Western Australia finished runner-up in the 2018 Pizzey Cup that was held from 28 April – 6 May in Queensland. The Pizzey Cup was introduced in 1978 and is a prestigious national schools team tennis championship open to students from year seven through to year 12 from every state and territory.
The only tie that team WA lost was to undefeated New South Wales in the final, who proved to be too strong, defeating WA 14 rubbers to 4, claiming the Pizzey Cup for the 10th consecutive year.
Queensland battled it out against Victoria to win the Bronze medal.
The Tennis Australia Cup is a singles event that runs in conjunction with the Pizzey Cup and WA’s Jerome Iaconi claimed the boys title, defeating Trent Marline (NSW) 6-1 2-6 7-6(6).
The final team standings were as follows:
| Place | Team | Ties Won | Ties Lost | Rubbers Won | Rubbers Lost |
| 1st | NSW | 6 | 0 | 86 | 22 |
| 2nd | WA | 5 | 1 | 68 | 40 |
| 3rd | QLD | 4 | 2 | 61 | 29 |
| 4th | VIC | 3 | 3 | 60 | 30 |
| 5th | SA | 2 | 4 | 35 | 73 |
| 6th | ACT | 1 | 5 | 32 | 76 |
| 7th | TAS | 0 | 6 | 18 | 90 |
The WA team included the following members:
Girls:
Lexie Weir (Coach: David Culley, Club: Cottesloe Tennis Club)
Luna Jokanovic (Coach: Peter Schoolkate, Cottesloe Tennis Club)
Nadia Rajan (Coach: Mark Leuba, Club: Hensman Park Tennis Club)
Hayley Burton (Coach: Mark Leuba, Club: Hensman Park Tennis Club)
Natasha Camer-Pasci (Coach: Brad Dyer, Club: Cottesloe Tennis Club)
Ruby Culley (Coach: David Culley, Club: Cottesloe Tennis Club)
Rachel Mellor (Coach: Rhys McDougall, Club: Hensman Park Tennis Club)
Jamie Lau (Coach: Stefano Iovae, Club: Thornlie Tennis Club)
Reserves: Georgia Tovich, Kayla Myburgh, Belinda Jayaprakash
Boys:
Matthew DeGroot (Coach: Rhys McDougall, Club: Mt Lawley Tennis Club)
Gen Naraya (Coach: Peter Schoolkate, Club: Mosman Park Tennis Club)
Samuel De Andrade (Coach: Peter Schoolkate, Club: Mosman Park Tennis Club)
Jerome Iaconi (Coach: Ian Ketterington, Club: Alexander Park Tennis Club)
Luka Brown (Coach: Joe McCarthy, Club: Cottesloe Tennis Club)
Reuben Giorgio (Coach: Ian Ketterington, Club: Alexander Park Tennis Club)
Ethan Dunn (Coach: Ashley Dyer, Club: Greenwood Tennis Club)
Nikola Dotlic (Coach: Mike Privett, Club: Bayswater Tennis Club)
Reserves: Michael Frayne, Jasper Patterson, Oscar Giorgio
Tennis West would like to congratulate all of the athletes who competed and thank all of the coaches, parents and volunteers who accompanied the kids on the trip.
South Australia will host the 2019 Pizzey Cup.
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