Bradenton ITF J300 Qualifying Complete, Seeds Begin Play Monday; First Round of IMG Academy International 12s, 14s, 16s Championships Set for Monday; Hance Reaches ITF J500 Merida Final; Frodin and Penickova Win Girls Doubles

©Colette Lewis 2025--
Bradenton Florida--

A beautiful day to end the holiday weekend was even more enjoyable for the 16 players who won two matches on the green clay to qualify for the ITF J300 Bradenton main draw, while eight players in the younger age divisions earned their spots in Monday's first round with victories on the hard courts of the IMG Academy. (A list of all 12s, 14s and 16s qualifiers is here).

Five US girls advanced to the main draw: Amira Kockinis, Yilin Chen, Ana Avarmovic[9], Kaya Moe[4] and top qualifying seed Brooke Wallman.

Being the top seed in qualifying is accompanied by some what-ifs, and the top seed in boys qualifying, Agassi Rusher, ended up in the main draw after a late withdrawal. But Wallman was able to look for a silver lining, especially because she won both her matches Sunday, beating Siena Schintler of Puerto Rico 6-3, 6-3 this morning and Aya Manning  6-4, 1-6, 10-5 in the afternoon, both on Stadium Court.

"My coach Ryan (Harrison) was telling me to focus on preparing," said the 17-year-old from New York. "Because if I did qualify, and luckily I did, then I would have some match play on the courts and some of my opponents may not have had that, and I won't have any first rounds jitters."

After taking the first set against Manning, Wallman hit a rough spot in the second, a lull she attributed to a lack of patience.

"She was playing smart and I was kind of forcing things," Wallman said. "Just missing too much and I wasn't playing enough heavy spin and my footwork got a little sloppy. I was trying to end the point, when I really shouldn't have; I was going for the wrong shots at the wrong time. She got some confidence from that and she was playing a little better than in the first."

Wallman was able to reset after a bathroom break, taking an early lead in the match tiebreaker that helped her quickly put the poor second set behind her.

"I told myself to focus on every ball in, don't give her anything sloppy," Wallman said. "If she's going to win the breaker, it's going to be because she earned every point, not that I gave it to her. I played smart in the breaker, and I feel she played a little worse than in the second set, gave me a few points in the beginning which gave me some confidence."

Wallman recently made a verbal commitment to Texas A&M for the fall of 2027, with her search for the right school a short one.

"A&M was the first visit I went on, and I was like, what else am I really going to want in a school that they don't have here?" Wallman said. "And I couldn't come up with one thing, so you know what? This is my school."

Kori Montoya, a close friend of Wallman's, is joining the Aggies next fall, which also played a role in her choice.

"I'll be with one of my friends, and all the coaches, they were just people I thought I could grow a lot with," Wallman said. "I could tell from the practices I watched that they really enjoyed being there with the girls; it's not a job to them. And it's really cool that I can be on a team that we could be playing for a national title."

Wallman will face No. 8 seed Xinran Sun of China in the first round Tuesday, with all qualifiers having Monday off.

Four US boys reached the main draw with two wins today: Noble Renfrow, Safir Azam[9], Kamil Stolarczyk and Tyler Lee.

Lee, who is arrived Friday from Southern California, had only a couple of hours of practice to adjust to what is admittedly not his favorite surface. But he did not drop a set in his three wins, including a 6-1, 6-2 victory of Jerald Carroll Sunday morning and a 6-4, 6-1 win over this year's 16s USTA Clay Courts champion Keshav Muthuvel.

"This is my third tournament ever on clay and before this, I think my record on clay was 1-2," said the 16-year-old from Tustin California. "It's pretty tough to find clay courts in California. This tournament kind of snuck up on me and I think I played literally once in California and that was on red clay as well. I knew I had to make the most of my two hours of practice."

Lee is known for the hugging the baseline and generating blistering pace, but he said he's made adjustments this weekend, especially in his return game.

"Everyone knows how close I stand to the baseline when I return, especially on second serves," Lee said. "But it's kind of hard on these courts, when the ball bounces randomly, so stepping back has helped me a lot, to find my sweet spot. And if I'm comfortable, I can take time away as well. I've noticed that's what all the guys are doing anyway, and they know more than me about clay."

Lee's opponent on Tuesday will be unseeded Oliver Sanders of the Czech Republic, who reached the quarterfinals of this week's J500 in Merida Mexico.

