Below are the updated tournament results for our five BRJTF scholarship students. Their results are truly incredible! They remind me of Oklahoma junior players' successes in the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s. We are SO proud of your improvements!
Below is a chart of BRJTF Jr Player ranking changes from the start of the year to now, check this out!
IAN WU
Ian finished 4th in the 5A Oklahoma High School State Tennis Championships.
Ian played the Level 4 Boy's 16 MV tournament at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center June 1-2, beating two players ranked in the top 500 nationally and reached the finals of the consolation draw!
IAN WU TESTING THE WATERS IN BOY'S 18'S; RANKING MOVES UP OVER 300 PLACES
Ian Wu has been playing both Boy's 16's and 18's for most of the balance of the 2024 season.
His latest results are:
8/31 - 9/1 Reached the quarter finals of consolations at the Level 4 Boy's 18's event in Tulsa.
9/27 - 28 Reached the semi-finals of consolations at the Level 5 Boy's 18's event in Edmond.
10/18 -19 Reached the playoff semi-finals in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles at the
Level 5 Boy's 18's event in Tulsa.
10/26 - 27 Reached the Rd of 16's in consolations (losing to the 2# seed) and quarterfinals in
doubles (losing to the 1# seed) at the Level 3 Boy's 18's event in Omaha.
During this time period, Ian's National ranking in Boy's 18's has gone from the low 1300's to 944 in singles. In Boy's 16's he has gone from 894 to 609.
TY TAYLOR
Ty played St. Louis Level 4 Open #4 in Boy’s 16’s; July 19-21. He came in 3rd place winning the semi-final playoff! Ty played doubles with JP where they also finished 3rd.
Then he played The Battle of Mississippi and again played doubles with JP. The event was held at the University of Minnesota; July 26-28.
He also played Level 4 USTA MV Boy’s 16; La Fortune Park, Tulsa, OK; August 31 to September 2; Ty finished third place.
In April, Ty had a national ranking of 803 and his current ranking is now a 428. His WTN went from a 21.28 to a 19.5. And his UTR is now a 9.5.
QUOTE FROM PATRICK TAYLOR (Ty's Father): Dear Bill and Bryan: “Without the generosity and support of the Bill Rompf Junior Tennis Foundation Ty would never have progressed as far as he has this summer and his tremendous jump in rankings. We truly appreciate the kindness from you and your members. Thank you. Words cannot express our gratitude. On a side note…the assistant coach for Navy contacted us three weeks ago to see if Ty was interested in committing to them. He’s just 15 so we won’t make a commitment to a college anytime soon, but that offer was a major boost for him to now know that D1 coaches are looking at him already. Again this is because of your foundation’s help."
TY TAYLOR CLOSING OUT THE YEAR TOWARDS NATIONAL INDOORS
Ty Taylor is rolling into the end of 2024 with his sights set on qualifying for the
Winter Nationals and the National Indoors. His latest results are as follows:
8/31 - 9/2 Placed 3rd in Boy's 16's at the Level 4 event at Lafortune Park in Tulsa.
10/18 - 21 Placed 3rd in Boy's 18's at the Level 5 event at Lafortune Park in Tulsa.
10/26 - 28 Placed 5th in the Boy's 16's at the Level 3 event at Genesis Health Club in Tulsa.
PENELOPE SMITH
Penelope played the Level 2 in Austin, TX at the St. Stephen’s School June 29-July 1; She won 2 matches and lost 2 matches.
Then she played the St. Louis Level 4 Open #4 in Girls 16’s; July 20-22. She lost to the #1 seed in the rd of16’s, then won the consolations back draw.
And then at The Oklahoma City, Level 5 Open; July 26-28, she won the quarterfinal play off for 5th place.
Penelope qualified for National Hardcourts Level 1, Girl’s 14’s in Rome, GA, August 3 to 10; she lost in first round of main draw in a close match and then again in consolations in 3 sets.
Lastly, she played the Level 4 USTA MV Girl’s 16; La Fortune Park, Tulsa, OK; August 31 to September 2nd; where she came in third place beating the #1 and #4 seeds.
Her UTR has moved up to 7.02 from 4.9 in 2024.
PENELOPE SMITH REACHES QT FINALS IN LEVEL 2 EVENT
BRJTF Scholarship recipient Penelope Smith playing in her first year of Girl's 14's reached the quarterfinals of the Level 2 at the Austin Tennis Academy in Austin, Texas, October 12-14.
PENELOPE SMITH QUALIFIES FOR BOTH WINTER NATIONALS AND NATIONAL INDOORS
Before becoming injured and now sitting out most of October and November, Penelope Smith has qualifies for both National events in Girl's 14's. Her last tournament, she was forced to retire with shin splints, was a Level 2 in Austin, TX where she reached the quarterfinals in singles and was a finalist in doubles.
PENELOPE SMITH NOW RANKED IN TOP 100 NATIONALLY IN GIRLS 14'S
Penelope Smith won 5 rounds in the back draw at the USTA girls 14 Indoor National Championships after losing to the 12th seed, in 3 sets in the first round. The Level 1 Indoor Nationals was held November 29th through December 2nd at Two's Athletic Club in Toledo, Ohio. Her Indoors performance will now rank her in the top 100 nationally.
TAYTUM JONES
Taytum played the Level 4 Mid-America Mashup, in St. Louis, June 28 – 30; he won his first match and then lost 10-8 in a tiebreak third set in his second match; and then won his third match 10-8 in a third set tiebreak (3 hour match). He finally lost in his fourth match; his final result was two wins and two losses.
Then he played The Battle of Mississippi July 26-28 at the University of Minnesota where he won his first match and lost his second and third matches.
QUOTE FROM STARLA BURKS (Taytum’s Mother): "Extremely grateful for this experience and opportunity, you have given this tennis family. Thank you all so much for all of these opportunities! So many doors have opened up for these young men and now they get to do this thing called Tennis Together!"
JP HUSTON AND TAYTUM JONES SHINE IN LEVEL 3 DYNAMIC DUO EVENT AT ECC
JP Huston and Tatum Jones joined forces at ECC 9/14-15 where they won two doubles matches and lost two finishing third. In singles, JP won three matches of four losing in the finals of the event.
TAYTUM JONES KEEPS MOVING FORWARD / QUALIFIES FOR INDOOR NATIONALS
Taytum Jones played the the Level 3 Boy’s 16 closed in Tulsa at the Genesis Health Club Riverside, October 26-28. He had a great tournament, winning three of five matches and narrowly losing in 3 sets in a tiebreak. Taytum next heads off to Orlando and the USTA National Campus for the Level 1 Boy's 16's Winter National Championships 12/28/24 to 1/3/25.
JP HUSTON
JP played The Battle of Mississippi at the University of Minnesota, July 26-28. He won four of five singles matches.
Then he played the Mid-America Mash-Up in St. Louis; 7/19-21; where he won ALL of his matches in both singles and doubles (4 matches in each).
He qualified for and played USTA Boy's 16 Clay Courts in Palm Beach, FL at the Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center/PGA National Sports and Racquet Club July 7 to 14. He won his first round in three sets and then lost in the 2nd round; and then lost first round of consolations.
He also qualified for the Boy's 16 Hard Courts (The Nationals) in Kalamazoo MI at Stowe Stadium, Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan University, August 2-11. He lost in the first round of main draw singles and doubles and the won his first match in consolations before the losing in next round.
THERESE (JP's mom) commented- “Thank you so much for being such a champion for my son and the other BRJTF players!”
On 9/14-15 at ECC, In singles, JP won three matches of four losing in the finals of the event.