2011 Players

#1 Seed   Brian Wilson has junior accomplishments that include a doubles championships at the Easter Bowl, Copper Bowl, and National Indoor Championships, a finals appearance at the National Indoor Championships in singles, and a #5 ranking in the country. As a sophomore at the University of Illinois, Wilson was an All-Big Ten Selection, defeated the #15 ranked player in the country, and was ranked as high as #39 in the country. As a junior, Wilson and partner Rajeev Ram won the NCAA Doubles Championship. Wilson was an All-American in singles and doubles and finished the year ranked #7 in singles and #6 in doubles. As a pro, Wilson owned a 23-40 career record on the ATP Challenger Tour and a 62-42 record on the Futures Tour. His career high ranking is #232 in the world, which he earned in October, 2007. Brian and partner Chris Haggard won the 2010 CRC Invitational.  
#1 Seed   Chris Haggard has won 6 ATP Tour doubles titles throughout his professional career. In college, he finished second at the NAIA National Championships, while attending the University of Auburn-Montgomery. His career high doubles ranking is #19, which he earned in September, 2003. Haggard has teamed with Ivo Karlovic, Rainer Schuttler, Arnaud Clement, and Robbie Koenig, among others. Some of Haggard’s best doubles wins have included victories over Max Mirnyi, who holds seven career Grand Slam titles and a career high ranking of #1 in the world in doubles, James Blake, Mardy Fish, Dmitri Tursunov, and Jan-Michael Gambill. Chris won the the 2010 CRC Invitational, partnering with Brian Wilson to take the title.  
 #2 Seed   Colt Gaston is a professional tennis player and former collegiate standout at LSU. On the pro tour Colt has a career high doubles ranking of No. 460 in the world and currently plays on the challenger and futures circuit. During his Tiger career, Colt recorded a 96-37 career doubles record and a 59-54 career singles record, was a 2007 ITA All-American, won the 2007 SEC Indoor Doubles Championship, and was named Second-Team All-SEC in 2006. During Colt’s junior season, he and partner Danny Bryan had one of the most successful seasons in LSU history and were ranked No. 6 in the country by the ITA. They made an appearance in the NCAA Doubles Quarterfinals. Colt was a four-year letterman at LSU and graduated in 2008.  
 #2 Seed   Brian Battistone and his brother Dann are the only two players on tour to use a double-handed racquet, called the Natural.  Dann’s family recently bought the company that created the racquet.  Their successful play using the Natural has been one of their best marketing tools.  Brian and Dann are the champions of the 2009 CRC Invitational.  As a team they also won the $50,000, 2009 Champlain Challenger, which was the season ending tournament.  Brian has played on the futures and challengers tour, defeating many top doubles teams.  He is currently ranked #140 in the world in doubles, and has been ranked as high as #88. 
  
