Rankings, TV schedule, calendar

WORLD RANKINGS

   Players with Northern California ties ranked in the top 1,000 in the world (change from last week in parentheses): 

Men

   Collin Altamirano, 20-year-old Sacramento resident -- No. 816 in singles (+2), 961 in doubles (+3).

   Bob Bryan, 37-year-old former Stanford star, part-time member of Sacramento-based California Dream in World TeamTennis in 2015 -- No. 4 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.

   Mike Bryan, 37-year-old former Stanford star, part-time member of California Dream in 2015 -- No. 5 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.

   Bradley Klahn, 25-year-old former Stanford star -- No. 604 in singles (-91).

   Scott Lipsky, 34-year-old former Stanford star -- No. 40 in doubles (no change).

   Mackenzie McDonald, 20-year-old resident of Piedmont in San Francisco Bay Area -- Career-high No. 373 in singles (-2), No. 544 in doubles (+3).

   Dennis Novikov, 22-year-old resident of Milpitas in San Francisco Bay Area -- No. 153 in singles (-3), No. 178 in doubles (+1).

   Sam Querrey, 28-year-old San Francisco native -- No. 60 in singles (-1), No. 39 in doubles (-1).

   Tennys Sandgren, 24-year-old member of California Dream in 2015 -- No. 266 in singles (-5), No. 264 in doubles (-70).

   Matt Seeberger, 31-year-old San Francisco native and former UC Santa Cruz star -- No. 159 in doubles (+2).

   Neal Skupski, 25-year-old member of California Dream in 2015 -- No. 99 in doubles (+3).
   Dmitry Tursunov, 33-year-old resident of Folsom in Sacramento area -- No. 265 in doubles (-7).

Women

   Kristie Ahn, 23-year-old former Stanford star -- Career-high No. 204 in singles (+3), No. 413 in doubles (no change).
   CiCi Bellis, 16-year-old resident of Atherton in San Francisco Bay Area -- No. 231 in singles (+3).
   Alexandra Facey, 22-year-old product of Cameron Park in Sacramento area -- No. 628 in doubles (+1). 
   Kat Facey, 22-year-old product of Cameron Park in Sacramento area -- No. 628 in doubles (+1).
   Jarmila Wolfe (formerly Gajdosova), 28-year-old member of California Dream in 2015 -- No. 110 in singles (-5), No. 145 in doubles (-1).
   Anabel Medina Garrigues, 33-year-old member of California Dream in 2015 -- No. 30 in doubles (+2).
   Nicole Gibbs, 22-year-old former Stanford star -- No. 105 in singles (+4), career-high No. 152 in doubles (+19).
   Michaela Gordon, 16-year-old resident of Saratoga in San Francisco Bay Area -- No. 658 in singles (+3), No. 859 in doubles (+1). 
   Raquel Atawo (formerly Kops-Jones), 33-year-old San Jose resident and former Cal star -- No. 18 in doubles (no change).
   Maegan Manasse, 20-year-old Cal junior -- No. 532 in doubles (-1), No. 756 in singles (+2).
   Maria Sanchez, 26-year-old Modesto product -- No. 87 in doubles (-1), No. 191 in singles (+2).
   Carol Zhao, 20-year-old Stanford junior -- No. 193 in doubles (+1), No. 345 in singles (+1).

TV SCHEDULE

(All broadcasts on Tennis Channel; all times in California)

Wednesday

   Auckland (men), Sydney (men), Australian Open qualifying, 3-9 a.m.

Thursday

   Auckland (men), Sydney (men), Australian Open qualifying, 3-9 a.m.

Friday

   Auckland (men), Sydney (men), Australian Open qualifying, 3 a.m.-2 p.m., 3-9 p.m.

Saturday

   Sydney (men), final, 12:30-3 a.m. (live), 10 a.m.-noon (repeat).

   Hobart (women), final, 8-10 a.m.

   Auckland (men), final, noon-2 p.m.   

