12th Annual Memorial Day Open Tennis Championship

Spring Valley Lake Country Club
Spring Valley Lake, California
May 27-29, 2000

The Men’s Open Division Final found John Siefke, age fifteen, looking across the net at James Wessel, of Cal Poly Pomona, a 6'4” nineteen-year-old, who was seeded #1 in this tournament. John said before the match, “I want Wessel."

From the first game John showed clear signs of confidence and control as he rocketed powerful serves and delivered punishing groundstrokes and crisp net play.

The match was entertaining and a real crowd-pleaser, and the spectators came to their feet in applause when John won 6-1 6-4, and became the youngest player ever to win the Spring Valley Lake/Desert Community Bank Open Singles Title.

Men’s Open Singles

Seed	First round	Semifinals	Final	Champion
1	James Wessel	Wessel	Wessel	Siefke 61 64
	David Ceballos	Wessel
	Justin Harper
	Brian Gill
	Paul Ramos		Siefke
	Edward Dugaduga
	Kenny Reveteriano	Siefke
2	John Siefke	Siefke
Tournament director: Hassan Humayun

Seeds

	Player
1	James Wessel
2	John Siefke