{"id":35489,"date":"2023-11-28T03:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=35489"},"modified":"2023-11-28T03:28:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T16:28:01","slug":"winners-crowned-at-2023-australian-tennis-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2023\/11\/28\/winners-crowned-at-2023-australian-tennis-championships","title":{"rendered":"Winners crowned at 2023 Australian Tennis Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Australia\u2019s leading players with an intellectual impairment (PWII) and players who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHoH) converged on Melbourne for the annual Australian Tennis Championships.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A total of 69 players competed for national titles at the four-day event, which was held at Tennis World Albert Reserve from 23-26 November.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis Australia\u2019s Director of Pathways and Tennis Services Lawrence Robertson was thrilled to welcome competitors from across seven Australian states and territories to the championships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are a very proud Grand Slam and tennis nation, and this event is such a critical part of ensuring players of all ages and abilities have limitless opportunities,\u201d Robertson said.<\/p>\n<p>Australian legend John Fitzgerald led the event\u2019s opening ceremony and spent time with competitors and their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt brings a smile to my face, and everyone at Tennis Australia, to see such a successful event grow every year,\u201d the former world No.1 doubles player said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations to our Victorian athletes for their achievements over the four days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"table\">\n<table width=\"763\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Australian Tennis Championships 2023<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i>Event<\/i><\/td>\n<td><em>Champion<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>Runner-up<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>II-1 men\u2019s singles division one<\/td>\n<td>Archie Graham (Qld)<\/td>\n<td>Mitchell James (Qld)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>II-1 men\u2019s singles division two<\/td>\n<td>Alex Baker (Qld)<\/td>\n<td><strong>Senya Rudoy (Vic)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>II-1 men\u2019s singles division three<\/td>\n<td><strong>Andrew Bascetta (Vic)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Sai Aman Ramadani (Qld)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>II-1 women\u2019s singles division one<\/td>\n<td>Andriana Petrakis (SA)<\/td>\n<td>Kelly Wren (NSW)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>II-1 women\u2019s singles division two<\/td>\n<td>Schapelle Conway (NSW)<\/td>\n<td>Emma Mangan (Qld)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>II-1 men\u2019s doubles<\/td>\n<td>Archie Graham (Qld)\/Zarey Sou (NSW)<\/td>\n<td>Joshua Holloway (Qld)\/Mitchell James (Qld)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>II-1 women\u2019s doubles<\/td>\n<td><strong>Carla Lenarduzzi (Vic)<\/strong> \/Kelly Wren (NSW)<\/td>\n<td><strong>Siobhan Johnson (Vic)<\/strong> \/Andriana Petrakis (SA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>II-2 open singles<\/td>\n<td>Timothy Gould (Qld)<\/td>\n<td>Sai Aman Ramadani (Qld)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>II-3 men\u2019s singles division one<\/td>\n<td>Hunter Thompson (Qld)<\/td>\n<td>Hayden Ballard (Qld)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>II-3 men\u2019s singles division two<\/td>\n<td>Nicholas Costa (SA)<\/td>\n<td><strong>Daniel Cross (Vic)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>II-3 women\u2019s singles<\/td>\n<td>Amy Potts (Qld)<\/td>\n<td>Lillie Eadie (Qld)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>II-3 open doubles<\/td>\n<td>Hunter Thompson (Qld)\/Hayden Ballard (Qld)<\/td>\n<td>Tom Collins (SA)\/Simon Ma (NSW)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18\/u PWII boys\u2019 singles division one<\/td>\n<td>Hayden Ballard (Qld)<\/td>\n<td>Simon Ma (NSW)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18\/u PWII boys\u2019 singles division two<\/td>\n<td>Orlando Thompson (Qld)<\/td>\n<td><strong>Toby Langford (Vic)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18\/u PWII girls\u2019 singles<\/td>\n<td>Amy Potts (Qld)<\/td>\n<td>Chloe Dunn (Qld)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18\/u PWII open doubles<\/td>\n<td>Orlando Thompson (Qld)\/Ocean Lindner (Qld)<\/td>\n<td>Jesse Howard (Qld)\/Lillie Eadie (Qld)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DHoH men\u2019s singles<\/td>\n<td>Rhylee Jackson (Qld)<\/td>\n<td><strong>Justin Smith (Vic)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DHoH women\u2019s singles<\/td>\n<td>Macy Lace (SA)<\/td>\n<td>Natalie Tamburro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DHoH open doubles<\/td>\n<td><strong>Ryder Smith (Vic)<\/strong> \/Rhylee Jackson (Qld)<\/td>\n<td><strong>Cameron Bertalli (Vic) \/Justin Smith (Vic)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DHoH 18\/u open singles<\/td>\n<td>Rhylee Jackson (Qld)<\/td>\n<td><strong>Ryder Smith (Vic)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.tennis.com.au\/sport\/draws.aspx?id=40ed0f89-2a46-4b05-bee3-f24f9add7112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&gt; VIEW: Full results from the 2023 Australian Tennis Championships<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Find your way to play:<\/strong>\u00a0Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.tennis.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">play.tennis.com.au<\/a>\u00a0to get out on court and have some fun!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 69 players competed for national titles at the four-day event, which was held at Tennis World Albert Reserve from 23-26 November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6373,"featured_media":35497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}