CALENDAR

   Sunday (U.S. time)-Jan. 31, 2016 -- AUSTRALIAN OPEN. 2015 champions: Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini, Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Lucie Safarova, Martina Hingis/Leander Paes.

   Jan. 22-24 -- Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kick-Off Weekend, 30 campus sites.
   Feb. 6-7, 2016 -- Fed Cup, first round, United States vs. Poland in World Group II, Kailua Kona, Hawaii.

   Feb. 5-8, 2016 -- Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Women's Team Indoor Championships, Madison, Wis.

   Feb. 12-15, 2016 -- Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Men's Team Indoor Championships, Charlottesville, Va.

   March 4-6, 2016 -- Davis Cup, first round, United States at Australia.

   March 7-20, 2016 -- BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, Calif. 2015 champions: Novak Djokovic, Simona Halep, Vasek Pospisil/Jack Sock, Martina Hingis/Sania Mirza.

Stephens wins Auckland title under new coach

Sloane Stephens hired Kamau Murray as her coach after recently
splitting with Nick Saviano, a former Stanford All-American.
2012 photo by Paul Bauman

   A coaching change paid immediate dividends for Sloane Stephens.
   The 22-year-old American, seeded fifth, beat unseeded Julia Goerges of Germany 7-5, 6-2 on Friday (PST) to win the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand.
   Earlier Friday, Stephens completed a rain-delayed 6-2, 7-6 (3) victory over third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.
   Stephens earned her second career title. She prevailed in Washington, D.C., last summer.
   Nick Saviano, a 59-year-old former Stanford All-American, announced last week that he was splitting with Stephens after one year. Stephens, who improved from No. 37 to No. 30 under Saviano, hired Kamau Murray as her new coach.
   "Coaching Sloane this past year at the major events and having her achieve outstanding results, in particular winning her first WTA tour event in Washington, D.C., was extremely rewarding and enjoyable," Saviano, who had coached Eugenie Bouchard for eight years, said in a Dec. 28 press release on his website. "She has been a joy for me to work with since she was 11 years old. I expect her to have a great year in 2016 and wish her all the best."
   In 2013, Stephens reached the semifinals of the Australian Open, upsetting Serena Williams, and the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. She climbed to a career-high No. 11 in October of that year.
   Stephens' late father, John Stephens, played running back for the New England Patriots.

TV schedule, calendar

TV SCHEDULE

(All broadcasts on Tennis Channel; all times in California)

Today

   Brisbane (women), early rounds, 11 a.m.-3:50 p.m.
   Hopman Cup in Perth (men, women), Australia vs. France, 11:30 p.m.-6:50 a.m. Friday.

Friday

   Auckland (women), semifinals, 7-10:30 a.m.
   Brisbane (women), quarterfinals, 11 a.m.-2:50 p.m.   

Saturday

   Brisbane (women), semifinals, 1-2:50 a.m.

   Hopman Cup in Perth (men, women), final, 3-5:20 a.m.

   Auckland (women), finals, 5:30-8:50 a.m.

   Brisbane (women), final, 9 a.m.-3:50 p.m.

Sunday

   Brisbane (men), final, 1 a.m.

CALENDAR

   Jan. 18  (Jan. 17 in United States)-Jan. 31, 2016 -- AUSTRALIAN OPEN. 2015 champions: Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini, Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Lucie Safarova, Martina Hingis/Leander Paes.

   Jan. 22-24 -- Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kick-Off Weekend, 30 campus sites.
   Feb. 6-7, 2016 -- Fed Cup, first round, United States vs. Poland in World Group II, Kailua Kona, Hawaii.

   Feb. 5-8, 2016 -- Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Women's Team Indoor Championships, Madison, Wis.

   Feb. 12-15, 2016 -- Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Men's Team Indoor Championships, Charlottesville, Va.

   March 4-6, 2016 -- Davis Cup, first round, United States at Australia.

   March 7-20, 2016 -- BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, Calif. 2015 champions: Novak Djokovic, Simona Halep, Vasek Pospisil/Jack Sock, Martina Hingis/Sania Mirza.

