Bears Head To Seattle For ITA Regionals

Theo Dean is seeded No. 2 in singles and is part of the third-seeded doubles team in Seattle.

MTEN10/16/2024 5:54 PM | By: Cal Athletics

A host of Golden Bears from the California men’s tennis team will compete in the ITA Northwest Regional Championships starting Thursday and ending Tuesday at the University of Washington’s Nordstrom Tennis Center. The singles finalists and doubles champions from the tournament qualify, respectively, for the NCAA Singles Championship and NCAA Doubles Championship, with Baylor hosting both tournaments from Nov. 19-24 in Waco, Texas.
 
Five Bears are seeded in main draw singles – No. 2 Theo Dean, No. 3 Carl Emil Overbeck, No. 8 Alex Chang, Nos. 9-16 Derrick Chen and Nos. 9-16 Timofey Stepanov. Cal’s Alex Aney, Jonathan Irwanto and Ethan Schiffman will also compete in the singles main draw in Seattle. Cal freshman Bernardo Munk Mesa is playing in qualifying singles at ITA regionals and, since he was given a first-round bye, he needs to win just one qualifying match Thursday to advance to the main draw, which starts Friday.
 
Cal has five duos entered in the doubles main draw in Seattle – second-seeded Alex Chang and Mikey Wright, third-seeded Carl Emil Overbeck and Theo Dean, seventh-seeded Derrick Chen and Timofey Stepanov, Nos. 9-16-seeded Alex Aney and Ethan Schiffman, and Jonathan Irwanto and Bernardo Munk Mesa. The doubles main draw starts Friday.
 
Here more details for regionals:
 
At ITA Northwest Regional Championships
When: Thursday-Tuesday, Oct. 17-22, 8 a.m. PT Thursday-Saturday, 9 a.m. PT Sunday, 10 a.m. Monday and Tuesday
Where: Nordstrom Tennis Center, Seattle, Wash.
Watch: Nordstrom live stream and live scores
Draws: https://calbea.rs/4h570aD
ITA Tournament Page
 
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Several Bears competed in the recent KPSF Open professional tournament in San Francisco, with Cal senior Carl Emil Overbeck defeating teammate and doubles partner Theo Dean 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 in Sunday’s final. The semifinals were an all-Bear affair as well, with Overbeck beating Timofey Stepanov 6-2, 7-6(5) and Dean besting Derrick Chen 6-2, 6-1 at the annual event held at the Goldman Tennis Center in Golden Gate Park.
 
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