Nearly 30,000 men and women have competed in ITA Summer Circuit events since it began in 1993. The circuit provides college (and junior and alumni) players the opportunity to compete in organized events virtually year round. Although the primary focus of the circuit is to provide incoming freshman and collegiate players the chance to compete in the summer months, for NCAA compliance purposes, the events within the ITA Summer Circuit are categorized as "open"; therefore anyone is eligible to compete in these events as long as he/she is a current ITA member.
New in 2010 is the addition of the Mid-Atlantic Circuit as well as a fourth site (New Mexico) in the Mountain Circuit. The ITA Summer Circuit is currently made up of eight regional circuits (East, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, Central, Mountain, Southwest and West) and all eight regions consist of four consecutive open tournaments played during the month of July, leading up to the August 7-11 ITA National Summer Championships in Bloomington, Indiana.
The entry fee for all Summer Circuit tournaments is $55 (includes singles and doubles), with the exception of the National Clay Court Championships (Mt. Lebanon/Pittsburgh) and the USTA/ITA National Summer Championships which are both $65 (includes singles and doubles). All tournaments will use a 10-point match tie-breaker for the third set of singles; all doubles will be 8 game pro-sets. An American player who competes in at least 3 tournaments and is the point leader for that Region will automatically qualify for the USTA/ITA National Summer Championships (point chart is below). Additional information specific to each tournament can be found on the registration page.
Similar to last year, as determined by the ITA Board of Directors at its annual meeting in December 2008, all participants in the ITA Summer Circuit MUST be an ITA member. Memberships are available for current college players, junior players, alumni and more. Varsity student-athlete and junior membership is $25/year and additional membership registration information can be found at: http://www.itatennis.com/AboutITA/Membership.htm
Special Feature
2010 Summer Circuit Events presented by the USTA
by Colette Lewis, Zootennis.com
Courtesy: TennisRecruiting.net
| Region | Dates | Tourn. Director | Draws |
| East Circuit | |||
| Pittsburgh/Mt. Lebanon Tennis Center | July 6-10 | Dan Hackett, danhackettcpa@yahoo.com | Final Draws |
| Penn State University | July 10-14 | Todd Doebler, tcd10@psu.edu | Final Draws |
| Dartmouth College | July 17-20 | Bob Dallis, robert.dallis@dartmouth.edu | Final Draws |
| Cornell University | July 24-27 | Marty Johnson, martelljohnson@comcast.net | Final Draws |
| Mid-Atlantic Circuit | |||
| Virginia Tech | July 5-7 | Jim Thompson, vttennis@vt.edu | Final Draws |
| Mary Washington | July 9-13 | W: Todd Helbling, thelblin@umw.edu M: Patrick Catullo, pcatullo@umw.edu |
Final Draws |
| UNC - Chapel Hill | July 16-19 | Sam Paul, unctennis@uncaa.unc.edu | Final Draws |
| UNC - Greensboro | July 23-26 | Jeff Trivette, uncgtennis@uncg.edu | Final Draws |
| Southeast Circuit | |||
| Florida State | July 7-9 | Jennifer Hyde, jhyde@fsu.edu | Final Draws |
| Lagoon Park (Montgomery, AL) | July 10-13 | Craig Shields, capitalcitytennis@mail.com | Final Draws |
| University of Georgia | July 15-18 | Frank Polito, fpolito@sports.uga.edu | Final Draws |
| University of Alabama | July 23-26 | Billy Pate, bpate@ia.ua.edu | Final Draws |
| Midwest Circuit | |||
| University of Michigan | July 3-5 | Ronni Bernstein, ronni@umich.edu | Final Draws |
| Western Michigan University | July 10-12 | David Morin, david.morin@wmich.edu | Final Draws |
| Ohio State University | July 17-19 | Chuck Merzbacher, merzbacher.1@osu.edu | Final Draws |
| Indiana University | July 24-26 | Ramiro Azcui, razcui@indiana.edu | Final Draws |
| Central Circuit | |||
| Wichita State University | July 3-5 | Colin Foster, colin.foster@wichita.edu | Final Draws |
| Washington Univ. (St. Louis) | July 9-12 | W: Roger Follmer, follmer@wustl.edu M: Kelly Stahlhuth, kstahlhuth@wustl.edu |
Final Draws |
| University of Kansas | July 16-18 | Amy Holt, amyhall@ku.edu | Final Draws |
| University of Oklahoma | July 24-26 | Brook Connelly, bconnelly@ou.edu | Final Draws |
| Southwest Circuit | |||
| McMurray Univ/Abilene Christian | July 9-12 | Mark Hathorn, hathornm@mcmurryadm.mcm.edu | Final Draws |
| Collin County Community College | July 16-19 | Marty Berryman, mberryman@ccccd.edu | Final Draws |
| UT Arlington | July 24-26 | Diego Benitez, dbenitez@uta.edu | Final Draws |
| Texas A&M University | July 30-Aug 2 | Mark Weaver, mweaver@athletics.tamu.edu | Final Draws |
| Mountain Circuit | |||
| University of Colorado | July 3-5 | Nicole Kenneally, Nicole.Kenneally@colorado.edu | Final Draws |
| University of Denver | July 10-12 | Christopher Lam, christopher.lam@du.edu | Final Draws |
| University of New Mexico | July 17-19 | Roy Canada, rcanada@unm.edu | Final Draws |
| Air Force Academy | July 24-26 | Kim Gidley, kim.gidley@usafa.edu | Final Draws |
| West Circuit | |||
| Balboa Bay Racquet Club (Newport Beach) | July 3-5 | AG Longoria, a.g.longoria@cox.net | Final Draws |
| Ventura Community College | July 10-12 | Nelson Emery, etrain5@sbcglobal.net | Final Draws |
| Riviera Tennis Club | July 16-18 | Pam Austin, paustin@rccla.com | Final Draws |
| Cal Poly Pomona | July 24-26 | Sandy Kriezel, kreez1@yahoo.com | Final Draws |
| USTA/ITA National Summer Championships | Aug. 7-11 | Ramiro Azcui, razcui@indiana.edu | Final Draws |
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