Colorado’s Cory Ross and Iowa’s Marina McCollom capture singles titles at the USPTA Hard Court Championships

Cory Ross, the No. 3 seed, of Denver, claimed the men’s open title at the $10,000 United States Professional Tennis Association Hard Court Championships Sunday at the Hollytree Country Club in Tyler, Texas. Ross upset the No. 1 seed, Trace Fielding of San Antonio, 7-6, 6-2, for the championship. Marina McCollom of Ames, Iowa, earned the women’s open championship title by going undefeated in round robin play. McCollom defeated Brittany Serret of Alexandria, La., by a walkover due to injury. McCollom later joined forces with Paulo Barros of Orlando, Fla., to win the mixed open doubles title. With this win, McCollom ends 2008 by winning the women’s open singles title in four of the five USPTA surface tournaments, including the International Championships.

The tournament, which was held from Oct. 24-26, was sponsored by Hembree Chiropractic and Tyler Beverages and included events in the following categories: men’s and women’s open singles, men’s open doubles, men’s 45 singles and mixed open doubles. The competition featured several of the top men and women tennis-teaching professionals in the country.

Below is a complete list of results from final-round matches:

Men's Open Singles Finals

Cory Ross (3), Denver, def. Trace Fielding (1), San Antonio, 7-6, 6-2.

Women's Open Singles Round Robin

Marina McCollom, Ames, Iowa, def. Brittany Serret, Alexandria, La., Wo (inj). McCollom def. Jackie Bohannon, 5-7, 7-5, 3-0 Ret (inj). McCollom def. Elana Engleman, Bossier City, La., 6-0, 6-1.

Men's 45-and-over Singles Finals

Patrick Serret (1), Alexandria, La., def. Stephen Poorman (2), Southlake, Texas, 6-2, 6-3.

Men's Open Doubles Finals

Peter Richman and Cory Ross (2), Denver, def. Jory Ereckson, Georgetown, Texas, and Raul Morant-Rivas, Corpus Christi, Texas, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6.

Mixed Open Doubles Finals

Paulo Barros, Orlando, Fla., and Marina McCollom (1), Ames, Iowa, def. Patrick Serret and Brittany Serret, Alexandria, La., 6-2, 6-3.

The tournament was the final one for 2008 in a series of national tournaments on several court surfaces that the USPTA offered to its members as part of the USPTA National Surface Championship Series.

The national tournaments are open to members in good standing. For additional information, please contact the USPTA at 800-USPTA-4U. USPTA Professionals may log in to the “members only” section of the USPTA Web site at www.uspta.com for more information.