The J300 Bradenton seeds:

GIRLS ITF

1. Laima Vladson(UZB)

2. Victoria Barros(BRA)

3. Luna Cinalli(ARG)

4. Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi(ARG)

5. Anastasija Cvetkovic(SRB)

6. Kanon Sawashiro(JPN)

7. Nadia Lagaev CAN)

8. Xinran Sun(CHN)

9. Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi(IND)

10. Ha Eum Lee(KOR)

11. Capucine Jauffret(USA)

12. Melije Clarke(USA)

13. Sofia Meabe(ARG)

14. Maja Pawaelska(POL)

15. Iva Marinkovic(SWE)

16. Nancy Lee(USA)

BOYS ITF

1. Yannick Alexandrescou(ROU)

2. Oskari Paldanius(FIN)

3. Ryo Tabata(JPN)

4. Alan Wazny(POL)

5. Jamie Mackenzie(GER)

6. Keaton Hance(USA) (withdrew)

7. Thijs Boogaard NED)

8. Ziga Sesko(SLO)

9. Michael Antonius(USA)

10. Kuan-Shou Chen(TPE)

11. Stefan Haita(ROU)

12. Andrew Johnson(USA)

13. William Rejchtman Vinciguerra(SWE)

14. Tito Chavez(ESP)

15. Ryan Cozad(USA)

16. Linus Lagerbohn(FIN)

Forty-one of the 64 first round matches are scheduled for Monday, with the remainder on Tuesday; the first round of doubles is scheduled for Tuesday, although there is a chance of rain in the forecast.

The seeds for the 12s, 14s and 16s divisions are below. Draws with times are at the USTA tournament site. Scores will posted to that site throughout the day.

B12s Seeds:

1. Oliver Baker(AUS)

2. Evan Fan(USA)

3. Jobe Dikkenberg(AUS)

4. Ethan Wang(AUS)

5. James Borchard(USA)

6. William Nikolas Vasii(ROM)

7. Dmitriy Flyam(USA)

8. Cheng-en Tsai(TPE)

9. Yeseong Lee(KOR)

10. Yoonjae Suh(KOR)

11. Jackson Ansbach(USA)

12. Udomchoke Bhasura(USA)

13. Rafael Champion(USA)

14. John Pollock(USA)

15. Maxim Kerbikov(USA)

16. Minchan Kwon(KOR))

B14s Seeds:

1. Genidy Mohamed(EGY)

2. Kazuki Nakajima(JPN)

3. Tristan Ascenzo(USA)

4. Boshi Wang(USA)

5. Alexander Anderson(USA)

6. Neve Upston(NZL)

7. Soyun Kim(KOR)

8. Yosuke Hino(SGP)

9. Novak Palombo(AUS)

10. Akhmadi Makhanov(KAZ)

11. Xiande He(CHN)

12. Michael Chervenkov(USA)

13. Indra Vergne(USA)

14. Kensho Ford(USA)

15. Deniz Karabulut(CAN)

16. Ignacio Mejias(USA)

B16s Seeds:

1. Mason Vaughn(USA)

2. Daniil Berezin(USA)

3. Arun Gadin(USA)

4. Dhakshish Aryan(USA)

5. Rafael Bote(CAN)

6. Ivan Rybak(USA)

7. Syed Sulaiman(USA)

8. Colin McPeek(USA)

9. Artem Dmytrenko(USA)

10. Julian Zhang(USA)

11. Mikaeel Alibaig(USA)

12. Cristobal Plasencia RoblesUSA)

13. Arjun Krishnan(USA)

14. Jang Junseo(KOR)

15. Zander Abrams(USA)

16. Jake Spurrell(AUS)

G12s Seeds:

1. Lucy Dupere(USA)

2. Inie Toli(USA)

3. Darcy Basist(AUS)

4. Fangqiao Zou(CHN)

5. Seungyeon Seo(AUS)

6. Yeonkyung Lim(KOR)

7. Chloe AnthonyUSA)

8. Zana Peric(USA)

9. Danielle Han(USA)

10. Ana Paula Vega Alvarez(DOM)

11. Meina Hirai(JPN)

12. Jocelyn Jia(AUS)

13. Nastassia Gilbert(USA)

14. Airi Ono(JPN)

15. Ameilia Hilton(USA)

16. Victoire Koko(FRA)

G14s Seeds:

