GA STATE JR OPEN (18-10) Singles GA L2 - STA L3

We would like to congratulate our 2019 GA OPEN Sportsmanship Award Winners, Ethan Santucci and Dakota Fernandez. Great job, gentlemen!

Tennis Analytics will be filming all matches at the 2019 Georgia Junior Open. Your tagged match footage, along with a detailed match stats report, is available for a nominal fee. Tagged match footage allows you to search, filter and view specific moments in any match from any web-enabled device. Match video along with a detailed statistical report is posted to your own personal online collection, which you can share with your personal coach, family or friends. Players can only order their own matches. To order, CLICK "more info" or see us at the event. Multi-match packages are available. more info

The Georgia Junior Open is a proud to be a part of the Tennis Recruiting.net National Showcase Series. Tournaments in the National Showcase Series are USTA sanctioned junior tournaments open to players from all sections. These tournaments are designed to give a broad range of players the chance to compete outside their districts and sections - and these tournaments will count toward Tennis Recruiting rankings !! Players who compete in these tournaments and win at least one match will become NATIONAL PLAYERS for their Tennis Recruiting rankings.

• More than 500 entrants played the 2018 GA Jr. Open. Yearly it is the 1st or 2nd largest junior tournament in Georgia.
• The GA Junior Open has a rich heritage dating back to it's beginning in 1955. The event was started at Bitsy Grant Tennis Center in Atlanta, where it was held for more than 20 years. When the tournament outgrew the 13 clay courts at Bitsy Grant, the GA Open was moved to South Fulton Tennis Center in 1978, where it remained for 25 years. Because of continued growth, the GA Open evolved into a 2-week event with 10-14's playing one week and the 16-18's the next. In 2003 the tournament moved to Rome. Because of the 60+ courts available for tournament play, it returned to the one-week format.
• From the start the GA Open was a stop on the Southern National Circuit. It has been a USTA National event for most of its existence. However, the USTA elected to set a limit on the number of national ranking events each section could offer. Even though Southern is much larger than any other section it is allowed the same number of ranking events as even the smallest section (currently, 2 Level 3’s and 4 level 4’s). Since there are so few national ranking events in the 9-state Southern Section, the GA Open lost its USTA national status about 11 years ago.
• However, the Tennis Recruiting Network [TRN] has recognized the strength of field of the GA Open and it has designated it as a National event for TRN rankings for the past five years. We are delighted that TRN, the official research site for college coaches, has recognized the strength of the GA Junior Open.
• Former champions include Charlie Pasarell, Zan Guerry, Andy Brandi, Crawford Henry, John Callen, Donna Floyd Fales and Grace Min among others. We hope you will become part of the legacy created by these and other notable players who have played in or won the GA Junior Open.

A 15-20-minute non-denominational chapel service will be held at Rome Floyd Tennis Center on Sunday at 7:00 a.m.. The courts will be open by 6:30 for warm-up. The service should end in time to make an 8:00 match at the satellite sites.

100 Matchpoint Way, Rome, GA 30165 (not yet accessible via GPS systems !!!)
· Take Exit 312 (GA 53 West)
· Turn RIGHT on GA HWY 53 West
· Go Approximately 18 miles to intersection with GA Loop 1 (East Rome Bypass)
· Turn RIGHT onto GA Loop 1
· Go 2.7 miles on GA Loop 1 (Veterans Memorial PKWY) to 2nd traffic light (at Braves Stadium)
· Turn RIGHT onto Braves Blvd (Armuchee Connector)
· Rome Tennis Center at Berry College is 1.7 miles on the LEFT.
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100 Matchpoint Way, Rome, GA 30165 (not yet accessible via GPS systems !!!)
· Go west (left if you are coming from Atlanta) on GA Hwy 20 approximately 2.4 miles
· GA Hwy 20 will merge into US Hwy 411
· Follow 411 for approximately 18 miles to GA LOOP 1 (East Rome Bypass)
· Turn RIGHT onto GA Loop 1,
· Go 7.0 miles to the 5th traffic light (at Braves Stadium) on GA Loop 1 (Loop 1 eventually changes name to Veterans Memorial Pkwy)
· Turn RIGHT onto Braves Blvd (Armuchee Connector)
· Go 1.7 miles on Armuchee Connector
· Rome Tennis Center at Berry College will be on the LEFT.

