THE MEET
The 99th Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Boys State Individual Tennis Championships will be held Thursday through Saturday, June 2-4 at Nielsen Tennis Stadium on campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. Action will begin at 10:30 a.m. Thursday and will resume at 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
DIVISION 2 DOUBLES OUTLOOK
Monroe seniors Aaron Roidt and Chris Giasson enter the state meet 16-10 on the season, with seven of those losses coming to Division 1 schools, and the other three split between Madison Edgewood and Catholic Memorial. Roidt and Giasson will face Eau Claire Regis seniors Hank Axelrod and Jude Multhauf, who enter the tournament 7-1 together on the season.
Seniors Shaan Sharma and Joe Zimmerman of University School of Milwaukee is the top seed in the bracket with a 14-4 record. Sharma advanced to the championship doubles match last season with a different partner and finished runner-up. Zimmerman also qualified with a different partner last season and advanced to the second round before falling to Sharma and his partner.
Senior Pranav Gogineni and sophomore Vibhu Guda of Brookfield Academy are the second seed with a 16-6 mark this season. Gogineni is one-half the tandem that captured the gold medal last season.
The third seed was issued to sophomores Nick Bittner and Nate Hall of Xavier with a 21-4 record. Bittner earned State experience last year by qualifying with a different partner and winning a first-round match.
The fourth-seeded doubles squad is junior Trent Adamson and sophomore Nate Carson of Catholic Memorial with a 10-11 record. Carson placed sixth at State last year with a different partner.
The brother tandem of senior Jack Hehli and freshman Kyle Hehli of West Salem is seeded fifth. They enter play this week with an undefeated record of 14-0.
Junior Jack Hehli is a two-time singles qualifier. He placed sixth last season, and he qualified and fell in his first-round match in 2019.
Junior Calvin Sharpe and freshman Jonathan Orth of The Prairie School comprise the sixth-seeded duo with a 10-4 record. Sharpe qualified last year with a different partner that resulted in a loss in the first round.
Senior Layton Carls and sophomore Payton Adams of St. Thomas More are seeded seventh with a 20-4 record. Carls has State Tournament experience in singles play, qualifying last year. He lost his opening-round match. Senior Paul Yoon and junior Liam Houselander of New Berlin Eisenhower is seeded eighth with a 15-6 mark this year.
Since 2001, the top seed in the bracket has won 13 of the 20 doubles titles during that span, and an unseeded tandem has won the championship once during that span.
TICKET INFORMATION
Ticket prices for the State Individual Tennis Tournament are $9 per day plus online fees, and they are available to be purchased on-line on the WIAA website through GoFan, the WIAA ticketing partner, at: gofan.co/app/school/WIAAWI?activity=Tennis.
THE SCHEDULE:
Thursday, June 2
10:30 a.m. First-round Matches
Friday, June 3
9 a.m. Action through Quarterfinals
Saturday, June 4
9 a.m. Consolation Semifinals
9 a.m. Championship Semifinals
Third-place Matches
Fifth-place Matches
Championship Matches to follow semifinals
NEED THE BRACKETS?
Brackets and qualifiers are available on the WIAA website. Navigate to the boys tennis home page for brackets and the qualifiers at www.wiaawi.org/Sports/Spring/Boys-Tennis/Tournament.
NEED RESULTS & INFORMATION?
Please be aware that no programs will be distributed to media at the tournament. Instead, information, including rosters and records of teams in the State tournament are available prior to the tournament on the State Tournament Info page in the restricted area of the Media Center on the WIAA website. Results will be available on the Tennis Results page of the WIAA website at www.wiaawi.org/Sports/Spring/Boys-Tennis/Tournament.
FOLLOW THE TOURNEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Receive updates of the State Boys Individual Tennis Tournament on the WIAA State Tournament Twitter account @wiaawistate with the hashtag #wiaatennis. Also like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram at wiaawi.
COVID PROVISIONS
Fully vaccinated individuals should consider wearing a mask in areas of high likelihood of transmission. In addition, masks are strongly encouraged for individuals not fully vaccinated.