1. Nikol Davletshina(USA)

2. Yerin Lim(KOR)

3. Amy Shen(CAN)

4. Zihao Han(CHN)

5. Konstantina Volonaki(GRE)

6. Aoi Yoshida(JPN)

7. Tessa Puente(USA)

8. Emilia Henningsen(DEN)

9. Ayaka Iwasa(JPN)

10. Jiayi Lu(CHN)

11. Srishti Kiran(IND)

12. Xinran Yan(CHN)

13. Adriana Khomyakova(USA)

14. Sophia Khomoutov(USA)

15. Yasmin Dyussembayeva(KAZ)

16. Eva Deng(USA)

G16s Seeds:

1. Rose Biria(USA)

2. Daniella Sales(USA)

3. Sadira OuyangUSA)

4. Vibha Gogineni(USA)

5. Kiana Smith(USA)

6. Tanvi Pandey(USA)

7. Samvrutha Jawahar(USA)

8. Aleksandra Jerkunica(USA)

9. Anna Scott Laney(USA)

10. Misaki Yamagishi(JPN)

11. Adelina Iftime(USA)

12. Rachel White(USA)

13. Kylee Hung(USA)

14. Kaylee Hill(USA)

15. Natasha Jerkunica(USA)

16. Kara Fronek(AUT)

No. 7 seed Keaton Hance defeated top seed Yannik Alexandrescou 6-4, 7-6(8) last night in the semifinals of the ITF J500 in Merida Mexico; he plays for the title tonight against No. 3 seed Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil, who beat No. 16 seed Linus Lagerbohm of Finland 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

Top seed Alena Kovackova of the Czech Republic defeated Iva Marinkovic of Sweden 6-1, 6-4, but she will not face her sister, No. 2 seed Jana Kovackova in the final, with Jana losing to Victoria Barros of Brazil, the No. 4 seed, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5. 

Thea Frodin and Annika Penickova, seeded No. 3, won the girls doubles title via a walkover from the top-seeded Kovackova sisters. 

Alexandrescou and Ryo Tabata of Japan, the No. 1 seeds, defeated No. 8 seeds Dominick Mosejczuk and Emanuel Ivanisevic of Croatia 7-6(3), 6-3 for the boys doubles title.

First Round of Qualifying Complete at ITF J300 Bradenton, Two More Rounds Sunday; Final Round Qualifying for 12s, 14s, 16 Sunday Morning; Hance Reaches ITF J500 Merida Semifinals

©Colette Lewis 2025--
Bradenton FL--

This year's qualifying for the ITF J300 at the IMG Academy in Bradenton Florida is back to being played on the ten green clay courts on the East Campus and the six green clay courts at the IMG Legacy Hotel on the West side of the sprawling sports complex. Last year, the 16s were moved to green clay due to hurricane damage to the hard courts they usually play on, but repairs have been done and the 16s will complete their qualifying Sunday morning.

I stuck to the East Campus today, so I could watch ten courts, but I hope to catch some matches at the Legacy courts in the next few days. The courts are only a few years old and have the preferred underground watering system, so they are popular with the players and the viewing is excellent for spectators, but they are definitely isolated from where all the action is.

Part of that action this time of year features top pros hitting on the IMG Stadium hard court as they begin preparation for the 2026 season. Yesterday 2024 NCAA champion Dasha Vidmanova was hitting with North Carolina's Tatum Evans; Martin Damm had a practice session this morning, with Peyton Stearns following him on the court. There were others, but I wasn't in the area regularly, as there is just the one green clay Stadium court, next to the hard court.

Because the girls qualifying draw didn't fill, there was no alternate list, leading to a couple of walkovers due to late withdrawals and no shows. The boys did have alternates, but it was discovered that one of them, who actually played several games of a first round qualifying match, had played 16s qualifying, which is not allowed by ITF rules. He was pulled off court and another alternate took his place, and lost.

The top seed in boys qualifying, Agassi Rusher, was elevated to the main draw after a late withdrawal, and No. 2 seed Livas Eduardo De Carvalho Damazio of Brazil lost one of the closest and last matches of the day, falling to Jan Frohlich of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7(3), 11-9.

As the day came to a close, I had an opportunity to catch some of that match, which was on a court adjacent to the day's final match. I was courtside for that one, with Vincent Weaver defeating Mateus Nogueira of Brazil 7-5, 7-6(4).

Weaver got two late breaks to steal the first set, but went down an early break in the second set. He managed to get that break back, and although both players had break points, neither could convert, leading to the tiebreaker.