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(339 W. 3rd Street, Rome, GA 30165)
· Turn RIGHT out of tennis center onto Armuchee Connector.
· Go 1.7 mile to traffic light at Veterans Memorial Pkwy (just past Braves Stadium)
· Go STRAIGHT AHEAD 1.4 miles on Riverside Drive to 1st traffic light (Turner McCall).
· Turn RIGHT on Turner McCall
· Go approximately 0.2 mile to 1st traffic light and turn LEFT onto Avenue A
· Go approximately 0.1 mile to 1st traffic light
· Straight ahead you will see a GLASS company Sign on brick building
· Take slight LEFT and ...
· ·IMMEDIATELY (next to brick Glass Co. building)….
· Turn RIGHT onto W. 3rd Street
· Go approximately 0.2 mile on W. 3rd Street
· Tennis Center is on RIGHT
· TOTAL DISTANCE : ~3.6 miles.
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Address of Tennis Courts (100 Darlington Drive, Rome, GA 30161)
· Turn RIGHT out of tennis center onto Armuchee Connector.
· Go 1.7 mile to traffic light at Veterans Memorial Pkwy (just past Braves Stadium)
· Go STRAIGHT AHEAD 1.4 miles on Riverside Drive to 1st traffic light (Turner McCall).
· Turn Left on Turner McCall (US 27).
· Go approximately 3.4 miles on US 27 to Darlington Drive-Old Lindale Road exit.
· Turn Right onto exit.
· At end of Exit ramp turn LEFT.
· At Stop Sign turn RIGHT onto Darlington Dr.
· Darlington School courts are approximately 0.5 mile on RIGHT just after the Railroad Track
· TOTAL DISTANCE: ~ 7.1 miles
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Directions to Georgia Highlands College (8 freshly resurfaced courts) from Rome Tennis Center at Berry College
(3175 Cedartown Hwy SE, Rome, GA 30161)
· Turn RIGHT out of tennis center onto Armuchee Connector.
· Go 1.7 mile to traffic light at Veterans Memorial Pkwy (just past Braves Stadium)
· Go STRAIGHT AHEAD 1.4 miles on Riverside Drive to 1st traffic light (Turner McCall)
· Turn Left on Turner McCall (US 27).
· Go approximately 7.7 miles on US 27 to Georgia Highlands College
· Georgia Highlands College is on the LEFT (just past traffic light with Kangaroo and Hardees on right)
· After turning into Georgia Highlands College, Tennis Courts are to the RIGHT
·TOTAL DISTANCE : ~ 11 miles

Public Parks (10 courts each)

(1014 Burnett Ferry Rd SW, Rome, GA 30165)
· Turn RIGHT out of tennis center onto Armuchee Connector.
· Go 1.7 mile traffic light at Veterans Memorial Pkwy (just past Braves Stadium)
· Go STRAIGHT AHEAD 1.4 miles on Riverside Drive to 1st traffic light (Turner McCall).
· Turn RIGHT on Turner McCall
· Go approximately 2.6 miles to 10th traffic light (1st traffic light past DAIRY QUEEN) (Burnett Ferry, Left only)
· Turn LEFT on Burnett Ferry Road. (The park is on this road, all appearances to the contrary.)
· Go approximately 2.7 miles to Alto Park
· Turn RIGHT into Alto Park and follow driveway (it sort of turns to the right.)
* TOTAL DISTANCE ~ 8.4 miles

(1325 Kingston Rd NE, Rome, GA 30161)
· Turn RIGHT out of tennis center onto Armuchee Connector.
· Go 1.7 mile traffic light at Veterans Memorial Pkwy (just past Braves Stadium)
· Go STRAIGHT AHEAD 1.4 miles on Riverside Drive to 1st traffic light (Turner McCall).
· Turn Left on Turner McCall
· Go approximately 0.4 mile to 1st traffic light and turn LEFT onto Broad Street
· Go approximately 0.1 mile on Broad Street to 1st traffic light (road changes name to MLK at light)
.· Continue STRAIGHT AHEAD on MLK for approximately 1.7 mile (name changes to Kingston Road)
· Etowah Park is on LEFT …. Look for sign that says "GOLF Driving Range." (It is easier to see than the Etowah Park sign.)
· TOTAL DISTANCE ~ 5.4 miles