Rolls, Santamarta Top Seeds at J500 Banana Bowl; Svajda Tops Pinnington Jones in San Diego Challenger First Round; Spring W50 Ends Without Champion; Virginia Women Top Latest D-I Rankings; D-II and D-III Indoor Update

The first round of singles is complete at this week's J500 Banana Bowl in Brazil, which has moved from Blumenau to Gaspar this year. Kaitlyn Rolls is defending her title as the No. 1 seed, while boys top seed Andres Santamarta Roig of Spain is returning to junior competition for the first time since the Australian Open. Below are the seeds, with asterisks indicating a first round loss. 

Boys 

1. Andres Santamarta Roig(ESP)

2. Jack Kennedy(USA)

3. William Rejchtman Vinciguerra(SWE)

4. *Alejandro Arcila(COL)

5. Yannick Theodor Alexandrescou(ROU)

6. Valentin Garay(ARG)

7. Keaton Hance(USA)

8. Joao Pedro Didoni Bonini(BRA)

9. Luis Guto Miguel(BRA)

10. *Ryan Cozad(USA)

11. Noah Johnston(USA)

12. *Victor Cunha Winheski de Lima(BRA), 

13. *Jack Secord(USA)

14. Dante Pagani(ARG)

15. Ryo Tabata(JPN)

16. Yannik Alvarez(PUR)

Girls

1. Kaitlyn Rolls(USA)

2. Annika Penickova(USA)

3. Luna Maria Cinalli(ARG)

4. Maya Iyengar(USA)

5. Laima Vladson(LTU)

6. Yoana Konstantinova(BUL)

7. Allegra Korpanec Davies(GBR)

8. Victoria Luiza Barros(BRA)

9. Capucine Jauffret(USA)

11. Thea Frodin(USA)

12. Leena Friedman(USA)

13. Maia Burcescu(ROU)

14. *Valentina Mediorreal Arias(COL)

15. *Claire An(USA)

16. Ishika Ashar(USA)

In addition to those listed above, Americans who have reached the second round are: Ronit Karki, Jacob Olar, Ava Rodriguez, Lucy Oyebog Atang and Welles Newman.

Iyengar and Penickova are the top seeds in the girls doubles, with Rolls and Frodin the No. 2 seeds. Santamarta Roig and Rejchtman Vinciguerra are the No. 1 seeds in boys doubles, with Kennedy and Hance seeded No. 2.

The inaugural ATP Challenger 100 in San Diego is underway, with the event taking place at the Barnes Tennis Center, which will host the ITF J300 North American Regional March 17-22. 

Three players who competed in last week's ITA Men's Team Indoor Championships in Dallas were in the main draw: Wake Forest's Stefan Dostanic, the MTI's Most Outstanding Player, lost in the final round of qualifying, with former TCU All-American Alex Rybakov getting a bit of revenge for the Horned Frogs, but Dostanic got into the main draw as a lucky loser. He lost today to Constant Lestienne of France 6-3, 6-4.

The other two MTI competitors are TCU junior Jack Pinnington Jones, who lost to Dostanic in the deciding match in the final, and sophomore Trevor Svajda, who went 1-1, with his match against Dostanic unfinished for host SMU.

Svajda, who grew up and lives in San Diego and is certainly at home at Barnes Tennis Center, defeated Great Britain's Pinnington Jones 6-3, 7-6(4) in a first round match today. Svjada will play No. 7 seed Mitchell Krueger next, who trains at the SMU facility and was there hitting right before the Team Indoor began.

The other current collegian in the main draw, Arizona senior Colton Smith, lost to No. 5 seed Kamil Majchrzak of Poland in the first round 7-6(3), 6-4. 

After a miserable week of weather in Spring Texas for the women's USTA Pro Circuit W50, the quarterfinals and semifinals took place Monday afternoon and evening, but the final was not played. Iva Jovic and Texas A&M senior Mary Stoiana, who beat Carol Zhao(Stanford) of Canada 6-7(4), 6-4, 11-9 in semifinals, both get a finalist's 20 points and $3995 in prize money.

The latest ITA Division I Team rankings were released today, with a new No. 1 on the women's side: Virginia. Although previous No. 1 Georgia won it's first conference match over South Carolina, the Women's Team Indoor Champions, and has only one loss, to North Carolina, they were passed this week by the Cavaliers, who have two losses, including a 4-0 defeat to Georgia in the Indoor semifinals. It's the first time in Virginia women's history that a team has been ranked No. 1. Click on the heading to go to the full 75-team rankings

Division I Team Top Ten, February 25, 2025

(previous ranking in parentheses)

Women:

1. Virginia(2)

2. Georgia(1)

3. Michigan(5)

4. North Carolina(3)

5. Texas A&M(6)

6. Auburn(4)

7. Tennessee(7)

8. Ohio State(9)

9. Duke(10)

10. LSU(8)

While the Top 10 women were simply rearranged, the men had just one change, with nine of the top 10 in exactly the same position as last week. Arizona's win over San Diego moved it into the No. 9 position, with Texas A&M, who lost to Florida State, dropping from 9 to 12.

Division I Men Top Ten:

1. Wake Forest(1)

2. TCU(2)

3. Ohio State(3)

4. Texas(4)

5. Virginia(5)

6. Stanford(6)

7. San Diego(7)

8. Columbia(8)

9. Arizona(14)

10. NC State(10)

While I was providing my in-depth coverage of the ITA Division I Men's Team Indoor in Dallas, I wasn't able to follow the three other Team Indoor Championships that took place during and immediately after that event.

In Indianapolis, the men's Division II Team Indoor Championships produced a first-time winner in West Florida, with the No. 7 seeds defeating No. 8 seeds Washburn 4-0 in the final. Top seeds St. Leo's and Flagler both lost in the quarterfinals. The ITA recap is here and the West Florida recap is here. 

The winner of the women's Division II Team Indoor Championships, which concluded Sunday, can be dubbed a dynasty now, with the Barry women claiming their fourth straight title. Top seed Barry, who defeated No. 6 seed Midwestern State 4-0 in the final, didn't drop a point in its three victories. The ITA recap is here; the Barry recap is here.

The men's Division III Team Indoor Championships, also last weekend, ended with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, a perennial contender for the NCAA team title in the spring, collecting a rare Indoor title, with the No. 2 seed defeating top seed Chicago 4-3 in the final. CMS, who hadn't won an Indoor title since 2001, avenged their 5-4 loss to Chicago in the NCAA D-III final last May. The ITA recap is here; the CMS recap is here.

The women's Division III Team Indoor Championships begin Friday in Memphis, with Chicago and CMS also the No. 1 and No 2 seeds for that event.