Weaver had displayed some clutch serving to get out of trouble in the second set, but started the tiebreaker with a double fault. That turned out to be an aberration, with Weaver getting the next two points on Nogueira's serve and making every first serve the rest of the way.

"I didn't want to go for too much," said the 17-year-old high school junior from Roswell Georgia. "The courts are so slow that even if I hit a fast first serve, it was probably coming back. So I just tried to mix in a lot of slice and a lot of kick, high percentage on the first, keep it in the box."

Weaver felt he had an advantage on green clay, although his father Jeff's ACE Academy in Roswell has only hard courts.

"I'm training on this clay every time I get a chance, and I don't think he has that," Weaver said. "A lot of kids that have trained at my dad's academy years ago, are now tennis coaches at places with green clay, so that's where we typically go. Today, I was just telling myself, he's not used to this and I am, so in the long rallies, the bad bounces, I'll know what's coming. This clay is pretty slow, but it's still faster than the red."

Although Weaver did want to avoid that third set match tiebreaker used in ITF Junior Circuit qualifying, he thought the best strategy was to stay patient.

"I had to make him play," Weaver said. "That's what I got away from when I started to lose points. I would play really good, long points, then play a couple of points where I'd go for too much. That's what kept the match so tight. A tiebreaker can go any way, so I just tried to make as many balls as possible, because I was winning the long rallies."

In Sunday morning's second round of qualifying, Weaver will face Kamil Stolarczyk of New York, who beat No. 14 seed Roger Koike of Japan 6-3, 7-6(3).

After a breezy, but seasonable day for the first round of qualifying, Sunday is predicted to be much warmer, with both the second round and the final round of qualifying scheduled.

The 12s, 14s and 16s divisions will finish their qualifying Sunday morning, with main draw registration going on throughout the day.

The singles semifinals and doubles finals are scheduled for tonight at the ITF J500 in Merida Mexico, with Keaton Hance facing top seed Yannick Alexandrescou of Romania. Hance, the No. 7 seed, advanced to his first J500 semifinal with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Alan Wazny of Poland. No. 3 seed Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil faces No. 16 seed Linus Lagerbohm of Finland in the other semifinal.

The Kovackova sisters of the Czech Republic could face off in the final, if both win tonight. Alena, the No. 1 seed, plays unseeded Iva Marinkovic of Sweden, while No. 2 seed Jana plays No. 4 seed Victoria Barros of Brazil.

Thea Frodin and Annika Penickova, the No. 3 seeds in doubles, will face the top-seeded Kovackova sisters for the title. Dominick Mosejczuk and future Wake Forest teammate EmanuelIvanisevic of Croatia, the No. 8 seeds, will play top seeds Alexandrescou and Ryo Tabata of Japan in the boys doubles final later tonight.

USTA National Indoor Championships Underway; ITF J300 Bradenton Qualifying Begins Saturday; IMG Academy International Championships Wild Cards

The USTA National Indoor Championships began this morning at eight sites across the country, with two rounds of singles scheduled for the four-day tournament, which has 64-player draws.

Below are the seeds for all eight divisions, along with a note if they lost a match today, although many have not yet completed their second match of the day. Click on the headers to see the draws.

SEEDS:

B12s Flushing Meadows NY

1. Williams McGugin
2. Olie Rosa Hall
3. Thomas Gamble
4. Yifan Nie
5. Pranav Madamanchi
6. Samuel Hartley
7. David Benedict (out rd 1)
8. William Zhou (out rd 2)
9. Tomas Giraldo
10. Aaron Peng (out rd 2)
11. Novak Masteller
12. Sebastian Cardona
13. Sanath Anand (out rd 1)
14. Joshua Rubanenko (out rd 1)
15. Miguel Valencia
16. William Zhang

Girls 12s Memphis TN

1. Daniella Yogumyan
2. Anna Victoria Sandru
3. Mila Mikoczi Spivey
4. Valentina Singh Carvajal
5. Mary Podkhyneychenko
6. Summer Yang
7. Cataleya Brown
8. Cathryn Chartrand (out rd 1)
9. Tinna Leekumjorn
9. Vihana Thasen (out rd 1)
9. Ranvi Reddy
9. Lindy Zhou
9. Maya Laddin
9. Lola Looney
9. Rina Ishida
9. Grace Malhotra

