Over 22,000 men and women have competed in circuit events since it began in 1993. The circuit is the brainchild of Indiana head women's tennis coach Lin Loring and provides college (and junior) players the opportunity to compete in organized events virtually year round. It is made up of six regional circuits (East, Southeast, Midwest, Central, Southwest and West) and each region consists of four consecutive open tournaments played during the month of July, leading up to the August 9-13 ITA National Summer Championships in Bloomington, Indiana. New in 2008 will be two extra circuit events in the state of Colorado. Note: Registration forms will be done online this year and available this spring on the ITA website, www.ITAtennis.com. Details for each site will also be available in April.
East
Week 1 Tressel Municipal Tennis Center (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) - July 1-5*
Week 2 Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) – July 12-15
Week 3 Penn State Univ. (University Park, Pennsylvania) – July 19-22
Week 4 Cornell Univ. (Ithaca, New York) - July 26-29
* - ITA Summer Clay Court Championship
Southeast
Week 1 Florida State Univ. (Tallahassee, Florida) - July 8-10
Week 2 University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) - July 12-14
Week 3 Univ. of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC) - July 19-21
Week 4 UNC Greensboro (Greensboro, NC) - July 25-28
Midwest
Week 1 Univ. of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - July 5-8
Week 2 Ohio State (Columbus, Ohio) - July 12-15
Week 3 Western Michigan Univ. (Kalamazoo, Michigan) - July 19-22
Week 3 Indiana Univ. (Bloomington, Indiana) - July 26-29
Texas
Week 1 McMurry Univ./Abilene Christian Univ. (Abilene, Texas) – July 5-7
Week 2 Collin County Comm. College (Plano, Texas) – July 11-14
Week 3 UT-Arlington (Arlington, Texas) – July 19-22
Week 4 Texas A&M Univ. (College Station, Texas) – July 26-29
Central
Week 1 Wichita State (Wichita, Kansas) – July 5-7
Week 2 Kansas State (Manhattan, Kansas) - July 12-14
Week 3 Univ. of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) – July 18-20
Week 4 Washington Univ. (St. Louis, Missouri) – July 26-29
Mountain (New)
Week 1 No events
Week 2 Univ. of Denver (Denver, Colorado) July 12-14
Week 3 U.S. Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs, Colorado) – July 19-21
Week 4 No events
West
Week 1 Balboa Racquet Club (Newport Beach, California) - July 5-7
Week 2 Ventura Comm. College (Ventura, California) - July 12-14
Week 3 Riviera Tennis Club (Pacific Palisades, California) - July 19-21
Week 4 Cal Poly Pomona (Pomona, California) - July 26-28
ITA National Summer Championships at Indiana University August 9-13