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Local Tennis: SelectWave Open at Tenafly Racquet Club from The Bergen County Record (8/26/04)
Local standout wins tourney from The Bergen County Record (8/29/04)
Stolt is eager to be the 'Future' of tennis from The Bergen County Record (8/29/04)
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Local Tennis: SelectWave Open at Tenafly Racquet Club
The Bergen County Record
source: www.bergen.com
Thursday, August 26, 2004
MEN'S SINGLES
Second round
(1) Jaymon Crabb def. Christian Koskorelos, 6-3, 6-2; Matthew Sabo def. Brian Field, 6-3, 6-0; (8) Mark Clemente def. Ben Evenden, 6-2, 6-3; Pavel Baranov def. Ross Markowitz, 6-4, 6-1; (3) Jamal Parker def. Teran Gaylord, 6-3, 6-2; Gregg Schwartz def. Sadik Sendich, 7-5, 6-4; (6) Brodie Stewart def. Jeffrey Schnell, 6-0, 6-1; Jacob Feldman def. Ben Rosenstock, 6-0, 6-1; Nicholas Caradonna def. Alaric Chui, 6-0, 6-1; (7) Daouda Ndiaye def. Darnell Caballes, 6-0, 6-1; Barry Ruback def. Jason Rayman, 6-3, 6-3; (4) David Loewenthal def. Steve Arlt, 6-0, 6-2; Michael Castillo def. Marjan Kaljaj, 6-1, 6-0; (5) Rahman Smiley def. David Smith, 6-3, 6-3; Anri Makichyan def. Jess Calungcagin, 6-1, 6-3; (2) Philip Stolt def. Justin Cook, 6-0, 6-2.
Round of 16
(1) Crabb def. Sabo, 6-1, 6-2; Baranov def. (8) Clemente, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; (3) Parker def. Schwartz, 6-2, 6-2; (6) Stewart def. Feldman, 6-2, 6-2; (7) Ndiaye def. Caradonna, 6-0, 2-6, 6-2; (4) Loewenthal def. Ruback, 6-1, 6-2; (5) Smiley def. Castillo, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1; (2) Stolt def. Makichyan, 6-3, 6-1
Quarterfinals
(2) Stolt def. (5) Smiley, 6-2, 6-3; (7) Ndiaye def. (4) Loewenthal, 7-6 (4), retired; (3) Parker def. (6) Stewart, 6-4, 6-2; (1) Crabb def. Baranov, 6-3, 6-2.
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Round of 16
(1) Barry Ruback def. Jonathan Pollack, 6-1, 6-0; James Grey by injury default; (4) Sadik Sendich def. Voytek Rymarowicz, 6-0, 6-0; Mark Savage def. Jacek Wojtowicz, 6-2, 6-3; Paul Sinuk def. Todd Maston, 6-2, 6-1; (3) Raul Mendez def. Larry Shiera, 6-2, 6-2; Larry Foster def. Philip Baboulis, 6-1, 6-2; (2) David Smith def. Ed Aversa, 6-1, 6-2.
Quarterfinals
(1) Ruback def. Grey, 6-2, 6-1; (4) Sendich by injury default; (3) Mendez def. Paul Sinuk, 6-4, 6-4; (2) Smith def. Foster, 6-3, 6-4.
Semifinals
(3) Mendez def. (2) Smith.
MEN'S DOUBLES
First round
Kastel and Manelis def. Aversa and Foster, 1-6, 6-4, 7-5; Gomez and Natale def. Cole and Kaljaj; Cinquegrana and Okte def. Adams and Changlong, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4; Cintron and Molina def. Rayman and Wojtowicz, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Fernando and Rosenstock def. Sangree and Singh, 6-1, 6-1; Feldman and Savage def. DiSaverio and Louis, 6-2, 6-3; Evenden and Narus by injury default; Field and Gerber def. Gulino and Tavares, 6-2, 6-0.
Round of 16
(1) Crabb and Stewart def. Kastel and Manelis, 6-0, 6-0; Gomez and Natale def. Rork and Schmitt, 6-4, 6-3; (4) Elfant and Loewenthal def. Cinquegrana and Okte, 6-0, 6-2; Fernando and Rosenstock by injury default; Feldman and Savage def. (3) Baranov and Benhaim, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Kazinian and Makichyan def. Evenden and Narus, 6-1, 6-3; (2) Parker and Smiley def. Field and Gerber, 6-2, 6-0.
Quarterfinals
(1) Crabb and Stewart def. Gomez and Natale, 6-1, 7-6 (4); (2) Parker and Smiley def. Kazinian and Makichyan, 6-1, 6-0; Fernando and Rosenstock by injury default; Caradonna and Scala by inj. default.