#3 Seed   Scott Oudsema is a two-time Australian Open Juniors doubles champion, a U.S. Open Juniors doubles champion, and a Wimbledon Juniors doubles champion. In 2003, he became the first American to be named the ITF Junior Boys’ Doubles World Champion. His highest national ranking was #6 in the USTA 18s and under singles division. He also was ranked as high as #4 on the ITF circuit. As a pro, Oudsema has reached a career-high ATP world ranking of #151 in doubles and #255 in singles. He has won USTA Challenger singles and doubles titles in Binghamton, N.Y., and a USTA Challenger doubles title in Waikoloa, Hawaii. In 2009, he reached the finals in singles and doubles at an ITF Futures event in Great Britain.  
#3 Seed   Nick Rinks was born in Riga, Latvia, and played in the U.S. Open junior tournament in 2002. He also won the doubles national championship at the Boys’ 16 and under division in Kalamazoo. As a freshman at Michigan State, he and partner Andrew Formanczyk ranked as high as #26 in the nation and posted a record of 19-7. During the year they defeated Scott Green and Ross Wilson of The Ohio State University, the #1 ranked team in the country. As a sophomore, he played #1 singles, leading the team in total wins for both singles and doubles, as well as winning percentage. He defeated the #41, #64, #76, and #88 ranked players in the nation. Playing at the #1 doubles position, he and his partner, Adam Monich defeated the #15 ranked team in the country. He entered his junior year ranked at #32 in the nation by the ITA. Rinks completed his college career with three selections to the all-Big Ten Conference Team. He appeared in two All-American tournaments and qualified for the 2007 and 2008 NCAA singles and doubles tournaments. His career high doubles and singles rankings were #11 and #22 in the country, respectively. Upon completing his college career, he played multiple futures events in Philadelphia and Illinois. He currently works with USTA High-Performance junior tennis.  
 #4 Seed   Darrin Cohen is a native of Lafayette, California and a former collegiate tennis player for the University of Virginia. During his Cavalier career, Darrin recorded over 80 singles victories and more than 70 doubles wins. He was ranked as high as No. 36 in the ITA singles rankings, was a 2005 All-ACC selection, and was the 2005 ACC Tournament MVP. He played the Nos. 3 through 6 positions for the Cavaliers, and was an integral part of the team’s success. Prior to playing at Virginia, Darrin was ranked as the No. 4 junior in Northern California and the No. 35 junior player in the country. He holds career high professional rankings of No. 769 in doubles and No. 1111 in singles.  
 #4 Seed   Rylan Rizza is a professional tennis player and former collegiate star at the University of Virginia. Ryan owns career world ranking highs of No. 217 in doubles and No. 870 in singles. During his Cavalier career, Rylan was a multiple All-ACC performer, had a career high ITA singles ranking of No. 33 and a doubles ranking of No. 6, and played the Nos. 2 and 3 positions. In 2004, Rylan went 8-0 in ACC singles play, highlighted by an upset victory of ITA ranked No. 16 Ludovic Walter of Duke. Prior to his time at Virginia, Rylan was a highly regarded junior player in the state of California. He was ranked as high as No. 2 in Southern Carlifornia and No. 18 in the nation, and won the2000 Easter Bowl.  
#5 Seed   Jordan Cox is a 19 year old professional tennis player who trains at the Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He turned professional at the age of 17 after a very successful junior campaign. Jordan was ranked higher than No. 37 in the world rankings by the ITF Junior World Rankings and reached the Wimbledon Juniors final in 2009. Additionally, he competed in the 2009 US Open Juniors tournament, placed 3rd at the USTA National Championships (Boy’s 18s) in 2009, and won the USTA National Championship (Boy’s 16) in 2007. Currently, Jordan is been competing on the Challenger and Futures circuits.
#5 Seed Bradley Cox is a recent graduate from the University of Kentucky where he was a four-year letterman in tennis for the Wildcats. Bradley was a blue-chip recruit as a junior player and was ranked as high as No. 12 in the country by TennisRecruiting.net. During his Wildcat career, Bradley spent time playing in the No. 1 doubles and No. 2 singles positions for UK. As a sophomore, Bradley notched his biggest career singles win over the No. 13ranked player in the country. He continued his stellar play during his junior and senior campaigns, achieving an ITA doubles ranking of No. 9 in the country. He qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championships three times, advancing to the quarterfinals as a senior. In the summer of 2009, Bradley achieved a world ranking of No. 1,305 and had strong showings at several Futures tournaments.
 #6 Seed   Marcio Torres was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Marcio attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he played tennis. He turned pro in 2003 and has steadily climbed the doubles rankings. He earned his top ATP ranking so far in April of 2008 when he reached 134. He is currently participating in tennis tournaments around the world and resides in Orlando, Florida.  
  Mateo Dalla-Fontana is a native of Argentina and has been a top played in Saint Louis, Missouri for the last nine years. Along with parent Daniel Adalberti, Mateo was the No. 1 ranked doubles team in Saint Louis in 2005. At McKendree University, in Illinois, Mateo player No. 1 doubles and No. 2 singles, and won both the team’s MVP and 110% awards. As a junior in Argentina, Mateo was nationally ranked for five straight years. He has been a tennis teaching professional in Saint Louis at Frontenac Racquet Club since 2002 and at Warson Country Club since 2003. Since 2009, Mateo has also been the founder, chairman, and a player of the $10,000 Frontenac Pro Doubles Classic, an annual event held for the best tennis professionals in Saint Louis. This is Mateo’s fourth consecutive CRC Invitational appearance.  
  Wynn Criswell was born in Westerville, Ohio and was the winner of the CRC Invitational in 2000 with partner Rick Witsken. Wynn played on the ATP tour for six years, reaching an ATP doubles ranking of No. 273 in 1999. During those ATP years, Wynn reached the finals of 17 Challenger events, 14 in doubles and 3 in singles. Wynn has wins over Sandon Stolle, Paul Goldstein, the Bryan brothers, Elrich-Ram, and James Blake. In 1998, Wynn played both the Australian Open and the US Open qualifiers. On April 16th, 2011, Wynn reached the final of the $10,000 Frontenac Pro Doubles Classic with his Australian partner James McArthur. Living in Saint Louis since 2003, Wynn is currently a tennis teaching professional at the Chesterfield Athletic Club and the Head Tennis Pro at Meadowbrook Country Club.  
  Grant Asher is in his third year as Head Coach of the men’s tennis team at the University of Detroit Mercy. He also teaches professionally at the Franklin Athletic Club, where his UDM Titans practice. Under his guidance, the Titans have reached three consecutive Horizon League Tournaments and claimed the conference’s Player of the Year award in 2009 and 2010. In college, Grant played four years in the No. 1 singles and doubles spot for Michigan State before graduating in 1992. He was named the team’s most valuable player each of his four seasons and was named to the All-Big Ten Team during his time as a Spartan. Grant also played professionally for two years following his collegiate career, traveling the circuit in the United States, Mexico and Europe.  
 
