Eight American Men Begin Wimbledon Qualifying Monday; Wolf, Johnson and Shcherbinina Earn USTA Pro Circuit Titles; Tiafoe Defeats Fritz, Wins Biggest ATP Title in Halle; Vidmanova Claims ATP 125 Title in Portugal

Wimbledon qualifying begins Monday at Roehampton, with eight American men in action. Just two are seeded--No. 13 Mackenzie McDonald(UCLA) and No. 26 Michael Zheng(Columbia)--but only one of the six others plays a seed in the first round. Below are the matchups for the Americans; the women's qualifying draw has yet to be released, with only men playing Monday.

Wimbledon first qualifying matches featuring Americans:

Michael Mmoh v Vilius Gaubas[14](LTU)
Mackenzie McDonald[13] v Felipe Meligeni Alves(BRA)
Darwin Blanch v Ugo Blanchet(FRA)
Tristan Boyer v Genaro Alberto Olivieri(ARG)
Keegan Smith v Juan Pablo Ficovich(ARG)
Michael Zheng[26] v Henri Squire(GER)
Colton Smith v Andy Andrade(ECU)
Nicolas Moreno de Alboran v Harold Mayot(FRA)

Former UCLA All-American Keegan Smith, who won a Challenger 50 last month in India after playing most of the spring in Asia, will be making his slam debut. Smith, who turns 28 Tuesday, is at his career-high of 244 in the ATP rankings.

In other Wimbledon news today, the final women's main draw wild card was awarded to Serena Williams, who was previously granted a doubles wild card with her sister Venus.

JJ Wolf won his second USTA Pro Circuit title of the year today at the M25 in Tulsa Oklahoma, and the former Ohio State All-American certainly earned it. The unseeded wild card, a former ATP Top 40 player, won his last three matches in a third set, coming from a set down in both the quarterfinals and today's final against unseeded Gavin Young(Michigan). 

Wolf, who was out most of 2025 due to injury, defeated Young 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(5), saving a match point when serving at 4-5 in the third set. Wolf won his first title this year, an M15 in Naples, in his return to the Pro Circuit, yet winning this three-hour and five-minute battle might be more impressive given that he retired in his last tournament in early May.

UCLA rising senior Spencer Johnson won his first USTA Pro Circuit title yesterday, winning the doubles championship at the M15 in Irvine California with teammate Emon van Loben Sels. It took him less than 24 hours to earn his second title, with the unseeded 22-year-old from Utah beating wild card Bryce Nakashima(Ohio State) 6-3, 7-6(1) in today's singles final. 

Alina Shcherbinina(Baylor, Oklahoma) of Russia ran her SoCal Pro Series winning streak to 11 with a title at the W15 in Irvine. Shcherbinina, who won last week's W15 in Los Angeles as a qualifier, received a special exempt entry into this week's tournament, and completed another impressive run witha 6-2, 6-4 win over No. 2 seed and Stanford rising sophomore Monika Ekstrand. Shcherbinina did not drop a set in her five victories, and has lost only one set in the past two weeks.

The SoCal Pro Series moves to Claremont for week five, with San Diego and Rancho Santa Fe closing out the seven-week schedule. As is the case for all these tournaments, the men and the women compete in 15Ks at the same site.

Five Americans were in ATP and WTA grass court finals today, but only one emerged with a title: Frances Tiafoe. Tiafoe, who hadn't beaten Taylor Fritz since Indian Wells in 2016, losing seven straight times, ended that futility with a 6-4, 6-4 victory at the ATP 500 in Halle Germany. Tiafoe, the first American to claim the Halle title, now has four ATP titles, with this the first above the 250 level. He is now back into the ATP Top 20.

At the ATP 500 in London, Tommy Paul lost to Francisco Cerundolo(South Carolina) of Argentina 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3. It was the second straight match in which the 27-year-old had trailed by a set and a break to an American; he beat Brandon Nakashima in the semifinals yesterday 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4.

Both Emma Navarro(Virginia) and Jessica Pegula lost in three sets in their finals today. No. 4 seed Marie Bouzkova of Czechia beat No. 3 seed Navarro 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-2 to win the title at the WTA 250 in Nottingham England.

Pegula, the No. 3 seed, lost to No. 8 seed Linda Noskova of Czechia 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the final of the WTA 500 in Berlin.

2024 fall NCAA singles champion Dasha Vidmanova made it three titles for Czechs Sunday, with the 23-year-old University of Georgia superstar winning her biggest title at the WTA 125 in Portugal with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Ayla Aksu of Turkey. Vidmanova, who won the NCAA doubles title in the spring of 2024 and the NCAA team title in 2025, will now head to London, where she'll make her Wimbledon debut in qualifying this coming week. She has reached the WTA Top 100 for the first time with this hard court title, now at 90 in the live rankings.

Vaughan and Alexander Claim ITF J200 Titles in Mason Ohio; Young and Wolf Meet for M25 Tulsa Title; Shcherbinina vs Ekstrand, Johnson vs Nakashima in Irvine $15K Finals; Five Americans Advance to Finals at Four ATP and WTA Grass Tournaments

Mason Vaughan won his first ITF Junior Circuit singles titles today, with the No. 12 seed defeating 15-year-old Teodor Davidov, the No. 13 seed, 6-0, 6-4 in the ITF J200 final in Mason Ohio. The 16-year-old from Dallas did not drop a set in his five victories.

In the all-Canadian girls final, 16-year-old Avery Alexander, the No. 4 seed, defeated 18-year-old Clemence Mercier, the No. 15 seed, 6-4, 7-5 to earn her eighth, and biggest, ITF Junior Circuit singles title. Alexander had fallen out of the ITF Top 100 after breaking into it as a finalist at the ITF J300 in San Diego in March, but with this title she will move inside the Top 80 in next week's rankings.

Wild card JJ Wolf has advanced to the final of M25 in Tulsa Oklahoma, with the former Ohio State All-American hoping to begin to build some momentum after being out nearly all of 2025 with an injury.

The 27-year-old from Ohio, who reached No. 39 in the ATP ranking in February 2023, defeated top seed Andres Martin(Georgia Tech) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in today's semifinals. Wolf, who won his first tournament in his return from injury at an M15 in February, went 1-2 in the spring green clay ATP Challengers, then retired with an injury in the quarterfinals of the M15 in Vero Beach early last month.

Wolf will face unseeded Gavin Young(Michigan), who took out former Michigan teammate and doubles partner Andrew Fenty, the No. 5 seed, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) in a three-hour and 15-minute battle. Young, 23, won an M25 in Costa Rica earlier this year.

Young was not able to earn his third pro doubles title today, with he and partner Justin Boulais(Ohio State) of Canada, seeded No. 2, falling to unseeded Jack Vance and Axel Nefve(Notre Dame, Florida) 6-4, 6-4 in the final.

Unseeded Spencer Johnson has advanced to the final of the M15 SoCal Pro Series tournament in Irvine California, with the rising senior at UCLA beating No. 2 seed Strong Kirchheimer(Northwestern) 7-5, 6-3 in today's semifinals. Johnson, who reached the semifinals of two previous M15s in the SoCal Pro Series, including last week in Los Angeles, will play wild card Bryce Nakashima, who is playing in his first tournament since completing his junior year at Ohio State.  Nakashima defeated No. 4 seed Kenta Miyoshi(Illinois) of Japan 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in a two-hour and 40-minute semifinal. Whoever wins Sunday will earn his first Pro Circuit singles title.

