LA JOLLA, Calif. — The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has selected UC San Diego as one of the host sites for this year's ITA Summer Masters Series powered by WTN. The competition will take place June 20-23 at UC San Diego's Northview Tennis Courts.
 
The Tritons are one of six sites selected as part of this year's series. The tournaments are designed by the ITA to allow current and former college athletes, along with high-level juniors, the opportunity to have competitive match play over the summer.
 
Draws are flighted based on a player's World Tennis Number (WTN). The top two finishers earn automatic qualification to the ITA National Summer Championships, which will be held August 9-12.
 
In order to participate, athletes will need both an ITA Player Membership and WTN. Registration will be available soon on the ITA's website.
 
The tournament only features singles competition. The men's competition runs June 20-22 and the women's competition runs June 21-23.

About the Intercollegiate Tennis Association
Originally founded in 1956 by the legendary UCLA men's tennis coach, J. D. Morgan, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) is the governing body of college tennis, overseeing men's and women's varsity tennis at all levels – NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and Junior/Community College. Officially incorporated in 1978 as the Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association (ITCA), for over the past four decades the ITA has worked hard to achieve its charter goals: (1) "To foster and encourage the playing of intercollegiate tennis in accordance with the highest tradition of sportsmanship and consistent with the general objectives of higher education." (2) "To develop among the intercollegiate coaches a deeper sense of responsibility in teaching, promoting, maintaining, and conducting the game of tennis." And, (3) "To educate and serve those individuals and groups who are involved in collegiate tennis: junior and college players, their coaches and parents, and the at-large tennis public."
 
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Divisions I and II.