Only Five US Juniors Advance to Round of 16 at Roehampton ITF J300; Phillips Wins J200; Johnson Sweeps Titles at J100; Three Kalamazoo 18s Champions Advance at Wimbledon; Tarvet and Fery Among Collegians Reaching Second Round

The grass of Roehampton has not been kind to the American boys, with only three of the 13 in the draw getting to Tuesday's third round at the ITF J300 event, which serves as the warmup for Wimbledon. No. 3 seed Jagger Leach and No. 5 seed Benjamin Willwerth both went out in today's second round, with Cruz Hewitt, the son of Lleyton, avenging his previous two losses to Leach (in 2024), 6-4, 6-2. Willwerth also went out in straight sets, to Thijs Boogaard of the Netherlands, 6-3, 7-5.

The three boys to advance to the round of 16 are Noah Johnston, who beat Stefan Horia Haita of Romania 6-2, 7-6(3); Ronit Karki, who beat Egor Pleshivtsev of Russia 7-6(5), 6-4 and qualifier Matisse Farzam, a 6-4, 6-2 winner over Gabriele Crivellaro of Italy.

Only five US girls were in the draw, but all three of the seeds have advanced to Tuesday's round of 16. No. 3 seed Julieta Pareja defeated Czech qualifier Amy Sucha 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; No. 15 seed Thea Frodin beat Great Britain's Brooke Black 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 and No. 2 seed Kristina Penickova defeated Sarah Melany Fajmonova of the Czech Republc 6-3, 6-3.

Last week's ITF Junior Circuit titles for Americans included a J200 and a sweep of J100 titles. At the J200 in Mexico, unseeded 18-year-old Floridian Sklar Phillips won the title, his second, beating No. 3 seed Simon Caldwell 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in the all-USA final. The USC recruit is now up to 137 in the ITF junior rankings. Unseeded Jordyn Hazelitt made the girls final, losing to unseeded Riyo Yoshida of Japan 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.

Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann and Karlin Schock won the girls doubles title, beating Sophia Budacsek and Chukwumelije Clarke 6-2, 6-0 in an all-US final between unseeded teams. Georgia resident Yannik Alvarez, who represents Puerto Rico and is still on the entry list for the Wimbledon Junior Championships, won the doubles title, with Aaron Gabet of France.

Fifteen-year-old Southern Californian Andrew Johnson swept the titles at the J100 in Germany. Seeded No. 2, Johnson defeated No. 8 seed Benjamin Azar of Canada 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3 in the final.  Johnson, who won the J200 doubles last week with Dominick Mosejczuk, partnered with Shaan Majeed for the doubles championship, with the No. 2 seeds defeating top seeds Vito Darderi of Italy and Oliver Majdandzic of Germany 6-2, 7-6(4) in the final.

At the J30 in Honduras, 15-year-old Macksimus Malhotra, who  won his first title two weeks ago at the J30 there, repeated this past week when No. 5 seed Niccolo Magagnin of Italy retired down 6-3, 4-0 in the final. Fourteen-year-old Adriana Khomyakova won her first ITF Junior Circuit singles title, with the No. 3 seed beating top seed Asia Sundas of Italy 6-3, 6-0 in the final. 

Khomyakova, who won the doubles title at the J30 in Honduras two weeks ago, won again last week, with a different partner. Khomyakova and Briana Houlgrave of the Bahamas, the No. 3 seeds, beat unseeded Sofia Ines Alvarez Monterroso and Carmen Fuentes of Guatemala 7-6(3), 6-1 in the final. 

At the J100 in Ecuador, top seeds Filipa Delgado and Ukraine's Sofia Bielinska won the girls doubles title, beating No. 2 seeds Ana Paula Jativa and Manuela Moscoso of Ecuador 4-6, 6-4, 10-2 in the final.  Lani Chang, the top seed in singles, lost in the final to Bielinska, the No. 2 seed, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3.

The first day of Wimbledon was a good one for former Kalamazoo 18s champions, with Frances Tiafoe(2015), Jenson Brooksby(2018) and Learner Tien(2022 and 2023) picking up straight-sets victories in the opening round. 2022 Kalamazoo 18s finalist Ethan Quinn also posted a win, beating 2023 Wimbledon boys champion Henry Searle, who received a main draw a wild card.

No. 5 seed Taylor Fritz's match with Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard of France was moved to Court 1 late in the evening, and it was suspended due to curfew, after Fritz had come back from two sets down, and 5-1 in the fourth-set tiebreaker to force a fifth set. Fritz wanted to continue playing with 40 minutes before the 11 p.m. curfew, but the referee did not agree, so they will play the fifth set on Tuesday. Mpetshi Perricard set a new serve speed record at Wimbledon when he hit a 153 mph serve early in the match.

Four other matches originally on Monday's schedule did not finish (one did not start), on a day when there was no rain, so they are now being played Tuesday.

Monday's first round results of Americans:

Taylor Fritz[5] v Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard(FRA) 6-7(6), 6-7(8), 6-4, 7-6(6), suspended
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina[26](ESP) d. Brandon Holt 6-2, 6-4, 7-5
Karen Khachanov[17](RUS) d. Mackenzie McDonald 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
Ethan Quinn d. Henry Searle[WC](GBR) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(11), 6-2
Learner Tien d. Nishesh Basavareddy 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-2
Jenson Brooksby d. Tallon Griekspoor[31](NED) 6-2, 7-5, 6-3
Frances Tiafoe[12] d. Elmer Moller(DEN) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Marketa Vondrousova(CZE) d. McCartney Kessler[32] 6-1, 7-6(3)

Ann Li d. Viktorija Golubic(SUI) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1

Laura Siegemund(GER) d. Peyton Stearns 6-4, 6-2

Madison Keys[6] d. Elena-Gabriela Ruse(ROU) 6-7(4), 7-5, 7-5

Linda Noskova[30](CZE) d. Bernarda Pera 6-2, 6-4

Amanda Anismiova[13] d. Yulia Putintseva(KAZ) 6-0, 6-0

Ashlyn Krueger[31] d. Mika Stojsavljevic[WC](GBR) 6-3, 6-2

Tuesday's first round matches featuring Americans:

Hailey Baptiste v Sorana Cirstea(ROU)

Caroline Dolehide v Arantxa Rus(NED)

Emma Navarro[10] v Petra Kvitova[WC](CZE)

Iva Jovic[Q] v Suzan Lamens(NED)

Alycia Parks v Belinda Bencic(SUI)

Katie Volynets v Tatjana Maria(GER)

Jessica Pegula[3] v Elisabetta Cocciaretto(ITA)

Caty McNally v Jodie Burrage[WC](GBR)

Danielle Collins v Camila Osorio(COL)

Sofia Kenin[28] v Taylor Townsend[Q]

Coco Gauff[2] v Dayana Yastremska(UKR)

Taylor Fritz[5] v Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard(FRA) 6-7(6), 6-7(8), 6-4, 7-6(6)

Tommy Paul[13] v Johannus Monday[WC](GBR)

Ben Shelton[10] v Alex Bolt(AUS)

Aleksandar Kovacevic v Marton Fucsovics(HUN)

Brandon Nakashima[29] v Yunchaokete Bu(CHN)

Reilly Opelka v Alexander Shevchenko(KAZ)

Marcos Giron v Camilo Ugo Carabelli(ARG)

Alex Michelsen[30] v Miomir Kecmanovic(SRB)

Christopher Eubanks v Jesper De Jong(NED)

University of San Diego rising senior Oliver Tarvet continued his dream run, with the 21-year-old qualifier from Great Britain beating qualifier Leandro Riedi of Switzerland 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round. Former Stanford All-American Arthur Fery, who received the last main draw wild card, defeated No. 20 seed Alexei Popyrin of Australia 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 for his first ATP-level win. The oft-injured 22-year-old had lost in the first round as a wild card the past two years.

Tarvet's improbable run has brought up the question of accepting the prize money, as he has said he wants to finish his degree at San Diego, and he addresses that in this article. The Reese Brantmeier lawsuit with the NCAA that challenges this rule is still in the courts. Here is a Raleigh News Observer article that provides an update on Brantmeier's health and delves into what led her to file the lawsuit.

For Tarvet's thoughts on how he hopes to accept as much of the prize money as possible, see this article from the Wimbledon website.

The ITA has been providing some excellent information on the collegiate presence at Wimbledon, and this document has all the results from today and a look at Tuesday's matches.   

