Twenty-nine Americans in Roland Garros Main Draw; Texas A&M Women Take Top Spot in New Rankings; Clarke Qualifies at Zephyrhills W50; Nava's Winning Streak Continues at Tallahassee Challenger

The acceptances for Roland Garros main draw were released today, with 17 American women and 12 American men receiving entry. Robin Montgomery and Mackenzie McDonald, both at 100 in Monday's rankings, were the last two players in. That means there were four protected rankings used in both men's and women's entries.

US women:
Jessica Pegula
Coco Gauff
Madison Keys
Emma Navarro
Amanda Anisimova
Danielle Collins
Sofia Kenin
Ashlyn Krueger
McCartney Kessler
Peyton Stearns
Alycia Parks
Ann Li
Caroline Dolehide
Bernarda Pera
Katie Volynets
Hailey Baptiste
Robin Montgomery

US men:

Taylor Fritz

Tommy Paul

Ben Shelton

Frances Tiafoe

Sebastian Korda

Brandon Nakashima

Reilly Opelka (protected ranking)

Alex Michelsen

Marcos Giron

Jenson Brooksby (protected ranking)

Learner Tien

Mackenzie McDonald

Taylor Townsend, currently at 102 in the WTA rankings, is two spots out of the main draw. There will be at least two other Americans in the main draw after the USTA's reciprocal wild card is decided.

The full list for men is here; for women here. The ranking cutoff for qualifying is two weeks from yesterday, April 28th.

The latest rankings have all the same 10 teams in both the women's and men's Top 10, but there is a big change, with the Texas A&M women taking over the No. 1 spot from Georgia after their 4-3 win over the Bulldogs Sunday, and Georgia's two losses to Texas and Texas A&M over the weekend. The individual rankings continue to show little change, with all four NCAA fall champions at No. 1. Links in the headings go to the full lists.

ITA Division I rankings April 15, 2025:

WOMEN:

Team:

(last week's ranking in parentheses)

1. Texas A&M (2)

2. Georgia (1)

3. Michigan (5)

4. Duke (3)

5. Oklahoma (4)

6. Auburn (8)

7. Virginia (7)

8. North Carolina (6)

9. Ohio State (10)

10. Tennessee (9)

Singles:

1. Dasha Vidmanova, Georgia

2. Mary Stoiana, Texas A&M

3. Julia Fliegner, Michigan

4. DJ Bennett, Auburn

5. Reese Brantmeier, North Carolina

6. Valerie Glozman, Stanford

7. Elza Tomas, Tennessee

8. Maria Sholokhova, Wisconsin

9. Luciana Perry, Ohio State

10. Celia-Belle Mohr, Vanderbilt

Doubles:

1. Elaine Chervinsky and Melodie Collard, Virginia

2. Mell Reasco and Dasha Vidmanova, Georgia

3. Cadence Brace and Kayla Cross, LSU

4. Mao Mushika and Jessica Alsola, Cal

5. Rose Marie Nijkamp and Anastasiya Komar, Oklahoma State

MEN:

Team:

1. Wake Forest (1)

2. TCU (2)

3. Ohio State (4)

4. Texas (3)

5. NC State (5)

6. Virginia (6)

7. San Diego (7)

8. Stanford (8)

9. Columbia (10)

10. Cal (9)

Singles:

1. Michael Zheng, Columbia

2. Timo Legout, Texas

3. Oliver Tarvet, San Diego

4. Colton Smith, Arizona

5. Jay Friend, Arizona

6. Rafael Jodar, Virginia

7. Jack Pinnington Jones, TCU

8. Pedro Vives, TCU

9. Samir Banerjee, Stanford

10. DK Suresh, Wake Forest

Doubles:

1. Pedro Vives and Lui Maxted, TCU

2. Petar Jovanovic and Beniot Sanchez Martinez, Mississippi State

3. Lucas Andrade da Silva and Connor Thomson, South Carolina

4. Oliver Tarvet and Stian Klaassen, San Diego

5. Togan Tokac and Theo Papamalamis, Texas A&M

There are two USTA Pro Circuit events this week, again both in Florida, with the women's W50 in Zephyrhills and the men's ATP Challenger 75 in Tallahassee.

Qualifying was completed today at the W50, with 15-year-old Zaire Clarke reaching the main draw. Clarke, who received a wild card into qualifying, defeated No. 12 seed Elena Teodora Cadar of Romania 6-2, 7-5 in the first round of qualifying and took out No. 8 seed Alexis Blokhina(Stanford) 6-2, 6-2 in the final round of qualifying today. She will play wild card Jaeda Daniel(Auburn, NC State) in the first round Wednesday. 

Other American qualifiers are Makenna Jones(UNC), Christina McHale and Malaika Rapolu(Texas). Rapolu defeated 35-year-old Madison Brengle, who hadn't played since September of 2023, 6-3, 6-3 in today's final round of qualifying.

In addition to Daniel, the wild cards were awarded to Jamie Loeb(North Carolina), Ayana Akli(Maryland, South Carolina) and Jada Robinson. 

Five first round matches were played today, with Akasha Urhobo getting a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 win over Maria Portillo Ramirez of Mexico. Other Americans advancing to the second round today are Elvina Kalieva and No. 4 seed Maria Mateas(Duke).

As she was last week in Boca Raton, Arina Rodionova of Australia is the top seed; Iryna Shymanovich of Belarus is the No. 2 seed. Rodionova will again face Diletta Cherubini of Italy in the first round, who beat her in the opening round last week 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(2). Cherubini was the top seed in qualifying this week.

At the Tallahassee Challenger, top seed Eliot Spizzirri(Texas) was ousted in the first round by Murphy Cassone(Arizona State) 6-3, 7-5. No. 2 seed Tomas Barrios Vera of Chile also was eliminated in the opening round, with Michael Mmoh posting a 6-3, 6-3 win Monday.

Both of the finalists from Sarasota are through to the second round, with No. 6 seed Emilio Nava earning his 16th consecutive Challenger victory with a 6-4, 6-4 decision over qualifier Christian Sigsgaard(Texas) of Denmark. Nava, who has won 26 sets in a row in his run, plays Tony Wu of Taiwan next.

No. 8 Liam Draxl(Kentucky) of Canada, who lost to Nava in Sunday's Sarasota final, defeated his collegiate contemporary Inaki Montes(Virginia) of Spain 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 and will play Andrea Collarini of Argentina in the second round.

In addition to Cassone, Mmoh and Nava, wild card Mitchell Krueger, the No. 3 seed, is through to the second round. The winner of tonight's match between wild cards Jenson Brooksby, the No. 7 seed, and Patrick Maloney(Michigan) will be the fifth American in the round of 16.