Ferreira, four others chosen for NorCal Hall of Fame

Wayne Ferreira, who reached the top 10 in the world in singles and doubles,
coaches his son, Marcus, in a tournament. 2014 photo courtesy of Steve Pratt

   Wayne Ferreira heads a class of five in the USTA Northern California Hall of Fame.
   Ferreira, a 43-year-old Lafayette resident from South Africa, reached No. 6 in the world in singles in 1995 and No. 9 in doubles in 2001. He coaches UCLA star Mackenzie McDonald of Piedmont.
   Ferreira will be inducted with Marianne Werdel, Matt Mitchell, Peter Wright and Bill Jacobson on Aug. 6 at 10:30 a.m. at Stanford during the Bank of the West Classic. Registration will open on June 1 at ustanorcal.com.
   Werdel, a 47-year-old former Stanford star, peaked at No. 21 in the world in singles and recorded wins over International Tennis Hall of Famers Martina Navratilova, Martina Hingis, Arankxta Sanchez-Vicario and Gabriela Sabatini.
   Mitchell, a 58-year-old Berkeley native, won the 1977 NCAA singles title while playing for Stanford. As a pro, he climbed to No. 53 in singles in 1985 and No. 30 in doubles in 1984.
   Wright, also a Berkeley native, has led the Cal men to 22 appearances in the NCAA Championships in 23 seasons at the Bears' coach. Under Wright, 11 Cal players have combined for 15 All-America selections. Several -- including Conor Niland, John Paul Fruttero and Pedro Zerbini -- went on to the pros.
   Jacobson, a Los Altos Hills resident from South Africa, created the world's first tennis analysis computer.

Tiilikainen wins sixth National 30 Indoor title

   The National 30 Indoor tournament is practically synonymous with Jan Tiilikainen.
   What Rafael Nadal is to the upcoming French Open, Tiilikainen is to the 30 Indoors.
   Tiilikainen, a 43-year-old Reno teaching pro from Finland, won the men's singles title in the USTA National Men's, Women's & Mixed 30 Indoor Championships for the sixth time today.
   The top-seeded Tiilikainen beat second-seeded Ryan ("Don't Call Me Nick") Sablan of Martinez 6-3, 7-5 at the Spare Time Indoor Tennis Center in the Sacramento suburb of Gold River.
   Tiilikainen, 5-foot-11 (1.80 meters) and 158 pounds (71.7 kilograms), also won the title in 2007 his tournament debut, 2008, 2010, 2011 and last year.
   Tiilikainen lost to 6-foot-5 (1.96-meter) Calle Hansen in the 2012 semifinals and 2013 final. Hansen, a former Pepperdine All-American from Sweden, did not return last year or this year.
   Marisue Jacutin-Mariona of Los Altos defeated Laura McGaffigan of Folsom 6-1, 6-4 for the women's title.

USTA NATIONAL 30 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men's singles

Final

   Jan Tiilikainen (1), Reno, def. Ryan Sablan (2), Martinez, 6-3, 7-5.

Third place

   Vittorio Fratta, San Francisco, def. Thomas Morton, Citrus Heights, 6-1, 6-3.

Women's singles

Round robin

   Marisue Jacutin-Mariona, Los Altos, def. Laura McGaffigan, Folsom, 6-1, 6-4.
   Suzie Maciel, Sacramento, def. Noknoy Souliyonh, El Dorado Hills, 6-2, 6-2.

 Final standings

   Jacutin-Mariona 3-0, McGaffigan, 2-1, Maciel 1-2, Souliyonh 0-3.

Men's doubles

Final

   Tyler Browne, Walnut Creek, and Nicholas Brunner (1), Sacramento, def. Justin Garcia, Folsom, and Whit Livingston, Sacramento, 6-3, 6-1.

Third place

   Mark Fairchilds, Modesto, and Jan Tiilikainen, Reno, def. Vittorio Fratta, San Francisco, and Pablo Schurig, Walnut Creek, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0.

Women' doubles

Final

   Lauren Barnikow and Francesca LaO (1), San Francisco, def. Isabella Kling, Orangevale, and Laura McGaffigan (2), Folsom, 7-5, 7-6 (2).

Third place

   Camille Benvenuti, Sacramento, and Stacey Griggs, Carmichael, def. Holly Jones, Rancho Cordova, and Laurie Smith, Elk Grove, walkover.

Mixed doubles

Final

   Tyler Browne, Walnut Creek, and Francesca LaO (1), San Francisco, def. Marisue Jacutin-Mariona, Los Altos, and Pablo Schurig (2), Walnut Creek, 6-4, 6-3.