Johnson has already claimed his first pro title, winning the doubles championship today with UCLA teammate Emon van Loben Sels. The No. 4 seeds defeated the unseeded team of Sam Landau(Duke, Indiana) and Noah Zamora(UC-Irvine) 6-7(5), 6-4, 10-6. That title probably took a bit of the sting out of not being selected for the USTA's American Collegiate US Open Wild Card Playoffs this week, after they finished .06 points behind the fourth and final entry, Northwestern's Carter Pate and Greyson Casey.

Alina Shcherbinina of Russia has extended her winning streak on the SoCal Pro Series to ten, advancing to her second consecutive final with a 7-5, 6-2 win over No. 7 seed Midori Castillo Meza(Arizona) at the W15 in Irvine. The 22-year-old Shcherbinina, a doubles All-American at Oklahoma in 2024, will face No. 2 seed Monika Ekstrand, a rising sophomore at Stanford.

Ekstrand prevented a rematch of last week's Los Angeles final when she avenged her semifinal loss to Kaitlyn Carnicella(Auburn, South Carolina) there with a 6-4, 6-2 win today. Neither the 19-year-old Ekstrand, who won two W35s last year, nor Shcherbinina have lost a set this week.

The unseeded team of Australian Lily Fairclough, a rising senior at USC, and Kate Fakih, a rising junior at UCLA, won the women's doubles title, beating No. 2 seeds Castillo Meza and Brandelyn Fulgenzi(Arizona) 7-6(6), 6-4 in today's final. 

It's Fairclough's eighth pro doubles title; somewhat surprisingly, it's Fakih's first, given her National 18s doubles title and her appearance in the NCAA doubles final in 2024, both with Olivia Center.

Sunday's finals of both ATP tournaments and both WTA tournaments will feature Americans, with a US champion guaranteed at the ATP 500 in Halle Germany.

Taylor Fritz, the No. 5 seed, continued his dominance over top seed Alexander Zverev of Germany, beating the Roland Garros champion 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-5 in today's semifinals. Fritz will play unseeded Frances Tiafoe, who defeated wild card Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-1. It's their ninth meeting, with Fritz holding a 7-1 lead in the head-to-head.

Tommy Paul will play for his second straight title at the ATP 500 in London, although he was unable to play it in 2025 due to injury, he did win the title at Queen's Club in 2024. The No. 8 seed defeated Ugo Humbert of France 6-3, 6-3 to set up a meeting with No. 7 seed Francisco Cerundolo(South Carolina) of Argentina. Cerundolo prevented another all-US final with a 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4 win over Brandon Nakashima.

No. 3 Jessica Pegula defeated WTA No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-0 in today's semifinal of the WTA 500 in Berlin, and will face No. 8 seed Linda Noskova of Czechia for the title Sunday. Noskova defeated Alexandra Eala of the Philippines 6-2, 6-4.

No. 3 seed Emma Navarro(Virginia) is through to the final of the WTA 250 in Nottingham England, where she will play No. 4 seed Marie Bouzkova of Czechia. Navarro defeated qualifier Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland 7-6(5), 6-2 in today's semifinals, while Bouzkova beat fellow Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-1.

All-US Boys Final, All-Canada Girls Final at ITF J200 Mason; Current and Former Collegians Earn Final Wimbledon Qualifying Wild Cards; American Champion Assured at Tulsa M25; Last Week's SoCal Pro Series W15 Finalists Advance in Irvine

An American boys champion and a Canadian girls champion will be crowned Saturday at the ITF J200 in Mason Ohio after semifinal action concluded today, with both unseeded US girls falling in the quarterfinals. 

No. 4 seed Avery Alexander defeated unseeded Reiley Rhodes 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the final against No. 15 seed Clemence Mercier, who avenged her J100 loss last fall to unseeded Anastasia Pleskun 6-3, 6-3.

The boys champion was going to be American after the second round with all eight quarterfinalists from the United States. Two double-digit seeds will play for the title Saturday after straight-sets wins today, with No. 12 Mason Vaughan beating qualifier Kahven Singh 6-3, 6-1 and No. 13 seed Teodor Davidov defeating No. 16 seed Kayden Colombo 6-3, 6-3.

In the all-US boys doubles final today, unseeded Robert McAdoo and William McEwan defeated No. 2 seeds Tyler Lee and Erik Schinnerer 0-6, 6-3, 11-9. It's their second title as a team, with the first back in January at a J60 in Costa Rica.

Top seeds Isabelle DeLuccia and Ireland O'Brien won the girls doubles title, beating No. 7 seeds Ciara Harding and Carlota Moreno 6-4, 1-6, 10-4.

The LTA playoffs for Wimbledon qualifying wild cards concluded today, with two current and six former collegians securing their spots in the draw.

TCU rising sophomore Oliver Bonding, who won the SoCal Pro Series M15 title in Lakewood at the beginning of the month, returned home to compete in the event and won his spot with a win over Anton Matusevich. Bonding, who turned 19 yesterday, received a men's qualifying wild card last year as the British 18s champion. 2019 NCAA champion Paul Jubb(South Carolina) also earned his qualifying wild card, beating former Stanford star Max Basing. Matusevich and Basing ended up receiving spots in qualifying despite their losses, after Oliver Crawford(Florida) and Jay Clarke moved into qualifying on their own rankings. 

Twenty-year-old Ella McDonald, a rising sophomore at LSU, was among the four women who received entry via the playoff competition. The two other players with collegiate ties to earn wild cards are Esther Adeshina(Tennessee) and Amelia Rajecki(NC State).

Wimbledon qualifying begins Monday at Roehampton.  The only wild cards yet to be awarded are two men's doubles wild cards and one women's main draw singles wild card.

For the second consecutive week, an American will win the singles title an M25, with four former collegiate All-Americans advancing to the semifinals in Tulsa Oklahoma. 

Top seed Andres Martin(Georgia Tech) defeated unseeded Dmitry Popko of Kazkhstan 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 and will face wild card JJ Wolf(Ohio State), who beat No. 8 seed Christian Langmo(Miami) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. 

Former University of Michigan teammates Gavin Young and Andrew Fenty will meet in the bottom half semifinal after Young put an end to the run of TCU rising sophomore Maximus Dussault, a qualifier, 6-3, 7-5 and Fenty defeated No. 2 seed Braden Shick(NC State) 6-3, 6-4. 

Young and Fenty played No. 1 doubles for Michigan in 2023, and finished No. 5 in the ITA rankings, but they are not playing together this week in Tulsa. Young, a two-time All-American in doubles, and Canadian Justin Boulais(Ohio State) are the No. 2 seeds this week, and they will face unseeded Axel Nefve(Notre Dame, Florida) and Jack Vance for the title Saturday.