  Pjotr Necajevs, who is originally from Riga, Latvia, is the current interim Head Coach for the women’s tennis team at the University of Detroit Mercy. He has served as an assistant coach for UDM’s men’s team and is also the school’s most decorated tennis player Pjotr began his college career at Mississippi State, but transferred to UDM in 2008. During his UDM career, Pjotr was one of only three players in Horizon League history to win consecutive conference Player of the Year awards. Playing in the No. 1 singles position for his entire Titans career, Pjotr compiled a career singles record of 55-8, with a conference mark of 14-0. As a junior in Latvia, Pjotr won the 2005 men’s doubles Latvian National Championship and was ranked No. 187 in the world by the International Tennis Federation Junior Rankings.  
 
  Jason Cook is a former assistant coach for the Men’s Tennis team at the University of Miami. Prior to becoming an assistant at Miami, Jason enjoyed a decorated collegiate career at UCLA. He played three seasons for the Bruins and garnered both All-American and All-Conference honors in 1999. Additionally, he won the Pac-10 Singles Championship in 1998, helped lead the Brunis to National Indoor titles in 1997 and 1999, and helped UCLA to a second-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 1999. After his Bruins career, Jason turned professional and achieved world rankings as high as No. 340 in doubles and No. 560 in singles. Jason also served as a practice partner for the likes of such tennis greats as John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, and Jim Courier.  
 
  Slavko Radman is a native of Kastel Stari, Croatia and a former collegiate tennis player at the University of Louisville. During his Cardinals career, Slavko recorded a career high singles ranking of No. 29 in the country, and a career high ITA doubles ranking of No. 7. He played the Nos. 1 and 2 positions for Louisville during his singles and career and spent his entire Cardinals career playing in the No. 1 doubles spot. Slavko was originally a transfer from South Carolina State University, and during his three years at Louisville he recorded the most singles wins each season. Prior to playing at Louisville, Slavko won three national doubles championships as a junior in Croatia and was ranked as a high as No. 250 in the world ITF junior rankings. Currently, Slavko plays professionally on the challenger circuit and reached the final of the Mercedes Benz $40,000 doubles tournament held in December of 2010.  
 
  Joel Kielbowicz is a professional tennis player and former standout tennis player at UNLV. Joel has been ranked as high as No. 874 in the world in singles and No. 479 in doubles, and currently plays of the futures circuit. During his UNLV career, Joel spent his senior year playing the No. 1 singles position. A native of Nevada, Joel began his senior campaign ranked No. 85 in the country and was an All-Conference performer in both singles in doubles his junior season. Joel recorded greater than 50 wins during his collegiate career and improved each season he was with the Rebels. Prior to playing at UNLV, Joel was a four year lettermen at Nevada’s Green Valley High School, won three state championships, and was ranked as the state’s No. 1 junior player.  
 
  Devin McCarthy was a four-time All-Ohio First Time honoree at Indian Hills High School in Cincinatti. McCarthy individually won a state title in 2008 and was part of Indian Hills’ back-to-back team state titles in 2005 and 2006. He also won the doubles state championship his freshman year. McCarthy is currently a junior at The Ohio State University.  
 
  Matt Allare was a four time state champion at Kings High School, two in singles and two in doubles. He also was part of a team state title his sophomore year. Allare was the first Ohioan to win four state titles during his career. He was also a two-time high school All-American. Allare made an immediate impact his freshman year at The Ohio State University, compiling a 24-5 singles record and 19-11 doubles record. An accomplished doubles player, Allare primarily played at the #1 doubles position all season, competing against some of the best teams in the country. As a sophomore, he was an integral part of OSU’s run to the NCAA finals, at one point holding a 28-match win streak. Of those 28-straight victories, 24 were straight set wins. At Ohio State, Allare has been part of three Big Ten championship teams and he has started for teams that have perennially been in the top 5 in the country. However, Allare is not only a top athlete, he is also an outstanding student, garnering 2008 and 2009 Big Ten Scholar-Athlete awards and also being named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team.  
 
