trajectory of the ball now, rather than just hitting it.”

Cuoco and Sweeting were introduced last summer by mutual friend Mike Bryan. Kaley and Mike were friends during their youth tennis days, where both trained at the Cabrillo Racquet Club under Wayne and Kathy Bryan.

“I grew up with the Bryans (Mike and Bob) and we have been in each other’s lives forever,” Cuoco said. “I remember Wayne saying my sons are going to be the No. 1 doubles players in the world when they were only 10, and that’s exactly what they did.”

Cuoco and Sweeting—who were married on New Year’s Eve last year—met after a World Team Tennis match in Dallas in August.

“I was playing for the Sacramento Capitals and the Bryans played for Dallas,” Sweeting said. “”I flew from Dallas to meeting Kaley in LA and I haven’t left. I sold my house in Fort Lauderdale two weeks after I met her.”

“I knew Ryan had to be a good guy if Mike was friends with him,” Cuoco said. “Mike thinks he’s a good matchmaker, however his wife Lucille had a lot to do with it. I think they are fighting to this day about who actually introduced us.”

“The Big Bang Theory” was recently renewed for another three years on CBS, and Cuoco couldn’t be happier. “It feels amazing and I can’t believe it,” Cuoco said. “I feel very lucky to be a part of something so incredible.”

at the USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships of Calabasas, a USTA $15,000 Pro Circuit Futures event being played at the Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center.

Saturday’s Singles Semifinals Scores

Marcos Giron, U.S., def. Mate Pavic, Croatia (6), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

Jason Jung, U.S. (3), def. Daniel Nguyen, U.S., 7-5, 6-2

Saturday’s Doubles Semifinal Score

Sekou Bangoura/Evan King, U.S. (1), def. Fabian Matthews/Kyle McMorrow, U.S. (4), 6-4, 6-2

Nguyen, Giron Move Into Semifinals at Calabasas Pro Event

Life as a professional tennis player has taken Oxnard’s Daniel Nguyen to Seoul, Korea; Bangkok, Thailand, and earlier this month to Kyoto, Japan. But nothing compares to playing in your local USTA Pro Circuit Futures event, sleeping in your own bed and eating home cookin’ prepared by your mother.

 

That’s what Nguyen’s been doing this week at the USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships of Calabasas, a USTA $15,000 Pro Circuit Futures event being played at the Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center. He’s been winning, too, and on Friday advanced to the semifinals with a convincing 6-1, 6-4, over former Duke All-American Henrique Cunha.

 

“It’s about a 35, 40-mintue drive home, but it’s great to be at home,” said Nguyen, 23. “My go-to meal this week has been whole wheat pasta, tomato sauce and chicken and vegetables.”

 

The four-time NCAA team champion, who played in the shadow of Steve Johnson while at USC, will next face another Southern Californian who has been traveling the world as a pro player the last few years in Jason Jung of Torrance, Calif. The former Michigan star Jung beat 16-year-old wild-card Taylor Fritz, 6-4, 6-4 earlier in the day.

 

In the late match, former Thousand Oaks High School teammates and former Pac-12 rivals Marcos Giron of UCLA and Kyle McMorrow formerly of Washington squared off with Giron serving tough in a 6-2, 6-3 victory. Giron had seven aces on the night, and no double faults.

 

The Nguyen-Jung semifinal match will take place at 4 p.m., and will be followed by a doubles semifinal match. Local actress Kaley Cuoco will take part in an exhibition before the night’s features singles match takes place with No. 6-seeded Mate Pavic of Croatia taking on the unseeded Giron.

 

Nguyen is headed back to Asia next month and will play for the first time in China. “I’ve never played in China before,” he said. “It’s going to be so different than beautiful California. It’ll be smoggy and the balls will be different.”

 

Last year as a freshman at Torrey Pines High School, Fritz reached the final in the Boys’ CIF division at The Ojai losing to Gage Brymer. He then led his team to the CIF-San Diego section team title and won the individuals. Still an amateur, Fritz has played ITF pro events in Costa Rica, Oklahoma, Texas and Florida and is enrolled at Laurel Springs School, an online independent study program.

 

“I hate not having a social life and having to leave high school,” Fritz said. “It’s something I didn’t want to do, but I felt like I had to for my tennis.”

 

EVENTS: A USTA Junior Team Tennis Kid’s Day with a Tennis Carnival is Saturday from 4 p.m. till 5:30 p.m., and a VIP sponsor dinner reception is later in the evening from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Kaley Cuoco & Friends Exhibition is Saturday evening before the singles final semifinals.

