Fields Revealed For Boys' And Girls' State Tennis Tournaments

CONNECTICUT — Beginning Friday, more than 150 scholastic tennis teams will take to the hardcourts in search of a state title, kicking off the CIAC boys and girls tennis tournaments.

A total of 85 girls' teams and 71 boys' squads qualified for the tournaments, with 42 teams (23 girls' and 19 boys') hailing from schools in Hartford and Tolland counties.

Qualifying rounds are slated for Friday, with first-round action commencing Friday and Saturday at the home courts of the higher seeds. All eight finals will be played May 30 at a site to be determined.

Here are the pairings involving schools from the area. Click the class headers for complete brackets.

BOYS

Class LL
2023 champion: Greenwich

1st round

• No. 15 Manchester at No. 2 Greenwich
• No. 14 Wilbur Cross at No. 3 Glastonbury
• No. 13 Trumbull at No. 4 East Hartford
• No. 10 Southington at No. 7 Westhill
• No. 9 West Haven at No. 8 Hall

Class L
2023 champion: Wilton

Qualifying

• No. 18 Bristol Central at No. 15 Fairfield Ludlowe
• No. 17 Simsbury at No. 16 Fitch

1st round

• Fitch/Simsbury winner at No. 1 Newtown
• Fairfield Ludlowe/Bristol Central winner at No. 2 Amity Regional
• No. 10 Xavier at No. 7 South Windsor
• No. 9 Farmington at No. 8 Wilton

Class M
2023 champion: Avon

Qualifying

• No. 19 Tolland at No. 14 Watertown

1st round

• Ledyard/Jonathan Law winner at No. 1 Ellington
• Lyman Hall/New London winner at No. 2 Lewis Mills
• Watertown/Tolland winner at No. 3 Berlin
• No. 12 Avon at No. 5 Joel Barlow
• No. 10 Rocky Hill at No. 7 Weston
• No. 9 E.O. Smith at No. 8 Abbott Tech

Class S
2023 champion: Stonington

Qualifying

• No. 17 East Hampton-Portland at No. 16 Granby

1st round

• Granby/East Hampton-Portland winner at No. 1 Westbrook
• No. 14 Northwest Catholic at No. 3 Holy Cross
• No. 11 Cromwell at No. 6 Suffield

GIRLS

Class LL
2023 champion: New Canaan

Qualifying

• No. 23 Middletown at No. 10 Newington
• No. 22 New Britain at No. 11 Staples
• No. 21 Conard at No. 12 Glastonbury
• No. 20 Brien McMahon at No. 13 Southington
• No. 19 Hamden at No. 14 Manchester

1st round

• Naugatuck/Fairfield Warde winner at No. 2 South Windsor
• Manchester/Hamden winner at No. 3 Maloney
• Southington/McMahon winner at No. 4 Darien
• Glastonbury/Conard winner at No. 5 Fairfield Ludlowe
• Staples/New Britain winner at No. 6 Cheshire
• Newington/Middletown winner at No. 7 Hall
• Wilton/Ridgefield winner at No. 8 East Hartford

Class L
2023 champion: Guilford

Qualifying

• No. 18 Avon at No. 15 East Lyme
• No. 17 Simsbury at No. 16 Masuk

1st round

• Masuk/Simsbury winner at No. 1 Guilford
• East Lyme/Avon winner at No. 2 New Canaan
• Jonathan Law/Woodstock Academy winner at No. 3 Farmington
• Fitch/St. Joseph winner at No. 4 Berlin
• No. 11 Windsor at No. 6 Wethersfield

Class M
2023 champion: Daniel Hand

Qualifying

• No. 22 RHAM at No. 11 Wolcott
• No. 17 Foran at No. 16 Tolland

1st round

• Tolland/Foran winner at No. 1 Watertown
• Lauralton Hall/Sacred Heart Academy winner at No. 4 Ellington
• Nonnewaug/Northwestern winner at No. 5 Suffield
• Wolcott/RHAM winner at No. 6 Waterford

Class S
2023 champion: Old Lyme

Qualifying

• No. 18 Montville at No. 15 Bolton

1st round

• Bolton/Montville winner at No. 2 Old Lyme
• No. 12 Shepaug Valley at No. 5 Coventry
• No. 10 St. Paul at No. 7 Thomaston
• No. 9 Granby at No. 8 Morgan