WPIAL Boys’ Tennis Doubles Champions

The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) has crowned doubles champions in boys’ tennis since 1945. The 2023 season marks the WPIAL’s 86th year of competition in the sport, and saw Gateway’s Adam Memije and Zidaan Hassan (3A) and Chartiers Valley’s Liam Pederson and Brendan Hallisey (2A) claim the WPIAL boys’ tennis doubles championships.

Five different student-athletes have won at least three WPIAL boys’ tennis doubles titles, with Sewickley Academy’s Ryan Gex (2014-17) currently serving as the only four-time champion. The other three student-athletes to win gold three times are: Chris Grubbs (Shady Side Academy), Will Kleeman (Sewickley Academy), Dan Hersh (Mt. Lebanon), and John Nichols (Mt. Lebanon).

A full list of doubles champions by year and classification can be found below. The 2020 season was not contested due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Year 3A 2A
2023 Adam Memije, Zidaan Hassan
(Gateway)
Liam Pederson, Brendan Hallisey
(Chartiers Valley)
2022 David Mnuskin, Sam Bitzer
(Shady Side Academy) 
Brody Golla, Alex Garvey
(North Catholic) 
2021 Anup Nadesan, Advait Kulkarni
(Franklin Regional)
Joe Toth, Ethan Bowden
(South Park)
2020 COVID-19
2019 Naman Dua, Colin Gramley
(Shady Side Academy)
Jach Albert, John Watters
(Quaker Valley)
2018 Naman Dua, Colin Gramley
(Shady Side Academy)
Will Nosito, Dylan Parda
(Sewickley Academy)
2017 Kevin Kwok, Liam Gibbons
(Upper St. Clair)
Neil Rana, Ryan Gex
(Sewickley Academy)
2016 Jared Issacs, Richard Hofmann
(North Allegheny)
Don Gex, Ryan Gex
(Sewickley Academy)
2015 Josh Raymundo, Aaron Gruber
(Mars)
Don Gex, Ryan Gex
(Sewickley Academy)
2014 Chris Grubbs, Michael Kann
(Shady Side Academy)
Luke Vith, Ryan Gex
(Sewickley Academy)
2013 Chris Grubbs, Alok Nimgaonkar
(Shady Side Academy)
Will Kleeman, Colin Kaye
(Sewickley Academy)
2012 Chris Grubbs, Alok Nimgaonkar
(Shady Side Academy)
Will Kleeman, Patrick Dellinger
(Sewickley Academy)
2011 Vivek Nimgaonkar, Justin Hunt
(Shady Side Academy)
Will Kleeman, Daniel Martchek
(Sewickley Academy)
2010 Shankar Rajupet, Brad Portnoy
(Fox Chapel)
Grayson Geller, David LaSorda
(Sewickley Academy)
2009 Shankar Rajupet, Brad Portnoy
(Fox Chapel)
Karli Timko, Tanya Timko
(Chartiers-Houston)
2008 Chris Mengel, Josh Ferraccio
(Shady Side Academy)
Matt Kaye, Parth Sharma
(Sewickley Academy)
2007 Jay Jones, Chris Foster
(Upper St. Clair)
Eric Fischer, Adam James
(Hampton)
2006 Casey Watt, Steve Eaglen
(Pine-Richland)
Derek Gabrish, Scott Spencer
(Valley)
2005 Brandon Anandan, Steve Eaglen
(Pine-Richland)
Rick Houghton, Paul Piccolo
(Quaker Valley)
2004 Carlin Campbell, Ryan Weisband
(Fox Chapel)
Evan Stiegel, Trevor Heck
(Sewickley Academy)
2003 Matt McKeown, Jay Giles
(Shady Side Academy)
Eric Goldfarb, Evan Stiegel
(Sewickley Academy)