Last week at the W15 in Los Angeles, Alina Shcherbinina(Baylor, Oklahoma) and fellow qualifier Kaitlyn Carnicella(Auburn, South Carolina) met in the final, with Shcherbinina claiming her first pro title with a 6-0, 6-7(4), 7-5 win. Both received special exempt spots in the main draw and both have advanced to the semifinals this week at the W15 in Irvine, with Shcherbinina beating unseeded Isabella Marton of Canada 6-3, 6-2 and Carnicella defeating No. 8 seed Veronika Miroshnichenko(Loyola Marymount) of Russia 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Shcherbinina will face No. 7 seed Midori Castillo Meza(Arizona) of Mexico, who beat No. 4 seed Alexis Nguyen 7-6(5), 6-4. Carnicella will play No. 2 seed Monika Ekstrand(Stanford) for the second straight week, with Carnicella beating Ekstrand in the Los Angeles semifinals 0-6, 6-4, 6-4.

The semifinals are not yet decided at the M15 in Irvine, with both quarterfinals in the top half being played tonight. The winner of the match between Rudy Quan(UCLA) and No. 4 seed Kenta Miyoshi(Illinois) of Japan will face the winner of quarterfinal between wild card Bryce Nakashima(Ohio State) and No. 8 seed Ronit Karki. 

The bottom half semifinal is set, with unseeded Spencer Johnson(UCLA) meeting No. 2 seed Strong Kirchheimer(Northwestern). Johnson defeated qualifier Neo Niedner(San Diego) of Germany 6-3, 7-5 and Kirchheimer beat No. 5 seed Noah Zamora(UC-Irvine) 6-3, 6-4. 

Gorzny and Brantmeier Earn US Open Wild Cards at Collegiate Playoffs; Carpico and Filin Claim USO Men's Doubles Wild Card; ITA Men's Kickoff Weekend Draft Complete; Semifinals Set at ITF J200 in Mason Ohio

Texas's Sebastian Gorzny and North Carolina's Reese Brantmeier have earned the first wild cards of the 2026 US Open, with the two recent graduates posting victories Thursday night in the finals of the USTA's American Collegiate US Open Wild Card Playoffs at the National Campus in Orlando.

Gornzy, the No. 2 seed, was on the brink of victory when lightning and rain arrived, serving for the match against top seed Trevor Svajda of SMU at 6-2, 5-4 deuce. Although that could have been a frustrating delay, Gorzny didn't view it that way.

"I think honestly it was a good thing that it happened when it did," said the 22-year-old from Texas, who went on to close out the 6-2, 6-4 victory. "The wind picked up, and I was getting nervy there, trying to hold that last game. It gave me some time to get my mind off it, get back, think of how I wanted to play, visualize it and really go after it. I obviously would have liked to finish it before, hit two aces, but that's not how life goes, and I'm happy to get the win and play how I wanted to play."

Gorzny was committed to playing more aggressively during this event, and when he returned from the 95-minute delay, his resolve strengthened. He didn't convert his first match point, with a net cord going wide, but on his second one, he swung out on his forehand, then charged the net, hitting a two-volley combination to secure his place in New York.

"I was playing aggressive the whole match, coming forward and being aggressive with my forehand," Gorzny said. "Everyone keeps telling me, with my size and my game, that's what I need to do. My volleys are good and I have a big wingspan at the net; that's definitely a strength of mine that I need to bring out more. So I said, I'm going to play on my terms, and if he passes me, I lose, I can live with that, but I'm not going to live with pushing from the baseline, waiting for him to come in. I'm happy with how I played that, even if I ended up losing that."

Brantmeier, the top seed, had taken a 6-4 first set from No. 2 seed Katrina Scott of Tennessee, converting the only break point she had at 4-all, while not facing one herself and serving it out. The 2025 NCAA singles champion went up a break at 2-1 in the second set, but gave it back in her next service game. Those were the only two breaks of the second set, which was at 3-all deuce when the weather caused the lengthy interruption.

Scott saved a break point serving in that 3-all game, but that was the only opportunity for either to gain an edge, and a tiebreaker would decide the set. With Brantmeier still scheduled to play the doubles final after singles, the prospect of a very late night loomed if they split sets, and Scott had a set point serving at 6-5 in the tiebreaker. But a Brantmeier forehand forced an error from Scott and, although she didn't convert her first match point at 7-6, netting a forehand, she converted her second for a 6-4, 7-6(7) victory and a first appearance in the US Open women's singles main draw.

Top seeds Brantmeier and Alanis Hamilton, who had won the doubles wild card at this event last year, took the court against Auburn's DJ Bennett and Ava Esposito, the No. 2 seeds after 10:00 p.m., so I will update that score later and will be providing a detailed recap of all four finals for an upcoming article for the Tennis Recruiting Network.

Bennett and Esposito came from behind to defeat Brantmeier and Hamilton 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the women's doubles final, which finished at 12:37 a.m.  Bennett had lost in the final to Hamilton and Brantmeier in a third-set tiebreaker at this event last year after having served for the match.

The men's doubles final was also on the cusp of conclusion when the weather intervened, with Ohio State's Brandon Carpico serving at 6-2, 5-1, 30-0. Carpico and partner Nikita Filin, the No. 1 seeds, were all business against Indiana's Michael Andre and Matteo Antonescu, who had beaten them 6-3 during Big Ten play, one of their three losses, against 22 wins of the dual match season. That was a one-set no-ad format, and there was also another motivation for the Buckeyes, who were determined to erase the memory of their loss in the NCAA doubles final on the same courts last November to Virginia's Dylan Dietrich and Mans Dahlberg.

"The loss in the fall, it sucked," said Carpico, a redshirt sophomore, who finished off the 6-2, 6-1 victory four points later. "I don't think either of us played particularly great in the final, so to come back to where it all kind of went wrong and to come out on top is super poetic, in a way. We're definitely happy to have erased those demons....and it definitely gives us confidence heading into the summer."

Filin will be returning to the main draw of the US Open in men's doubles after winning a wild card in 2024 as the USTA Kalamazoo 18s champions, with Stanford's Alex Razeghi.

The ITA Men's Division I 2027 Kickoff Weekend draft was held today, with 14 hosts each welcoming three teams January 22-24 to determine who will advance to February's ITA Men's Team Indoor Championships. Men's co-host South Carolina finished 15th, but of course did not need to select a site; at No. 30, Clemson also did not need to play their way into the event. So the first team to select their travel destination was 16th-ranked Stanford, who chose to go to No. 14 Illinois.

The site filling up first was No. 12 Georgia, the only site to have four Top 30 teams: UGA, No. 21 Pepperdine, No. 27 Columbia and No. 28 NC State. After Georgia, the next sites to fill were, in order, No. 10 Baylor, No. 9 Oklahoma and Illinois.

No. 1 Virginia, No. 4 TCU, No. 5 Ohio State, No. 8 LSU and No. 11 Texas A&M did not attract any Top 40 teams; many of the teams in that section of the rankings passed: Wisconsin[34], UC-Santa Barbara[36], Penn[44], Yale[45], Oklahoma State[46], Harvard[47] and Middle Tennessee[48].

The last team in was No. 81 Brigham Young, with a total of 15 teams passing on their opportunity to participate in the Team Indoor qualifying.