From today's ITA Wimbledon collegiate update:

Oliver Tarvet Continues to Showcase Talent In College Tennis In Debut Slam: It was just two months ago when University of San Diego’s Oliver Tarvet was still soaking in the west coast sun, leading his team to a NCAA Tournament berth. As one of the top ranked players in the collegiate game, Tarvet earned a wild card into Wimbledon qualifying with an ATP Singles Ranking in the 700s entering the tournament. Having never played an ATP Tour event, Tarvet cruised through qualifying to make his Grand Slam and ATP Tour debut at his home slam. Facing off against fellow qualifier Leandro Riedi of Switzerland in the first round, it was Tarvet who showed he was most prepared for the moment, winning 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the second round where he will face Carlos Alcaraz. In his post-match press conference, Tarvet had this to say about his time in college, “I would recommend any top level junior to go to the collegiate system, because of how great the coaches are, how great the setup is, and how everything is so professional. I couldn’t be more thankful for San Diego and for everything they’ve done for me.”

Arthur Fery Returns from Injury-Ridden 2024 Season with First Round Win Over Alexei Popyrin: The former Stanford standout, Arthur Fery, made a big splash on one of the biggest stages of tennis on Monday by taking down No. 20 Alexei Popyrin in the first round. Now 17-3 in 2025, Fery has advanced to the second round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. Next up for Fery will be Luciano Darderi of Italy who Won in five sets today against Roman Safiullin. 

Former NCAA Champion, Ethan Quinn, Earn First Wimbledon Win: After a breakthrough at the French Open in which he reached the third round, former Georgia men’s tennis player Ethan Quinn earned his first victory at Wimbledon on Monday, beating Henry Searle 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (11), 6-2. With the win, Quinn continues his impressive 2025 season in which he has broken into the ATP Top 100 where he currently sits at a career-high ranking of No. 89 in the world. 

Learner Tien and Nuno Borges Win All-College Battles On Day One: Former USC Trojan, Learner Tien, and former Mississippi State Bulldog, Nuno Borges, each won all-college tennis showdowns on day one of Wimbledon. For Tien, it was a match not only between two former collegians but two 2024 ATP Next Gen Finals competitors as he faced off against former Stanford Cardinal, Nishesh Basavareddy. Winning in straight sets, Tien will now face Nicolas Jarry of Chile who defeated Holger Rune (8) in a five set thriller in which Jarry came back from down two sets to none. Meanwhile, for Borges, he secured his first win at Wimbledon with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-0 victory over former South Carolina Gamecock, Francisco Cerundolo (16). Next up for Borges is a meeting with Billy Harris of Great Britain. 

World No. 12 Diana Shnaider Dominates In Wimbledon Opening Round: Former NC State standout Diana Shnaider continued her good form with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 opening round win over Moyuka Uchijima. After reaching the third round on the grass courts last year, Shnaider has high hopes entering this year’s tournament as the No. 12 seed in the ladies’ draw. Alongside Mirra Andreeva, Shnaider is also a part of the No. 5 seeded doubles team where her and Andreeva look to continue their exciting partnership together. Next up for Shnaider on the singles courts is a matchup with French qualifier Diane Parry. 

Svajda and Cayetano Complete Sweeps at SoCal Pro Series in Lakewood; Qualifiers Jauffret and Matisse Among Ten US Juniors Advancing at Roehampton ITF J300; Fifteen Americans in Action Monday at Wimbledon; ITF Success for Collegians; Ngounoue Wins W50 in Spain

Eryn Cayetano and Trevor Svajda swept the titles today at the SoCal Pro Series in Lakewood California, adding a second straight singles title to the doubles titles they each won on Saturday.

The 24-year-old Cayetano, a former All-American at USC, defeated UCLA rising senior Anne Christine Lutkemeyer, a qualifier, 6-3, 7-5 in the women's final for her 17th-consecutive victory in the past two weeks(she and Haley Giavara had a bye in the first round of doubles this week). 

The 19-year-old Svjada, who played the SoCal Pro Series $15K in San Diego two weeks ago, then this week in Lakewood, defeated UCLA rising junior Spencer Johnson, a qualifier, 6-4, 6-4 in today's men's final for his tenth consecutive singles win during the SoCal Pro Series. 

Svajda had to withdraw from today's first round of qualifying for the  ATP Challenger 75 in Cary North Carolina, and he is representing the United States in the World University Games next month in Germany, but he will play the M25 on his college home courts in Dallas before that trip.

Ten American juniors won their opening round matches today at the ITF J300 in Roehampton, including qualifiers Capucine Jauffret and Matisse Farzam.  Jauffret defeated No. 6 seed Julia Stusek of Germany, one of six girls seeds to lose in today's first round, 6-4, 6-3; Farzam defeated William Rejchtman Vinciguerra of Sweden 6-3, 6-4. The third American qualifier, Gavin Goode, came oh so close to a major upset, with top seed Jacopo Vasami of Italy, playing a junior event on grass two days after playing the semifinals of an ATP Challenger on clay, emerging with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(4) victory.

Ronit Karki defeated Kuan-Shou Chen of Taiwan 7-6(1), 6-2; No. 3 seed Jagger Leach defeated Ziga Sesko of Slovenia 7-6(1), 6-2; Dominick Mosejczuk defeated lucky loser Dimmitar Kisimov of Bulgaria 6-4, 7-5; Noah Johnston beat No. 12 seed Timofei Derepasko of Russia 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 and No. 5 seed Benjamin Willwerth defeated British wild card Conor Brady 7-6(3), 6-2.  Four seeded boys lost in today's first round, including No. 16 seed Keaton Hance.

No. 3 seed Julieta Pareja beat British wild card Flora Johnson 6-4, 6-3; No. 15 seed Thea Frodin beat Lorena Solar Donoso of Spain 6-3, 7-6(8) and No. 2 seed Kristina Penickova defeated Mia Pohankova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-2.

Live scoring can be found at the LTA's tournament site.

A few miles from Roehamption, players practiced and spoke to the media at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, with the first Wimbledon opening round matches less than ten hours away. Fifteen Americans are on Monday's schedule, including the third meeting in the past 12 months between 19-year-old Learner Tien and 20-year-old Nishesh Basavareddy. 

Monday's first round matches featuring Americans:

Taylor Fritz[5] v Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard(FRA)

Brandon Holt v Alejandro Davidovich Fokina[26](ESP)

Mackenzie McDonald v Karen Khachanov[17](RUS)

Ethan Quinn v Henry Searle[WC](GBR)

Learner Tien v Nishesh Basavareddy

Jenson Brooksby v Tallon Griekspoor[31](NED)

Frances Tiafoe[12] v Elmer Moller(DEN)

McCartney Kessler[32] v Marketa Vondrousova(CZE)

Ann Li v Viktorija Golubic(SUI)

Peyton Stearns v Laura Siegemund(GER)

Madison Keys[6] v Elena-Gabriela Ruse(ROU)

Bernarda Pera v Linda Noskova[30](CZE)

Amanda Anismiova[13] v Yulia Putintseva(KAZ)

Ashlyn Krueger[31] v Mika Stojsavljevic[WC](GBR)

2023 Wimbledon girls and USTA National 18s champion Clervie Ngounoue had been out nearly two months after retiring from a match in April, but came back to reach the semis of a W50 in Portugal earlier in the month and today won her second W50 title, both coming this year. The 18-year-old top seed defeated No. 5 seed Eva Vedder 6-1, 6-4 in the final tonight in Spain, and will break into the WTA Top 200 for the first time when the points are added next month. 

In preparing my upcoming June Aces column for the Tennis Recruiting Network, I monitor all the ITF men's and women's tournaments and, as usual lately, there are way too many junior and current collegian champions on the $15K level to include each month.  A partial list of junior 15K singles winners this month include Mariella Thamm(GER), Timofei Derepasko(RUS), Tahlia Kokkinis(AUS) and Laima Vladson(LTU). Current or incoming collegians winning 15K singles titles this month, in addition to Svajda, include Oklahoma's Edda Mamedova(RUS), Princeton's Paul Inchauspe(FRA), Oklahoma State's Luca Udvardy(HUN) and Rose Marie Nijkamp(NED) and Georgia's Aysegul Mert(TUR) and Patricija Paukstyte(LTU).

Two Americans picked up titles this month in Monastir Tunisia,  with Sofia Rojas, the rising senior at Georgia winning her second ITF women's singles title earlier this month, then making a final the next week, losing to Kokkinis. Duke rising junior Cooper Williams won his first singles title today, with the unseeded 20-year-old New Yorker beating unseeded Marcus Walters of Great Britain 6-3, 6-1.

18 Americans Start Junior Grass Fortnight at Roehampton ITF J300, Tagger, Vasami Top Seeds; Three Current Collegians Reach SoCal Pro Series $15K Finals in Lakewood; More on College Tennis Alums at Wimbledon; Fritz, Pegula Take Winning Streaks into Wimbledon

The very short ITF Junior Circuit grass season begins Sunday, with 18 Americans beginning play at the J300 in Roehampton. Thirteen Americans boys and five American girls are in the 64-player fields, including three qualifiers and six seeds.