2002 Dan Riske, Lee Michael Marnik
(Peters Township)
Eric Goldfarb, George MacGovern
(Sewickley Academy)
2001 Mike D’Achille, Steve D’Achille
(North Allegheny)
David Weinstein, Matt Weinstein
(Washington)
2000 Dan Hersh, John Nichols
(Mt. Lebanon)
Nik Zdral, Katie Houghton
(Quaker Valley)
1999 Dan Hersh, John Nichols
(Mt. Lebanon)
Nik Zdral, Tim Weiser
(Quaker Valley)
1998 Dan Hersh, John Nichols
(Mt. Lebanon)
1997 Ameet Karambelkar, Curt Rowland
(Upper St. Clair)
1996 Esteban Rakela, Bob Wiegand
(Shady Side Academy)
1995 Scott Ettinger, Bret McMillan
(Mt. Lebanon)
1994 Jon Newman, Jason Yue
(Mt. Lebanon)
1993 Matt Woffington, Greg Evangelista
(North Allegheny)
1992 Matt Woffington, Sanjay Ketty
(North Allegheny)
1991 Clint Guyaux, Matt Guyaux
(Highlands)
1990 Jason Gindele, Jay Woffington
(North Allegheny)
1989 Tony Faso, Jay Woffington
(North Allegheny)
1988 Tony Faso, Chad Skorupka
(North Allegheny)
1987 Mike Roberts, Alfredo Sararro
(Gateway)
1986 Nimit Bansal, Dan Cooper
(Upper St. Clair)
1985 Bill Kopp, Chris Brown
(Upper St. Clair)
1984 Ron Mercer, Mike Stull
(Mt. Lebanon)
1983 Brad Hanes, Jim Yoder
(North Hills)
1982 Adam Neilly, Leet Sommerfield
(Churchill)
1981 Tom Majeski, Brad Hanes
(North Hills)
1980 Brad Rush, John Mercer
(Mt. Lebanon)
1979 Brad Rush, John Mercer
(Mt. Lebanon)
1978 Gary Dagan, Dan McDevitt
(New Castle)
1977 Don Gavett, Bill Flanigan
(Mt. Lebanon)
1976 John Fleischmann, Joe Priest
(Upper St. Clair)
1975 John Fleischmann, Doug Adamsky
(Upper St. Clair)
1974 Dave Drossman, Steve Mosites
(Mt. Lebanon)
1973 Harrison Laurer, John Minks
(Fox Chapel)
1972 Scott Brooke, Mark Darby
(Beaver)
1971 Jeff Kendall, Jack Cobetto
(Edgewood)
1970 Bill Zatek, Don Zatek
(McKeesport)
1969 Pete Moss, Joe Kantor
(Carnegie)
1968 Joe Guyaux, Norm Moser
(Tarentum)
1967 Tom Denbow, Tim Brooke
(Beaver)
1966 Mike Faye, Ron Thorn
(New Castle)
1965 Bob Nichols, Paul Wilson
(Edgewood)
1964 Joe Brooke, Terry Denbow
(Beaver)
1963 Robert Clarke, Joe Downie
(Beaver Falls)
1962 Robert Clarke, Joe Downie
(Beaver Falls)
1961 Dave Spencer, Chris Howells
(Edgewood)
1960 Bob Cardinale, David Nandor
(Charleroi)
1959 Harry Firestone, James Marzano
(Connellsville)
1958 James Baker, Joe Kurey
(Monessen)
1957 James Baker, Joe Kurey
(Monessen)
1956 Marion Zentarski, Roger Liniger
(Connellsville)
1955 King Hartman, Walt Berberich
(Greater Latrobe)
1954 Bruce Fowler, Jim Sexton
(Mt. Lebanon)
1953 Bob Steel, John Wright
(Greater Latrobe)
1952 Gene Flick, Noel Gillette
(Edgewood)
1951 Joe Dickson, Noel Gillette
(Edgewood)
1950 Joe Dickson, George Weinstein
(Edgewood)
1949 Don Bossert, George Lynch
(Greater Latrobe)
1948 Don Bossert, George Lynch
(Greater Latrobe)
1947 William Aiken, Nate Fineberg
(Edgewood)
1946 Ned Khory, George Greubel
(Greater Latrobe)
1945 Ned Khory, George Greubel
(Greater Latrobe)