U.S. TEAMS ANNOUNCED FOR JUNIOR DAVIS CUP, JUNIOR FED CUP AND WORLD JUNIOR TENNIS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, MAY 2-4

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., April 18, 2008 -- The USTA today announced the top American juniors who will represent the United States in the qualifying events for the Junior Davis Cup (16-and-under), Junior Fed Cup (16-and-under) and the World Junior Tennis competitions (14-and-under). Each event features a four-team round robin competition May 2-4 in Montreal, Canada. The two teams from each division with the best performances in Montreal will advance to a 16-nation world final. The Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup World Finals will be held September 23-28 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The World Junior Tennis Finals will be held August 4-9 in Prostejov, Czech Republic.

Junior Davis Cup		Junior Fed Cup
Jordan Cox, Duluth, GA		Kristie Ahn, Upper Saddle River, NJ
Evan King, Chicago, IL		Beatrice Capra, Ellicott City, MD
Raymond Sarmiento, Fontana, CA		Brooke Bolender, Delray Beach, FL
Coach: David Roditi		Coach: Robin White
World Junior Tennis - Boys		World Junior Tennis - Girls
Alexios Halebian, Glendale, CA		Grace Min, Lawrenceville, GA
Christian Harrison, New Braunfels, TX		Kyle McPhillips, Willoughby, OH
Tyler Gardiner, Novi, MI		Madison Keys, Boca Raton, FL
Coach: Kent Kinnear		Coach: Jai Dilouie

Three of the players – Bolender, King and Sarmiento – train full-time at the USTA Training Center in Boca Raton, Fla.

The United States won the 1999 Junior Davis Cup title and reached the final on four other occasions, including a 1986 second place finish by Jim Courier and Michael Chang.  The United States was runner-up at the 1993 Junior Fed Cup to Australia.

The United States girls’ team won the 2007 World Junior Tennis Competition Finals for the second time (1992) and the boys’ team finished third.  The U.S. became the first nation to win consecutive World Junior Tennis boys’ titles in 2003, led by Donald Young. 

Former U.S. junior international team members (in addition to Courier and Chang) include Andy Roddick, James Blake, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati, Mardy Fish, Robby Ginepri, Jamea Jackson, Ashley Harkleroad, and Lisa Raymond.

The USTA is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the U.S. and the leader in promoting and developing the growth of tennis at every level -- from local communities to the highest level of the professional game.  It owns and operates the US Open, the highest attended annual sporting event in the world, and launched the US Olympus Open Series linking 10 summer tournaments to the US Open. In addition, it owns the 94 Pro Circuit events throughout the U.S., and selects the teams for the Davis Cup, Fed Cup, Olympic and Paralympic Games.  A not-for-profit organization with 725,000 members, it invests 100% of its proceeds in growing the game.  For more information on the USTA, log on to usta.com.

For more information, contact:
Kate Wise, Publicity Assistant, USTA
(914) 697-2296; wise@usta.com

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