The US boys: Gavin Goode[Q], Keaton Hance[16], Ronit Karki, Jagger Leach[3], Ryan Cozad, Jack Secord, Dominick Mosejczuk, Noah Johnston, Matisse Farzam[Q], Maxwell Exsted, Benjamin Willwerth[5], Maximus Dussault, Jack Satterfield.

Missing from this large group is Jack Kennedy, who is expected to compete at Wimbledon.

The US girls: Leena Friedman, Julieta Pareja[3], Capucine Jauffret[Q], Thea Frodin[15], Kristina Penickova[2].

Jacopo Vasami of Italy is the top seed, and he is fresh off an ATP Challenger semifinal this week in Milan, on clay. He will play qualifier Gavin Goode, who has the advantage of two matches on the grass in preparation for Sunday's first round. The No. 2 seed is Roland Garros champion Niels McDonald of Germany, with Jack Satterfield his first round opponent.

Roland Garros girls champion Lilli Tagger of Austria is the top girls seed, with Kristina Penickova the No. 2 seed. Annika Penickova withdrew from both Roehampton and Wimbledon last week.

Live scoring can be found at the LTA tournament page.

At the SoCal Pro Series in Lakewood, SMU rising junior Trevor Svajda continued his winning streak with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-0 win over top seed Karue Sell of Brazil in today's men's semifinals. The 19-year-old from San Diego, who won the title in the third week of the SoCal Pro Series, in San Diego, did not play last week in Rancho Santa Fe because he was competing in the doubles competition of the USTA's American Collegiate US Open Playoffs in Lake Nona. But that didn't disrupt his momentum, with wins this week over No. 4 seed Alfredo Perez, No. 5 seed Dane Sweeney and now top seed Sell. His opponent in Sunday's final is qualifier Spencer Johnson, a rising junior at UCLA, who beat No. 2 seed Garrett Johns(Duke) 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-2 in today's semifinals.

Svajda added a first pro doubles title to his success in this SoCal Pro Series, partnering with Kyle Kang, a rising junior at Stanford. The unseeded pair defeated top seeds Perez and Jamie Vance 4-6, 6-3, 10-4 in today's final.

It's three titles down and one more to go for Eryn Cayetano, who swept the titles last week in Rancho Santa Fe and will try to do the same with a win in tomorrow's women's singles final.

The No. 2 seed, a former USC All-American, defeated No. 5 seed Alexis Nguyen 6-1, 6-1 and will play UCLA rising senior Anne Christine Lutkemeyer, a qualifier. Lutkemeyer has made the semifinals during the SoCal Pro Series the past two years, but this is her first run to a final.  She defeated No. 8 seed Alyssa Ahn, an incoming freshman at Stanford, 6-2, 6-4.

Cayetano won the doubles title this afternoon with Haley Giavara(Cal). The top seeds beat No. 3 seeds and former University of San Diego teammates Jordyn McBride and Kristina Nordikyan 6-0, 6-1 in the final. 

I linked to the ITA's article on the collegians competing at Wimbledon this year in yesterday's post, but there's an even more detailed analysis, with selected bios and storylines available, thanks to the collaboration of former ATP staffer Greg Sharko and the ITA's Zach Pohlmann. See this google document for more.

Tomorrow will be quiet at the top levels of pro tennis, in preparation for Monday's start at Wimbledon, after two ATP and two WTA finals today.

Top seed Taylor Fritz defeated lucky loser Jenson Brooksby 7-5, 6-1 to defend his ATP 250 Eastbourne title. Fritz has now won ten ATP titles, with four of them coming at Eastbourne. 

Top seed Jessica Pegula won the WTA 500 in Bad Homburg, beating No. 4 seed Iga Swiatek 6-4, 7-5 in the final. Pegula now has nine WTA titles, and each of her three titles this year have come on a different surface. 

Maya Joint, the 19-year-old American-born Australian, won her second WTA title, saving four match points in her 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(10) win over qualifier Alexandra Eala of the Philippines in the final of the WTA 250 in Eastbourne. Joint, who won her first title on clay in May, is up to 41 in the WTA live rankings. Eala is the first woman from her country to reach a WTA final.

At the ATP 250 in Mallorca Spain, No. 4 seed Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands defeated Corentin Moutet of France 7-5, 7-6(3) for his third ATP title. Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico and Austin Krajicek(Texas A&M) won their third straight title on grass, claiming championships at the Stuttgart ATP 250, the Nottingham ATP Challenger 125 and the Mallorca ATP 250. They had to save three match points in today's final to extend their winning streak to 12, beating Yuki Bhambri of India and Robert Galloway(Wofford) 6-1, 1-6, 15-13. 

Thirty-five Americans in Wimbledon Singles Draws; Fritz and Brooksby Advance to ATP Eastbourne Final, Pegula Reaches WTA Bad Homburg Final; Top Seed Sell, Seven Americans Advance to SoCal Pro Series Lakewood $15K Semifinals

The draws for next week's Wimbledon Championships were revealed today, with 19 US women and 16 US men featured in the singles draws.

According to a press release today from the USTA, that's "the most since the exact same tallies in 1999 (35 total; 19 women, 16 men)."

Below are the first round matches of all 35; I don't know which half is playing Monday and which is starting play on Tuesday, but I will post Monday's matches of Americans on Sunday night. With so many Americans it is fortunate that only two matches are between Americans. To see the full draws, click on the headings.

WOMEN:

Top half

McCartney Kessler[32] v Marketa Vondrousova(CZE)

Ann Li v Viktorija Golubic(SUI)

Peyton Stearns v Laura Siegemund(GER)

Madison Keys v Elena-Gabriela Ruse(ROU)

Bernards Pera v Linda Noskova[30](CZE)

Amanda Anismiova[13] v Yulia Putintseva(KAZ)

Ashlyn Krueger[31] v Mika Stojsavljevic[WC](GBR)

Bottom half

Hailey Baptiste v Sorana Cirstea(ROU)

Caroline Dolehide v Arantxa Rus(NED)

Emma Navarro[10] v Petra Kvitova[WC](CZE)

Iva Jovic[Q] v Suzan Lamens(NED)

Alycia Parks v Belinda Bencic(SUI)

Katie Volynets v Tatjana Maria(GER)

Jessica Pegula[3] v Elisabetta Cocciaretto(ITA)

Caty McNally v Jodie Burrage[WC](GBR)

Danielle Collins v Camila Osorio(COL)

Sofia Kenin[28] v Taylor Townsend[Q]

Coco Gauff[2] v Dayana Yastremska(UKR)

MEN:

Top half

Tommy Paul[13] v Johannus Monday[WC](GBR)

Ben Shelton[10] v Alex Bolt(AUS)

Aleksandar Kovacevic v Marton Fucsovics(HUN)

Brandon Nakashima[29] v Yunchaokete Bu(CHN)

Reilly Opelka v Alexander Shevchenko(KAZ)

Marcos Giron v Camilo Ugo Carabelli(ARG)

Alex Michelsen[30] v Miomir Kecmanovic(SRB)

Christopher Eubanks v Jesper De Jong(NED)

Bottom half

Taylor Fritz[5] v Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard(FRA)

Brandon Holt v Alejandro Davidovich Fokina[26](ESP)

Mackenzie McDonald v Karen Khachanov[17](RUS)

Ethan Quinn v Henry Searle[WC](GBR)

Learner Tien v Nishesh Basavareddy

Jenson Brooksby v Tallon Griekspoor[31](NED)

Frances Tiafoe[12] v Elmer Moller(DEN)

The doubles draws were also released today. The men's draw is here; the women's draw is here.

The ITA has also sent out a release on the number of collegians in the draws at Wimbledon, with the 26 men in singles this year the most this century. 

Three Americans will play in two of the last grass court finals before Wimbledon, with top seed Taylor Fritz, the defending champion, taking on lucky loser Jenson Brooksby for the ATP 250 Eastbourne title Saturday. In the Eastbourne doubles final today, the all-collegiate British team of Julian Cash(Mississippi St, Oklahoma St) and Lloyd Glasspool(Texas) won their second straight title and fourth of the year, with the third-seeded Queens Club champions beating unseeded Ariel Behar of Uruguay and Joran Vliegen(East Carolina) of Belgium 6-4, 7-6(5) in today's final. Glasspool, the 2015 NCAA doubles champion, and Cash are the No. 5 seeds at Wimbledon.