 

Friday’s Singles Quarterfinals Scores

WC: wild card; Q: qualifier

Mate Pavic, Croatia (6), def. Gianni Mina, France, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4

Marcos Giron, U.S., def. Kyle McMorrow, U.S. (q), 6-2, 6-3

Daniel Nguyen, U.S., def. Henrique Cunha, 6-1, 6-4

Jason Jung, U.S. (3), def. Taylor Fritz, U.S. (wc), 6-4, 6-4

 

Friday’s Doubles Semifinal Score

Dennis Novikov/Connor Smith, U.S., def. Damon Gooch, South Africa/Roberto Marcora, Italy, 6-3, 7-5

Three Ventura County Players Move Into Quarterfinals

CALABASAS, Calif., (March 20, 2014) – Three players from Ventura County advanced to the Elite 8 in singles play on Thursday at the USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships of Calabasas, a USTA $15,000 Pro Circuit Futures event being played at the Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center.

 

Two of the three grew up in Thousand Oaks, just 15 miles north of Calabasas down the U.S. 101 and will meet in the featured match on Friday night not before 8 p.m. as UCLA junior Marcos Giron takes on former Washington University standout Kyle McMorrow.

 

In the second match scheduled for Stadium Court following the first at 11 a.m., it will be Oxnard’s Daniel Nguyen taking on former Duke All-American Henrique Cunha in a rematch of a NCAA matchup two seasons ago in which Cunha beat Nguyen.

 

In his second-round match on Thursday, Nguyen dominated Ryan Agar of Australia in their first meeting, 6-4, 6-0. ““He was a crafty player,” the four-time NCAA team champion from USC Nguyen said. “He has kind of an unorthodox game. It was tough today. I was just lucky to pull it out.”

 

While Cunha needed a third-set tiebreaker to beat U.S. Boys’ 18s National Kalamazoo champion Collin Altamirano in his match, Nguyen was excited about the fact that he has won both his matches in straight sets. “There’s always room to improve,” he said. “But I’m happy to pull it out in two sets.”

 

Last year at this event, Nguyen had match points in the last round of qualies losing to Mitchell Krueger in three tough sets. “I was kind of bummed right after but you move forward,” he said. “You have so many more matches to play you kind of have to.”

 

On Thursday, Giron took care of Krueger, 7-5, 6-3, in front of his college coach Billy Martin, while the qualifier McMorrow outlasted 16-year-old U.S. junior Stefan Kozlov, 6-4, 6-4.

 

Last spring in his final season for the Huskies, McMorrow lost in the NCAA Individuals to Duke’s Cunha in the Round of 16 and in the process became the eighth All-American in program history. McMorrow finished the season with a 25-7 record and 100-35 for his career. He became just the fifth Husky to reach 100 wins for his career.

 

 

EVENTS: The Adult Pro-Am drill is Friday, March 21, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Community Tennis Association & USTA League appreciation night is Friday, March 21st starting at 6 p.m. A USTA Junior Team Tennis Kid’s Day with a Tennis Carnival is Saturday, March 22 from 4 p.m. till 5:30 p.m., and a VIP sponsor dinner reception is Saturday, March 22, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Kaley Cuoco & Friends Exhibition is Saturday evening before the singles semifinals.

 

Thursday’s Singles Scores

WC: wild card; Q: qualifier

Henrique Cunha, Brazil, def. Collin Altamirano, U.S., 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (4)

Mate Pavic, Croatia (6), def. Evan Song, U.S. (q), 6-4, 6-2

Gianni Mina, France, def. Roberto Marcora, Italy (4), 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-3

Kyle McMorrow, U.S. (q), def. Stefan Kozlov, U.S., 6-4, 6-4

Daniel Nguyen, U.S., def. Ryan Agar, Australia, 6-4, 6-0

Taylor Fritz, U.S. (wc), def. Evan King, U.S., 6-3, 6-3

Jason Jung, U.S. (3), def. Sekou Bangoura, U.S. (q), 6-3, 6-4

Marcos Giron, U.S., def. Mitchell Krueger, U.S., 7-5, 6-3

Thursday’s Doubles Scores

Dennis Novikov/Connor Smith, U.S., def. Ryan Agar, Australia/Erik Elliott, U.S. (2), 6-2, 6-1

Sekou Bangoura/Evan King, U.S. (1), def. Collin Altamirano/Taylor Fritz, U.S., 6-4, 7-6 (5)

Fabian Matthews/Kyle McMorrow, U.S. (4) def. Stefan Kozlov/Mitchell Krueger, U.S., walkover

 

Higueras Watches Young Americans Advance in Calabasas

USTA Director of Coaching Jose Higueras watched on Wednesday as two United States teenagers won opening-round matches at the USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships of Calabasas, a USTA $15,000 Pro Circuit Futures event being played at the Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center.

