The 2025 APP Great Lakes Open Tournament Preview

The Greater Midland Tennis Center, in Midland, Michigan, is hosting the 2025 APP Great Lakes Open from August 13-17.

This is the eighth stop on the APP Tour in 2025, and looks to be a fun and exciting tournament.

How to Watch the APP Great Lakes Open 

*All times Eastern

Coverage is broadcast on APPTV YouTube, Court Sports Network and Facebook

• Thurs 8/14: Singles - 10 am–4 pm ET
• Fri 8/15: Mixed Doubles - 12–6 pm ET
• Sat 8/16: Gender Doubles - 12–6 pm ET
• Sun 8/17: Championship Sunday - 12–6 pm ET

Weather Outlook

The first two days of the tournament look to be ideal conditions. However, Saturday and Sunday look like they could be marred by rain in the evening (Saturday) and the morning (Sunday).

Quick Hits in each Event

Women’s Singles

• Sofia Sewing is the #1 seed and has the most golds on tour this year among women
• #4 seed, Katerina Stewart won the APP Newport Beach Open, the last APP event this year
• Players outside the top four seeds to watch out for are #10 Daria Walczak and #20 Emilia Schmidt

Prediction: Sewing beats Bobbi Oshiro in the finals to get back on the gold medal stand

Men’s Singles

• Some of the top men thus far in 2025 in singles are not playing in this event, so this field is wide open - in fact, the three medalists from the last event are not playing
• #1 Jack Foster has never earned an APP Tour gold medal, but has come close several times in his career
• Players outside the top seeds to watch out for are #16 Max Wild and #18 Naveen Beasley

Prediction: I think something crazy happens in men’s singles, so I am going with Dustin Boyer over Ammar Wazir in the final

Mixed Doubles

• Since Jack Munro is not playing this one, Megan Fudge has partnered with Andre Millet and they are the 4 seed
• Christine Maddox and Max “Purple Jesus” Manthou are partnered up and have won gold before on the APP Tour
• Casey Diamond and Sofia Sewing won silver in APP Newport Beach, but they are #8 seed
• Partnerships outside the top four seeds to watch out for are #11 Kelsey Grambeau/Robert Slutsky and #9 Daria Walczak/Kyle Koszuta

Prediction: Purple Jesus and Christine Maddox beat Jill Braverman and Richard Livornese, Jr.

Women’s Doubles

• Both of the top 2 seeds have won gold on tour this year
  • #1 - Jill Braverman/Megan Fudge
  • #2 - Emily Cederquist/Yana Newell
• #5 Sofia Sewing and Bobbi Oshiro played together for the first time in APP Newport Beach and earned a bronze medal, can they repeat?
• Daria Walczak, who has been mentioned before, is playing with Allison Harris and they are the #3 seed

Prediction: Newell and Cederquist defeat Sewing and Oshiro in the finals

Men’s Doubles

• Richard Livornese, Jr and Tanner Tomassi are the #1 seed, which is fitting, since they just won their first gold medal together in APP Newport Beach last month
• Max Manthou is actually playing with Ben Newell, instead of his normal partner, Erik Lange, and they are the #2 seed - I don’t expect a ton of dinking from this duo
• With so many men who normally medal, missing, there very well could be some chaos in men’s doubles this weekend

Prediction: I am calling for some sort of craziness in men’s doubles as well, so I am going to pick Livornese and Tomassi over Len Yang and Thomas Yu in the finals