Top seed Jessica Pegula will play No. 4 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland for the title at the WTA 500 in Bad Homburg. And at the WTA 250 in Eastbourne, 2022 US Open girls champion Alexandra Eala of the Philippines, a qualifier, will play unseeded 19-year-old Maya Joint, the American now representing Australia, in the final. 

All four of the men's quarterfinals today at the SoCal Pro Series in Lakewood California went three sets, but the top two seeds came through, as did an unseeded recent Pro Series champion and a qualifier.

No. 1 seed and ATP 284 Karue Sell fought back to defeat qualifier Dominique Rolland(Arizona, UC-Santa Barbara) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) and will face unseeded Trevor Svajda, a rising junior at SMU, who won the title two weeks ago at the $15K in San Diego before spending last week competing at the USTA's American Collegiate Playoffs in doubles. Svajda, 19, defeated No. 4 seed Dane Sweeny of Australia 2-6, 6-1, 7-5 today.

Qualifier Spencer Johnson, a rising junior at UCLA, beat qualifier Maciej Rajski of Poland 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 and will play No. 2 seed Garrett Johns(Duke) in the semifinals. Johnson, who has played four of the five SoCal Pro Series events, getting through qualifying in three of the four, will be playing in his first Pro Circuit semifinal.

All four of the women's semifinalists are Californians, with Stanford incoming freshman Alyssa Ahn of San Diego continuing her stellar play in her fourth straight week competing in the SoCal Pro Series. Ahn, who made the final two weeks ago and the semifinals last week, defeated top seed Haley Giavara 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, avenging her two previous losses to the former Cal All-American. She will play qualifier Anne Christine Lutkemeyer, the rising UCLA senior, who beat Natsuho Arakawa(Arkansas, Washington) 6-3, 6-1.

Last week's Rancho Santa Fe champion, No. 2 seed Eryn Cayetano(USC), continued her winning streak, beating unseeded incoming Stanford freshman Tianmei Wang 6-2, 6-4. Her semifinal with 17-year-old Alexis Nguyen will be a rematch of last week's final, which Cayetano won 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-0.  Nguyen, the No. 5 seed, received a walkover from No. 3 seed Hiroko Kuwata of Japan today.

For more on Friday's action, see this article from Steve Pratt for USTA SoCal.

At the ITF J300 in Roehampton, five of the seven Americans in the qualifying have advanced to Saturday's final round of qualifying: Jacob Olar, Gavin Goode[4], Matisse Farzam[7], Capucine Jauffret[2] and Ishika Ashar[5]. 

Jovic and Townsend Qualify at Wimbledon; USD's Tarvet and Holmgren Reach Wimbledon Main Draw; ITF J300 Roehampton Qualifying Features Seven Americans; Wrapping Up 2024-25 D-I Season in an ITA Roundtable

Seventeen-year-old Iva Jovic and 29-year-old Taylor Townsend have reached the Wimbledon main draw with straight-sets wins today in Roehampton, while two men from the University of San Diego will compete at the All England club next week, and a recent Texas A&M Aggie and Virginia Cavalier will make their debuts at a major.

Jovic is now on an eight-match grass winning streak, with the WTA 125 Ilkley champion avoiding a third set for the first time today with a 6-3, 7-6(2) victory over Katarzyna Kawa of Poland. Jovic will play in her fourth consecutive major, after receiving a US Open wild card for winning the USTA girls 18s title in San Diego last year and then winning the USTA's wild card challenge for both this year's Australian Open and Roland Garros. This is obviously the first time she's made it through qualifying, and especially given her general unfamiliarity with the surface, that may actually help her in the main draw. She vowed to continue to wear her strawberry earrings and necklace, a gift from her mother, as she heads to the main draw; Jovic has won a round at each previous major.

Despite her game being perfectly suited to grass, Townsend will be competing in the main draw in singles for just the fifth time and this is the first time she's done so by coming though qualifying. 

Robin Montgomery, who made the main draw through qualifying last year, lost to Kaja Juvan of Slovenia today.

Of all 32 qualifiers, certainly Great Britain's Oliver Tarvet is the most unlikely. Earlier this month the University of San Diego rising senior was competing in the $15,000 SoCal Pro Series tournaments in San Diego, winning one, then retiring in the semifinals of the next one before heading home to compete in the Wimbledon qualifying as a wild card. He had played the 2021 Wimbledon Juniors as a wild card, losing in the first round, but his lack of experience or preparation on the surface wasn't evident at all this week. The ITA year-end No. 5, Tarvet defeated No. 14 seed Terence Atmane of France in the first round, former NC State star Alexis Galarneau of Canada in the second round and today, No. 29 seed Alexander Blockx of Belgium 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, in a match interrupted by rain.

With the massive prize money on offer in the first round of majors, Tarvet obviously has a choice to make,  as quoted by BBC in this article:

"It's a little bit awkward because I've got to find a lot of expenses and I really want to come back to University of San Diego to complete my fourth year," Tarvet said.

"What they've done for me is just incredible and I'm so grateful. I want to spend my fourth year there and really leave my mark on US history.

"I can claim up to $10,000 so I might be flying my coach on a private jet at home."

August Holmgren of Denmark is the second USD player to reach the main draw and he did it in much more dramatic fashion. Holmgren, who graduated in 2022, so was not on the team with Tarvet, saved three match points in the fourth set tiebreaker of his 6-4, 6-7(2), 3-6, 7-6(11), 7-6(7) win over Yosuke Watanuki of Japan, which took just five minutes short of four hours to complete. The 2022 NCAA singles finalist will be making his main draw debut in a slam, after failing to get through in his first two attempts at qualifying this year.

Luxembourg's Chris Rodesch, who graduated from Virginia last year as a three-time All-American, lost in the first round of qualifying last month at Roland Garros, but he came through one of the toughest sections of the Wimbledon qualifying draw, beating top seed Marton Fuscovics of Hungary 6-3, 6-4, 0-6, 7-6(4) in the final round today. 

On the women's side, Carson Branstine, who helped Texas A&M to its first NCAA team title in May of 2024, had a path similar to that of Rodesch, but she beat the top seed, France's Lois Boisson, in the first round of qualifying, then had to battle back in today's third round against unseeded Raluka Serban of Cyprus for a 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-2 victory. Branstine, who was born in California but switched to represent Canada as a junior, will be making her main draw debut at a major.

Ben Rothenberg has a feature on Branstine, which captures the drama that always accompanies her on court, in his Substack newsletter Bounces.

Thursday's Wimbledon final round qualifying results of Americans:

Iva Jovic[3] d. Katarzyna Kawa[32](POL) 6-3, 7-6(2)
Kaja Juvan(SLO) d. Robin Montgomery[16] 6-3, 7-6(7)
Taylor Townsend[7] d. Celine Naef(SUI) 6-3, 6-3

The singles draws will come out early Friday morning.

The conclusion of the men and women's qualifying at Roehampton clears the way for the start of the qualifying for the ITF J300 there, the only warmup for the Wimbledon Junior Championships. 

Seven Americans--four boys and three girls--are in the qualifying. The boys are Jacob Olar, Gavin Goode[4], Matisse Farzam[7] and Lachlan Gaskell.  The girls are Capucine Jauffret[2], Ciara Harding and Ishika Ashar[5].  Leena Friedman, who was two out of the main draw at the freeze deadline, is not in qualifying, so I'm assuming she moved into the main draw.

Linus Lagerbohm of Finland is the top boys seed in qualifying, with Maaya Revathi of India the No. 1 girls qualifying seed.

Earlier this month I participated on a Zoom call organized by Intercollegiate Tennis Association CEO Dave Mullins and ITA Director of Communication Zach Pohlmann to discuss the 2024-2025 Division I season. The call featured reflections and opinions, not only on the past season but on the sport's future, with Parsa Nemati, Alex Gruskin and John Parsons contributing their vast knowledge about the landscape. I appreciated being included, and thoroughly enjoyed hearing the perspectives of Alex, Parsa and John. The video of the hour-long call is available on the ITA's YouTube channel.

Jovic, Montgomery and Townsend Reach Final Round of Wimbledon Qualifying; Teen Qualifiers Advance at SoCal Pro Series W15 in Lakewod, Six Bruins Reach Second Round at M15; Top Seed Karue Sell Explains His Brief Return to $15K Level

The final round of Wimbledon qualifying is set for Thursday, and for the second year in a row, no US man will be added to the field. Last year Maxime Cressy(UCLA) lost in the final round of qualifying; this year, none of the seven Americans made it past the second round, with Eliot Spizzirri(Texas), Zachary Svajda, Colton Smith(Arizona) and Emilio Nava all losing their matches today. All four lost a tiebreaker in the first set, and only Spizzirri was able to force a third set.