  Steven Williams reached a career high ranking of #34 in the country by the USTA for the Under-18 division and was a high school All-American as a junior tennis player. As a freshman at The Ohio State University, Williams was 5-2 in singles matches. Williams’ first dual-match victory came against Xavier University and his first dual-match singles victory came against the University of Denver, where he teamed with partner Mike O’Connell. Williams finished the year 2-0 in doubles competition.  
 
  Peter Kobelt is a collegiate tennis player for The Ohio State University. Peter just completed his first year of competition for the Buckeyes, compiling a 13-3 singles record and a 27-11 doubles record for the entire 2010-2011 season. Peter played primarily at the No. 1 doubles spot for OSU with partner Matt Allare and the duo defeated the Nos. 4, 19, 20, 21 and 23 doubles teams in the country during the year. Peter and Matt finished the season as the nations No. 21 ranked doubles team. Prior to becoming a Buckeye, Peter had a very successful junior career. TennisRecruiting.net rated him as a 5-star recruit and as one of the top 70 juniors in the country. He was a four time first team All-State high school tennis player for New Albany high school.  
 
  Shaun Keenan was born in New Zealand, but grew up playing tennis in Perth, Australia.  As a junior, Shaun was the No. 10 ranked player in all of Australia for the Under-18 division.  In college, he played at Wichita State University, where he reached a career high ranking of #20 in the country as a double player and was ranked in the top 100 in singles in Division I.  His career singles wins total is still a record at Wichita State.  After college, Shaun has worked at multiple tennis clubs.  In 2000, he started as an assistant pro at Maidstone Club in East Hampton, NY.  Upon coming to Cleveland, he has worked at Towpath Club and is currently working at River Oaks Club.  Keen is a certified USPTA P-1 professional.  
 
  Brady Crosby is a former collegiate tennis player from Western Michigan University. Brady was an accomplished junior tennis player who was ranked as one of the top juniors in the state of Michigan. He rounded out his career by competing at the USTA National Championships (Boy’s 18) before moving on to WMU. During his Bronco career, Brady was named to the MAC All-Conference team four times, and was named the conference’s Player of the Week numerous times. He reached a collegiate national ranking of No. 21 in doubles, No. 52 in singles and defeated the No. 19 ranked doubles team during his junior season. Brady tallied 204 wins for his career, placing him amongst the school’s all-time leading match winners. Brady graduated from WMU in 2007.  
 
  Bryan Norville is a former standout player from Western Michigan University. Brady enjoyed a successful junior career and was ranked as one of the top juniors in the state of Michigan. During his Bronco career, Bryan was named to the ITA All-Academic team, as well as the All MAC-Academic team. He rose to a career best collegiate national ranking of No. 31 in doubles in 2007, and defeated the Nos. 2, 19, 32, and 36 ranked doubles team in the country during his career. Bryan tallied 58 total wins during his junior season, tops on the Broncos for that year. Bryan graduated from WMU in 2008.  
 
  Alex Latosinsky is a rising junior who plays the No. 1 singles position for the University of Detroit Mercy. Alex is from Ontario, Canada and prior to competing at Detroit he was ranked among the top 10 junior players in Ontario and 37thnationally. During his college tennis career, Alex has  been honored as the Horizon League’s Player of the Week, earned second team All-Conference honors, and his 27 career doubles wins place him second all-time in the school’s record books. He was also named the team’s Most Valuable Player by his coaches.  
 
  Mike Basha is a rising junior who plays tennis for the University of Detroit Mercy. Mike transferred from Western Michigan University and sat out the 2010-2011 season. He is originally from Port Huron, Michigan and TennisRecruiting.net rated him as the No. 4 ranked senior coming out of Michigan in 2008. At Western Michigan, Mike compiled an overall record of 31-23. He is expected to play a major role at Detroit Mercy in the fall.  
  Ido Abougzir was among the top Junior players from Israel. He was ranked as high as 1244 in the ATP rankings. Amongst other talented competitors, Ido has been matched up against some of tennis’ best, such as Tommy Haas and Justin Gimelstob.  
 #6 Seed  Rick Witsken
Steve Kuri
Jay Joshi
 
David Streeter
 
Sean Carr
 
Robert Salcedo
 
Sunil Sipaeya
Porus Jetli
Nolan Marks
Ryan Hamning
Brendan Kinkopf
Billy Lennon
Chase Thomas
William Lang
Kyle Gerber
Alex Solov
Sam Ubersax
Max Kahn
Sebastien Glinzler
Aaron Sandberg

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