June Aces; Dates, Venue for Junior Davis and BJK Cups Announced; 31 Americans in Wimbledon Singles Draws; Eubanks Reaches ATP Final; Kypson, Nava Make Challenger Finals; Hui, Tien Advance to Irvine $15K Semis

My monthly Tennis Recruiting Network column is out today, as I feature some of the top junior and collegiate performances for June. The challenge these days is deciding who of all the former collegians winning titles to highlight; there's no question that the number has increased dramatically in the past several years. I think the ITF has expanded the number of opportunities in $15K and $25K, and the increases in prize money may also play a role. Juniors have also been more likely to gain entry into lower level pro events, so their numbers have increased as well. Take a look at the 19 players featured in June, from 15-year-old Tyra Grant to 33-year-old Austin Krajicek, to see all the different paths to a milestone.

The ITF has finally revealed the location and dates for the Junior Davis and Billie Jean King Cups, with both 16-and-under team competitions set to be played in Cordoba Spain. The notable change is that they will not be played at the same time, but rather in back-to-back weeks, with the Junior Davis Cup October 30-November 5 and Junior Billie Jean King Cup November 6-12.

The United States has already qualified for the Junior Billie Jean King Cup and will defend their 2022 title in Spain. The US boys, who also have qualified this year, reached the final of the Junior Davis Cup last year, losing to Brazil. The African, European and South American teams competing are not decided until this summer.  Today's ITF announcement provides the dates of those qualifying competitions.

Wimbledon released its draws today, with 19 US women and 12 US men competing in singles. Below are the first round matches featuring Americans; there are two all-US matches in the women's draw, but none in the men's draw.

Danielle Collins v Julia Grabher(AUT)

Caroline Dolehide v Daria Kasatkina[11](RUS)

Caty McNally v Jodie Burrage[WC](GBR)

Venus Williams[WC] v Elina Svitolina(UKR)

Sofia Kenin[Q] v Coco Gauff[7]

Jessica Pegula[4] v Lauren Davis

Claire Liu v Lesia Tsurenko(UKR)

Alycia Parks v Anna-Lena Friedsam{GER}

Peyton Stearns v Marketa Vondrousova(CZE)

Sloane Stephens v Rebecca Peterson(SWE)

Katie Volynets v Caroline Garcia[5](FRA)

Bernarda Pera[17] v Viktoriya Tomova(BUL)

Shelby Rogers v Elena Rybakina[3](KAZ)

Alison Riske-Amritraj v Paula Badosa(ESP)

Madison Keys[25] v Sonay Kartal[WC](GBR)

Madison Brengle v Sara Errani(ITA)

Emma Navarro v Ekaterina Alexandrova[21](RUS)

Frances Tiafoe[10] v Yibing Wu(CHN)

Marcos Giron v Hugo Dellien(BOL)

Tommy Paul[16] v Shintaro Mochizuki[Q](JPN)

Christopher Eubanks v Thiago Monteiro(BRA)

Sebastian Korda[22] v Jiri Vesely(CZE)

Ben Shelton[32] v Taro Daniel[LL](JPN)

Maxime Cressy v Laslo Djere(SRB)

Taylor Fritz[9] v Yannick Hanfmann(GER)

Mackenzie McDonald v Alexander Bublik[23](KAZ)

JJ Wolf v Enzo Couacaud[Q](FRA)

John Isner v Jaume Munar(ESP)

Brandon Nakashima v Jordan Thompson(AUS)

The doubles draws were also released today. Roland Garros champions Austin Krajicek and his partner Ivan Dodig of Croatia are the No. 2 seeds in the men's doubles draw, with Rajeev Ram and his partner Joe Salisbury of Great Britain seeded No. 3.

In the women's doubles draw, seven US women are seeded: Caroline Dolehide and partner Shuai Zhang of China are the No. 16 seeds, Taylor Townsend and her partner Leylah Fernandez of Canada are the No. 6 seeds, Asia Muhammad and her partner Giuliana Olmos of Mexico are the No. 10 seeds, Nicole Melichar Martinez and her partner Ellen Perez of Australia are the No. 4 seeds, Desirae Krawczyk and her partner Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands are the No. 5 seeds, and Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula are the No. 2 seeds.