Third place

   Lauren Barnikow, San Francisco, and Derek Fitzpatrick, San Jose, def. Dave Hagiwara and Laura McGaffigan, Folsom, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Sanchez gives doubles plaque to inspirational woman

Maria Sanchez, left, defeated Jessica Pegula to win the inaugural Gold River
Women's Challenger in the Sacramento area in 2012. Pegula's billionaire father,
Terry, owns the Buffalo Bills of the NFL and Buffalo Sabres of the NHL.
Photo by Paul Bauman

   After winning her second Challenger doubles title in two weeks, Maria Sanchez gave away her plaque.
   Not that the 25-year-old Modesto product was unappreciative.
   Sanchez, who teamed with Francoise Abanda to win the $50,000 Boyd Tinsley Clay Court Classic in Charlottesville, Va., on Sunday, was so moved by a fan's story about losing one of her legs a few years ago that she gave her the award.
   "She deserved it more than I did as she's gone through so much but still manages to bring light into people's lives," Sanchez wrote on Instagram. "That's the name of the game! Definitely what I needed after a hard week!"
   The unseeded Sanchez and Abanda, an 18-year-old Canadian sensation, dominated third-seeded Olga Ianchuk of Ukraine and Irina Khromacheva of Russia 6-1, 6-3 for the title.
   Sanchez also won the doubles crown in the $50,000 Challenger in Dothan, Ala., with Johanna Konta of Great Britain last week.
  Sanchez has reached the doubles final in three of her four appearances in Charlottesville. She won the 2012 title with since-retired Yasmin Schnack of Elk Grove in the Sacramento area and was the runner-up last year with Irina Falconi of West Palm Beach, Fla.
   Also for the second straight week, Sanchez lost in the first round of singles to American Jessica Pegula in straight sets. Pegula's billionaire father, Terry, owns the Buffalo Bills of the NFL and Buffalo Sabres of the NHL.
   Sanchez, however, defeated Pegula to win the inaugural FSP Gold River Women's Challenger in the Sacramento area in 2012.
   In the Charlottesville singles final, Allie Kiick outlasted Katerina Stewart 7-5, 6-7 (3), 7-5 in a 3-hour, 5-minute battle of unseeded American teenagers for the biggest title of her career.
   Kiick, 19, is the daughter of Jim Kiick, a running back on the undefeated Miami Dolphins team of 1972. Stewart, 17, also lost in the Dothan singles final to Louisa Chirico, 18, of Harrison, N.Y. 

Tiilikainen seeks sixth title in 30 National Indoors

   Jan Tiilikainen will try to win the men's singles title in the $2,000 USTA National Men's, Women's & Mixed 30 Indoor Championships for the sixth time today.
   The top-seeded Tiilikainen, a 43-year-old Reno teaching pro from Finland, will meet second-seeded Ryan ("Don't Call me Nick") Sablan of Martinez at 9 a.m. at the Spare Time Indoor Tennis Center in the Sacramento suburb of Gold River.
    In the women's final at 9 a.m., Marisue Jacutin-Mariona of Los Altos will face Laura McGaffigan of Folsom. Both have lost only two games total in two round-robin matches.
   Today's other finals are scheduled for noon (women's doubles), 1 p.m. (men's doubles) and 3 p.m. (mixed doubles). 

USTA NATIONAL 30 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men's singles

Semifinals

   Jan Tiilikainen (1), Reno, def. Vittorio Fratta, San Francisco, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.
   Ryan Sablan (2), Martinez, def. Thomas Morton, Citrus Heights, 6-2, 6-3.

Women's singles

Round robin

   Marisue Jacutin-Mariona, Los Altos, def. Noknoy Souliyonh, El Dorado Hills, 6-0, 6-1.
   Laura McGaffigan, Folsom, def. Suzie Maciel, Sacramento, 6-0, 6-0.

Men's doubles

Semifinals

   Tyler Browne, Walnut Creek, and Nicholas Brunner (1), Sacramento, def. Mark Fairchilds, Modesto, and Jan Tiilikainen, Reno, 6-1, 6-1.
   Justin Garcia, Folsom, and Whit Livingston, Sacramento, def Vittorio Fratta, San Francisco, and Pablo Schurig, Walnut Creek, 7-6 (0), 6-0.

Women's doubles

Semifinals

   Lauren Barnikow and Francesca LaO (1), San Francisco, def. Holly Jones, Rancho Cordova, and Laurie Smith, Elk Grove, 6-2, 6-3.
   Isabella Kling, Orangevale, and Laura McGaffigan (2), Folsom, def. Camille Benvenuti, Sacramento, and Stacey Griggs, Carmichael, 6-1, 6-0.