The complete draft can be viewed here. The women's draft, held on Wednesday, can be viewed here.

At this week's ITF J200 in Mason Ohio, several new faces have broken through this week, including qualifier Kahven Singh, who defeated top seed Agassi Rusher 6-4, 6-4 in today's quarterfinals. Singh, a 16-year-old from Maryland, made the quarterfinals in the Orange Bowl 16s in December, but he has not played many ITF Junior Circuit events, hence the need to qualify. He will play No. 12 seed Mason Vaughan, who beat No. 4 seed Izyan Ahmad 6-2, 6-0.  In the bottom half, Teodor Davidov, the No. 13 seed, will have No. 16 seed Kayden Colombo, after Davidov beat No. 7 seed and last week's J100 champion Jerrid Gaines Jr. 6-3, 7-6(0) and Colombo took out unseeded Ryan Bedwick 6-2, 7-6(5).

While the boys quarterfinals were all-USA, two Canadians have advanced to the girls semifinals.

2026 ITF J300 San Diego finalist Avery Alexander of Canada, seeded No. 4, defeated No. 9 seed Allison Wang 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 and will play unseeded Reiley Rhodes, who beat top seed Olivia Traynor 7-6(1), 6-2. No. 15 seed Clemence Mercier of Canada beat No. 8 seed Isabelle DeLuccia 6-1, 6-1 and will face unseeded Anastasia Pleskun, who beat No. 2 seed Maggie Sohns 7-6(2), 6-3. The 16-year-old Pleskun, who had lost twice to Sohns in the past year, beat Mercier en route to a J100 title in Canada last September.

Top Doubles Seeds Advance to USTA US Open Collegiate Wild Card Finals; Southern California Popular Choice in ITA D-I Women's Kickoff Draft; ITA Announces All Player of Year Awards; Lumpkin Robinson Tapped to Lead Illinois; Top Seeds Out in Irvine $15Ks

Doubles competition took center stage today at the USTA's American Collegiate US Open Wild Card Playoffs at the National Campus in Lake Nona, with the two favorites posting impressive straight-sets victories. There was again a delay in the start due to rain, but it was less than an hour in duration.

Defending champions Reese Brantmeier and Alanis Hamilton of North Carolina defeated Vanderbilt's Valeria Ray and Bridget Stammel 6-3, 6-2 to return to the final. A familiar face will be across the net Thursday evening in Auburn's DJ Bennett, who reached the doubles final in last year's playoff with Ava Hrastar. This year Bennett is playing with Ava Esposito, and the No. 2 seeds reached the final with a nearly three-hour, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(5) victory over Michigan's Jessica Bernales and Lily Jones.  Last year's final was even longer, with Brantmeier and Hamilton coming away with a 4-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(5) victory over Bennett and Hrastar in three-hours and 35-minutes.

With Brantmeier also playing in the singles final, the schedule has been adjusted, with the women's singles final, men's singles final and men's doubles final all at 5:30 p.m. Brantmeier and Hamilton will then play the women's doubles final, not before 6:30 p.m., and most likely, significantly later than that.

2025 NCAA doubles finalists Brandon Carpico and Nikita Filin of Ohio State, the top seeds, defeated Northwestern's Greyson Casey and Carter Pate 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the men's doubles final. They will face another Big Ten team in Indiana's Michael Andre and Matteo Antonescu, who defeated No. 2 seeds Alex Chang and Alexander Razeghi 7-6(4), 6-4. 

Filin, the 2024 Kalamazoo 18s champion (with Razeghi), will be looking to return to New York with another wild card into men's doubles, while Brantmeier will be aiming for her third main draw appearance in women's doubles, after winning the 2022 San Diego 18s title and last year's playoff.

Thursday's schedule:
5:30 p.m.
Women's singles final:
Reese Brantmeier[1](UNC) v Katrina Scott[2](Tennessee)

Men's singles final:

Trevor Svajda[1](SMU) v Sebastian Gorzny[2](Texas)

Men's doubles final:

Brandon Carpico and Nikita Filin[1](Ohio State) v Michael Andre and Matteo Antonescu(Indiana)

Not before 6:30 p.m:

Women's doubles final:

Reese Brantmeier and Alanis Hamilton[1](UNC) v DJ Bennett and Ava Esposito[2](Auburn)

Cracked Racquets is providing streaming at their YouTube channel.

The ITA Women's Division I Kickoff Draft was held today, with teams ranked 17-84 at the recent season's end deciding which of the 14 host sites they would like to travel to as they look to earn a spot in the 2027 ITA Team Indoor Championships in February.

Because hosts Michigan and Ohio State finished the year inside the Top 16, neither host needed the automatic qualification, giving No. 17 Arizona State the first choice among the 14 sites. The Sun Devils chose the University of Southern California, as did No. 18 Florida, with No. 25 Clemson the fourth team traveling to Los Angeles. Despite that formidable quartet of teams, USC, which finished the season ranked 13, was not the first host site to fill up. That honor belongs to crosstown rival UCLA, ranked 15th, who had No. 20 UCF, No. 21 TCU and No. 22 Cal elect to head to Westwood. 

No. 16 Vanderbilt will also host three Top 35 teams, with No. 19 Tennessee, No. 28 Stanford and No. 33 Arizona heading to Nashville.

Three Top 50 seeds passed, electing not to participate in the Kickoff Weekend and therefore not eligible to play the Team Indoor Championships: No. 31 Notre Dame, No. 43 Ole Miss and No. 47 Iowa.

Top teams who were not attractive to those in draft postitions were NC State(No. 8), Pepperdine(No. 9) and Auburn (No. 2), and many teams passed rather than go as a No. 4 seed to a top team, with No. 84 North Alabama the last participant, as the No. 4 seed at North Carolina.

The complete list of women's teams that will be competing at the 16 sites January 22-24, 2027, can be found here.

The men's draft begins Thursday at noon, and can be followed here.

The Division I ITA Player of Year Awards, which weren't included in yesterday's announcement, were confirmed today in the ITA's release of its POY winners in all divisions: wheelchair, community college, California community college, NAIA, Division III, Division II and Division I. The complete list can be found here.

One of the few Division I head coaching positions open this spring has been filled, with the University of Illinois announcing Elizabeth Lumpkin Robinson as the new leader of the women's program in Champaign Urbana. Lumpkin Robinson, who played at UCLA, spent the past three years as head coach at University of Illinois-Chicago; before that she was an assistant/associate head coach at Oregon. 

Both top seeds were upset today in Irvine California, the fourth stop on the seven-week SoCal Pro Series joint $15K tournaments.

Kaylan Bigun(UCLA), who won the M15 titles in Week One in Lakewood and Week Three in Los Angeles, was beaten in the first round today by recent Yale graduate Vignesh Gogineni 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.

In the first round of the W15, Sofia Shapatava of Georgia, who was also the top seed last week and also lost in the first round in Los Angeles, dropped a 7-5, 6-1 decision to 18-year-old Isabella Marton of Canada today.

