Connecticut High School Tennis Championships All Played Indoors

CONNECTICUT — In some regards, the state championship matches in Connecticut high school tennis Thursday seemed like old times. Staples boys and girls swept the Class LL finals, winning titles for the fifth and third straight year, respectively. The boys from Darien and the girls from Daniel Hand each won their second consecutive championship, interrupted only by the coronavirus pandemic which canceled the spring season in 2020.

On the other side of the coin, Granby won a boys championship for the first time in more than four decades, while the girls team from Old Lyme won a state title for the first time ever. Adding to the mix was the fact that instead of Wesleyan University, the finals were contested at four different indoor venues, all in Hartford County, which proved to be a wise decision when rain began to fall.

It was a day when a No. 7 seed won a title, a No. 14 seed competed in the finals and just one of eight matchups featured the top two seeds. It was a day when tennis fans saw a little bit of everything.

Here is a brief recap of Championship Day; click the headers for complete brackets.

CLASS LL
at Tennis and Fitness Center of Rocky Hill
Boys
No. 1 Staples 7, No. 14 Westhill 0
Fifth straight title for Staples, 23rd overall
Girls
No. 5 Staples 4, No. 2 Amity Regional 3
Third straight title for the Wreckers (first in LL), fifth overall

CLASS L
at East Hartford Tennis Club
Boys
No. 2 Darien 4, No. 5 Wilton 2
Second straight title for Darien, 18th overall
Girls
No. 1 Daniel Hand 7, No. 3 Avon 0
Second straight title for the Tigers (first in L), fifth overall

CLASS M
at Tennis Center of Newington
Boys
No. 2 Avon 6, No. 4 East Lyme 1
Avon's first championship since 2013, sixth overall
Girls
No. 3 Joel Barlow 4, No. 4 Weston 3
Barlow's first title since 2015, 15th overall

CLASS S
at Magic Lincer Tennis Club of Manchester
Boys
No. 7 Granby 4, No. 1 Westbrook 3
Third title for the Bears, first since 1980
Girls
No. 1 Old Lyme 5, No. 2 Litchfield 2
First-ever state title for Old Lyme

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