WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., August 15, 2011 – Jack Sock of Lincoln Neb., successfully defended his title at the USTA Boys’ 18s National Championships and Lauren Davis of Gates Mills, Ohio, captured the USTA Girls’ 18s title on Sunday, to earn wild card entries into the men’s and women’s main draws of the 2011 US Open.

The nation’s top junior tennis players competed in eight USTA National Championships across the country last week.  The singles and doubles champions at the USTA Boys’ and Girls’ 18s events are awarded wild card entries into the US Open main draw.  The singles runners-up in the boys’ and girls’ 18s divisions are traditionally offered wild card entries into the US Open Qualifying Tournament.

Sock, 18, who entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed, did not drop a set during the during the event and beat No. 2 seed Mitchell Frank of Annandale, Va., 6-3, 6-0, in the final at Kalamazoo College in Michigan to become the first back-to-back USTA Boys’ 18s National Champion since Donald Young in 2005-06.  Sock, the reigning US Open boys’ champion, also won the doubles title with fellow Nebraskan Jackson Withrow of Omaha, and becomes the first player to sweep the boys’ 18s singles and doubles titles since Young in 2006.

Davis, 17, who is coached by John Evert and trains regularly with Chris Evert at the Evert Academy in Boca Raton, Fla., beat No. 4 seed Nicole Gibbs of Santa Monica, Calif., 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-4, in Sunday’s girls’ 18s final at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, and will make her second appearance in a Grand Slam main draw; she won a USTA playoff in December to earn a wild card into the 2011 Australian Open, where she faced Samantha Stosur in the first round.  Gibbs, a rising sophomore who helped lead the Stanford Cardinal to the NCAA women’s team final in May, was the girls’ 18s runner-up for the second consecutive year.

Highlights from other USTA Junior National Championships

Ronnie Schneider, a 16-year-old from Bloomington, Ind., swept the singles and doubles titles at the USTA Boys’ 16s National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich.  The No. 2 seed, Schneider beat reigning USTA Boys’ 16s National Clay Court Champion Luca Corinteli of Alexandria, Va., 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-2, to win the singles title, and teamed with Yale Goldberg of Beachwood, Ohio, to capture the doubles title.

No. 3 seed Peggy Porter, a 15-year-old from Dallas, followed up her win at the USTA Girls’ 16s National Clay Court Championships by defeating No. 15 seed Alyssa Smith of Laguna Niguel, Calif., 7-6(8), 6-4, to win the USTA Girls’ 16s National Championships in San Diego.

No. 2 seed Cameron Klinger, a 14-year-old from San Jose, Calif., swept the singles and doubles titles at the USTA Boys’ 14s National Championships in San Antonio.  Klinger beat No. 14 seed Jake Devine of Boca Raton, Fla., 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-1, to win the singles title, and partnered with 2009 USTA Boys’ 12s National Clay Court Champion Tommy Paul of Greenville, N.C., to win the doubles title.

Below is the complete list of results from the finals of this week’s USTA National Championships. The complete draws are available on www.usta.com.

USTA Boys’ 18s National Championships
Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Mich., August 5-14
Singles: (1) Jack Sock, Lincoln, Neb., d. (2) Mitchell Frank, Annandale, Va., 6-3, 6-0.
Doubles: (1) Jack Sock, Lincoln, Neb., and Jackson Withrow, Omaha, Neb., d. (5) Mitchell Frank, Annandale, Va., and Junior Ore, Gaithersburg, Md., 7-6(5), 6-3.

USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships
Barnes Tennis Center, San Diego, August 6-14
Singles: (1) Lauren Davis, Gates Mills, Ohio, d. (4) Nicole Gibbs, Santa Monica, Calif., 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-4.
Doubles: (2) Samantha Crawford, Tamarac, Fla., and Madison Keys, Boca Raton, Fla., d. Jennifer Brady, Boca Raton, Fla., and Kendal Woodard, Stockbridge, Ga., 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

USTA Boys’ 16s National Championships
Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Mich., August 5-14
Singles:  (2) Ronnie Schneider, Bloomington, Ind., d. (4) Luca Corinteli, Alexandria, Va., 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-2.
Doubles: (1) Yale Goldberg, Beachwood, Ohio, and Ronnie Schneider, Bloomington, Ind., d. (5) Gregory Garcia, Poway, Calif., and Joseph Di Giulio, Newport Beach, Calif., 6-7(2), 6-1, 6-3.

USTA Girls’ 16s National Championships
Barnes Tennis Center, San Diego, August 6-14
Singles: (3) Peggy Porter, Dallas, d. (15) Alyssa Smith, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 7-6(8), 6-4.
Doubles: (2) Mariana Gould, Boise, Id., and Spencer Liang, Potomac, Md., d. (3) Dasha Ivanova, Beaverton, Ore., and Mia King, Hendersonville, N.C., 4-6, 6-0, 6-4.

USTA Boys’ 14s National Championships
McFarlin Tennis Center, San Antonio, August 7-12
Singles: (2) Cameron Klinger, San Jose, Calif., d. (14) Jake Devine, Boca Raton, Fla., 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-1.
Doubles: (1) Cameron Klinger, San Jose, Calif., and Tommy Paul, Greenville, N.C., d. Kalman Boyd, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and Crews Enochs, Marietta, Ga., 6-3, 6-3.

USTA Girls’ 14s National Championships
Peachtree City Tennis Center, Peachtree City, Ga., August 6-11
Singles: (1) Lauren Goodman, Fort Wayne, Ind., d. (6) Mia Horvit, Parkland, Fla., 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles: (3) Andie Daniell, Douglasville, Ga., and Karina Traxler, Rockwall, Texas, d. (1) Ellyse Hamlin, Fairfield, Conn., and Meghan Kelley, Falmouth, Maine, 6-0, 7-6(3).

USTA Boys’ 12s National Championships
Burns Park Tennis Center, North Little Rock, Ark., August 7-12
Singles: (2) Alexander del Corral, Doral, Fla., d. (1) Nathan Perrone, Mount Laurel, N.J., 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles: (2) Sam Riffice, Roseville, Calif., and Noah Schachter, Steilacoom, Wash., d. (1) Patrick Kypson, Greenville, N.C., and Alexander del Corral, Doral, Fla., 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.

USTA Girls’ 12s National Championships
Windward Lake Club, Alpharetta, Ga., August 7-12
Singles: (1) Catherine Bellis, Atherton, Calif., d. (5) Michaela Gordon, Los Altos Hills, Calif., 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles: (4) Samantha Martinelli, Denver, and Delaney Nothaft, Tempe, Ariz., d. (2) Kayla Day, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Michaela Gordon, Los Altos Hills, Calif., 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4).