Last year five US women made it to the final round of qualifying; this year three did: Iva Jovic, Taylor Townsend and Robin Montgomery, who was one of the three who made the main draw last year via qualifying. 

While both 2024 Wimbledon junior champions Nicolai Budkov Kjaer of Norway and Renata Jamrichova of Slovakia lost in the second round of qualifying today, 2024 girls finalist Emerson Jones is now just one win from the main draw after the 16-year-old Australian defeated Lola Radivojevic of Serbia 6-4, 6-4 today. She will play No. 17 seed Diane Parry of France Thursday.

Carson Branstine, who played in the NCAA team final 13 months ago for Texas A&M, defeated 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andresscu 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-1 in a battle of Canadian contemporaries. The 24-year-old Branstine won her first major qualifying match last month at Roland Garros; she will face unseeded Raluka Serban of Cyprus in the final round of qualifying Thursday.

The other former women's collegian to reach the final round of qualifying is Ena Shibahara(UCLA) of Japan, who will play Linda Fruhvirtova of the Czech Republic Thursday.

Wild card Oliver Tarvet, a rising senior at the University of San Diego, who finished the 2024-25 season No. 5 in the ITA rankings, is through to the final round of qualifying. He beat Alexis Galarneau(NC State) of Canada 6-3, 6-2 today, after beating No. 14 seed Terence Atmane of France 6-1, 7-6(2) in the first round Monday. The 21-year-old from St. Albans will play 2023 Australian Open boys champion Alexander Blockx of Belgium, the No. 29 seed, in Thursday's final round of qualifying, which is best-of-five for the men.

Wild card Hamish Stewart(Tulane, Georgia) saved two match points in the third set of his 7-6(3), 4-6, 7-6(9) win over Luca Van Assche of France; the 25-year-old from Glasgow was down 8-4 in that final tiebreaker. He will play Leandro Riedi of Switzerland in the final round of qualifying.

Also advancing to the final round are Chris Rodesch(Virginia) of Luxembourg, who faces top seed Marton Fucsovics of Hungary, the 2010 Wimbledon boys champion, Thursday, and 2022 NCAA finalist August Holmgren of Denmark, who plays Yosuke Wantanuki of Japan.

Wednesday's Wimbledon qualifying results of Americans:

Taylor Townsend[7] d. Hina Inoue 6-3, 6-1
Robin Montgomery[16] d. Patricia Maria Tig(ROU) 6-4, 6-2
Shuai Zhang[23(CHN) d. Whitney Osuigwe 6-2, 6-4
Iva Jovic[3] d. Julia Riera(ARG) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1

Marton Fucsovics[1](HUN) d. Zachary Svajda 7-6(5), 6-3
Alex Bolt(AUS) d. Eliot Spizzirri[10] 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-2
Yosuke Wantanuki(JPN) d. Colton Smith 7-6(3), 6-3
Dominic Stricker(SUI) d. Emilio Nava[13] 7-6(2), 6-4

Thursday's Wimbledon final round qualifying matches featuring Americans:

Iva Jovic[3]v Katarzyna Kawa[32](POL)
Robin Montgomery[16] v Kaja Juvan(SLO)
Taylor Townsend[7] v Celine Naef(SUI)

At the SoCal Pro Series stop in Lakewood this week, four qualifiers advanced to the women's second round, with three of them juniors: Kayla Chung, an incoming UCLA freshman; 16-year-old Maria Aytoyan and 17-year-old Georgia recruit Bella Payne. They join Tianmei Wang(Stanford), Alyssa Ahn[8](Stanford), Alanis Hamilton(North Carolina), Alexis Nguyen and Maya Iyengar as teenagers in the last 16.

Top seeds Haley Giavara(Cal) and last week's Rancho Santa Fe champion Eryn Cayetano(USC) both posted straight-sets wins today.

The men's second round features three current and three former UCLA players, with the former rising juniors Spencer Johnson, a qualifier, Emon van Loben Sels, a wild card and rising sophomore Rudy Quan.  No. 3 seed Govind Nanda eliminated last week's finalist Jack Anthrop(Ohio State) 6-4, 6-3, and Gage Brymer, returning after being out all of 2024, advanced to a meeting with No. 2 seed Garrett Johns(Duke).

Karue Sell, 2024 SoCal Pro Series
photo credit: Jon Mulvey/USTA SoCal

The sixth Bruin is top seed Karue Sell of Brazil, who beat Isaiah Strode 6-0, 6-2 yesterday. Sell, 31, will play Quan, 19, in a battle of UCLA generations Thursday.

Sell, who is at 284 in the ATP rankings, has been playing primarily on the Challenger level in the past ten months and recently reached the semifinals of the Challenger 75 in Tyler Texas. This is the only SoCal Pro Series tournament the Torrance resident is playing, but he explains in this article why getting some matches close to home is important to him.

After being away from competition for many years, Sell decided to give himself another chance, and with his popular YouTube channel providing some financial support, he has continued to climb in the rankings. He recently played his first ATP main draw match after qualifying in Geneva Switzerland, but he still needs to improve his ranking if he wants to make slam qualifying.

In this article for USTA SoCal, Damian Secore talked with Sell about his decision to give tennis another try, what he's learned in the past several years on tour, how he and his wife navigate the challenging life style of a pro tennis player, and how long he expects to continue competing. 

Sell's path has certainly been an unconventional one, but his willingness to document it has led to a greater understanding of the sport for many players and fans.

Three 2024 Wimbledon Girls Semifinalists Advance in Women's Qualifying; SoCal Pro Series Provides Only USTA Pro Circuit Action This Week; Illinois Signs Roland Garros Champion; Dostanic Receives ATP Winston-Salem Main Draw Wild Card

The first round of women's Wimbledon qualifying at Roehampton today featured three of the four 2024 girls semifinalists, and all three came through with three-set victories.

2024 girls champion Renata Jamrichova, who added the Wimbledon title to the Australian Open girls title she had won five months earlier, came from a set down to beat Tamara Korpatsch of Germany 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 to advance to a second round meeting with Joanna Garland of Taiwan.

Jamrichova, at 328 in the WTA rankings, needed the traditional qualifying wild card extended to the previous year's junior champion, but 2024 girls finalist Emerson Jones of Australia and 2024 semifinalist Iva Jovic got into qualifying a year later on the basis of their own WTA rankings.

WTA No. 209 Jones, who turns 17 next month, defeated No. 8 seed Antonia Ruzic of Croatia 6-1, 0-6, 6-0 today and will play Lola Radivojevic of Serbia in Wednesday's second round. 

No. 3 seed Iva Jovic, who lost to Jones 7-5, 6-1 in the girls semifinals last year, is ranked a WTA career-high of 89 now after her title at the W125 in Ilkley two weeks ago, but she needed over two-and-a-half hours to get by Linda Klimovicova of Poland, a 21-year-old who reached the Wimbledon girls semifinals in 2022, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Klimovicova had 12 aces, and escaped being broke down 0-40 at 1-all in the third set by virtue of her clutch serving. But with Klimovicova serving at 4-5, 30-all, Jovic came up with a blistering forehand winner to earn a match point, and Klimovicova made an unforced error to end what was a high-quality first round qualifying match. Jovic will face Julia Riera of Argentina in the second round Wednesday.

Jovic was one of five American women to advance, with 22-year-old Hina Inoue, who played her first slam qualifying match last month at Roland Garros, getting her first win. Inoue, who plays Taylor Townsend next, defeated Sofia Costoulas of Belgium 6-2, 7-6(3).  The Townsend-Inoue match is scheduled for Show Court 1, the sole court being streamed at ESPN+.

In another notable result, former Texas A&M star Carson Branstine defeated qualifying top seed and Roland Garros semifinalist Lois Boisson of France 6-2, 6-7(1), 6-4. She will play Bianca Andreescu of Canada, with whom she won the Australian Open and Roland Garros girls doubles titles in 2017.

Wednesday's order of play is here.

Tuesday's Wimbledon qualifying results of Americans:

Iva Jovic[3] d. Linda Klimovicova(POL) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

Taylor Townsend[7] d. Louisa Chirico 6-4, 6-2

Robin Montgomery[16] d. Hanne Vandewinkel(BEL) 7-6(6), 6-7(3), 6-3

Ella Seidel[13](GER) d. Kayla Day 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 

Shuai Zhang[23](CHN) d. Lauren Davis  6-3, 6-2

Mariam Bolkvadze(GEO) d. Varvara Lepchenko[19] 7-5, 6-4

Tereza Valentova[18](CZE) d. Maria Mateas 6-2, 6-3

Whitney Osuigwe d. Sinja Kraus(AUT) 6-3, 6-4

Hina Inoue d. Sofia Costoulas(BEL) 6-2, 7-6(3)

Lola Radivojevic(SRB) d. Hanna Chang 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-1

Wednesday's Wimbledon qualifying matches featuring Americans:

Taylor Townsend[7] v Hina Inoue

Robin Montgomery[16] v Patricia Maria Tig(ROU)

Whitney Osuigwe v Shuai Zhang[23(CHN)

Iva Jovic[3] v Julia Riera(ARG)

Zachary Svajda v Marton Fucsovics[1](HUN)

Eliot Spizzirri[10] v Alex Bolt(AUS)

Colton Smith v Yosuke Wantanuki(JPN)

Emilio Nava[13] v Dominic Stricker(SUI)

The only USTA Pro Circuit tournaments this week are in Lakewood California, with Week Five of the SoCal Pro Series underway.

