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Seedings Released For National Fall Championships
October 31, 2017 | Women's Tennis
TEMPE, Arizona - Seedings were released on Tuesday before the inaugural Oracle ITA National Fall Championships. gets underway Wednesday, as the nation's top singles and doubles players gather in Palm Desert, California.
Freshman Alle Sanford, the Oracle ITA Masters singles champion, is the No. 5 singles seed, while Jessie Aney and Alexa Graham were giving the No. 6 seed in the doubles draw.
Sanford will face No. 39 Petra Granic of Texas in a first round match on Wednesday morning at Indian Wells.
No. 4 Sara Daavettila takes on 13th seed and No. 63 Fernanda Contreras of Vanderbilt at the JW Marriott Resort.
In the bottom half of the 64-player singles bracket, No. 42 Graham will go up against No. 10 Elena Christofi of Georgia, while No. 22 Aney faces No. 18 Stacey Fung of Washington. Both matches will take place at the JW.
No. 12 Aney and Graham will take on Eunice Chong and Victoria Yu of Wesleyan on Wednesday afternoon, while Daavettila and Sanford faces Stanford's Emily Arbuthnott and Michaela Gordon.
The Oracle ITA National Fall Championships will feature a 64-player singles draw, while doubles consist of a 32-team draw. Matches will take place at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa and the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Players qualified for the tournament through designated placings at earlier ITA National Championships and the ITA Regional Championships Presented by Oracle. You can see a full breakdown of the selection criteria here.
Draws, schedule of play, daily recaps and photo gallery links can be found on the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships event page. Live scoring via Tennis Ticker will be available at both site locations, while TempuZ will provide live streaming coverage from two courts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Links to both live scoring and streaming are also available on the event page. You can also follow the conversation on Twitter by following @ITA_Tennis and @OracleTennis and using the hashtag #ITAFallNats.
Anna Danilina from defending NCAA national champion Florida is the No. 1 seed in the deep and talented women's singles draw. Oracle ITA Masters singles champion, Alle Sanford of North Carolina, is the No. 5 seed and Milwaukee Tennis Classic champion, Sinead Lohan of Miami, is the No. 7 seed. The Hurricanes and Waves each feature two seeded players, as Lohan's teammate, Estela Perez-Somarriba is the No. 9 seed, while Pepperdine's Ashley Lahey is the No. 2 seed and Mayar Ahmed is the No. 15 seed. Fernanda Contreras of Vanderbilt, winner of the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Singles Championship, is the No. 13 seed.
The four women's doubles semifinalists from the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships make up 50 percent of the seeded teams in the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships draw. Duke's Ellyse Hamlin and Kaitlyn McCarthy won the Women's All-American doubles title, and are the No. 1-seeded team. Teammates Kelly Chen and Samantha Harris are seeded third. Women's All-American runners-up Sarah Dvorak and Sabrina Federici of Texas Tech are the No. 2 seed, while Syracuse's Gabriela Knutson and Miranda Ramirez are the No. 8 seed.
Women's Singles - Seeds
No. 1 - Anna Danilina, Florida
No. 2 - Ashley Lahey, Pepperdine
No. 3 - Karla Popovic, California
No. 4 - Ena Shibahara, UCLA
No. 5 - Alle Sanford, North Carolina
No. 6 - Katarina Jokic, Georgia
No. 7 - Sinead Lohan, Miami
No. 8 - Gabriela Talaba, Texas Tech
No. 9 - Estela Perez-Somarriba, Miami
No. 10 - Anastasia Rychagova, Kansas
No. 11 - Samantha Harris, Duke
No. 12 - Michaela Gordon, Stanford
No. 13 - Fernanda Contreras, Vanderbilt
No. 14 - Kate Fahey, Michigan
No. 15 - Mayar Ahmed, Pepperdine
No. 16 - Leolia Jeanjean, Arkansas
Women's Doubles - Seeds
No. 1 - Ellyse Hamlin/Kaitlyn McCarthy, Duke
No. 2 - Sarah Dvorak/Sabrina Federici, Texas Tech
No. 3 - Kelly Chen/Samantha Harris, Duke
No. 4 - Vladica Babic/Sofia Blanco, Oklahoma State
No. 5 - Rosie Johanson/Meghan Kelley, Virginia
No. 6 - Jessie Aney/Alexa Graham, North Carolina
No. 7 - Paige Hourigan/Kenya Jones, Georgia Tech
No. 8 - Gabriela Knutson/Miranda Ramirez, Syracuse
Freshman Alle Sanford, the Oracle ITA Masters singles champion, is the No. 5 singles seed, while Jessie Aney and Alexa Graham were giving the No. 6 seed in the doubles draw.
