Tien Sweeps Past Blockx to Claim Next Gen ATP Finals Title; Suresh Shines in World Tennis League; UTR Pro Tennis Tour Results Update

Learner Tien won the Next Gen ATP Finals today in Jeddah Saudi Arabia, beating Alexander Blockx of Belgium 4-3(4), 4-2, 4-1 in less than an hour of play. Blockx did not miss a first serve in the opening set, but Tien made 82% of his first serves, and was the steadier player in the tiebreaker. 

Tien had won the first set last year in the Next Gen final against Joao Fonseca of Brazil before Fonseca took the next three, but guarding against that this time, Tien made only six unforced errors in the next two sets and won going away.  

The former USC standout takes home his biggest pro check, $502,250.00, and avenges his loss to Blockx in the 2023 Australian Open boys final.

Tien joins fellow Southern Californian Brandon Nakashima(Virginia) as American champions of the event. Nakashima won the title in 2022 in Milan.

For more on the final, see this article from the ATP website.

There is very little tennis going on at the moment, but the World Tennis League was played in India this week, with Wake Forest senior DK Suresh demonstrating that his game is ready for the pros. The 25-year-old from India made news when he defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-4 earlier. Today he defeated Sumit Nagal of India 7-6(4) (all matches were one set) to deliver the title to his team, the Aussie Mavericks Kites.

For more on the WTL final, see this article from the Free Press Journal.

Below is the final update of 2025 results on the UTR Pro Tennis Tour in the United States. The PTT starts up again on the 27th of December, but those events will finish in 2026.

WOMEN:

Sept 29 Norman OK
Edda Mamedova d. Gloriana Nahum 6-0, 6-4

Oct 6 Champaign IL
Emily Welker d. Ariel Madatali 6-1, 7-5

Oct 6 Newport Beach CA
Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Kylie Mckenzie 6-3, 6-3

Oct 13 Boca Raton FL
Alina Shcherbinina d. Malkia Ngounoue 6-0, 6-3

Oct 20 Newport Beach CA
Selma Cadar d. Julia Seversen 6-0, 6-1

Oct 23 Knoxville TN*
Vanesa Suarez d. Leyla Britez Risso 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Oct 27 College Station TX
Anastasia Gasanova d. Anna Perelman 6-1, 6-1

Nov 3 Newport Beach CA*
Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Maria Aytoyan 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-0

Nov 3 Fayetteville AR
Alina Shcherbinina d. Carolina Gomez Alonso 5-7, 6-4, 6-3

Nov 10 Boca Raton FL
Violet Apisah d. Stanislava Bobrovnikova 6-3, 6-0

Nov 10 Malibu CA DNF

Nov 17 Waco TX
Cristina Tiglea d. Alina Shcherbinina 7-5, 4-6, 6-4

Nov 30 Oxford MS
Emily Welker d. Alina Shcherbinina 6-3, 6-4

Nov 30 Dallas TX
Dalayna Hewitt d. Nadia Valdez 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

Dec 7 Boca Raton FL
Brooke Black d. Emma Jackson 1-6, 7-5, 7-5

Dec 7 Knoxville TN
Dalayna Hewitt d. Carlota Moreno 6-4, 6-0

Dec 8 Newport Beach CA
Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Sophie Suh 6-2, 6-4

Dec 15 Newport Beach CA
Alina Shcherbinina d. Eryn Cayetano 6-3, 6-3

*$12.5K Prize Money, All others $20K

MEN:

Sept 29 Norman OK

Ilias Worthington d. Alejandro Melero Kretzer 6-3, 6-4

Sept 29 Newport Beach CA

Maciej Rajski d. Karl Kazuma Lee 7-5, 7-5

Oct 6 Champaign IL

Sasha Colleu d. Jeremy Zhang 6-4, 2-6, 6-2

Oct 6 Clemson SC

Edoardo Cherie Ligniere d. Noa Vukadin 1-6, 6-3, 6-4

Oct 13 Nashville TN

Janmagnus Johnson d. Ondrej Horak 6-2, 6-3

Oct 13 Newport Beach CA

David Martirosian d. Iiro Vasa 6-0, 6-2

Oct 20 Baton Rouge LA*

Mitchell Sheldon d. Enzo Kohlmann De Freitas 6-4, 1-6, 6-3

Oct 23 Knoxville TN*

Clement Lemire d. Boruch Skierkier 6-4, 6-4

Oct 27 College Station TX

JC Roddick d. Tomas Pinho 6-1, 6-1

Oct 27 Newport Beach CA

Maciej Rajski d. Karl Kazuma Lee 6-1, 6-2

Nov 3 Fayetteville AR

Lukas Palovic d. Bozo Barun 6-1, 6-1

Nov 3 Tucson AZ

Alejandro Arcila d. Glib Sekachov 7-6(4), 6-2

Nov 2 Boca Raton FL

Hugo Car d. Youssef Kadiri Hassani 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

Nov 10 Stillwater OK*

Derek Pham d. Haydar Cem Gokpinar 6-2, 6-0

Nov 10 Tuscaloosa AL*

Andrii Zimnokh d. Vit Kalina 6-3, 4-6, 6-2

Nov 10 Malibu CA DNF

Nov 17 Ithaca NY

Rodrigo Fernandes d. Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar 6-2, 6-1

Nov 17 Waco TX

Tiago Pires d. Joaquin Benoit 7-6(3), 2-6, 7-6(5)

Nov 19 Newport Beach CA*

Gianluca Brunkow d. Matteo Huarte 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

Nov 30 Oxford MS

Stefano D'Agostina d. Benjamin Martin 7-5, 6-3

Dec 1 Tallahassee FL

Youcef Rihane d. Erik Schiessl 6-1, 6-3

Dec 1 Newport Beach CA

Peter Makk d. Aleksa Ciric 6-4, 4-6, 6-2

Dec 6 Honolulu HI

Theodore Dean d. Noah Zamora 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

Dec 7 Knoxville TN

Jose Garcia d. Alexander Kotzen 7-6(4), 6-1

Dec 13 Honolulu HI DNF

Dec 14 Boca Raton FL

Vignesh Gogeneni d. Matija Pecotic 6-3, 6-2

Dec 15 Newport Beach CA

Ilia Snitari d. Maciej Rajski 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

*$12.5K Prize Money, All others $20K