Six of the women's qualifiers are Americans: Kayla Chung, Anne Lutkemeyer(UCLA), Olivia Center(UCLA), Bella Payne, Midoria Castillo Meza(Arizona) and Maria Aytoyan.

All four women's wild cards went to juniors: Kara Garcia, Kaia Giribalan, Armira Kockinis and Brooke Kwon.  Duke incoming freshman Claire An received an ITF Junior Reserved entry.

Haley Giavara(Cal) and last week's champion Eryn Cayetano(USC) are the top two seeds.

The eight men's qualifiers include five Americans: Spencer Johnson(UCLA), Phillip Jordan(South Carolina, UC-Santa Barbara), Keshav Chopra(Georgia Tech), Dominique Rolland(Arizona, UC-Santa Barbara) and Christopher Papa(San Diego Christian, Pepperdine). 

Wild cards were awarded to Max Fardanesh(UC-Irvine), Emon Van Loben Sels(UCLA), and juniors Rishvanth Krishna and Brayden Tallakson.

ATP Top 300 player Karue Sell(UCLA) of Brazil is the top seed, with Garrett Johns(Duke) the No. 2 seed.  Last week's finalists Jack Anthrop(Ohio State) and Andrew Fenty(Michigan) are unseeded this week, with Trevor Svajda, the champion of the San Diego $15K two weeks ago, also unseeded this week. 

The University of Illinois announced a major addition to their 2025-26 roster, with 2022 Roland Garros boys champion Gabriel Debru of France heading to Champaign-Urbana. Debru, whose older brother Mathis graduated from Illinois this year, is a former ITF No. 1 junior and has won two ATP Challenger titles. He is currently 263 in the ATP rankings, but has not competed since January.

The ATP 250 in Winston-Salem North Carolina, held the week before the US Open, has announced that Stefan Dostanic has been awarded the tournament's first main draw wild card. Once Dostanic won the US Open main draw wild card last week at the USTA's Collegiate Playoffs, he was free to compete that week, and with his just-completed semester at Wake Forest such a resounding success, he checks the box for local interest as well.

My Interviews with USO Collegiate Wild Cards Dostanic and Glozman; Four US Men Advance in Wimbledon Qualifying, 11 US Women Play Tuesday; Mosejczuk Sweeps Titles at ITF J200; Annual US Open Wild Card Challenge Announced

My coverage of last week's US Open American Collegiate Wild Card Playoffs is up today at the Tennis Recruiting Network, with winners Valerie Glozman and Stefan Dostanic discussing their strategies in the Playoff finals, their plans for the summer and how they will prepare for their main draw slam debuts in phone interviews I conducted after their matches. With this the first year of the event, and the NCAA fall championships still officially in a pilot phase, I'm not sure what the future holds for it, but this year at least, six American collegians will receive wild cards into the US Open, and that's a win for college tennis.

Emilio Nava, Colton Smith(Arizona), Eliot Spizzirri(Texas) and Zachary Svajda advanced to Wimbledon's second round of qualifying with wins today at Roehampton. I was able to watch Nava's 7-6(6), 7-6(3) win over Mitchell Krueger on ESPN+, with Krueger withstanding 21 aces in a match that featured no breaks of serve and just one break point. Spizzirri led 6-2 in the second set tiebreaker before losing six consecutive points, but he came from 3-1 down in the third set to beat Alejandro Moro Canas of Spain 7-6(4),6-7(6), 6-4.

Monday's Wimbledon qualifying results of Americans:
Emilio Nava[13] d. Mitchell Krueger 7-6(6), 7-6(3)
Luka Pavlovic(FRA) d. Tristan Boyer[9] 7-6(5), 7-6(2)
Zachary Svajda d. Lukas Neumayer(AUT) 6-2, 6-3
Alexis Galarneau(CAN) d. Murphy Cassone 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Eliot Spizzirri[10] d. Alejandro Moro Canas(ESP) 7-6(4),6-7(6), 6-4
Colton Smith d. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna(ARG) 6-4, 6-1

Oliver Bonding, who won his qualifying wild card as this year's LTA 18s champion, advanced to the second round with a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 win over Victor Durasovic of Norway, a last-minute replacement for Jason Kubler of Australia. 

Another Norwegian had better luck today, with 2024 Wimbledon boys champion Nicolai Budkov Kjaer of Norway earning his first senior slam victory with a 7-6(3), 6-2 win over 36-year-old Yan Bai of China.

The women's first round of qualifying is Tuesday, with 11 American women in draw. Iva Jovic, the No. 3 seed, will be on Show Court 1, the only court on ESPN+ that is streamed in qualifying.

Tuesday's Wimbledon qualifying matches featuring Americans:

Iva Jovic[3] v Linda Klimovicova(POL)

Taylor Townsend[7] v Louisa Chirico

Robin Montgomery[16] v Hanne Vandewinkel(BEL)

Kayla Day v Ella Seidel[13](GER)

Lauren Davis v Shuai Zhang[23](CHN)

Varvara Lepchenko[19] v Mariam Bolkvadze(GEO)

Maria Mateas v Tereza Valentova[18](CZE)

Whitney Osuigwe v Sinja Kraus(AUT)

Hina Inoue v Sofia Costoulas(BEL)

Hanna Chang v Lola Radivojevic(SRB)

Dominick Mosejczuk swept the titles at the ITF J200 in Germany last week. The No. 2 seed, the 18-year-old New Yorker defeated No. 8 seed Pedro Chabalgoity of Brazil 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(1) in the singles final.

Mosejczuk and 15-year-old Andrew Johnson, who lost in the singles semifinals to Chabalgoity, won the doubles title, with the top seeds defeated No. 2 seed Jan Chlodnicki of Poland and Jake Dembo of Australia 6-1, 7-5 in the final.

Mosejczuk only gained one spot in the ITF junior rankings, as he had won a J200 in Mexico the same week last year, but at No. 36, he'll have a good shot at direct entry into his home slam regardless of his results on the grass in the next several weeks. Johnson hadn't played since the ITF J300 in March, so it's good to see him back on court, and he is now up to a career-high 115 in the ITF junior rankings.

There were four other singles titles for Americans on the ITF Junior Circuit last week.

At the J60 in Ecuador, 16-year-old Filipa Delgado claimed her first ITF Junior Circuit singles title. The No. 3 seed defeated No. 8 seed Sandra Talamo Pinto of Venezuela 6-0, 6-0 in the final. Rowan Qalbani won the boys doubles title in Ecuador, with partner Adrian Oltean Achacollo of Spain. The unseeded pair defeated No. 3 seeds Nicholas Carneiro and Mateus Ranciaro of Brazil 6-2, 4-6, 10-4 in the final. It's the third ITF Junior Circuit doubles title for Qalbani.

Americans won all four titles at the J30 in Honduras, with sweeps by 16-year-olds Macksimus Malhotra and Isabella Pisarczyk.

Malhotra, the No. 6 seed, defeated No. 2 seed Niccolo Magagnin of Italy 6-7(1), 6-4, 6-0 in the singles final, then earned his second career title by partnering with Magagnin to take the doubles. The No. 2 seeds defeated top seeds Caio Lara Campos and Diego Valpereiro of Brazil 6-2, 7-5 in the final.

Pisarczyk also won her first two titles, by defeating her doubles partner, then teaming up with her for a second title later in the day. The top seed defeated No. 4 seed Adriana Khomyakova 6-1, 6-3 in the singles final, with the top seeds then defeating No. 2 seeds Asia Sundas and Sofia Sundas of Italy 6-4, 6-4 in the doubles final. 

At J30 in Peru, 13-year-old Kathryn Cragg of New York won her first ITF Junior Circuit title, losing only 10 games in her five wins. The No. 8 seed, Cragg defeated No. 5 seed Leticia Rojas Vega of Peru 6-1, 6-2 in the final.