Virginia, with Altamirano, earns top men's ranking

Collin Altamirano of Sacramento helped
Virginia win the NCAA team title last May
as a freshman. 2014 photo by Paul Bauman

   Defending champion Virginia, with sophomore Collin Altamirano of Sacramento, opens 2016 as the No. 1 men's collegiate team in the country.
   The Intercollegiate Tennis Association released the rankings today.
   Altamirano was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team at No. 3 singles and No. 3 doubles last spring. He finished the season 20-3 in singles and 18-4 in doubles and was selected to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference third team.
   Altamirano won the singles title in the 2013 USTA Boys 18 National Championships and was the runner-up in 2014. He reached the U.S. Open junior quarterfinals in 2013.
   The Stanford and Cal men are ranked 20th and 21st, respectively. The schools each placed one player in the singles top 10. The Bears' Andre Goransson, a junior from Sweden, is ranked third, and the Cardinal's Tom Fawcett, a 6-foot-5 (1.96-meter) sophomore from Winnetka, Ill., is ninth.
   On the women's side, Cal is ranked sixth and Stanford eighth.
   The Bears have two women in the singles top 10: No. 5 Maegan Manasse, a junior from Redondo Beach, and No. 10 Klara Fabikova, a senior from the Czech Republic.
   Stanford's highest-ranked woman in singles is No. 20 Taylor Davidson, a junior from Statesville, N.C.
   Cal's Manasse and Denise Starr, a junior from Brooklyn, N.Y., are ranked third in doubles.
   Stars Carol Zhao, a Stanford junior from Canada, and Mackenzie McDonald, a junior on the UCLA men's team from Piedmont, are unranked because they played pro rather than college tournaments last fall. They finished last season ranked second and third in college, respectively.  
   Both McDonald ($100,000 Tiburon) and Zhao ($50,000 Toronto) advanced to the semifinals of pro tournaments in their home regions last October.

   Zhao reached the NCAA singles final last May, losing to Jamie Loeb of North Carolina. Loeb, a sophomore, then turned pro.

COLLEGE RANKINGS

(Top 10 and Northern California)

Men's team

   1. Virginia
   2. Oklahoma
   3. Texas Christian
   4. Baylor
   5. Texas A&M
   6. Illinois
   7. Georgia
   8. USC
   9. North Carolina
   10. Ohio State
   20. Stanford
   21. Cal
   55. USF
   57. UC Davis
   67. Fresno State

Men's singles

   1. Dominik Koepfer, Tulane
   2. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, Virginia
   3. Andre Goransson, Cal
   4. Cameron Norrie, Texas Christian
   5. Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M
   6. Christopher Eubanks, Georgia Tech
   7. Mikael Torpegaard, Ohio State
   8. Felipe Soares, Texas Tech
   9. Tom Fawcett, Stanford
   10. Hugo Di Feo, Ohio State
   30. Florian Lakat, Cal
   38. Alec Adamson, UC Davis
   39. Billy Griffith, Cal
   54. Oskar Wikberg, Cal
   57. David Wilczynski, Stanford
   61. Michael Genender, Stanford
   76. Connor Farren (Hillsborough), USC
   86. Filip Bergevi, Cal
   89. Maciek Romanowicz, Stanford
   98. Logan Staggs (Tracy), UCLA

Men's doubles

   1. Brett Clark and Robert Kelly, North Carolina
   2. Hugo Dojas and Felipe Soares, Texas Tech
   3. Gordon Watson and Diego Hidalgo, Florida
   4. Jack Findel-Hawkins and Yannick Zuern, North Florida
   5. Mac Styslinger and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, Virginia
   6. Alex Lawson and Quentin Monaghan, Notre Dame
   7. Filip Vittek and Jordan Angus, San Diego
   8. Hayden Sabatka and Bart Van Leijsen, New Mexico
   9. Arjun Kadhe and Julian Cash, Oklahoma State
   10. Ben Wagland and Austin Smith, Georgia
   30. Mikus Losbergs and Kasparas Zemaitelis, Sacramento State
   38. Florian Lakat and Oskar Wikberg, Cal
   42. Maciek Romanowicz and Nolan Paige, Stanford
   59. Andre Goransson and Florian Lakat, Cal

