The US Open has joined Roland Garros and the Australian Open in expanding their tournament to 15 days, beginning on Sunday August 24th. The first round of singles will be played over three days, with no other changes expected to the schedule. The popular Fan Week, which includes the men's and women's qualifying and Arthur Ashe Kids Day will continue to be free--undeniably the best bargain in sports. The brief announcement from the USTA can be found here.
The third ITA Division I team coaches polls were released today, with very little movement among the top teams. All nine of the Kickoff Weekend hosts who lost, thereby failing to reach next month's Team Indoor Championships, dropped, but in general the coaches are loathe to move any team down without a loss, making it difficult for teams with impressive performances to move up substantially. Texas A&M, who won the toughest men's regional of the Kickoff Weekend, did move into the top 10, but Stanford blew past Oklahoma in Norman and still ended up behind the Sooners. Florida's loss to Columbia in the Kickoff Weekend regional final dropped them out of the Top 25, with Central Florida, who beat Arizona, taking their place.
Three women's teams moved into the rankings, while Vanderbilt(21), Florida State(24) and Florida International(25) fell out after losses.
Division I Team Rankings, Coaches Poll, January 29, 2025
First place votes in bracket, previous ranking in parentheses
Men's Rankings:
1. Texas [13] (1)
2. TCU (2)
3. Ohio State (3)
4. Wake Forest (4)
5. Virginia (5)
6. Columbia (7)
7. Duke (11)
8. Kentucky (8)
9. Texas A&M (13)
10. San Diego (15)
11. Arizona (6)
12. Oklahoma (8)
13. Stanford (18)
14. Mississippi State (9)
15. Florida State (10)
16. Michigan State (17)
17. Michigan (25)
18. South Carolina (16)
19. Tennessee (14)
20. Alabama (19)
21. NC State (22)
22. Central Florida
23. Arizona State (20)
24. Harvard (23)
25. UCLA (21)
Women's Rankings:
1. Georgia[13] (1)
2. Texas A&M (2)
3. Oklahoma State(4)
4. Stanford (3)
5. Virginia (5)
6. UCLA (6)
7. Michigan (8)
8. North Carolina (9)
9. Duke (7)
10. Auburn (13)
11. Texas (12)
12. Oklahoma (17)
13. Tennessee (18)
14. Southern California (11)
15. Pepperdine (16)
16. LSU (22)
17. Ohio State (15)
18. Cal (14)
19. NC State (10)
20. Central Florida (23)
21. Florida (19)
22. South Carolina (20)
23. Texas Tech
24. UC Santa Barbara
25. Baylor
The ITA sent a letter of concern to federal judge Claudia Wilken, who is presiding over the NCAA House Settlement, in advance of the final approval of the agreement providing former Division I athletes with compensation for their previous contributions to the athletic departments of their schools. The letter discusses the implications for non-revenue sports while also highlighting the hypocrisy of the huge NIL payments to football and basketball players, while the NCAA refuses to allow college tennis players to accept money they earn at the US Open. The ITA letter is available
here.
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UTR Pro Tennis Tour had eight tournaments in the United States in January 2024; this year, that number for the first month of 2025 has increased to 18, which is obviously good news for aspiring pros who want guaranteed matches and access to prize money, which is simply not available in any quantity on the USTA Pro Circuit. The latest push to get more PTT events on college campuses is evident in January events, with tournaments at Oklahoma, Wake Forest, Arizona, LSU and Indiana this month.
UTR PTT Results January 2025
Women:
December 29 Boca Raton FL
Ema Burgic d. Alicia Herrero Linana 7-6(2), 6-2
December 29 Norman OK
Thara Gowda d. Kaede Usui 7-5, 7-6(5)
December 30 Newport Beach CA
Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Carson Branstine 7-5, 6-2
January 6 Winston Salem NC
Robin Anderson d. Carolyn Ansari 7-6(3), 6-3
January 6 Newport Beach CA
Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Zdena Safarova 6-0, 6-2
January 6 Baton Rouge LA
Anita Sahdiieva d. Kaede Usui 7-5, 6-4
January 13 Bonita Springs FL
Isabella Barrera Aguirre d. Virginia Crocker 6-1, 1-6, 6-2
January 20 Boca Raton FL
Ema Burgic d. Monika Ekstrand 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
January 20 Newport Beach CA
Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Kylie Mckenzie 7-6(4), 7-5
Men:
December 29 Los Angeles CA
Peter Makk d. Lucca Liu 6-2, 6-2
December 29 Norman OK
Ian Bracks d. James Hopper 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(3)
January 6 Baton Rouge LA
Stefan Kozlov d. Raphael Perot 6-2, 6-1
January 6 Winston Salem NC
Aleksa Ciric d. Joaquin Guilleme 6-3, 7-5
January 6 Tucson AZ
Colton Smith d. Jay Friend 6-1, 6-4
January 12 Boca Raton FL
Christopher Bulus d. Kalman Boyd 6-2, 6-0
January 13 Newport Beach CA
Alafia Ayeni d. Omni Kumar 5-7, 6-1, 6-0
January 20 Bloomington IN
Facundo Yunis d. Oliver Okonkwo 3-6, 6-3, 1-0, ret.
January 20 Boca Raton FL
Mwendwa Mbithi d. Christopher Bulus 6-1, 6-2
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