The Select Medical Orange County Cup is kicking off on June 16th and the professional draws for all five divisions of play have officially been released. It’s time to dive into the excitement!
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Womens Doubles
- Defending medalists: Waters/Parenteau, Pisnik/Irvine, Black/Todd
- Will the final be Breakup Showdown Round 2, with Waters/Bright (1) vs. Parenteau/Rohrabacher (2)?
- Second tournament together for Jorja Johnson/Lacy Schneemann (4) – they beat Waters/Parenteau at the Finals in December ’24.
- Pisnik/Fahey (7) improve every week as partners and will be in the mix for a deep run.
- Watch out for: First time partners Etta Tuionetoa and Jackie Kawamoto (6) – can they find chemistry to pull off an upset or several?
Mens Doubles
- Defending medalists: Frazier/Johnson, Patriquin/Tellez, Bar/McGuffin
- How close is men’s doubles? The top two seeds Ben Johns/Tardio and Staksrud/Patriquin have the exact same amount of ranking points, so the 1 seed goes to Johns/Tardio because Johns has the most individual points of the four.
- Riley Newman out with injury so Roscoe Bellamy returns from injury to play with Matt Wright as the 9 seed.
- Potential Johns vs. Johns quarterfinal: Ben with Tardio (1), Collin with Ignatowich (6).
- Watch out for: Ice & Ice – JW Johnson and CJ Klinger (4) were magnificent in winning the Atlanta Slam over Johns/Tardio.
Mixed Doubles
- Defending medalists: Anna Leigh Waters/Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau/Christian Alshon, JW & Jorja Johnson
- Top 3 seeds: Waters/Johns (1), Johnsons (2), Tuionetoa/Alshon (3) – 5 of the 6 same players from the podium in 2024.
- First time partners Todd/Daescu are a talented 10 seed.
- Double digit dangerous seeds: L Jansen/Oncins (13) and Fahey/Khlif (17)
- OG round of 32 potential matchup: Kovalova/Wright (22) vs. Smith/Devilliers (15)
- Watch out for: the SHOCKing 5 seed – Bright and Patriquin could make a deep run.
Womens Singles
- Defending Medalists: Anna Leigh Waters, Catherine Parenteau, Judit Castillo
- Kate Fahey (2) keeps getting closer vs. Waters – won her first game against her in the Atlanta Slam final before losing in 3.
- Jansen vs. Jansen (Fink) as Lea, the 6 seed, could battle Helena, the 12 seed, in the round of 16.
- Jorja Johnson (15) looking to make deeper runs in singles but would face a potential round of 16 matchup with Fahey.
- Watch out for: Brooke Buckner (5) – will she find her best form and hit the podium?
Mens Singles
- Defending Medalists: Chris Haworth, Federico Staksrud, Ben Johns
- Staksrud (1) has just one win in 2025 at The Masters – the first event of the year.
- Top half potential quarterfinals: Staksrud (1) vs. Frazier (7) & Johns (4) vs. Alshon (8)
- Bottom half potential quarterfinals: H. Johnson (2) vs. Martinez Vich (5) and Garnett (3) vs. McGuffin (6)
- Watch out for: Grayson Goldin (17) – strong singles player who is now signed with the Tour – will he make a statement in Cali?