Women's team

   1. Vanderbilt
   2. USC
   3. Florida
   T4. North Carolina
   T4. Georgia
   6. Cal
   7. Virginia
   8. Stanford
   9. UCLA
   10. Texas A&M
   45. Saint Mary's
   54. Fresno State
   72. San Jose State

Women's singles

   1. Joana Eidukonyte, Clemson
   2. Francesca Di Lorenzo, Ohio State
   3. Belinda Woolcock, Florida
   4. Danielle Collins, Virginia
   5. Maegan Manasse, Cal
   6. Hayley Carter, North Carolina
   7. Sinead Lohan, Miami
   8. Julia Elbaba, Virginia
   9. Stephanie Wagner, Miami
   10. Klara Fabikova, Cal
   20. Taylor Davidson, Stanford
   26. Maiar Sherif Ahmed, Fresno State
   39. Caroline Doyle, Stanford
   42. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont), USC
   43. Paige Cline (Kentfield), South Carolina
   81. Olivia Hauger, Cal
   90. Marie Klocker, San Jose State
   101. Andrea Ka, USF
   103. Jamie Pawid, Saint Mary's

Women's doubles

   1. Aldila Sutjiadi and Mami Adachi, Kentucky
   2. Whitney Kay and Hayley Carter, North Carolina
   3. Maegan Manasse and Denise Starr, Cal
   4. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont) and Gabby Smith, USC
   5. Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan, Florida
   6. Anna Sanford and Miho Kowase, Ohio State
   7. Maddie Lipp and Alex Chatt, Northwestern
   8. Luisa Stefani and Apichaya Runglerdkriangkrai, Pepperdine
   9. Kelsey Laurente and Maria Alvarez, Oklahoma State
   10. Taylor Davidson and Caroline Doyle, Stanford
   42. Sammi Hampton and Kassidy Jump (Granite Bay), Arizona State
   43. Klara Fabikova and Oliva Hauger, Cal
   T54. Giuliana Olmos and Rianna Valdes, USC
   58. Sophie Watts and Anneka Watts, Fresno State

NorCal juniors win National Winter singles titles

   No. 8 seed Austen Huang surprised No. 1 William Genesen of Tulsa, Okla., 6-3, 0-6, 6-1 today to win the boys 18 title in the USTA National Winter Championships in Scottsdale, Ariz.
   Genesen has verbally committed to Stanford.
   Sara Choy of Palo Alto, meanwhile, was the only top seed to win a gold ball in singles. She defeated No. 2 Hannah Zhao of San Diego 6-4, 6-4 in the girls 16s in Scottsdale.
   In an all-Northern California final, No. 10 seed Ryder Jackson of Nicasio in Marin County defeated No. 1 Stefan Leustian of Mather 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 in the boys 14s in Tucson, Ariz.
   Including Andrew Ton's boys 16 doubles title on Friday, Northern Californians claimed four gold balls.

USTA NATIONAL WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS

In Scottsdale, Ariz. (18s and 16s) and Tucson, Ariz. (14s and 12s)

Boys

Singles finals

   18 -- Austen Huang (8), Elk Grove, def. William Genesen (1), Tulsa, Okla., 6-3, 0-6, 6-1.
   16 -- Christian Alshon (6), Boca Raton, Fla., def. Carson Haskins (1), Ballwin, Mo., 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
   14 -- Ryder Jackson (10), Nicasio, def. Stefan Leustian (1), Mather, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.
   12 -- Nishesh Basavareddy (3), Carmel, Ind., def. Samuel Landau (1), Los Angeles, 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles finals

   18 -- Billy Rowe, Coronado, and Keegan Smith (4), San Diego, def. Payam Ahmadi, Reston, Va., and David Horneffer (8), Brookfield, Wis., 6-4, 6-3.
   16 -- Zummy Bauer, Suwanee, Ga., and Andrew Ton (1), Milpitas, def. Ryan Seggerman, Coronado, and Charlie Sharton (8), Wayland, Mass., 6-4, 7-5.
   14 -- Robert Cash and Joel Jose (4), New Albany, Ohio, def. Thomas Yu and James Yu (8), Medina, Wash., 6-4, 6-4.
   12 -- Andrew Chang, Trophy Club, Texas, and Samuel Landau (3), Los Angeles, def. Hudson Rivera and Andrew Salu (9), Rancho Santa Fe, 6-0, 6-0.

Girls

Singles finals

   18 -- Jessica Failla (9), Ramona, def. Alyvia Jones (12), Midland, Mich., 6-3, 6-1.
   16 -- Sara Choy (1), Palo Alto, def. Hannah Zhao (2), San Diego, 6-4, 6-4.
   14 -- Mae Canete (3), Los Angeles, def. Gabriella Price (4), Montebello, N.Y., 6-1, 6-4.
   12 -- Christine Canete (3), Los Angeles, def. Katrina Scott (2), Woodland Hills, 6-2, 6-2.

Doubles finals

   18 -- Annette Goulak, Oak Park, and Ena Shibahara (2), Rancho Palos Verdes, def. Christina Rosca, Princeton, N.J., and Savannah Slaysman (1), Phoenix, 6-3, 6-1.
   16 -- Dasha Kourkina, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Michelle Sorokko (3), Little Neck, N.Y., def. Samantha Gillas, New Braunfels, Texas, and Chelsea Kung, Fort Worth, Texas, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (1).
   14 -- Amanda Chang, Pasadena, and Amy Huang, San Diego, def. Gabriella Price, Montebello, N.Y., and Katie Volynets (2), Walnut Creek, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
   12 -- Christine Canete, Los Angeles, and Katrina Scott (2), Woodland Hills, def. Zoe Hammond, Edmond, Okla., and Caroline Wernli (3), Austin, Texas, 6-2, 6-4.

NorCal juniors gain National Winter singles finals

   Three Northern California juniors will play for singles titles in the USTA National Winter Championships in Arizona.
   Advancing today were No. 8 seed Austen Huang of Elk Grove in the boys 18s, No. 1 Sara Choy of Palo Alto in the girls 16s and No. 1 Stefan Leustian of Mather in the boys 14s.
   However,  No. 1 Katie Volynets of Walnut Creek lost to No. 4 Gabriella Price of Montebello, N.Y., 6-4, 6-1 in the girls 14 semifinals in Tucson.
   In Scottsdale, Huang routed No. 10 Jason Lui of Bellevue, Wash., 6-1, 6-3, and Choy beat unseeded Sedona Gallagher of Henderson, Nev., 6-3, 6-4.
   Leustian defeated No. 3 Harry Yang of Arcadia 6-1, 6-3 in Tucson.
   Huang will face No. 1 William Genesen, a Tulsa, Okla., resident headed for Stanford. Choy will meet No. 2 Hannah Zhao of San Diego, and Leustian will play No. 10 Ryder Jackson of Nicasio.
   Top seeds Zummy Bauer of Suwanee, Ga., and Andrew Ton of Milpitas won the boys 16 doubles title. Ton, a diminutive left-hander, also captured the boys 14 doubles title in the 2014 USTA National Clay Court Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with Brandon Nakashima of San Diego.    

USTA NATIONAL WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Northern California results only)

Boys

Singles semifinals

18 and under

   Austen Huang (8), Elk Grove, def. Jason Lui (10), Bellevue, Wash., 6-1, 6-3.

14 and under

   Stefan Leustian (1), Mather, def. Harry Yang (3), Arcadia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Doubles final

16 and under

   Zummy Bauer, Suwanee, Ga., and Andrew Ton (1), Milpitas, def. Ryan Seggerman, Coronado, and Charlie Sharton (8), Wayland, Mass., 6-4, 7-5.

Girls

Singles semifinals

16 and under

   Sara Choy (1), Palo Alto, def. Sedona Gallagher, Henderson, Nev., 6-3, 6-4.

14 and under

   Gabriella Price (4), Montebello, N.Y., def. Katie Volynets (1), Walnut Creek, 6-4, 6-1.

 Doubles final

    Amanda Chan, Pasadena, and Amy Huang, San Diego, def. Gabriella Price, Montebello, N.Y., and Katie Volynets (2), Walnut Creek, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.

NorCal's Huang reaches National Winter semifinals

   No. 8 seed Austen Huang of Elk Grove defeated No. 14 Matthew Lord of Bloomfield, Conn., 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday in the boys 18 quarterfinals of the USTA National Winter Championships in Scottsdale, Ariz.
   Huang will meet No. 10 Jason Lui of Bellevue, Wash., today for a berth in the final. Lui beat unseeded Eric Morris of Corinth, Texas, 6-4, 6-3.
   Top-seeded William Genesen, a Tulsa, Okla., resident who's headed to Stanford, topped No. 17 Paul Barretto of Tiburon 6-2, 7-6 (7).
   Mac Kiger of Katonah, N.Y., outlasted Ajai Shekhera of Campbell 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in a battle of unseeded players. Shekhera had eliminated the No. 17, No. 11 and No. 4 seeds in his previous three matches.
   Top seeds Sara Choy (girls 16s), Katie Volynets (girls 14s) and Stefan Leustian (boys 14s) also reached the semifinals. Volynets and Milpitas' Andrew Ton (boys 16s) advanced to doubles finals.
   The boys and girls 18s and 16s are being played in Scottsdale, and the 14s and 12s are being held in Tucson, Ariz.

USTA NATIONAL WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Northern California results only)

Boys

Singles quarterfinals

18 and under

   William Genesen (1), Tulsa, Okla., def. Paul Barretto (17), Tiburon, 6-2, 7-6 (7).
   Mac Kiger, Katonah, N.Y., def. Ajai Shekhera, Campbell, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
   Austen Huang (8), Elk Grove, def. Matthew Lord (14), Bloomfield, Conn., 6-2, 6-3.

14 and under

   Stefan Leustian (1), Mather, def. Jerry Wang (9), Fayetteville, N.C., 6-3, 7-6 (3).

Doubles semifinals

16 and under

   Zummy Bauer, Suwanee, Ga., and Andrew Ton (1), Milpitas, def. Trey Hilderbrand, San Antonio, and Kevin Zhu (3), Pearland, Texas, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.

14 and under

   Robert Cash and Joel Jose (4), New Albany, Ohio, def. Stefan Leustian, Mather, and Zachery Lim (7), Fairfield, 7-6 (3), 6-1.

Girls

Singles quarterfinals

16 and under

   Sara Choy (1), Palo Alto, def. Sophia Edwards (7), Sarasota, Fla., 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.

   Hannah Zhao (2), San Diego, def. Carolyn Campana (8), Hillsborough, 6-1, 6-1.

14 and under

   Katie Volynets (1), Walnut Creek, def. Elizabeth Goldsmith, Chula Vista, 6-2, 6-1.
   Amy Huang (5), San Diego, def. Jillian Taggart (2), Fair Oaks, 1-6, 6-4, 6-0.

12 and under

   Christine Canete (3), Los Angeles, def. Yuu Ishikawa (5), Mountain View, 6-0, 6-2.

Doubles semifinals

18 and under

   Annette Goulak, Oak Park, and Ena Shibahara (2), Rancho Palos Verdes, def. Hind Abdelouahid, San Jose, and Diana Wong, Hilo, Hawaii, 6-3, 6-4.

14 and under

   Gabriella Price, Montebello, N.Y., and Katie Volynets (2), Walnut Creek, def. Elizabeth Goldsmith, Chula Vista, and Rachel Wagner (9), Calabasas, 2-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6).