Aug. 1, 2000
August 2000
Aug. 1, 2000
August 2000

Top Seeds Reign at the USTA Boys 18 and 16 Super National Hard Court Championships

Top seeded Rajeev Ram of Carmel IN breezed right through the finals with another straight-set victory over No 4 seeded Joshua Cohen, Weston FL to take the 16s Championship title. Ram dispatched the 6-3, 6-0 match in less than an hour.

Phillip King of Long Beach, CA claimed back-to-back 18?s championships today with his win over No 2 seeded Robby Ginepri of Marietta, GA. He took the three-out-of-five-set championship match in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. As the 18s winner, he receives an automatic wild card in to the main draw of the U.S. Open.

In the 16s Championship, the third place winner was No 2 seeded Prakash Amritraj of Encino, CA over No 11 seeded Mathew Cloer of Linville, NC.

Third place in the 18s Championship went to No 5 seed Ytai Abougzir of Boca Raton, FL and fourth place to No 4 seeded Bo Hodge of Athens, GA.

Source: Darlene Pontello (Tournament Office)