Boys 14s Chicago IL

1. Sebastian Zavala
2. Ishaan Marla
3. Andres Quijada
4. Smyan Thuta
5. Tanmay Konduri (out rd 1)
6. Gus Geubelle
7. Jacques Cheng
8. Kamden Harden
9. Reyansh Pant (out rd 1)
10. Andrew Beltran
11. Collin Mika (out rd 1)
12. Pranav Vignesh
13. Adam Cahan
14. Warren James Lam
15. Cavan Donnelly
16. Sohith Tella (out rd 1)

Girls 14s Toledo OH

1. Olivia Lin
2. Anna Kapanadze
3. Nadia Poznick
4. Natalie Frisbie
5. Eleanor Armistead
6. Ava Chua
7. Rebecca Wu
8. Evija Thoresen (out rd 1)
9. Samantha Gorilla
10. Capri Butera
11. Roxanne Luu
12. Eugenia Alvarez (out rd 1)
13. Christina Li
14. Alexandra Hu
15. Blake Chang
16. Jessie Janiak

Boys 16s Chicago IL

1. Lennart Hammargren (out rd 2)
2. Rafael Lopez
3. Maxwell Paape
4. Eli Kaminski
5. Antanas Daugis
6. Piotr Grądzki
7. James Ross (out rd 1)
8. Noah Richer
9. Daniel Malacek
10. Ryan Corcoran (out rd 1)
11. Cayden Laughton
12. Kahven Singh
13. Anay Kulkarni (out rd 1)
14. Luca Sevim
15. JiHyuk Im
16. Seth Christian (out rd 1)

Girls 16s Minneapolis MN

1. Sylvana Jalbert
2. Aarini Bhattacharya (out rd 1)
3. Vanessa Kruse
4. Avita Beitler
5. Kingsley Wolf (out rd 1)
6. Shristi Selvan
7. Kasia Chen
8. Ava Beltran
9. Addison Lindsay
10. Mingyue Deng
11. Devanshi Shrestha
12. Kayden Johnson
13. Elly York
14. Michelle Lee
15. Sasha Miroshnichenko (out rd 1)
16. Aoife Loftus

Boys 18s Overland Park KS

1. Gus Grumet
2. Yashwin Krishnakumar
3. Omar Rhazali
4. Jesse Yang
5. Magnus Weng
6. Alexander Suhanitski
7. Alex Borbiu
8. Micah Ward
9. Siddarth Bharadwaj
9. Jens Holger Nissen (out rd 1)
9. Justin Lin
9. Maksim Hristov
9. Tony Sifuentes (out rd 1)
9. Matteo Huarte
9. Anish Poojari
9. William McEwan (out rd 1)

Girls 18s Indianapolis, IN

1. Thara Gowda
2. Carlota Moreno
3. Calla McGill
4. Carrie-Anne Hoo
5. Ellery Mendell
6. Angela Chen
7. Valeria Shue
8. Zimora McKnight (out rd 1)
9. Lauren Nolan
10. Alanna Ingalsbe (out rd 2)
11. Emerson Jones
12. Alyson Shannon
14.? Gabriella Davydov
14.? Amiya Bowles (out rd 1) 
15. Sofia de Looze
16. Prisha Lingam (out rd 1)

A couple of notes on the G18s, with the draw showing two No. 14 seeds and no No. 13 seed, so I'm not sure what's going on there. Amiya Bowles lost 6-3, 6-1 to UNC signee Anna Frey, who has the best World Tennis Number in the draw but was not seeded. I thought WTN was to be used as a basis for seeding, but it was obviously not employed here. 

I won't have an opportunity to follow the Indoors this weekend, with the IMG Championships beginning tomorrow for me with the ITF J300 Bradenton qualifying.

The boys qualifying draw is full, with Agassi Rusher the top seed. The girls qualifying draw did not fill, with 11 byes.  Brooke Wallman is the top seed in girls qualifying.

The ITF main draw wild cards have been awarded as follows:

BOYS:

Takahiro Kawaguchi, JPN

Jerrid Gaines Jr, USA

Samim Filiz, TUR

Hongjin Qi, CHN

Jordan Lee, USA

Nikolas Stoot, USA

Navneet Raghuram, USA

Marcel Latak, USA

Hongjin Qi received the wild card given to the previous year's 14s champion. Jordan Lee won the 16s title last year.