Svajda and Gorzny, Brantmeier and Scott Advance to USTA's Collegiate US Open Wild Card Finals; Wimbledon Wild Cards; ITA D-I National Awards; Qualifying Complete at M25 Tulsa, SoCal Pro Series in Irvine

After a 90-minute delay for rain and lightning, the USTA American Collegiate Player US Open Wild Card Playoffs got underway under the lights at the National Campus in Lake Nona. All four semifinals, played concurrently, had their twists and turns except perhaps No. 2 seed Sebastian Gornzy's 6-4, 6-2 win over Matt Forbes of Ohio State.

Gorzny got the only break of the first set at 4-all and held for the first set, then extended his streak of games to seven by taking a 4-0 lead in the second set. The recent Texas graduate, who reached Sunday's final at the M25 in Wichita, told Cracked Racquets Alex Gruskin that he slept in the Atlanta airport Sunday night, but he did get to Orlando Monday and said he got plenty of rest Monday night prior to the match. 

Gorzny will play top seed Trevor Svajda of SMU, who came back to defeat Aidan Kim of Ohio State 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(3). Svajda lost his break in the third set, but took control in the tiebreaker, which, like the US Open, was to ten points, not seven.

Top seed Reese Brantmeier needed 80 minutes to take the first set from Michigan's Piper Charney, but the recent North Carolina graduate found her form in the second set to post a 7-5, 6-2 victory. The 2025 NCAA singles champion, who, like Gorzny has had notable success in her first events this month as a pro, will face No. 2 seed Katrina Scott of Tennessee. Scott trailed Ohio State's Luciana Perry 4-2 in the third set, but won the final four games for a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 victory.

All four winners have earned a trip to New York, with Thursday's finalists receiving qualifying wild cards; the winners, of course, are given main draw wild cards.

The doubles semifinals are Wednesday, with all four scheduled for 6 p.m. Reese Brantmeier will be back in action, with Alanis Hamilton, as the defending champions.

Men's Doubles Semifinals:
[1] Brandon Carpico/Nikita Filin (Ohio State) vs. [4] Greyson Casey/Carter Pate (Northwestern)

[3] Michael Andre/Matteo Antonescu (Indiana) vs. [2] Alex Chang/Alex Razeghi (Stanford)

Women's Doubles Semifinals:
[1] Reese Brantmeier/Alanis Hamilton (North Carolina) vs. [3] Valeria Ray/Bridget Stammel (Vanderbilt)

[4] Jessica Bernales/Lily Jones (Michigan) vs. [2] DJ Bennett/Ava Esposito (Auburn)

Cracked Racquets will have coverage of the doubles semifinals on their YouTube Channel.

Wimbledon announced its first batch of wild cards, with qualifying beginning next Monday at Roehampton.

Men's main draw:

Grigor Dimitrov(BUL)
Stan Wawrinka(SUI)
Jacob Fearnley[TCU](GBR)
Arthur Fery[Stanford](GBR)
Jack Pinnington Jones[TCU](GBR)
Toby Samuel[South Carolina](GBR)

TBA

TBA

Women's main draw:

Maja Chwalinska(POL)

Harriet Dart(GBR)

Katie Swan(GBR)

Alicia Dudeney[Florida](GBR)

Hannah Klugman(GBR)

Mimi Xu(GBR)

Mika Stojsavljevic(GBR)

TBA

As you can see, all four of the British main draw wild cards for men were given to former collegians, while Dudeney is the only former collegian receiving a main draw women's wild card. Hannah Klugman and Mika Stojsavljevic, who are still eligible for ITF junior competition, received main draw wild cards for the second straight year; Stojsavljevic is also entered in the Wimbledon Junior Championships.

Men's qualifying:

Mark Ceban(GBR)

Ivan Ivanov(BUL)

Henry Searle(GBR)

Oliver Tarvet[San Diego](GBR)

Johannus Monday[Tennessee](GBR)

TBA

TBA

WC Playoff

WC Playoff

Women's qualifying:

Daniella Britton(GBR)

Jodie Burrage(GBR)

Lily Miyazaki[Oklahoma)(GBR)

Mia Pohankova(SVK)

TBA

WC Playoff

WC Playoff

WC Playoff

WC Playoff

Ceban and Britton earned their qualifying wild cards by winning the British National 18s titles; Ivanov and Pohankova received qualifying wild cards as the 2025 Wimbledon Junior champions.

The official list of the wild cards, including doubles wild cards, is here.

The ITA announced its Division I National Award winners today, which are shown below. For some reason, the National Player of the Year awards are not included in these releases, but that award is always given to the player ranked No. 1 at year-end, so it will go to Lucciana Perez of Texas A&M and Dylan Dietrich of Virginia.

ITA Division I Women's National Awards:

ITA/Dunlop Coach of the Year:

Mark Weaver, Texas A&M

ITA Assistant Coach of the Year:

David Secker, NC State

ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship:

Reese Brantmeier, North Carolina

ITA Cissie Leary Sportsmanship:

Sarah Millard, Arkansas State

ITA Rookie of the Year:

Victoria Osuigwe, NC State

ITA Most Improved Player:

Savannah Dada-Mascoll, Appalachian State

ITA Player to Watch:

Lucciana Perez, Texas A&M

ITA Senior Player of the Year:

Reese Brantmeier, North Carolina

ITA Division I Men's National Awards:

ITA/Dunlop Coach of the Year:

Andres Pedroso, Virginia

ITA Assistant Coach of the Year:

Benjamin Becker, Texas

ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship:

Phillip Deaton, Air Force

ITA Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship:

Sebastian Dominko, Notre Dame

ITA Rookie of the Year:

Max Dahlin, Michigan

ITA Most Improved Player:

Duncan Chan, TCU

ITA Player to Watch:

Trevor Svajda, SMU

ITA Senior Player of the Year:

Sebastian Gorzny, Texas

The three USTA Pro Circuit tournaments this week are an M25 in Tulsa Oklahoma and the M15 and W15 SoCal Pro Series events in Irvine.

Americans who qualified today in Tulsa are Will Manning(NC State), Ilyas Fahim(Virginia Tech), Maximus Dussault(TCU) and Jonah Braswell(Florida, Texas).

Wild cards were given to Matisse Farzam(Clemson), Axel Nefve(Notre Dame, Florida), JJ Wolf(Ohio State) and Alejandro Jacome Jaramillo(Wichita State). Wolf defeated Nefve 7-6(5), 6-4 in first round action today.

The top seeds are Andres Martin(Georgia Tech), who beat Farzam 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-1, and Braden Shick(NC State). Schick will play his former teammate Manning in the first round Wednesday.

Last week's champion in Wichita as a wild card, Ozan Baris(Michigan State), received a special exemption into the main draw this week.

At the men's tournament in Irvine, Americans who qualified today are Aardash Tripathi(UCLA), Karl Lee(UCLA, USC) and Nathan Cox(Vanderbilt).

Wild cards were awarded to Bryce Nakashima Ohio State, 

Alexander Guajardo UC Irvine, William Kleege San Diego State

and Kelly Giese(Lubbock Christian, Nebraska).

Three juniors received entry via the ITF Junior Reserved program: Marcel Latak, Tanishk Konduri and Felipe Vazquez of Uruguay. 2025 Kalamazoo 18s finalist Jack Satterfield, a rising sophomore at Vanderbilt, received an ITF junior reserved entry, available to him after finishing 2025 in the Top 30 of the ITF junior rankings. He defeated No. 7 seed Tristan Stringer 6-2, 6-4 in first round action today.