Sanford will face No. 39 Petra Granic of Texas in a first round match on Wednesday morning at Indian Wells.
No. 4 Sara Daavettila takes on 13th seed and No. 63 Fernanda Contreras of Vanderbilt at the JW Marriott Resort.
In the bottom half of the 64-player singles bracket, No. 42 Graham will go up against No. 10 Elena Christofi of Georgia, while No. 22 Aney faces No. 18 Stacey Fung of Washington. Both matches will take place at the JW.
No. 12 Aney and Graham will take on Eunice Chong and Victoria Yu of Wesleyan on Wednesday afternoon, while Daavettila and Sanford faces Stanford's Emily Arbuthnott and Michaela Gordon.
The Oracle ITA National Fall Championships will feature a 64-player singles draw, while doubles consist of a 32-team draw. Matches will take place at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa and the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Players qualified for the tournament through designated placings at earlier ITA National Championships and the ITA Regional Championships Presented by Oracle. You can see a full breakdown of the selection criteria here.
Draws, schedule of play, daily recaps and photo gallery links can be found on the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships event page. Live scoring via Tennis Ticker will be available at both site locations, while TempuZ will provide live streaming coverage from two courts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Links to both live scoring and streaming are also available on the event page. You can also follow the conversation on Twitter by following @ITA_Tennis and @OracleTennis and using the hashtag #ITAFallNats.
Anna Danilina from defending NCAA national champion Florida is the No. 1 seed in the deep and talented women's singles draw. Oracle ITA Masters singles champion, Alle Sanford of North Carolina, is the No. 5 seed and Milwaukee Tennis Classic champion, Sinead Lohan of Miami, is the No. 7 seed. The Hurricanes and Waves each feature two seeded players, as Lohan's teammate, Estela Perez-Somarriba is the No. 9 seed, while Pepperdine's Ashley Lahey is the No. 2 seed and Mayar Ahmed is the No. 15 seed. Fernanda Contreras of Vanderbilt, winner of the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Singles Championship, is the No. 13 seed.
The four women's doubles semifinalists from the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships make up 50 percent of the seeded teams in the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships draw. Duke's Ellyse Hamlin and Kaitlyn McCarthy won the Women's All-American doubles title, and are the No. 1-seeded team. Teammates Kelly Chen and Samantha Harris are seeded third. Women's All-American runners-up Sarah Dvorak and Sabrina Federici of Texas Tech are the No. 2 seed, while Syracuse's Gabriela Knutson and Miranda Ramirez are the No. 8 seed.
Women's Singles - Seeds
No. 1 - Anna Danilina, Florida
No. 2 - Ashley Lahey, Pepperdine
No. 3 - Karla Popovic, California
No. 4 - Ena Shibahara, UCLA
No. 5 - Alle Sanford, North Carolina
No. 6 - Katarina Jokic, Georgia
No. 7 - Sinead Lohan, Miami
No. 8 - Gabriela Talaba, Texas Tech
No. 9 - Estela Perez-Somarriba, Miami
No. 10 - Anastasia Rychagova, Kansas
No. 11 - Samantha Harris, Duke
No. 12 - Michaela Gordon, Stanford
No. 13 - Fernanda Contreras, Vanderbilt
No. 14 - Kate Fahey, Michigan
No. 15 - Mayar Ahmed, Pepperdine
No. 16 - Leolia Jeanjean, Arkansas
Women's Doubles - Seeds
No. 1 - Ellyse Hamlin/Kaitlyn McCarthy, Duke
No. 2 - Sarah Dvorak/Sabrina Federici, Texas Tech
No. 3 - Kelly Chen/Samantha Harris, Duke
No. 4 - Vladica Babic/Sofia Blanco, Oklahoma State
No. 5 - Rosie Johanson/Meghan Kelley, Virginia
No. 6 - Jessie Aney/Alexa Graham, North Carolina
No. 7 - Paige Hourigan/Kenya Jones, Georgia Tech
No. 8 - Gabriela Knutson/Miranda Ramirez, Syracuse
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