GIRLS:

Sara Shumate, USA

Aoi Watanabe, JPN

Aishi Bisht, IND

Nahyun Back, KOR

Sarah Ye, USA

Hannah Ayrault, USA

Allison Wang, USA

Daniela Del Mastro, USA

2024 girls 14s champion Daniel Baranes, now competing under the French flag, did not make use of her ITF wild card. Hanne Estrada of Mexico, the 16s champion, is also not playing the ITF.

The wild cards for the 12s, 14s and 16s divisions are below. Main draw begins Monday, with qualifying continuing this weekend.

B12s

Ziheng Wang, CHN

Bohan Liu, CHN

Noah Lee, USA

Rui He, USA

Zirui Zhao, CHN

G12s

Yichen Xiu, CHN

Jazmine McCareins, USA

Alekhya Doddapaneni, USA

Lucia Carr, USA

Sana Hamano, JPN

Lynne Maya Mboizi, JPN

Yanke Wang, CHN

Jiru Yang, CHN

B14s

Daniel Gardality, USA

Davidson Jackson, USA

Tomas Guida, USA

Nathan Lee, USA

Reita Yamanaka, JPN

Chase Bunting, USA

Matias Gutierrez Marquez, MEX

Chandler Ladenburg, USA

G14s

Maxime Ante, GER

Josephine Ante, GER

Lillian Szasz, USA

Emiliana Matruglio, USA

Ashley Wu, USA

Miao Zijun, CHN

Quinn Kennedy, USA

Alina Zhou, USA

B16s

Henry Waddell, USA

Hursh Patel, IND

Jang Junseo, KOR

Mason Vaughan, USA

Sulaiman Syed, USA

Enzo Badotti Cariani, BRA

Philippe Larouche, SUI

Noa Cakaric, USA

G16s

Ximena Gutierrez, MEX

Jayden McCareins, USA

Damla Gocer, TUR

Kara Fronek, AUT

Nicole Khomoutov, USA

Charlotte Ballarin, USA

Isabella Porto, USA

Gabriella Alonso, USA

There have been no updates from today's action at the ITF J500 in Merida Mexico, with Keaton Hance the only American left in singles after third round play yesterday. Noah Johnston and Dominick Mosejczuk are in the doubles semifinals, with partners Alan Wazny of Poland and Emanuel Ivanisevic of Croatia, respectively.  Ivanisevic, the son of Goran Ivanisevic, has committed to Wake Forest, where Mosejczuk is a freshman.

The team of Thea Frodin and Annika Penickova have reached the girls doubles semifinals.

Happy Thanksgiving! Six Americans Advance to Third Round at ITF J500 in Merida

          Photo by Oxana Melis on Unsplash 

It's a quiet time in the tennis world, especially here in the United States, and I'll be taking tomorrow off for the Thanksgiving holiday. This lull is the perfect time to thank my sponsors at the Junior Tennis Champions Center, the Southern California Tennis Association Foundation and the John McEnroe Tennis Academy for their continued support of my coverage of junior and college tennis. And thank you for reading my work, both here at Zootennis.com and at the Tennis Recruiting Network; my partnership with TRN has played a huge part in sustaining this site over the past two decades, and I know how fortunate I am to be able to grow with them as they have continued to elevate the profiles of both junior and college tennis.

I'll be back on Friday, from Florida, where qualifying has begun for the 12s, 14s and 16s divisions at the IMG Academy International Championships, formerly known as the Eddie Herr, in Bradenton. The ITF J300 qualifying will begin on Saturday, November 29th.

The ITF J500 in Merida Mexico will complete its second round matches late tonight, with the quarterfinalists to be determined Thursday.

Six Americans--four boys and two girls--have advanced to the third round.

Thursday's third round matches featuring Americans:

Ryan Cozad[14] v Yannick Alexandrescou[1](ROU)

Keaton Hance[7] v William Rejchtman Vinciguerra[10](SWE)

Noah Johnston[9] v Jamie Mackenzie[6](GER)

Ronit Karki[5] v Oliver Sanders(CZE)

Janae Preston v Iva Marinkovic(SWE)

Yael Saffar v Sofie Hettlerova[12](CZE)

National Letters of Intent Signings Update; Three of Four Division I NCAA Champions End Fall Season No. 1 in ITA Rankings

This will be my last update on the Division I early signing period; my previous post, with the first batch of those signing National Letters of Intent, available here.

Signings will continue in the coming weeks as programs scramble for recruits who will begin their college careers in January. Many of articles linked to below do distinguish between those starting in spring of 2026 and those who are expected to join the team in the fall of 2026. A recruit's country is provided only if not from the USA.