Eighteen-year-old Collin Altamirano beat 17-year-old and fellow Californian qualifier Ernesto Escobedo 6-1, 7-6 (4), while Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., 16-year-old wild card Taylor Fritz beat No. 7-seeded Dimitar Kutrovsky of Bulgaria, 6-3, 6-4.

 

Ryan Sweeting in his first match back since back surgery in September of 2013.

In the last match of the day, wild card Ryan Sweeting fell to Roberto Marcora, the No. 4 seed from Italy, 6-1, 6-2. It marked the former Calabasas $50,000 Challenger finalists’ first tournament back since back surgery in September and the first as a married man. On Dec. 31, Sweeting married TV star and former ranked junior tennis player and fan Kaley Cuoco, who attended the match.

“Honestly, it was a lot harder than I thought it would be,” said Sweeting, 26. “I’ve actually only been playing sets for the past week and a half. The quality of players out here is actually really impressive. It’s not like I remember playing my last Futures tournament back in 2007. It was a tough first match back.”

He added: “I need to get a lot more work done. I need to work on my fitness and my footwork and my movement. You can’t just hit balls and then come out here and compete. So there’s going to be a lot more weeks to get my game going.”

Kaley Cuoco married Ryan Sweeting on New Year's Eve.

The plan is to continue with his comeback, if his back holds up, but Sweeting is enjoying life as a newlywed with Kaley. “It’s going to be a lot tougher to leave my wife and go out on Tour if that’s what I decide to do,” he said.

Fritz said Higueras gave him some post-match pointers. “He told me what some guys at the next level are doing so I can get there,” Fritz said. “He gave me some good advice.”

Fritz qualified last week at the Bakersfield Futures event dropping just three games in three matches. He then beat former Michigan All-American Evan King in the first round before falling to another qualifier and his Calabasas doubles partner Altamirano. Fritz plays King today for a possible spot in the quarterfinals in the first match on Stadium Court at 10 a.m.

Fritz, ranked around No. 80 in the ITF junior rankings, said he will play three weeks of junior tournaments in Claremont, Carson and the ASICS Easter Bowl starting next Monday with the goal to increase his ranking and qualify into the French Open and junior Wimbledon. Fritz’s father Guy was an ATP doubles standout in the 1970s and his mother Kathy May Fritz is a former Wimbledon quarterfinalist.

EVENTS: The Adult Pro-Am drill is Friday, March 21, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Community Tennis Association & USTA League appreciation night is Friday, March 21st starting at 6 p.m. A USTA Junior Team Tennis Kid’s Day with a Tennis Carnival is Saturday, March 22 from 4 p.m. till 5:30 p.m., and a VIP sponsor dinner reception is Saturday, March 22, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Kaley Cuoco & Friends Exhibition is Saturday evening before the singles semifinals.

Wednesday’s Main-Draw Singles Scores

WC: wild card; Q: qualifier

Collin Altamirano, U.S., def. Ernesto Escobedo, U.S. (q), 6-1, 7-6 (4)

Evan Song, U.S. (q), def. Mbonisi Ndimande, Zimbabwe (q), 6-1, 7-6 (3)

Gianni Mina, France, def. Andre Dome, U.S. (q), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Kyle McMorrow, U.S. (q), def. Michael Shabaz, U.S., walkover

Daniel Nguyen, U.S., def. Joshua Milton, Great Britain, 6-3, 6-1

Taylor Fritz, U.S. (wc), def. Dimitar Kutrovsky, Bulgaria (7), 6-3, 6-4

Ryan Agar, Australia, def. Dennis Novikov, U.S., (q), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

Sekou Bangoura, U.S. (q), def. Tyler Hochwalt, U.S., 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3

Marcos Giron, U.S., def. Mico Santiago, U.S. (q), 6-2, 6-4

Roberto Marcora, Italy (4) def. Ryan Sweeting, U.S. (wc), 6-1, 6-2

Mitchell Krueger, U.S., def. Nicolas Meister, U.S. (2), 6-4, 7-6 (6)

Top-Seeded McGee Falls in First Round

The luck of the Irish was not with Ireland’s James McGee a day after St. Patrick’s Day as the ATP World Tour-ranked No. 222 and top-seeded player in the USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships of Calabasas fell in the first round of singles play on Tuesday.