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Local standout wins tourney
The Bergen County Record
source: www.bergen.com
Sunday, August 29, 2004
TENAFLY - Second-seeded Phil Stolt defeated top-seeded Jaymon Crabb, 26, of Australia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, Saturday to win the men's singles competition of the SelectWave Open at the Tenafly Racquet Club. Crabb is ranked 380 in the ATP and won a first-round match at the 2002 Australian Open.
"I've heard a lot about him," said Stolt of his competitor. "I was fortunate to get a match like this. That's the reason I play these tournaments."
Stolt was able to break Crabb's serve once to pull away in the first set, but Crabb returned the favor in the second set, breaking Stolt three times. Stolt, however, simply overpowered Crabb in the deciding set.
"With these fast indoor courts I feel confident I can hold serve," he said. "It was a great tournament and it was great to win."
Crabb had some consolation by winning the men's doubles competition with his partner Brodie Stewart, 18, also of Australia. Crabb and Stewart defeated former Newark Academy players Jamal Parker and Rahman Smiley, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5.
Barry Ruback of River Vale, the head pro at Tenafly Racquet Club, defeated Raul Mendez of Ringwood, 6-3, 6-0, in the men's 35 and over singles. This is the second year of the SelectWave tournament, which is the largest Eastern Tennis Association tournament this year.
- Rob Celentano
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Stolt is eager to be the 'Future' of tennis
The Bergen County Record
source: www.bergen.com
Thursday, August 29, 2004
By AL IANNAZZONE, STAFF WRITER
As he watched Andy Roddick win the U.S. Open last year, Phil Stolt never thought that could have been him had he not gone to college. Stolt thought that could be him after he graduated.
Stolt and Roddick were both among the top 10 juniors in the country, but Stolt, an Upper Saddle River native, wasn't ready to turn pro. He earned his finance degree from the University of Illinois in May, racking up impressive honors. He was rated the No. 2 college player in the country, and helped the Fighting Illini to their first NCAA tennis championship.
Now Stolt, 23, is out of college. He wants what Roddick has. Stolt, whose serve clocks in consistently in the 120s and occasionally in the 130s, wants the fame, glory, and money. Most of all, the 6-foot-4½ Stolt wants to be recognized as one of the world's best tennis players.
"One of my goals is to play in the U.S. Open," said Stolt, a two-time singles State champion at Northern Highlands. "I don't think it's out of the question for me to do it."
Stolt has begun his professional career this summer, participating in several Futures events. He earned five ATP points, which improved his world ranking from about 1,500 to about 1,000. Stolt wants to be 600 by this time next year, and advance to playing in Challengers.
Those ambitions are admirable, but costly for pros in the early stages of their careers. Stolt estimated coaching alone is $60,000 to $80,000 per year. When you add airfare, hotels, food, the cost of rackets and restringing them, it becomes a small fortune.
Stolt doesn't have that kind of money, so he's seeking help from investors to sponsor what he believes is a budding tennis career.
He's put together an impressive professionally done portfolio - listing some of his accomplishments - that he will send potential investors this week. That also cost him a tidy sum.
"It's really the initial phase that's most expensive," Stolt said. "Hopefully I can succeed in the next year or two and actually give a return to the investors if I wind up making money."
It's a Catch-22 for Stolt. He needs to play these Futures tournaments to earn ATP points, but they don't pay much unless he wins. So he's adding prize-money tournaments - including one in Tenafly this weekend, which he won - to bolster his bank account. But those tourneys don't give him ATP points.
Last week, Stolt won the singles title of the Purnell Thomas Memorial Tournament in Salisbury, Md., beating his former teammate Brian Wilson - the No. 1 college player in the country. The two teamed up to win doubles.
In all, Stolt won $5,750 in Maryland. That will help pay for upcoming tour events, and his move to Florida in a few weeks. Stolt will play in one of Florida's tennis academies, to improve his game so he can earn those all-important ATP points.
"He'd always had a goal to be a professional player," said Criag Tiley, Stolt's college coach. "He has the size, the athleticism, and experience to do that."
"I'm very confident he will do well and his ranking will drop drastically pretty soon," added Tiley, who once served as captain of South Africa's Davis Cup team. "I think he could surprise some people with the potential success he could have."
In addition to Stolt's serve, which Tiley called a "huge weapon," Stolt has a strong one-handed backhand, and is improving his game coming to the net. Stolt said he looks up to the world's No. 1 player Roger Federer, and tries to pattern his game after him.
Stolt is driven to be a successful tennis pro, but he's taking a practical approach to his athletic career.
"I'm a graduate in finance. That's a good degree," he said. "I'm going to give [tennis] a year or two. If I'm still struggling and still playing in Futures at that point I'm going to stop and get a job.
"But my hope is that I will be winning the Futures and playing in and winning the Challengers. Then I've moved up to the next step. That's a good road to continue on."
It's a road that may lead Stolt to the U.S. Open.
E-mail: iannazzone@northjersey.com
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