Last week's champion Kaylan Bigun(UCLA), playing his fourth straight SoCal Pro Series tournament, is the No. 1 seed; Strong Kirchheimer(Northwestern) is the No. 2 seed.

In the women's event in Irvine, seven of the eight qualifying are Americans: Maria Aytoyan, Tatum Evans(UNC), Thea Rabman(UNC), 16-year-old Yilin Chen, Kaia Giribalan, Bianca Molnar(Notre Dame) and Simone Kay(USC).

Wild cards were given to Sophia Webster(Vanderbilt), 14-year-old Tanvi Pandey, Camille Allegre and Olivia Center(UCLA). 

Junior reserved entries went to Lani Chang and Emery Combs; Combs, 15, defeated No. 6 seed Ingrid Carolina Millan Acosta of Mexico 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in first round action today.

Last week's finalists in Los Angeles, Kaitlyn Carnicella(Auburn, South Carolina) and Russia's Alina Shcherbinina(Baylor, Oklahoma) received special exempt entries.

The top two seeds are Sofia Shapatava of Georgia, and Stanford rising sophomore Monika Ekstrand.

Minvielle Wins ITF J100 Title in Guatemala; Reddy Falls in J300 Final in Germany; US ITF Hard Court Swing Continues with J200 in Ohio; Kuzuhara Signs with Clemson

I covered the US singles titles won by Jerrid Gaines Jr. and Daniela Sales Friday at the J100 Bloomington Indiana, but there were three other titles in singles on the ITF Junior Circuit last week outside the United States, the biggest being Charles Minvielle's title at the J100 in Guatemala. 

The 17-year-old from Florida, seeded No. 3, defeated top seed Samim Filiz of Turkey 6-4, 6-1 in the semifinals and earned his third career ITF Junior Circuit title with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over No. 4 seed Harold Ronaldo Andre Cotom Hidalgo of Guatemala.

Unseeded 14-year-old Sofia Dvortsova reached the girls singles final, losing to No. 3 seed Sera Park of Korea 6-0, 6-3. Dvortsova, who beat two seeds to reach the final, won two J30 titles this spring, but collected the same amount of points for finishing as the runner-up at a J100 last week.

The unseeded team of Ireland's Laura Carvalho e Silva Kracke and Lely Kilgour won the girls doubles title, beating Alexandra Korneeva of Armenia and Sarah Stoyanov 7-6(3), 6-0 in the final.

The other two singles titles last week were at the ITF J30 in Ottawa Canada. 

No. 3 Alexander Totoian beat top seed Mathias Hamel-Van Dun of Canada 6-1, 6-3 in the final, after defeating No. 2 seed Tomas Giachero of Canada 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 in the semifinals. It's the first ITF Junior Circuit title for the 16-year-old from Oregon in his sixth ITF tournament. He also reached the doubles final, with Nirbhay Agarwal, with the unseeded pair falling to No. 4 seeds Ishaan Marla and Aayush Vartak 6-4, 6-7(5), 10-7.

Unseeded Samantha Govila won her first title on the ITF Junior Circuit, with the 15-year-old from Michigan defeating top seed Mariya Marinova of Canada 2-6, 6-1, 6-2. Govila was playing just her second ITF Junior tournament after failing to qualify for a J200 in Canada in April. Like Totoian, Govila also lost in the doubles final, with partner Karina Moe. The unseeded pair lost to top seeds Amaliya Bakumenko and Mariia Shybanova of Ukraine 6-0, 6-2.

Vihaan Reddy, who hadn't played in the past month, returned to action this week at the J300 in Bamberg Germany and reached the final as the No. 6 seed. The 16-year-old from Northern California lost to No. 8 seed Oliver Majdandzic of Germany 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3) in the final. Reddy, who beat top seed Tito Chavez of Spain in the quarterfinals, moved his ITF ranking up to 55 by making the final; his career high is 42. He is in qualifying for the Roehampton J300 and Wimbledon Junior Championships.

The final stop of the late spring ITF hard court swing in the United States is in Mason Ohio this week, for one of the new J200s introduced this year.

Agassi Rusher and Olivia Traynor are the top seeds, with all seeds receiving byes in the 48-player draws.

Although there has been no official announcement yet from Wimbledon on who has been invited to the 14U tournament, the four finalists at last week's Tennis Europe Category 1 tournament in Raynes Park are assured of spots in the 16-player draws. (Isha Manchala, Anna Kapanadze and David Bender will be representing the United States in the Wimbledon U14 tournament, according to the USTA).

Top seed Emilia Henningsen of Denmark defeated Lyubov Pronenko of Russia 6-2, 6-2 in the girls singles final in Raynes Park, and unseeded Noah Honsberger of Switzerland beat No. 5 seed Oskar Laskowski of Great Britain 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-1 in the boys singles final. For more on the tournament, see this article from the Tennis Europe website.

Parsa Nemati announced what had been rumored for several months today, with Clemson signing 22-year-old Bruno Kuzuhara for this 2026-27 season. Kuzuhara, who was considering college prior to winning the Australian Open boys singles and doubles titles in 2022, opted to turn pro instead, but has not been able to move his ATP ranking into Challenger-level main draw territory, with his career-high of 394 coming two years ago. Kuzuhara is expected to have just one year of eligibility, but with pre-enrollment prize money no longer an impediment to eligibility, he will not be the last of these one-and-done players, even with the five-in-five standard expected to be introduced this year.

Bruno Kuzuhara (UTR 13.65) of Florida has signed with @ClemsonMTennis and will join the Tigers for the fall of 2026. The 22-year-old former world number one junior won the 2022 #AusOpen singles and doubles titles & has ATP career-high rankings of #394 in singles/#561 in doubles. pic.twitter.com/M63jnchqNQ

— Parsa Bombs 💣 (@ParsaBombs) June 15, 2026

USTA Pro Circuit Titles for Baris, Ma, Bigun and Shcherbinina; Pro Grass Titles for Shelton, Montgomery and Krueger; Broadus Sweeps Titles at W50 in Portugal; Forbes Added to Brantmeier's NCAA Lawsuit

Former collegians took all four titles today on the USTA Pro Circuit, with Lea Ma, Ozan Baris, and Kaylan Bigun claiming their second career singles titles on the Pro Circuit, and Russia's Alina Shcherbinina earning her first title.

The third-seeded Ma, a 25-year-old who was an All-American at Georgia in 2023, defeated top seed Madison Brengle 6-3, 7-6(3) in the final of the W35 in Decatur Illinois. Ma won her first title in September of 2024 at an W35 in Redding California. She should move into the WTA Top 300 for the first time when the points are added.

Michigan State's Baris, who has had great success in his career in Wichita Kansas, swept the titles at the M25 this week, beating Sebastian Gorzny(TCU, Texas) 7-6(5), 6-4 in today's final between recent graduates entered as wild cards. The 22-year-old Baris, who was a doubles All-American in 2023 and a singles All-American in 2024, 2025 and 2026, won his first title at an M15 East Lansing in 2023. After winning the doubles title yesterday with Matt Shearer(William Carey, Nebraska), Baris has six Pro Circuit doubles titles, with half of them coming in Wichita.