WOMEN:

Central Florida has signed Wei Zhangqian of China and Marta Makarova of Russia

https://ucfknights.com/news/2025/11/17/womens-tennis-inks-two-to-2026-signing-class

Clemson has signed Harper Stone

https://clemsontigers.com/saia-opens-2026-signing-class-with-harper-stone/

Duke has signed Aspen Schuman

https://goduke.com/news/2025/11/24/womens-tennis-schuman-signs-with-duke-womens-tennis

Illinois has signed Lyla Messler, Shravani Chennamsetty and Kimiko Cooper of Australia

https://fightingillini.com/news/2025/11/17/womens-tennis-fighting-illini-womens-tennis-inks-three-signees.aspx

Maryland has signed Gabriela Pimentel of Peru

https://umterps.com/news/2025/11/17/womens-tennis-maryland-womens-tennis-signs-gabriela-pimentel-in-2026-recruiting-class.aspx

Memphis has signed Mailina Nedderhut of Germany

https://gotigersgo.com/news/2025/11/14/womens-tennis-perez-inks-nedderhut-for-2026-27-season

Minnesota has signed Masiva Boukirat of France

https://gophersports.com/news/2025/11/21/tennis-minnesota-signs-massiva-boukirat-to-2026-27-class

Ole Miss has signed Beatrice Stagno of Italy

https://olemisssports.com/news/2025/11/13/womens-tennis-womens-tennis-signs-beatrice-stagno-on-national-signing-day

North Carolina has signed Ishika Ashar, Avery Nguyen and Alexis Nguyen

https://goheels.com/news/2025/11/20/womens-tennis-signs-three-from-class-of-2026

Northwestern has signed Philippa Farber of Germany

https://nusports.com/news/2025/11/18/womens-tennis-inks-signee-f-rber

SMU has signed Carrington Brown and Eliana Kook of Canada

https://smumustangs.com/news/2025/11/14/womens-tennis-womens-tennis-adds-two-on-national-signing-day.aspx

Stanford has signed Kaia Giribalan and Katerina Shabashkevich

https://gostanford.com/news/2025/11/17/womens-tennis-signs-two-blue-chip-recruits

Tennessee has signed Audrey Aulia of Australia, Lisa Kamigata of Japan, Sarah Mildren of Australia and Alyson Shannon

https://utsports.com/news/2025/11/13/womens-tennis-lady-vols-ink-four-commits-on-national-signing-day

Texas has signed Elizabeth Ionescu and Kate Mansfield of Great Britain 

https://texaslonghorns.com/news/2025/11/14/womens-tennis-womens-tennis-signs-standouts-ionescu-mansfield

Texas A&M has signed Luciana Moyano of Argentina

https://12thman.com/news/2025/11/20/womens-tennis-aggies-add-argetine-standout-for-spring-2026

Texas Tech has signed Havana Kadi

https://texastech.com/news/2025/11/25/womens-tennis-tech-signs-havana-kadi

Tulane has signed Diana Badalyan of Australia

https://tulanegreenwave.com/news/2025/11/14/womens-tennis-green-wave-lands-badalyan-for-spring-2026

Wake Forest has signed Lillian Santos, Catherine Rennard and Bella Jacutin-Mariona

https://godeacs.com/news/2025/11/14/womens-tennis-womens-tennis-inks-a-trio-of-deacs-on-2025-national-signing-day

Washington has signed Nela Jandova of the Czech Republic

https://gohuskies.com/news/2025/11/13/womens-tennis-washington-signs-nela-jandova-during-early-signing-period

Washington State has signed Ava-Monet Sycamore of Australia, Katiana Gonzalez and Clara-Marie Schoen of Germany

https://wsucougars.com/news/2025/11/13/cougar-tennis-signs-three-for-upcoming-seasons.aspx

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Arizona has signed Sander Juuhl Sivertsen of Norway

https://arizonawildcats.com/news/2025/11/13/mens-tennis-arizona-mens-tennis-sign-sander-sivertsen.aspx

Auburn has signed Manel Lazaro of Spain and Alvaro Jimenez Roman of Spain

https://auburntigers.com/news/2025/11/24/jimenez-roman-lazaro-sign-with-mens-tennis

Baylor has signed Tomas Chodora of the Czech Republic, Matei Ene of Romania, August Bröstrom Poulsen of Denmark and Gordon Gallagher

https://baylorbears.com/news/2025/11/17/mens-tennis-mt-welcomes-four-signings-for-2026-class

