My recap of Sunday's NCAA Division I women's final, featuring Texas A&M collecting their second title in program history with a 4-1 win over Auburn, is available now at the Tennis Recruiting Network. What the Aggies did over those three days was a remarkable accomplishment; battling through the physical and mental hurdles of back-to-back 4-3 victories, the second over top seed Georgia in front of the Bulldogs massive fan base, then recovering in time for a 4-1 victory over No. 2 Auburn, is not something we're likely to see again in college tennis.
The final Division I rankings of 2025-26 were published today, with NCAA champions Virginia and Texas A&M at the top spots. Their No. 1 singles players finished No. 1 in the final singles rankings, ensuring that undefeated Lucciana Perez and once-beaten Dylan Dietrich will be named ITA Player of the Year when those awards are announced.
All-American status is earned by a Top 20 ranking, so I've included that extended list here. About half of the Top 20 will have already earned All-American status by reaching the round of 16 at the NCAA last fall, but the other half have received the accolade by final rankings. The A-A criteria for doubles is quarterfinals at the NCAAs and Top 10 in the final ranking.
Top 20 is also an important achievement for the ATP Accelerator program; for women, a Top 5 ranking is necessary for ITF Accelerator wild cards. The details of the Accelerator Programs are here.
Final 2025-2026 ITA Rankings, May 20, 2026
WOMEN:
1. Texas A&M
2. Auburn
3. Georgia
4. Ohio State
5. North Carolina
6. Oklahoma
7. Virginia
8. NC State
9. Pepperdine
10. LSU
1. Lucciana Perez, Texas A&M*
2. Reese Brantmeier, North Carolina
3. Carmen Herea, Texas
4. Luciana Perry, Ohio State
5. Teah Chavez, Ohio State*
6. Aysegul Mert, Georgia*
7. Ange Oby Kajuru, North Carolina*
8. Piper Charney, Michigan
9. Irina Balus, Duke
10. Cadence Brace, LSU*
11. Katrina Scott, Tennessee*
12. Evialina Laskevich, Oklahoma*
13. Anastasia Abbagnato, Texas*
14. Bridget Stammel, Vanderbilt*
15. Anastasiia Lopata, Georgia*
16. DJ Bennett, Auburn*
17. Maria Sholokhova, Wisconsin*
18. Savannah Dada-Mascoll, Appalachian State
19. Lily Jones, Michigan
20. Mia Slama, NC State
*named All-America due to this final Top 20 ranking
1. Roisin Gilheany and Gloriana Nahum, Oklahoma
2. Gabriella Broadfoot and Victoria Osuigwe, NC State
3. Ava Esposito and DJ Bennett, Auburn*
4. Reese Brantmeier and Alanis Hamilton, North Carolina
5. Denis Dilek and Aysegul Mert, Georgia*
6. Anastasiia Lopata and Patricija Paykstyte, Georgia*
7. Angella Okutoyi and Merna Refaat, Auburn*
8. Flora Johnson and Luciana Perry, Ohio State*
9. Melodie Collard and Vivian Yang, Virginia*
10. Ange Oby Kajuru and Susanna Maltby, North Carolina
*named All-America due to this final Top 10 ranking
MEN:
Team Top 10
1. Virginia
2. Texas
3. Wake Forest
4. TCU
5. Ohio State
6. Mississippi State
7. Arizona
8. LSU
9. Oklahoma
10. Baylor
1. Dylan Dietrich, Virginia
2. Sebastian Gorzny, Texas*
3. Jay Friend, Arizona
4. Trevor Svajda, SMU
5. Paul Inchauspe, Princeton
6. Michael Zheng, Columbia
7. Duncan Chan, TCU*
8. Benito Sanchez-Martinez, Mississippi State*
9. Max Dahlin, Michigan
10. Devin Badenhorst, Baylor*
11. Petar Jovanovic, Mississippi State
12. Keegan Rice, Virginia
13. Lucas Andrade Da Silva, South Carolina*
14. Aidan Kim, Ohio State*
15. Oliver Tarvet, San Diego*
16. Theo Papamalamis, Texas A&M*
17. Kenta Miyoshi, Illinois
18. Gabriel Debru, Illinois*
19. Matthew Forbes, Michigan State
20. Jakub Vrba, Arkansas*
*named All-America due to this final Top 20 ranking
1. DK Suresh and Andrew Delgado, Wake Forest
2. Theo Papamalamis and Togan Tokac, Texas A&M*
3. Cosme Rolland De Ravel and Duncan Chan, TCU*
4. Brno Nhavene and Luis Alvarez, Oklahoma*
5. Arda Azkara and Santiago Giamichelle, Georgia*
6. Brandon Carpico and Nikita Filin, Ohio State
7. Paul Barbier Gazeu and Lucas Andrade Da Silva, South Carolina*
8. Benito Sanchez Martinez and Petar Jovanovic, Mississippi State*
9. Mans Dahlberg and Dylan Dietrich, Virginia
10. Billy Blades and Freddy Blades, Auburn*
*named All-America due to this final Top 10 ranking
The
Division III men's final is set for Friday, with top-ranked Chicago facing No. 2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. Chicago defeated No. 3 Tufts 4-1 in today's semifinal and CMS beat No. 5 Case Western Reserve 4-2.
The
D-III women's final between defending champion Washington-St. Louis, ranked third, and fourth-ranked Wesleyan is tomorrow at 11 a.m. EDT. Live streaming can be found
here.
Six Americans have reached the final round of qualifying at Roland Garros, with four playing their matches
Thursday.
Sloane Stephens v Leyre Romero Gormaz(ESP)
Ashlyn Krueger[3] v Mary Stoiana(USA)
Michael Zheng v Jesper De Jong[1](NED)
The other three play their final round qualifying matches on Friday.
Emilio Nava[3] v Pedro Martinez[24](ESP)
Darwin Blanch v Luka Pavlovic(FRA)
The second round of the
ITF J500 Trofeo Bonfiglio in Milan was completed today, with three US boys advancing to the third round: Jack Secord, Andy Johnson[5] and Gavin Goode.
Secord's round of 16 opponent is unseeded Juan Miguel Bolivar Idarraga of Colombia; Johnson faces No. 9 seed Yannik Alvarez of Puerto Rico and Goode will play J500 Offenbach champion and No. 2 seed Jamie Mackenzie of Germany. Live scoring is
here.
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