At the J100 in Mexico, the girls doubles title went to No. 8 seeds Olivia De Los Reyes and Ligaya Murray, who beat the unseeded team of Regan Levine and Julia Seversen 7-5, 6-7(5), 10-3 in the final.  No. 9 seed Brooke Wallman reached the girls singles final, falling to No. 8 seed Riyo Yoshida of Japan 6-3, 6-3.

The USTA announced the annual US Open Wild Card Challenge would return this summer, although there is a major difference from previous editions. The men's competition begins next week and runs for six weeks, with the four best results counting in the race. The women's competition doesn't begin until July 21 and runs only three weeks, with just two results counting. It also encompasses the first two rounds of the Cincinnati Open 1000, which has been expanded to a two-week event this year.

Usually, all three of the USTA's Wild Card Challenges are four or five weeks, with the best three results counting, so I don't know why the men's event was expanded and the women's contracted. The complete release, shown below, does not provide any explanation.

US Open Wild Card Challenge Returns to Award an American Man and Woman a Singles Main Draw Wild Card Into the 2025 US Open 

 

Challenge to Begin June 30 for Men, July 21 for Women

 

Orlando, Fla., June 23, 2025 – The US Open Wild Card Challenge, which utilizes hard-court pro tournaments to award an American man and woman a singles main draw wild card into the US Open, will kick off the week of June 30 for the men and July 21 for the women, with both windows lasting through the week of August 4. 

 

The men's wild card will go to the American with the highest cumulative total of ATP singles ranking points earned from their best four results over six weeks. The Men's Challenge counts outdoor and indoor hard-court events at the M25-level and above around the world. 

 

The women's wild card will go to the American with the highest cumulative total of WTA singles ranking points earned from their best two results over three weeks. The Women's Challenge counts outdoor and indoor hard-court events at the W35-level and above around the world. 

 

For both the men and the women, results from the first two rounds of the Cincinnati Open will be included if those rounds are completed by the end of the day on Monday, August 11. If all second round matches are not completed by that deadline, then only first-round results will be considered.

 

Both main draw and qualifying points earned count toward each player’s Challenge total.

 

Americans who otherwise earn direct entry into the US Open are not eligible, including those who can enter with a protected ranking. Should the player with the highest number of Challenge points earn direct entry into the US Open, the wild card will go to the next eligible American in the Challenge points standings. In the event of a tie, the player with the best ATP or best WTA singles ranking on Monday, August 11, will earn the wild card.

 

The USTA's recent Wild Card Challenge winners include 17-year-old Iva Jovic, who won the Challenges to get into both the 2025 Australian and French Opens and won her first-round match at both events. Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge men's winner Emilio Nava also reached the second round in Paris, while Australian Open Wild Card Challenge men's winner Nishesh Basavareddy pushed Novak Djokovic to four sets in Melbourne. 

 

Previous US Open Wild Card Challenge winners (and how they did at that year’s US Open) are below:

 

2024: Amanda Anisimova (1R); Learner Tien (1R)

2023: Steve Johnson (1R); Kayla Day (1R)

2022: JJ Wolf (3R), Elizabeth Mandlik (2R)

2019: Ernesto Escobedo (1R), Kristie Ahn (4R)

2018: Bradley Klahn (1R), Asia Muhammad (1R)

2017: Tommy Paul (1R), Sofia Kenin (3R)

2016: Ernesto Escobedo (2R), Sofia Kenin (1R)

2015: Bjorn Fratangelo (1R), Samantha Crawford (1R)

2014: Wayne Odesnik (1R), Nicole Gibbs (3R)

2013: Bradley Klahn (2R), Shelby Rogers (1R)

2012: Steve Johnson (3R), Mallory Burdette (3R)

 

Crawley Wins Second Straight W35 in Wichita; Fenty, Cayetano Earn Rancho Santa Fe Titles; Kessler Claims Nottingham Title, Wimbledon Seed; Wimbledon Men's Qualifying Features Seven Americans

Former North Carolina All-American Fiona Crawley won her second consecutive W35 title today in Wichita Kansas, with the 23-year-old from Texas defeating 19-year-old Mayu Crossley of Japan 6-0, 7-5, her second victory over Crossley in the past two weeks. 

Crawley, who came from a set down in three of her wins this week, will now move just outside the WTA Top 400 when the points are added, and she has no points to defend until October, so her career-high of 348 is likely to be exceeded this summer.

At the M25 in Tulsa Oklahoma, former University of Oklahoma standout Alex Martinez of Spain, seeded No. 6, won his first Pro Circuit title. The 24-year-old defeated No. 5 seed Alex Rybakov(TCU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 in today's final, and when the points are added, he will be at a career-high ATP ranking around 450.

The doubles title went to No. 4 seeds Zachary Fuchs(BYU) and Wally Thayne(Utah, BYU), who beat No. 3 seeds Pranav Kumar(Texas A&M, SMU) and Daniel Milavsky(Harvard) 6-3, 3-6, 10-6 in last night's final. It's the first Pro Circuit title for Fuchs and the second for Thayne.

Like Tulsa, the M15 in Rancho Santa Fe California produced a first-time champion, with 25-year-old Andrew Fenty beating Jack Anthrop, a rising senior at Ohio State, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in today's final. Fenty a former All-American at Michigan, was playing in his first Pro Circuit singles final, while Anthrop, competing in his third, has yet to hoist a winner's trophy.

In last night's doubles final, the unseeded team of Theo Dean(Yale, Cal) and Aadarsh Tripathi(UCLA) defeated No. 4 seeds Finn Bass(Baylor) of Great Britain and Strong Kirchheimer(Northwestern) 6-1, 7-6(5). It's the first Pro Circuit title for both Dean and Tripathi.

Eryn Cayetano added the singles title to the doubles title she won yesterday at the W15 in Rancho Santa Fe, with the No. 2 seed defeating 17-year-old Alexis Nguyen, the No. 4 seed, 6-7(6), 6-2, 6-0 for her fifth career Pro Circuit singles title. The 24-year-old from Long Beach would be expected to have collected several titles during the three previous years of the SoCal Pro Series, but she had claimed just one singles title before today, back in 2022; she now has won three doubles titles in SoCal Pro Series.

For a recap of the Rancho Santa Fe events, with quotes from champions Fenty and Cayetano, see this from Damian Secore for the SoCal Pro Series.

McCartney Kessler, who last year at this time was preparing to compete in the Wimbledon women's qualifying, won her third career WTA title today at the 250 in Nottingham. The 25-year-old from Georgia, a former All-American at Florida, defeated Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine 6-4, 7-5 in today's final, which was interrupted by rain with Kessler serving for the first set.

With the title, and Xinyu Wang of China's loss in the Berlin final, Kessler secured the final seed at Wimbledon. Her WTA ranking has gone from 122 a year ago to 32 as of Monday. For more on the final, see this article from the WTA website.

Three former collegians collected ATP doubles titles today at 500s in London and Halle.  No. 4 seeds Julian Cash(Mississippi St, Oklahoma St) and Lloyd Glasspool(Texas) won their fourth ATP title, and third this year, beating unseeded Nikola Mektic of Croatia and Michael Venus(Texas, LSU) of New Zealand 6-4, 6-7(5), 10-6 at Queen's Club.

Tim Puetz(Auburn) and Kevin Krawietz won on home soil, with the top seeds beating No. 2 seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori of Italy 6-3, 7-6(4) in the Halle final. The 2024 ATP Finals champions also have four ATP titles.

For more on the doubles finals, see this article from the ATP.

Wimbledon qualifying begins Monday at Roehampton, with the first round of men's competition on the schedule.

Just as in 2024, seven US men are competing in qualifying, with the matchups below. Last year none of the seven qualified, with only Maxime Cressy(who did not make the field this year) reaching the final round.

Emilio Nava[13] v Mitchell Krueger

Tristan Boyer[9]v Luka Pavlovic(FRA)

Zachary Svajda v Lukas Neumayer(AUT)

Murphy Cassone v Alexis Galarneau(CAN)

Eliot Spizzirri[10] v Alejandro Moro Canas(ESP)

Colton Smith v Santiago Rodriguez Taverna(ARG)

ESPN+ will feature coverage of the matches on Court One each day, according to this release. Nava and Krueger are scheduled for that court Monday.

The main draw won't be out until Friday, so there is a chance there will be more withdrawals before the seeds are official, but this is the current list of Americans seeds:

Men:

Taylor Fritz[4]

Ben Shelton[10]

Frances Tiafoe[12]

Tommy Paul[13]

Brandon Nakashima[29]

Alex Michelsen[30]

Women:

Coco Gauff[2]

Jessica Pegula[3]

Madison Keys[6]

Emma Navarro[9]

Amanda Anisimova[13]

Sofia Kenin[28]

Ashlyn Krueger[31]

McCartney Kessler[32]

Crawley Goes for Second Straight W35 Title in Wichita; First-time Champion Guaranteed at M15, Cayetano Eyes Sweep at W15 in Rancho Santa Fe; Kessler Aims for Third WTA Title, Wimbledon Seed in Nottingham Final

A rematch of last week's semifinals at the USTA Pro Circuit W35 in Decatur will decide this week's champion at the W35 in Wichita Kansas when Fiona Crawley takes on Mayu Crossley of Japan. 

