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NZ JUNIORS PERFORM WELL IN NEW CALEDONIA
Congratulations to Sarah Weekly and Elys Ventura for making the girls singles semi-finals and to Holly Stewart and Ivy McLean (far left in photo) for winning the girls doubles finals at the New Caledonia tennis open (ITF Grade 5) against the Japansese pairing of Pete Komada and Yukina Kubo. 15 year old Corban Crowther (right in photo) made it to the finals at the same event, but after putting up a hard fight went down 7-6(5) 2-6 6-3 to the number one seed Alex Bulte.  FULL RESULTS
KIWI PLAYER UPDATE
After reaching the finals at the Libema Open in the Netherlands last week, Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen kicked off their campaign at the ATP 500 tournament in Halle, Germany. Artem Sitak who lost in doubles qualifying at Halle is the new Kiwi number two, unchanged at 38 in the rankings while Marcus Daniell and Wesley Koolhof who lost in qualifying at the weekend, have been handed a lucky losers spot in the main draw. They will face Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka! Rubin Statham is the top ranked Kiwi singles player at 382. He has been beaten in the first round of the US $75,000 ATP Challenger tournament in Fergana in Uzbekistan. Statham has lost after a strong start against Japanese qualifier Shuichi Sekiguchi, 0-6 7-6 (5) 6-2.
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NATIONAL PROGRAMME REGISTRATION NOW LIVE
Registration for National Programmes (Tennis Hot Shots, Cardio Tennis and Tennis Xpress) is now open! This year's National Programme registration has had some changes from last year with the aim to save you time on administration and to make being part of programmes year after year as easy as can be!  We are excited to get you all on board and are looking forward to another great year of National Programmes! If you did not receive an email from us with your registration link please click HERE to get your registration started. 
 
ROGER WATSON CELEBRATES 15 YEARS WITH TENNIS NZ
The Tennis New Zealand team were delighted to recognise Finance Manager, Roger Watson’s 15 years of service this week. Roger has held a life-long love for tennis and was pleased to be offered the role he has remained in since 2003.  Roger has seen our sport (and Tennis NZ) evolve over these past years and has thoroughly enjoyed being of service to the Tennis Community.  We are grateful for the commitment and leadership that Roger has provided. Thank you Roger and here's to 15 more!!  
NATIONAL EVENTS CALENDAR
Tennis New Zealand is happy to announce our National Events dates for 2018/19. "Our National events continue to be the peak of our junior calendar. I'm excited to see what this year brings for all of our juniors. This year we are happy to align our National calendar with the ITF age eligibility, by setting the Junior National eligibility to 31 December 2018. This will positively impact players who are born in January to still be eligible for their correct birth year National event" - Simon Rea - Tennis NZ High Performance Director.  READ MORE
ITF TRANSITION TOUR 2019
In March 2017, the ITF announced reforms to entry-level professional tennis including the introduction in 2019 of a transition tour. The aims of the reforms are to provide a clearer and more effective pathway from the Junior Circuit to the Pro Circuit and to ensure that prize money at ITF Pro Circuit tournaments is better targeted to potentially enable more players to make a living from the professional game. They have created a video which is the first in a series of four to provide more informatiion about the tour.  VIEW VIDEO
TENNIS NZ ATHLETE DEVLOPMENT CRITERIA 
The Athlete Development criteria describes objective standards for players considering professional careers that are interested in being part of our national program. Tennis NZ believes that a combination of a clear understanding as to the standards evidenced by the criteria, in addition to individual athletes representing strong personal qualities (respect, commitment, grit) will increase the chances of New Zealand being successful on the world stage (ATP/WTA top 100).  Tennis NZ has compiled an extensive amount of information that has helped to comprise the Athlete Development criteria. LEARN MORE
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WOMEN'S RANKINGS - NZ #1

SINGLES






Marina Erakovic
WTA Ranking: 275
 

DOUBLES






Erin Routliffe
WTA Ranking: 116
 
MEN'S RANKINGS - NZ #1

SINGLES






Rubin Statham
ATP Ranking: 382
 

DOUBLES






Mike Venus
ATP Ranking: 25
 
JUNIORS RANKINGS - NZ #1

BOYS






Macsen Sisam
ITF Ranking: 156
 

GIRLS






LuLu Sun
ITF Ranking: 25
 
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