Wall of Famers Honored at The Ojai
We had a blast celebrating our past champions on Friday at The Ojai. Wall of Famers Rosie Casals, Rick Leach, Billy Martin, Peggy Michel and
FINALS RESULTS FROM THE 121ST OJAI TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Pac-12 Men’s Team Championship: No. 1 USC d. No. 3 Utah, 4-2
Pac-12 Women’s Team Championship: No. 1 Stanford d. No. 6 USC, 4-0
Men’s Open Singles: (1) Karue Sell (Los Angeles) d. (2) Kent Hunter (Los Angeles, CA), 6-4, 6-3
Men’s Open Doubles: Alex Fuchs (Los Altos, CA) / Emon van Loben Sels (Sacramento, CA) d. (1) Timothy Sah (San Diego, CA) / Christian Kontaxis (Rancho Mirage, CA), 6-3, 6-4
Women’s Open Singles: (1) Chanel Simmonds (Redmond, WA) d. Leyden Games (Irvine, CA), 6-1, 6-2
Women’s Open Doubles: (2) Isabella Asenov (Ojai, CA) / Makeilah Nepomuceno (Rosemead, CA) d. (1) Julie Silveira (Orinda, CA) / Christen Bartelt (Malibu, CA), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Boys’ CIF Singles: (2) James MacDonald (University HS-Irvine) d. (1) Niels Hoffmann (Corona del Mar HS), 6-4, 6-2
Boys’ CIF Doubles: (2) Avery Tallakson / Brayden Tallakson (Woodbridge HS) d. Rex Harrison / Aden Dorros (The Bishop’s School), 6-4, 6-2
Boys’ CIF Griggs Cup Team Champion: University (Irvine)
Boys’ 14s Singles: (1) JiHyuk Im (Irvine, CA) d. (2) Takuto Goh (Culver City, CA), 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
Boys’ 16s Singles: (2) Lorenzo Brunkow (Topanga, CA) d. (1) Mario Garcia (San Diego, CA), 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
Girls’ 14s Singles: (5) Yuktaa Pandit (Fresno, CA) d. (2) Fiona Tseng (Beverly Hills, CA), 7-5, 6-3
Girls’ 16s Singles: (1) Brooke Kwon (Diamond Bar, CA) d. (3) Raina Kim (Santa Monica, CA), 7-5, 1-6, 6-0
Girls’ 18s Singles: (7) Armira Kockinis (La Habra Heights, CA) d. (3) Dongke Liu (Ojai, CA), 5-7, 7-6 (1), 6-4
Girls’ 18s Doubles: (2) Stella Simpson-Morgan (Rolling Hills, CA) / Alisa Lansky (Redondo Beach, CA) d. Giana Mucci (Calabasas, CA) / Reagan Levine (Laguna Beach, CA), 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-4
Men’s CCCAA Dual Team State Championship: College of the Desert d. American River College, 5-0
Women’s CCCAA Dual Team State Championship: American River College d. Orange Coast College, 5-3
Men’s CCCAA Singles: Joe Corse (College of the Desert) d. (8) Hernan Olivas (College of the Desert), 6-4, 6-0
Men’s CCCAA Doubles: (4) Eita Ishikawa / Joe Corse (College of the Desert) d. Jinsei Tajima / Philemon Jabin (Ventura College), 4-6, 6-2, 10-4
Men’s CCCAA Cumulative Ojai Team Champion: College of the Desert
Women’s California Community College Athletic Association Singles: (2) Nicole West (Santa Monica College) d. (4) Hana Moss (College of the Desert), 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
Women’s California Community College Athletic Association Doubles: (2) Hana Moss / Emunah Daffon (College of the Desert) d. (4) Anna Kynclova / Lia Sarjveladze (LA Mission College), 3-6, 6-2, 10-5
Women’s CCCAA Cumulative Ojai Team Champion: Orange Coast College
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The Ojai Tennis Tournament is a wonderful and unique tradition dating back to the first event in 1896. It is put on each year by the Ojai Valley Tennis Club, whose charitable mission is the promotion of interest in tennis and physical fitness as well as the provision of recreational facilities for young people.
The history of The Ojai really dates back to 1887 when Sherman Day Thacher came to Ojai to become a farmer and grow citrus. After building his stone house on 160 acres of land in the East End of the valley, he soon learned that he would require some financial assistance to survive, and so started tutoring students on the ranch, then called Casa de Piedra.
We had a blast celebrating our past champions on Friday at The Ojai. Wall of Famers Rosie Casals, Rick Leach, Billy Martin, Peggy Michel and
VENTURA – The College of the Desert (Palm Desert) men’s tennis team blanked American River College (Sacramento), 5-0, at Ventura College to win its 17th
VENTURA – The Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa) women’s tennis team fell one match shy of carrying out a perfect season culminating with a state
‘The Ojai’ really fired us up to play tennis and to be good enough to play there someday. …… The whole scene there was so magical for us. And when we started playing there as each year passed we had more and more local fans coming out to watch us and root for us. We were so proud to win titles there and still have great memories of ‘The Ojai.’