Twenty-year-old Kaylan Bigun, who played for UCLA for one semester last year, picked up his second SoCal Pro Series singles titles in the past three weeks today at the M15 in Los Angeles. The top-seeded Bigun, who won the M15 in Lakewood in the opening week of seven-week swing in Southern California, defeated 16-year-old Andy Johnson 6-1, 7-5 in today's final. Johnson, playing at his home club with the crowd's support, overcame a slow start, coming back from 6-1, 2-0 down to take a 4-3 lead in the second set. But Bigun, the 2024 Roland Garros boys champion, kept the pressure on with his forehand, and although Johnson leveled the match by breaking Bigun serving for it at 5-4, he lost serve again at 5-all and Bigun closed out the title.

At the W15 in Los Angeles, Shcherbinina won the battle of the qualifiers, with the former standout at Baylor and Oklahoma defeating South Carolina rising senior Kaitlyn Carnicella 6-0, 6-7(4), 7-5 in a nearly three-hour final. The 22-year-old Russian failed to qualify for the Lakewood W15 in week one, but she now has her first pro title.

In the doubles final played Saturday night, No. 2 seeds Capucine Jauffret and Kristina Penickova defeated top seeds Salma Ewing(USC, Texas A&M) and Canada's Alexandra Vagramov(UCLA) 4-6, 6-2, 10-8 for the title. It's Penickova's first women's doubles title without her sister Annika as her partner; Jauffret won a W35 title with Annika in Florida last month.

Top seeds Reece Falck(Fresno St, UNC-Wilmington) of New Zealand and Billy Suarez(Tulane) won the men's doubles title, beating unseeded Christopher Papa(San Diego Christian, Pepperdine) and Germany's Lambert Ruland(San Diego) 7-5, 6-4 in the final. It's their second title as a team this year.

For more on the finals, see this recap from USTA SoCal press aide Steve Pratt.

Far away from the hard courts in the United States, three Americans claimed titles, with Ben Shelton earning his first title on grass, Robin Montgomery winning her first WTA title and Ashlyn Krueger claiming the WTA 125 in Ilkley England.

Shelton, the 2022 NCAA singles champion while a sophomore at Florida, defeated defending champion Taylor Fritz 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in today's final of the ATP 250 in Stuttgart Germany for his sixth ATP title overall and his third this year. Shelton won all four of his matches this week in straight sets and saved a total of three match points en route to the final. He remains at a career-high ATP ranking of No. 5.

Montgomery, the 2021 US Open girls champion, spent the second half of 2025 and the first three months of 2026 recovering from a wrist injury, so this was just her eighth tournament of the year. The 21-year-old from Washington DC had to qualify for the WTA 250 in 's-Hertogenbosch the Netherlands but did not have to play the final, with Barbora Krejcikova of Czechia unable to take the court due to illness. With her first WTA title, Montgomery moves back into the WTA Top 200.

The eighth-seeded Krueger, who won the 2021 USTA Nationals 18s and US Open girls doubles titles with Montgomery, won her second WTA 125 title on grass with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over qualifier Celine Naef of Switzerland in Ilkley. Krueger, who won a WTA 250 title back in 2023, had fallen out of the Top 100 prior to this title, and will have to play qualifying at Wimbledon.

Former Pepperdine All-American Savannah Broadus has won four of her 12 ITF women's World Tennis Tour doubles titles this year, but she had not won a singles title since her graduation in 2025 until today. Broadus qualified at the W50 in Portugal by beating her doubles partner Abigail Rencheli(NC State), then beat two seeds in reaching the final, where she took out a third, No. 5 Aliona Falei of Belarus, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Broadus, whose previous title was at a W15 in 2024, had already won the doubles title with Rencheli. The No. 4 seeds, who didn't drop a set all week, beat No. 2 seeds Viktoria Hruncakova and Katarina Kuzmova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-4 in the final.

Broadus is now up to a career-high 456 in the WTA live rankings with this title.

In more news on the Reese Brantmeier lawsuit with the NCAA, Matt Forbes, the 2024 Kalamazoo 18s champion, has been added as a plaintiff in the case. A judge's review of the settlement is expected next week, and Forbes was added to ensure an active NCAA student-athlete was included, now that Brantmeier has graduated. According to this article at the Carolina Journal:

To gain college eligibility, Forbes gave up $55,587 in prize money he won after competing in the 2024 United States Open. “His addition should address any concern the Court may have regarding standing and adequacy for the injunctive relief class,” Brantmeier’s lawyers wrote.

The prize money for the first round that year was $100,000, so Forbes came up with substantial expenses to get to that number down to $55,587, but even if he does get that amount reimbursed, Forbes may again be in the position of having to  forgo his US Open prize money if he wins his semifinal match against Sebastian Gorzny Tuesday at the USTA's American Collegiate USO Wild Card Playoff, which would guarantee him a spot in the men's qualifying. The terms of the settlement allow prize money to be accepted prior to enrollment, but not as a student-athlete. 

All-USA Men's Finals in Wichita, Los Angeles and Stuttgart; Brengle and Ma Meet for W35 Decatur Title; Two Qualifiers Reach W15 Final in LA

The finals are set for this week's four USTA Pro Circuit tournaments, with Americans assured of at least three singles titles, while on European grass, two more Americans will play for an ATP 250 title in Germany.

At the M25 in Wichita, wild cards Sebastian Gorzny(Texas) and Ozan Baris(Michigan State), who both completed their collegiate careers last month will meet for the title after three-set victories today. Gorzny defeated Enzo Aguiard(Alabama) of Australia 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 today, with Baris playing the same number of games in his 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 win over No. 5 seed Andrew Fenty(Michigan) 

The 22-year-olds have already met twice in Wichita, with Baris winning in the semifinals in 2023 and Gornzy getting a first round victory in 2024. Baris has now played the tournament four years in a row, with his 2023 final his best showing; Gornzy did not play it last year, but had reached the semifinals in both of his previous appearances there. Gorzny, who is competing in the USTA US Open Collegiate Wild Card Playoffs beginning Tuesday in Lake Nona is seeking his first pro singles title in his first final; Baris, who lost to Ethan Quinn(Georgia) in the 2023 Wichita final, won a M15 title in his hometown of East Lansing in 2023.

Baris already has claimed one title in Wichita this week, partnering with Matthew Shearer(William Carey, Nebraska) of New Zealand to defend their title. Baris, who has now won three Wichita doubles titles in the past four years, and Shearer defeated Charlie Camus(NC State) and Pavel Marinkov of Australia 6-7(8), 7-6(2), 10-7 in a battle between unseeded teams. 

At the M15 in Los Angeles, 20-year-old top seed Kaylan Bigun(UCLA) will face 16-year-old Andy Johnson, the No. 5 seed, in Sunday's final, with the winner collecting his second USTA Pro Circuit title.

Bigun, who won his first title two weeks ago in the opening week of the SoCal Pro Circuit Series, defeated rising Arizona senior Sasha Rozin of Canada 6-4, 6-4 today.

