The seeds and draw for this weekend’s 2018 Growthpoint Masters have been announced by Tennis South Africa (TSA).
The country’s premier junior event that ends the 2017/18 junior tennis season takes place at the Riaan Venter Tennis Academy on the NWU-PUKKE campus in Potchefstroom from Friday 5 October to Sunday 7 October 2018.
Eight players in the boys and girls under 12, 14, 16 and 18 age groups have qualified for the tournament. In each of the age-groups, the eight players have been drawn into two groups each of four players. A round robin will be played in each group, with the top two players after the round robin qualifying for the semi-finals. There will also be play-off positions determined.
The draw and seeds are announced as follows;
Boys
Under 18
Group 1
(6) Christiaan WORST (GN)
(1) Kade MINDRY (KZN)
(4) Chrisjan VAN WYK (GN)
(8) Liam DAY (GE)
Group 2
(2) Thando LONGWE-SMIT (WP)
(5) Wikus ROBBERTSE (BOL)
(7) Alec BECKLEY (GC)
(3) Charl MORGAN (GC)
Under 16
Group 1
(3) Dylan SALTON (GE)
(1) Khololwam MONTSI (WP)
(5) Duther THERON (BOL)
(8) Luke GEDULDT (WP)
Group 2
(2) Damien NEZAR (EDEN)
(4) Nikolai HENSBERG (BOR)
(6) William ZULCH (BOL)
(7) Connor KRUGER (GN)
Under 14
Group 1
(5) Devin BADENHORST (GN)
(4) Stephen CLAASSEN (WP)
(1) ANRO NEL (BOL)
(7) Daniel CROWIE (GC)
Group 2
(2) Francois VAN WYK (GN)
(3) Lwazi NGWENYA (GC)
(6) Aleksandar SIMOVSKI (GC)
(8) Rohan LOUBSER (WP)
Under 12
Group 1
(3) Leo MATTHYSEN (WP)
(1) Jordan GEORGIEV (GC)
(5) Willem DE WAAL (BOL)
(8) Carl-Hanns ARNDT (GN)
Group 2
(2) Guy VORWERK (KZN)
(4) Ben SCHOLTZ (FS)
(7) Boitshepo MAAKE (GE)
(6) Pieter KOTZé (BOL)
Girls
Under 18
Group 1
(1) Tamsin HART (GC)
(6) Courtney FYVIE (KZN)
(3) Bianca WOLMARANS (WP)
(7) Jana VAN VREDEN (WP)
Group 2
(2) Lungile NTULI (WP)
(4) Tyla CARTER (KZN)
(5) Carmen FICHARDT (FS)
(8) Nicole TWIGGE (FS)
Under 16
Group 1
(4) Kelly ARENDS (WP)
(5) Alta BRINK (BOL)
(6) Mieke VAN DEVENTER (GC)
(1) Megan BASSON (GC)
Group 2
(2) Rochelle PIENAAR (BOL)
(3) Maretha BURGER (BOL)
(7) Makayla LOUBSER (WP)
(8) Jessica PORTWIG (GC)
Under 14
Group 1
(6) Line GREYLING (FS)
(3) Leigh VAN ZYL (BOL)
(1) Naledi MANYUBE (EDEN)
(7) Kagiso LEDWABA (GC)
Group 2
(4) Heike JANSE VAN VUUREN (EDEN)
(5) Chandre BOSHOFF (EDEN)
(2) Mikayla FAURE (GN)
(8) Carle BOTHA (GN)
Under 12
Group 1
(6) Nina SCHIMPER (FS)
(1) Hanmaré MC ASLIN (WP)
(3) Jani STEYN (BOL)
(7) Amelie VAN ZYL (GC)
Group 2
(5) Rebecca WIDAN (WP)
(2) MariLouise VAN ZYL (NWP)
(4) Kaitlyn RAMDUTH (KZN)
(8) Celina JOSEPH (BOL)