Brigham Young has signed Yubel Ubri

https://byucougars.com/news/2025/11/17/yubel-ubri-signs-with-byu-mens-tennis

Denver has signed Roman Glarner of Switzerland and Rafe Samuel of Great Britain

https://denverpioneers.com/news/2025/11/20/denver-mens-tennis-signs-two-for-2026-27.aspx

Duke has signed Jakub Smejcky of the Czech Republic

https://goduke.com/news/2025/11/14/smejcky-completes-mens-tennis-signing-class

Indiana has signed Zavier Augustin

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2025/11/17/mens-tennis-zavier-augustin-signs-with-indiana-mens-tennis

Louisville has signed Jerald Carroll

https://gocards.com/news/2025/11/18/mens-tennis-da-silva-adds-jerald-carroll-to-spring-roster

LSU has signed Nikolas Stoot

https://lsusports.net/news/2025/11/19/mens-tennis-inks-nikolas-stoot/

Ohio State has signed Denis Petak of the Czech Republic and Ilija Palavestra

https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2025/11/25/mens-tennis-tucker-adds-petak-palavestra-to-mens-tennis-program

Oklahoma has signed Luka Talan Lopatic of Slovenia

https://soonersports.com/news/2025/11/12/mens-tennis-adds-luka-talan-lopatic-for-spring-2026-season

Rice has signed Francisco Salmain of Argentina

https://riceowls.com/news/2025/11/17/mens-tennis-signs-francisco-salmain-to-2026-class

Stanford has signed Gus Grumet and Ronit Karki

https://gostanford.com/news/2025/11/18/mens-tennis-signs-two-in-class-of-2026

TCU has signed Oliver Bonding of Great Britain and Jamie Mackenzie of Germany

https://gofrogs.com/news/2025/11/13/mens-tennis-horned-frogs-land-pair-of-itf-top-20-world-juniors-in-bonding-mackenzie

UCLA has signed Nav Dayal and Lev Seidman

https://uclabruins.com/news/2025/11/21/dayal-seidman-sign-to-join-mens-tennis-in-2026-27

Vanderbilt has signed Leonardo Ljubicic of Monaco

https://vucommodores.com/ljubicic-set-to-join-mens-tennis/

The first and last ITA Division I fall rankings were published today, with three of the four NCAA champions at the top spots. The only champions who did not move into first place after last week's NCAA individual championships are North Carolina State's Victoria Osuigwe and Gabriella Broadfoot, who are currently No. 4 in the women's doubles rankings.

The next rankings release for singles will be on February 4th, with the first team rankings scheduled to come out January 5th. Click on the headers to see the complete lists.

ITA Division I rankings

November 25, 2025

Top 10 Women's Singles Rankings

1. Reese Brantmeier, North Carolina

2. Carmen Herea, Texas

3. Piper Charney, Michigan

4. Valerie Glozman, Stanford

5. Savannah Dada-Mascoll, Appalachian State

6. Emily Welker, Mississippi

7. Anastasiia Grechkina, Pepperdine

8. Aysegul Mert, Georgia

9. Berta Passola Folch, Cal

10. Luciana Perry, Ohio State

Top 5 Women's Doubles Rankings

1. Roisin Gilheany and Gloriana Nahum, Oklahoma

2. Sophia Webster and Celia-Belle Mohr, Vanderbilt

3. Ange Oby Karjuru and Susanna Maltby, North Carolina

4. Gabriella Broadfoot and Victoria Osuigwe, NC State

5. Maria Sholokhova and Lucie Urbanova, Wisconsin

Top 10 Men's Singles Rankings

1. Michael Zheng, Columbia

2. Trevor Svajda, SMU

3. Matthew Forbes, Michigan State

4. Jay Friend, Arizona

5. Aidan Kim, Ohio State

6. Duncan Chan, TCU

7. Max Dahlin, Michigan

8. Devin Badenhorst, Baylor

9. Martin Borisiouk, NC State

10. Kenta Miyoshi, Illinois

Top 5 Men's Doubles Rankings

1. Mans Dahlberg and Dylan Dietrich, Virginia

2. Bentio Sanchez Martinez and Petar Jovanovic, Mississippi State

3. Aidan Kim and Bryce Nakashima, Ohio State

4. DK Suresh and Andrew Delgado, Wake Forest

5. Brandon Carpico and Nikita Filin, Ohio State