The 23-year-old Crawley, a former North Carolina All-American, won their meeting last week 2-6, 6-1, 7-5, then went on to claim her first title of 2025 with a 7-6(5), 6-4 win over Dasha Plekhanova of Canada. Crossley, who won her first title on the USTA Pro Circuit last month at the W15 in Orlando, had the more straightforward win today. The 19-year-old incoming UCLA freshman defeated 34-year-old Hiroko Kuwata of Japan 6-2, 7-6(4), posting her second Pro Circuit win over Kuwata in the past 14 months.

Crawley was down 6-3, 3-0 with No. 7 seed Sahaja Tamalapalli(Sam Houston State) of India serving, but fought back to earn a 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-2 victory, her ninth straight. 

In the doubles final today, the unseeded team of Maria Berlanga Bandera(Tulsa) of Spain and Julie Garcia(Oklahoma) of Mexico defeated top seeds Catherine Harrison(UCLA) and Christina Rosca(Vanderbilt) 7-5, 7-5 for their first title as a team. Harrison, who has been as high as 69 in the WTA doubles rankings, had not played since last year's US Open, so a final this week is certainly a positive step.

At the USTA Pro Circuit M25 in Tulsa Oklahoma, No. 5 seed Alex Rybakov(TCU) will face No. 6 seed Alex Martin(Oklahoma) of Spain for the singles title Sunday.

Rybakov, who has yet to drop a set this week, defeated No. 2 seed Patrick Maloney(Michigan) 6-4, 6-4, while Martinez got by No. 7 seed Daniel Milavsky(Harvard) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(3). Martinez is seeking his first pro title, having lost in a M15 final in 2022 and an ATP Challenger 50 final, as a qualifier, last July.

The men's final at the SoCal Pro Series in Rancho Santa Fe California will produce a first-time champion, with unseeded Jack Anthrop facing unseeded Andrew Fenty in Sunday's championship match.

Anthrop, a rising senior at Ohio State, continued his straight-sets run through the competition this week, beating unseeded UCLA rising sophomore Rudy Quan 6-2, 6-3 to reach the third singles final of his career on the USTA Pro Circuit. Fenty, an All-American at Michigan, will be playing in his first USTA Pro Circuit final after he defeated No. 7 seed Kyle Kang(Stanford) 6-3, 6-4.

Former University of Southern California All-American Eryn Cayetano kept the 17-year-old Nguyen twins from meeting in Sunday's women's final of the W15 in Rancho Santa Fe, defeating qualifier Avery 6-1, 6-0 in today's semifinals. No. 4 seed Alexis Nguyen defeated incoming Stanford freshman Alysaa Ahn, last week's W15 finalist, 6-4, 6-2 to reach her first USTA Pro Circuit final, while the 24-year-old Cayetano, seeded No. 2, will be seeking her fifth title, all of them at the $15K level.

Cayetano won her eighth Pro Circuit doubles title this afternoon, partnering with former teammate Lily Fairclough of Australia. The No. 3 seeds defeated No. 4 seeds Scarlett Nicholson(Georgia Tech) of Canada and Anita Sahdiieva(Baylor, LSU) of Ukraine 6-3, 7-5 in the final. Fairclough has now won three straight SoCal Pro Series doubles titles, with three different partners.

Former University of Florida All-American McCartney Kessler will play for her third WTA title tomorrow at the 250 in Nottingham, after defeating unseeded Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-2 in today's semifinals. She will face unseeded Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine, who beat No. 6 seed Magda Linette 6-4, 6-4. Kessler will move inside the WTA Top 40 with this run, and still has a chance to be seeded at Wimbledon if she wins the title and Xinyu Wang of China loses in the W500 final in Berlin.

Ahn, Nguyen Twins Reach Rancho Santa Fe $15K Semifinals; Quan Advances to Men's Semifinal at RSF; Final Wimbledon Wild Cards Feature Five Collegiate Men; Kessler Makes WTA Nottingham Semifinals

The semifinalists are set at the SoCal Pro Series men's and women's $15,000 tournaments this week in Rancho Santa Fe, with Americans filling all the eight of those spots.

Three of the women's semifinalists are teenagers, while three of the four men's semifinalists are current college players.

The 17-year-old Nguyen twins, who are verbally committed to North Carolina for 2026, are in separate halves of the draw, so each will need to win Saturday before they will play each other. No. 4 seed Alexis defeated Thea Frodin 6-1, 6-2 to advance to her second Pro Circuit semifinal, while sister Avery, a qualifier, continued her run with a 6-2, 5-2, retired decision over qualifier Jo-Yee Chan(San Diego State). Avery, who qualified for her first Pro Circuit main draw two weeks ago in San Diego, will face No. 2 seed Eryn Cayetano, the former USC All-American in the semifinals. Cayetano defeated the last non-American player, No. 8 seed Anita Sahdiieva(Baylor, LSU) of Ukraine 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in today's quarterfinals. 

Alexis will face unseeded Alyssa Ahn, an incoming freshman at Stanford, who defeated Klara Kosan(Pacific) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Ahn reached the final of the W15 last week in San Diego.

Ohio State rising senior Jack Anthrop continued his stroll through the men's draw, defeating qualifier Theo Dean(Yale, Cal) 6-1, 6-1. Anthrop, a 21-year-old from Florida, will play 19-year-old Rudy Quan, a rising sophomore at UCLA in the semifinals. Quan defeated wild card Noah Zamora(UC-Irvine) 6-3, 7-6(4).

No. 7 seed Kyle Kang, a Stanford rising junior and the only seed remaining, defeated No. 2 seed Moerani Bouzige of Australia 6-2, 6-4 to advance against Andrew Fenty(Michigan). The 25-year-old Fenty, who reached the semifinals two weeks ago in San Diego, is still seeking his first Pro Circuit singles title.

Rain has been a problem at the W35 in Wichita and the M25 in Tulsa, but Fiona Crawley, the champion at last week's W35 in Decatur Illinois, has extended her winning streak. The former North Carolina All-American defeated No. 2 seed YeXin Ma of China 6-4, 6-2 and will face No. 7 seed Sahja Yamalapalli(Sam Houston State) of India in the semifinals. Crawley was the only American to reach the quarterfinals in Wichita.

Recent Harvard graduate Daniel Milavsky has reached his first semifinal above the M15 level, with the 23-year-old from Massachusetts, seeded No. 7, getting his best win by ATP ranking today with a 6-1, 7-6(1) win over top seed Aidan Mayo. Milavsky will play No. 6 seed Alex Martinez(Oklahoma) of Spain, who beat Justin Boulais(Ohio State) of Canada 6-2, 6-4.

Due to severe weather, the quarterfinals between No. 5 seed Alex Rybakov(TCU) and No. 3 Garrett Johns(Duke) and No. 8 seed Antoine Ghibaudo(Kentucky) of France and No. 2 seed Patrick Maloney(Michigan) are scheduled for later tonight.

With the Wimbledon singles qualifying beginning Monday at Roehampton, the final wild cards were handed out today.

The LTA's Wimbledon qualifying wild card playoffs concluded today, with all four of the men who reached the semifinals receiving qualifying wild cards. All are former collegians: James Story(Memphis, South Carolina), Hamish Stewart(Tulane, Georgia), Giles Hussey(Georgia State, Tennessee), and Alastair Gray(TCU).  

Former Stanford All-American Arthur Fery, who had initially received a qualifying wild card, was upgraded to a main draw wild card today.

The two women's qualifying wild cards filled from the LTA's qualifying wild card playoffs went to Katy Dunne and Katie Swan. Dunne defeated recent University of Florida graduate Alice Dudeney 6-1, 7-5 in the semifinals, while Swan beat former Stanford star Angelica Blake 6-3, 6-1.

The updated list of Wimbledon wild cards is here.

Former University of Florida All-American McCartney Kessler qualified for Wimbledon last year, so it's not surprising that she has put together a good run this week on the grass at the WTA 250 in Nottingham. Kessler, who had a disappointing clay season, defeated top seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil in the first round and today took out No. 8 seed and two-time defending champion Katie Boulter of Great Britain 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, winning the final four games of the match. Kessler, who turns 26 next month, will play unseeded Rebecca Sramcova of Slovakia in the semifinals.