 

Former Duke All-American Henrique Cunha of Brazil battled back from a tough first set tiebreaker loss, 14-16, to eliminate McGee, 6-4, 6-3, at the Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center in the USTA $15,000 Pro Circuit Futures event.

 

“I’ve practiced with him before and knew he’d be tough and had an aggressive forehand,” said Cunha, who graduated in 2013, of McGee. “I had a decent summer and then hurt my wrist in the Fall, but am finally starting to play better now that I’m healthy.”

 

TV star and tennis player and fan Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting watched the last match of the night as her husband Ryan Sweeting and partner Gary Sacks lost to the top-seeded doubles team of Sekou Bangoura and Evan King, 6-1, 6-3.

 

The 26-year-old wild-card Sweeting drew No. 4-seeded Roberto Marcora of Italy in the first round of singles on Wednesday and will play the last match on Stadium Court.

 

In a matchup of Southern Californians, No. 3-seeded Jason Jung of Torrance beat current UCLA senior and wild card Clay Thompson, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3.

 

“He was tough,” said Jung, the former Michigan star, of the current No. 1-ranked player in the ITA collegiate rankings who hails from Venice. “He played a great breaker to win that second set.”

 

Sixteen-year-old Stefan Kozlov of Florida won his first-round match by downing No. 8-seeded Darian King of Barbados, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 1-0, ret. King called for a trainer for an injured ankle before calling it quits after a game of the third set.

 

On Tuesday, it was announced that last week’s USTA Bakersfield Futures winner and No. 5-seeded Daniel Kosakowski (back sprain) was forced to withdraw from the tournament and will be replaced in the draw by Australia’s Ryan Agar.

 

EVENTS: A USPTA Coaches workshop with one or two of the Pro Circuit players and their coach will take place on Tuesday, March 18 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Adult Pro-Am drill is Friday, March 21, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Community Tennis Association & USTA League appreciation night is Friday, March 21st starting at 6 p.m. A USTA Junior Team Tennis Kid’s Day with a Tennis Carnival is Saturday, March 22 from 4 p.m. till 5:30 p.m., and a VIP sponsor dinner reception is Saturday, March 22, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Kaley Cuoco & Friends Exhibition is Saturday evening before the singles semifinals.

 

Tuesday’s Main-Draw Scores

Singles

Evan King, U.S., def. Carl-Henrik Hansen, Sweden, (wc), 6-2, 6-4

Jason Jung, U.S. (3), def. Clay Thompson, U.S. (wc), 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3

Mate Pavic, Croatia (6), def. Marek Michalicka, Czech Republic, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (1)

Stefan Kozlov, U.S., def. Darian King, Barbados (8), 6-3, 6-7 (6), 1-0, ret.

Henrique Cunha, Brazil, def. James McGee, Ireland (1), 6-7 (14), 6-4, 6-3

Doubles

Collin Altamirano/Taylor Fritz, U.S., def. Alan Nunez Aguilera, Mexico/Evan Song, U.S., 7-6 (9), 7-6 (8)

Fabian Matthews/Kyle McMorrow, U.S. (4), def. Jimmy Roberts, U.S./Andres Zepeda, Mexico, 6-3, 6-4

Dennis Novikov/Connor Smith, U.S., def. Alexios Halebian/Daniel Nguyen, U.S., 7-6 (4), 6-2

Tyler Hochwalt, U.S./Joshua Milton, Great Britain, def. Jason Jung/Chad Rhoden, U.S. (wc), 6-3, 6-3

Damon Gooch, South Africa/Roberto Marcora, Italy, def. Adam Chadaj, Poland/Marek Michalicka, Czech Republic (3), 0-6, 7-5, 10-4

Ryan Agar, Australia/Erik Elliott, U.S. (2), def. Quinn Borchard, U.S./Carl-Henrik Hansen, Sweden, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 10-2

Stefan Kozlov/Mitchell Krueguer, U.S., def. Nicholas Ballou/Matt Seeberger, U.S., 6-1, 6-3

Sekou Bangoura/Evan King, U.S. (1), def. Gary Sacks, South Africa/Ryan Sweeting, U.S. (wc), 6-1, 6-3

Sweeting to Play in Calabasas Pro Championships

CALABASAS, Calif., (March 17, 2014) – Former US Open junior winner Ryan Sweeting has been receiving more attention for his off-court activities recently, but he hopes that all changes this week as the 2014 USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships of Calabasas gets underway at the Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center.

 

Sweeting will make his return to the courts this week after being granted a wild card into the USTA $15,000 Pro Circuit Futures event by the tournament committee.

