Nike Junior Tour Champions

The Durham-Orange Community Tennis Association hosted the Nike Junior Tour (NJT) Tournament for the Boys and Girls 12s and 14s at the Annual DOCTA Open Junior Tennis Tournament on August 18-20, 2006 in Durham, NC. DOCTA’s NJT was one of five qualifying tournaments in the Southern Section.

The Nike Junior Tour is a world wide series of junior tournaments sponsored by Nike. NJT tournaments are for boys and girls 12s and 14s. Twenty-one participating countries hold qualifying events that lead to National Masters. NJT National Masters winners then compete at the International Masters. There were 10 USTA Sections holding NJT qualifying events for 2006. Winners at the local level went on to competing in the USTA Southern NJT Section Playoffs at Georgia Tech on August 26-27. The team, along with 10 Sectional teams, will be competing at the NJT USA National Masters at Stanford University September 29-October 1, 2006; and then move on to Spain for the International Masters.

The local DOCTA winners of the NJT Tournament were: Boys 12s Singles Champion: Austin Ansari, Greensboro; Finalist – Gregory Galush, Cary; and Semifinal Playoff Champion: Kevin Le, Raleigh; Girls 12 Singles Champion; Boys 14s Singles Champion: Le Nhien, Cary; Finalist – Jeffrey Cobb, Raleigh; Semifinal Playoff Finalist – Bradley Dobbins; Girls 12s Singles Champion: Kennedy Womack, Ashland, KY; Finalist: Tyler Baker, Fayetteville; Semifinal Playoff Finalist: Jamie Rogers, Cary; and Girls 14s Singles Champion: Tamara Hill, Chapel Hill; Finalist: Shannon Herndon, Blowing Rock; and Semifinals Playoff Finalist: Chelsea Fuller. The following players went on to compete in Georgia at the USTA Southern Sectional NJT: Austin Ansari, Gregory Galush, Kevin Le, Le Nhien, Bradley Dobbins, Kennedy Womack and Chelsea Fuller. Austin Ansari prevails in the Boys 12s Singles to win the Championships. See the next story line for details.

Click below for photos of local DOCTA NJT champions: