The 2025 “King of the Hill” schedule of play and groups have been announced by KOTH founder and organizer Gigi Casapu,
The event starts on Thursday January 16th at 6:00 p.m. at The Boulevard Tennis Club with the first round of the open division.
Once again, as tradition, the winner and runner-up of the “Open” division will receive a main draw wild card entry into the Mardy Fish Children’s Foundation Tennis Championships USTA Pro Circuit ITF World Tennis Tour event and compete for a world ATP Tour ranking. The 2025 event will be held April 21-27 at the Vero Beach Tennis & Fitness Club at Timber Ridge.
Winners of the 2024 King of the Hill:
50’s Division – Aldo Burga
40’s Division – Lennart Jonason
Open Division – James Van Deinse
Here are the groups and the schedule of play for the 2025 King of the Hill event:
Thursday January 16th at 6:00 p.m. first round of the open division on four courts:
Group Mardy Fish: Christian Docter (Sea Oaks), Ching Wang (Vero Beach/Mardy Fish Children’s Foundation), Stefan Hartman (Melbourne), Matteo Masala (John’s Island)
Group Andy Roddick: Chase Perez Blanco (Vero Beach), Joseph Van Deinse (Vero Beach TC), Anton Loef (John’s Island), Greg Orr (The Moorings)
Group Rafael Nadal: James Van Deinse (Vero Beach TC), Tyler Rios (Magnolia Lakes), Bernardo Feitosa (The Boulevard), Samuel Sippel (Orchid Island)
Group Andy Murray: Andrew Butz (Vero Beach), Yohann Prinsen (Twin Oaks), Pavel Zhdanov (John’s Island) Nathan Suranofsky (Windsor).
Great news for the open division. The winner and the runner-up will receive a wild card to play in the main doubles draw of The Mardy Fish Children’s Foundation – a USTA Professional Future Event scheduled in April.
Thursday January 23rd at 6:00 p.m. Semifinals of the 40’s and 50’s divisions, each division on two courts:
40’s Division
Group Andre Agassi: Lennart Jonason (John’s Island), Nathan Dickens (Melbourne), Erik Turnquist (Willoughby), Jony Leitenbauer (Windsor),
Group Peter Sampras: Cullen DeWindt (Piper’s Landing), Dan Stover ( ), Ryan Lloyd (Stuart), David Schmook (The Legacy)
50’s Division
Group Ilie Nastase: Mikael Pernfors (Vero Beach), Henner Lenhardt (Sea Oaks), Michael Phelipa (Suntree CC), Mario Cobo (Mariner Sands)
Group Rod Laver: Aldo Burga (The Legacy), Joe Biedenharn (Sea Oaks), Emile DeCuba (Ocean Village), Karim Balagh (The Boulevard)
Thursday January 30th at 6:00 p.m. semifinals of the open division on two courts
Thursday February 6th at 6:00 p.m. – 50’s Division Final
Thursday February 13th at 6:00 p.m. – 40’s Division Final
Thursday February 20th at 6:00 p.m. – Open Division Final
Please mark the dates in your calendar and enjoy a great King of the Hill season at the Boulevard T.C.
For more info e-mail at gcasapu@aol.com or text at 772-979-5582
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