Mixed doubles

Semifinals

   Tyler Browne, Walnut Creek, and Francesca LaO (1), San Francisco, def. Dave Hagiwara and Laura McGaffigan, Folsom, 6-0, 6-2.
   Pablo Schurig, Walnut Creek, and Marisue Jacutin-Mariona (2), Los Altos, def. Derek Fitzpatrick, San Jose, and Lauren Barnikow, San Francisco, 6-3, 6-3.

Sablan reaches semifinals of National 30 Indoors

   Second-seeded Ryan Sablan of Martinez overwhelmed Erik Wong of Daly City 6-0, 6-1 on Saturday in the first round (quarterfinals) of the $2,000 USTA National Men's, Women's and Mixed 30 Indoor Championships at the Spare Time Indoor Tennis Center in the Sacramento suburb of Gold River.
   Sablan will meet Thomas Morton of Citrus Heights in today's semifinals. Morton routed Michael Kwong of Woodland 6-3, 6-1.
   In the other semifinal, top-seeded Jan Tiilikainen of Reno will face Vittorio Fratta of San Francisco.
   Tiilikainen, a five-time singles champion in the tournament, received a first-round bye. Fratta outclassed Eric White of Elk Grove 6-2, 6-1.
   Today's singles matches begin at 9 a.m. Men's and women's doubles are set for noon and mixed doubles for 5 p.m.

OTHER NATIONAL 30 INDOOR RESULTS

Women's singles

Round robin

   Marisue Jacutin-Mariona, Los Altos, def. Suzie Maciel, Sacramento, 6-1, 6-0.
   Laura McGaffigan, Folsom, def. Noknoy Souliyonh, El Dorado Hills, 6-1, 6-1.

Men's doubles

Quarterfinals

   Tyler Browne, Walnut Creek, and Nicholas Brunner (1), Sacramento, def. Ramon Perez, El Dorado Hills, and Thomas Morton, Citrus Heights, 6-0, 6-2.
   Mark Fairchilds, Modesto, and Jan Tiilikainen, Reno, def. Casey McMakin, El Cajon, and Kyle McMakin, Sacramento, 7-5, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3).
   Vittorio Fratta, San Francisco, and Pablo Schurig, Walnut Creek, def. Jordan Boyls, Folsom, and Jeff Shin, Sacramento, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
   Justin Garcia, Folsom, and Whit Livingston, Sacramento, def. Derek Fitzpatrick, San Jose, and Ryan Sablan (2), Martinez, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Women's doubles

First round (quarterfinals)

   Holly Jones, Rancho Cordova, and Laurie Smith, Elk Grove, def. Carol Akre, Martinez, and Noknoy Souliyonh, El Dorado Hills, 6-0, 6-4.

Mixed doubles

First round (quarterfinals)

   Dave Hagiwara and Laura McGaffigan, Folsom, def. Michelle Chapple, Rancho Murieta, and Jeff Shin, Sacramento, 6-1, 6-4.
   Lauren Barnikow, San Francisco, and Derek Fitzpatrick, San Jose, def. Justin Garcia, Folsom, and Donna Holtz, Sacramento, 6-2, 6-2.

San Jose's Novikov wins Challenger doubles title

   Dennis Novikov continued his outstanding doubles play this week.
   The 21-year-old San Jose resident teamed with Julio Peralta of Chile to win the doubles title in the $50,000 Tallahassee (Fla.) Challenger on Saturday.
   They beat Somdev Devvarman and Sanam Singh of India 6-2, 6-4 on green clay in a matchup of unseeded teams.
   In the previous two weeks, also on clay, Novikov reached the semifinals of the Sarasota (Fla.) Challenger with Tennys Sandgren and the final of the Savannah (Ga.) Challenger with Peralta. 
   Counting Futures tournaments, Novikov has played in four doubles finals this year, winning two. 
   Novikov lost in the second round of singles in Tallahassee to American Mitchell Krueger 6-1, 6-4.
   In the singles final, fifth-seeded Facundo Arguello of Argentina outlasted 17-year-old U.S. sensation Frances Tiafoe 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Three Sac State women named first-team All-Big Sky

   Sacramento State placed the most women, three, on the All-Big Sky first team than any other conference school.
   Honored on Friday were junior Daria Savchenko of Russia and sophomores Deimante Bulatovaite of Lithuania and Alina Soltanici of Moldova. Savchenko made the first team for the second consecutive year.
   Sac State won the Big Sky regular-season championship with an 11-0 record but had its streak of conference tournament titles stopped at 13. The Hornets, with no seniors on the roster, lost to Idaho 4-3 in the final at the Gold River Racquet Club in the Sacramento area to finish the season 17-11.
   For the first time since Sac State joined the Big Sky in 1996-97, the men's team had no players on the first team. Senior Roy Brandys of Poland was named to the second team, and junior Sean Kolar of Loomis in the Sacramento region received honorable mention.
   The injury-plagued Hornets finished 10-14 overall and 7-4 in the Big Sky.

