June 7, 2022

Back in the fall of 2016, Ryan Seggerman was a 16-year-old Coronado High School junior who took advantage of a USTA wild card alongside his buddy Timmy Sah to advance all the way to the Irvine ITF Pro Futures doubles final falling to current Top 50 ATP player Mackie McDonald and Deiton Baughman.

Fast forward six and a half years and Seggerman once again cashed in on his wild card fortunes, this time in singles and at the inaugural SoCal Pro Circuit’s second tournament being played this week on the campus of the University of San Diego.

Now 22-years-old and a recent Princeton University graduate, Seggerman on Tuesday defeated rising Ohio State sophomore Jack Anthrop of Florida, 7-6 (1), 6-3, for his first ATP point in singles advancing to the second round where he will face Rancho Santa Fe’s Kalman Boyd on Thursday. 

“I am really happy to get the win and my first ATP point in singles,” said Seggerman, wearing a Princeton Tennis t-shirt. “I really wanted that one. It was tough and close and just came down to a few big points in each set. I’m glad it went my way.”

Seggerman held the No. 1 ranking as a junior in Southern California in the 12s, 14s, 16s, and 18s. He studied operations research and financial engineering at one of the country’s most elite Ivy League schools. He has enrolled at the University of North Carolina in the fall and will play his fifth-year Covid season for the Tar Heels next season.

Seggerman was one of four SoCal players who won first-round men’s matches on Tuesday as Boyd, La Mesa wild-card Siem Woldeab and Irvine’s Kyle Kang all advanced.

In what could be the match of the first round, two highly touted SoCal teenagers will battle it out on Wednesday as Irvine’s Learner Tien plays Rancho Santa Fe qualifier Hudson Rivera. Men’s top-seeded Gage Brymer, who advanced to the singles final at last week’s event, will open play Wednesday against unseeded Fletcher Scott at 10 a.m. Denmark’s August Holmgen, who beat Brymer in last week’s final and also won the doubles title, takes on qualifier Jacob Brumm of Rancho Santa Fe in his first round also at 10 a.m. Holmgren has been on fire the past few weeks having advanced to the NCAA Division I Singles final playing for USD.

On the women’s side, top-seeded Jessica Fallia of Ramona will take on fellow San Diego County player and wild-card Megan McCray of Oceanside. Both won first-round matches on Tuesday. In the only main draw women’s match played, Torrance’s Kimi Hance of UCLA took out Katja Wiersholm in three sets. San Diego 17-year-old Katherine Hui fought her way through to the main draw winning her second qualifying match Tuesday.

The is the second week of the SoCal Pro Circuit with last week’s tournaments taking place at Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club. Next week the circuit heads to Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego. Each tournament features men’s and women’s main draws of 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams. Each tournament is open to the public, with free admission.

Following its San Diego County swing, the SoCal Pro Circuit resumes June 27-July 3 at Jack Kramer Club in Rolling Hills Estates before moving onto Los Caballeros Sports Village in Fountain Valley July 4-10 and concluding July 11-17 at Lakewood Tennis Center in Lakewood.

Weekend semifinals and finals matches will be live-streamed and commentating will be done by Cracked Racquets and podcaster Alex Gruskin.

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