A day after Georgia Tech alum Chris Eubanks made his first ATP semifinal at the 250 in Mallorca, he reached his first ATP final, saving five match points in his 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(9) victory over qualifier Lloyd Harris of South Africa. Eubanks will face No. 4 seed Adrian Mannarino of France, who defeated former US All-American Yannick Hanfmann of Germany 7-6(4), 6-4. 

Madison Keys defeated Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-3 to reach the final of the WTA 500 in Eastbourne; she will play Daria Kasatkina of Russia for the title Saturday. The ATP's 250 in Eastbourne was delayed by rain, with Mackenzie McDonald(UCLA) trailing Francisco Cerundolo(South Carolina) of Argentina 6-2, 5-7, 2-5. Tommy Paul and Gregoire Barrere of France did not begin their semifinal.

Emma Navarro(Virginia) lost to Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2 in the semifinals of the WTA 250 in Bad Homburg.

Patrick Kypson has reached his first ATP Challenger final at the 50 in Colombia. Seeded No. 7, the former Texas A&M star will play former Florida State standout Benjamin Lock of Zimbabwe, who will also be appearing in his first Challenger final.

Emilio Nava[3] is through to the final of the ATP Challenger 75 in Italy, where he will play unseeded Titouan Droguet of France. It's the 21-year-old's second Challenger final; he won his first appearance in a Challenger final last year. 

Seventeen-year-old Learner Tien(USC) and 18-year-old Katherine Hui(Stanford) have advanced to the semifinals of the SoCal Pro Series men's and women's $15,000 tournaments in Irvine California. 

Tien, who lives in Irvine, defeated wild card and No. 3 seed Tristan Boyer(Stanford) 7-5, 6-3, saving a set point serving at 4-5 in the first set. Tien, playing in his first tournament since reaching the semifinals of the Roland Garros Junior Championships, will face qualifier Isaiah Strode for a place in the final. Strode eliminated Warren Wood(CMS) 6-3, 6-2. In the top half of the draw, qualifier Quinn Vandecasteele(Oregon) who has now played 12 days in a row after reaching last week's Los Angeles $15K final, will play the only seed remaining, No. 6 Edward Winter of Australia, who is a rising freshman at Pepperdine.  Vandecasteele beat Lorenzo Claverie of Italy 6-3, 6-2, while Winter took out qualifier Daniel De Jonge(Pepperdine) of the Netherlands 6-3, 6-2. De Jonge had ousted top seed and Los Angeles champion Omni Kumar(Duke) in the second round. 

Tien has also reached the doubles final, with Ohio State rising freshman Bryce Nakashima. The unseeded pair will play the unseeded British pair of Josh Goodger(Tulsa/Florida) and Matthew Summers(Denver).

No. 6 seed Hui, a rising freshman at Stanford, had been stopped at the quarterfinals in the first three SoCal Pro Series tournaments this summer, but she broke through to her first semifinal with a 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 win over Danielle Willson(USC/Ohio State). She will play No. 2 seed Haley Giavara Saturday. In the top half, No. 3 seed Eryn Cayetano(USC) outlasted wild card Amelia Honer(UC-Santa Barbara) 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-5 in a three-hour and 24-minute quarterfinal. She will face top seed Jia-Jing Lu of China, who beat No. 5 seed Brandy Walker 6-2, 6-2.

Cracked Racquets will have coverage of the Irvine singles semifinals and doubles finals Saturday via their YouTube channel.

At the J300 in Roehampton, four US boys advanced to the final round of qualifying: Meecah Bigun, Alexander Frusina, Maxwell Exsted and Cooper Woestendick. Both Alanis Hamilton and Anya Murthy lost in third set tiebreakers, as did Adhithya Ganesan. Live scoring is available at Tennis Ticker.