 

After three months of dating and on New Year’s Eve, 2013, the 26-year-old Sweeting married actress and former USTA-ranked junior Kaley Cuoco after an introduction by mutal friend Mike Bryan. Cuoco is the star of the comedy TV show “The Big Bang Theory.”

 

On Sunday, the LA Times reported that the couple had bought the Tarzana estate from Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian for $5.5 million. The Mediterranean-style villa sits on three-quarters of an acre in gated Mulholland Park.

 

The former world No. 2 junior is originally from the Bahamas and became a U.S. citizen in 2006. His highest ATP world ranked was No. 64 in 2011. He is familiar with the Calabasas courts having made it all the way to the final of the then $50,000-level Challenger in 2010 falling to Australia’s Marinko Matosevic.

 

Tournament director Jeff Richards announced that on Saturday evening before the singles semifinals, a Kaley Cuoco & Friends Exhibition will take place with celebrities and pro players taking part.

 

Joining Sweeting in the draw is last week’s Bakersfield Futures singles winner and No. 5-seeded Daniel Kosakowski formerly of UCLA. Ireland’s James McGee, ranked No. 222 in the ATP World Tour rankings, is the top seed.

 

Besides Sweeting, other wild cards went to 16-year-old Taylor Fritz of Rancho Santa Fe, Carl-Henrik Hansen of Sweden and UCLA senior Clay Thompson. One of the world’s top current junior players Stefan Kozlov, 16, of Florida was granted a junior exemption and will take on No. 8-seeded Darien King in the first round on Tuesday. Kozlov made it to the Australian Open Junior final back in January.

The top-seeded player in qualifying Sekou Bangoura won three rounds over the past three days to qualify into the main draw. Bangoura won the first USTA Pro Circuit tournament of 2014, the $10,000 Futures in Plantation, Fla. It marked the second of Bangoura’s career as he also won the $10,000 Futures in Niceville, Fla., in 2013.

 

Sweeting was also given a wild card in doubles and will team with Gary Sacks of Calabasas as the pair drew the top-seeded team of Bangoura and Evan King on Tuesday not before 4 p.m.

 

EVENTS: A USPTA Coaches workshop with one or two of the Pro Circuit players and their coach will take place on Tuesday, March 18 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Adult Pro-Am drill is Friday, March 21, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Community Tennis Association & USTA League appreciation night is Friday, March 21st starting at 6 p.m. A VIP sponsor dinner reception is Friday, March 21, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. A USTA Junior Team Tennis Kid’s Day with a Tennis Carnival is Saturday, March 22 from 4 p.m. till 5:30 p.m., and the Kaley Cuoco & Friends Exhibition is Saturday evening before the singles semifinals.

 

Monday’s Final Qualifying Scores

Sekou Bangoura, U.S. (1), def. Connor Smith (16), U.S., 6-4, 5-7, 6-2

Mbonisi Ndimande, Zimbabwe, def. Andres Zepeda, U.S., 2-6, 6-2, 6-3

Ernesto Escobedo, U.S. (5), def. Damon Gooch, South Africa (11), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1)

Miko Santiago, U.S. (9), def. Alexios Halebian, U.S. (6), 6-4, 7-5

Evan Song, U.S., (8) def. Andrei Marinescu, Romania, 6-2, 6-3

Kyle McMorrow, U.S. (7), def. Kaichi Uchida, Japan (10), 7-5, 6-1

Andre Dome, U.S., def. Ryan Agar, Australia (4), 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-6 (8)

Dennis Novikov, U.S. (2), def. Hans Hach (15), Mexico, walkover

 

Follow along on Twitter at http://twitter.com/calabasastennis. For more information check out the official website, calabasasprotennis.com.

 

Past Calabasas finalists:

Year Singles Winner Singles Runner-up

2013: Sanam Singh (IND) def. Bradley Klahn (US)

2012: Tennys Sandgren (USA) def. Daniel Kosakowski (US)

2010: Marinko Matosevic (AUS) def. Ryan Sweeting (US)

2009: Donald Young (US) def. Michael Russell (US)

2008: Vince Spadea (US) def. Sam Warburg (US)

2007: Robert Kendrick (US) def. Donald Young (US)

2006: Mark Philippoussis (AUS) def. Amer Delic (US)

2005: Brian Vahaly (US) def. Denis Gremelmayr (GER)

2004: Ivo Karlovic (CRO) def. Alex Bogomolov Jr. (US)

2003: Jerome Golmard (FRA) def. Lars Burgsmuller (GER)

2002: Michael Chang (USA) def. Cecil Mamiit (PHI)

2001: Andre Sa (BRA) def. Michael Russell (USA)