COLLEGE RANKINGS

(Top 10 and Northern California; previous ranking in parentheses)

Women's team

1. USC (2)

2. North Carolina (1)
3. Cal (4)
4. Vanderbilt (4)
5. Florida (5)
6. UCLA (6)

7. Georgia (7)
8. Virginia (10)

9. Baylor (8)

10. Texas A&M (9)

14. Stanford (13)

40. Saint Mary's (37)

55. Fresno State (49)

68. San Jose State (62)

69. USF (64)

Women's singles

1. Robin Anderson, UCLA

2. Carol Zhao, Stanford 

3. Brooke Austin, Florida

4. Maegan Manasse, Cal

5. Lauren Herring,Georgia

6. Julia Elbaba, Virginia
7. Jamie Loeb, North Carolina
8. Sydney Campbell, Vanderbilt

8. Lorraine Guillermo, Pepperdine
10. Julia Jones, Mississippi
14. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont resident), USC 

18. Klara Fabikova, Cal
19. Taylor Davidson, Stanford

25. Caroline Doyle, Stanford
43. Zsofi Susanyi, Cal

44. Denise Starr, Cal

50. Lynn Chi, Cal
85. Sophie Watts, Fresno State

92. Krista Hardebeck, Stanford 

103. Karla Popovic, Cal

106. Ellen Tsay, Stanford

Women's doubles

1. Maya Jansen and Erin Routliffe, Alabama
2. Taylor Davidson and Carol Zhao, Stanford

3. Catherine Harrison and Kyle McPhillips, UCLA

4. Beatrice Gumulya and Jessy Rompies, Clemson

5. Klara Fabikova and Zsofi Susanyi, Cal

6. Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan, Florida
7. Maegan Manasse and Denise Starr, Cal

8. Pleun Burgmans and Emily Flickinger, Auburn

9. Robin Anderson and Jennifer Brady, UCLA

10. Caroline Doyle and Ellen Tsay, Stanford

19. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont resident) and Zoe Scandalis, USC
40. Hadley Berg (Greenbrae resident) and Caroline Dailey, South Carolina
46. Lynn Chi and Denise Starr, Cal
49. Joanna Smith and Kassidy Jump (Granite Bay resident), Arizona State
58. Parminder Kaur and Jana McCord, Saint Mary's

Men's team

1. Oklahoma (1)
2. Baylor (2)
3. Virginia (5)
4. Illinois (4)
5. Texas A&M (3)
6. TCU (6)
7. Georgia (7)
8. USC (8)
9. Texas (10)
10. Duke (9)
23. Stanford (28)
26. Cal (25)
53. USF (52)   
58. UC Davis (57)
66. Fresno State (69) 

Men's singles

1. Alex Alvarez Llamas, Oklahoma
2. Julian Lenz, Baylor
3. Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont resident), UCLA
4. Soren Hess-Olesen, Texas
5. Sebastian Stiefelmeyer, Louisville
6. Noah Rubin, Wake Forest
7. Andrew Harris, Oklahoma
8. Ryan Shane, Virginia
9. Quentin Monaghan, Notre Dame
10. Gonzales Austin, Vanderbilt
26. Tom Fawcett, Stanford
29. Andre Goransson, Cal
71. John Morrissey, Stanford
77. Collin Altamirano (Sacramento resident), Virginia
97. Filip Bergevi, Cal
120. Bernardo Saraiva, USF 

Men's doubles

1. Austin Smith and Ben Wagland, Georgia

2. Luca Corinteli and Ryan Shane, Virginia

3. Roberto Quiroz and Yannick Hanfmann, USC

4. Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese, Tennessee
5. Gonzales Austin and Rhys Johnson, Vanderbilt
6. Julian Cash and Florian Lakat, Mississippi State
7. Kevin Metka and Ralf Steinback, Ohio State
8. Julian Lenz and Diego Galeano, Baylor
9. John Morrissey and Robert Stineman, Stanford
10. Harrison Adams and Shane Vinsant, Texas A&M
12. Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont resident) and Martin Redlicki, UCLA
51. Gregory Bayane and Chase Melton, Cal
69. Tom Fawcett and Maciek Romanowicz, Stanford