Johnson, who won his first title at the M15 in Sunrise Florida in February, defeated UCLA's No. 1 Spencer Johnson 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Johnson, who considers the Jack Kramer Club his home courts, and Bigun, who also has roots in the area, will be meeting for the first time. 

The title at the W35 in Decatur Illinois will also go to an American, with top seed Madison Brengle facing No. 3 seed Lea Ma(Georgia) in Sunday's final. Brengle defeated No. 4 seed Sahaja Yamalapalli(Sam Houston) of India 6-2, 6-3 and Ma beat No. 5 seed Zuzanna Pawlikowska of Poland 6-3, 6-3. 

Brengle, 36, and Ma, 25, met in the semifinal of a W35 in California last fall, with Brengle winning it 6-2, 7-6(3).

In today's doubles final, unseeded Sara Daavettila(UNC) and Maria Kononova(North Texas) of Russia defeated the unseeded teenaged pair of Thara Gowda and Kaede Usui(Wisconsin) 6-3, 6-2. It's the tenth ITF Pro Circuit title for Kononova, the third for Daavettila.

The fourth all-American final Sunday is at the ATP 250 in Stuttgart Germany, with Ben Shelton(Florida) taking on defending champion Taylor Fritz. Shelton, who won all three of his matches this week from a set down, with rain forcing him to complete his quarterfinal and then play his semifinal today. He saved two match points in his 6-7(4), 7-6(14), 7-6(6) win over Jiri Lehecka of Czechia, after saving a match point in his second round meeting with Marcos Giron(UCLA). 

Fritz had the easier day today, with just one match, a 6-4, 6-4 decision over Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan. But when Shelton and Fritz last met, in the final of ATP 500 in Dallas in February, Shelton got the victory 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, saving three match points. 

For more on today's semifinals, see this article from the ATP website.

The only final that isn't all-USA is at the W15 in Los Angeles, where Kaitlyn Carnicella(Auburn, South Carolina) will face fellow qualifier Alina Shcherbinina(Baylor, Oklahoma) of Russia, with a first Pro Circuit title on the line for both.

The 21-year-old Carnicella, a rising senior at South Carolina, defeated No. 2 seed Monika Ekstrand(Stanford) 0-6, 6-4, 6-4. Shcherbinina, 22, beat No. 3 seed Alexandra Vagramov(UCLA) of Canada 6-4, 6-2.

Sales and Gaines Claim ITF J100 Titles in Indiana; Gornzy Warms Up for USO Wild Card Playoff by Reaching M25 Wichita Semifinals; Ekstrand Survives Aytoyan in LA; Johnson Advances to M15 Semis at Home Club

The ITF J100 in Bloomington Indiana concluded today, with 15-year-old Daniella Sales and 17-year-old Jerrid Gaines Jr. earning titles on the ITF Junior Circuit with straight-sets victories.

Sales, the reigning USTA National 14s champion, had won two J60s since beginning ITF Junior Circuit competition last spring, with this her first title at the J100 level. This week the No. 4 seed didn't drop a set, beating unseeded Yui Watanabe of Japan 6-3, 6-1 in the final.

Gaines, the No. 2 seed, won a J100 last year, so this is his second title at that level. He defeated last week's J60 champion in Champaign, unseeded Rafael Bote of Canada, 6-4, 6-2 in today's final, and, like Sales, did not drop a set in claiming the title.

The doubles finals were also played today, with No. 2 seeds London Evans and Puerto Rico's Aurora Lugo defeating No. 4 seeds Capri Butera and Isha Manchalla 6-2, 1-6, 10-2 for the girls title.

Top seeds Joshua Adamson and Caden Colburne won the all-Canadian boys doubles final, beating No. 4 seeds Bote and Antoine Genereux 6-1, 6-2.

At the M25 in Wichita Kansas, three Americans are through to the semifinals, with wild card Ozan Baris(Michigan State) meeting No. 5 seed Andrew Fenty(Michigan) in the bottom half. Fenty was the only seed to reach the second round. Baris defeated rising TCU senior Duncan Chan of Canada 7-5, 7-6(6), while Fenty ended the run of Texas rising sophomore Lucas Marionneau of France 6-2, 6-1.

Wild card Sebastian Gorzny(Texas), who will play Matt Forbes(Michigan State, Ohio State) Tuesday in the USTA American Collegiate US Open Wild Card Playoffs, beat Kenta Miyoshi(Illinois) of Japan 6-3, 6-3. He will face Enzo Aguiard(Alabama) of Australia, who defeated Dmitry Popko of Kazakhstan 6-3, 7-6(5). 

At the W35 in Decatur Illinois, Madison Brengle and Lea Ma(Georgia) have reached the semifinals. Top seed Brengle defeated No. 7 seed Malaika Rapolu(Texas)  6-3, 6-3; Ma cruised past unseeded Ana Grubor of Canada 6-1, 6-0. Brengle will face No. 4 seed Sahaja Yamalapalli(Sam Houston) of India, who beat Ekaterina Khayrutdinova(Auburn) of Russia 6-2, 6-1. Ma's semifinal opponent is No. 5 seed Zuzanna Pawlikowska of Poland, who beat Piper Charney(Michigan) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.

Seventeen-year-old Thara Gowda and 18-year-old Wisconsin rising sophomore Kaede Usui have reached the doubles final, beating top seeds Anastasia Goncharova(UCSB, Utah) and Madison Tattini(Utah) 6-4, 6-2 in today's semifinals. They will face unseeded Sara Daavettila(UNC) and Maria Kononova(North Texas) of Russia, who beat Auburn teammates Khayrutdinova and Ashton Bowers 7-6(4), 0-6, 10-6.

The semifinals are set at the SoCal Pro Series tournament at the Jack Kramer Club in Los Angeles, with 16-year-old Andy Johnson advancing at his home club. Johnson, a wild card, but the No. 5 seed, defeated unseeded Benjamin O'Connell of Australia 6-2, 6-1 and will face wild card Spencer Johnson(UCLA), who beat qualifier Nathan Trouve(USC) of France 7-6(4), 6-4. 

In the top half of the M15, top seed Kaylan Bigun defeated lucky loser Gus Grumet 6-3, 6-4 and will face unseeded Alexander Rozin(Arizona) of Canada. Rozin beat Maxwell Exsted 6-4, 6-3.

The match of the day in Los Angeles was certainly in the W15, with No. 2 seed Monika Ekstrand pulling out a three-and-a-half hour 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(1) win over qualifier Maria Aytoyan. Ekstrand, a rising sophomore at Stanford, will face another qualifier in the semifinals, after Kaitlyn Carnicella(Auburn, South Carolina) came back to defeat Lily Taylor(Arizona State) of Australia 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. 

In the top half, qualifier Alina Shcherbinina(Baylor, Oklahoma) defeated Kristina Penickova 6-4, 6-3 and will face No. 3 seed Alexandra Vagramov(UCLA) of Canada. Vagramov defeated Veronika Miroshnichenko,(Loyola Marymount) a frequent Newport Beach UTR PTT champion, 6-1, 6-4.

In college coaching news, SMU associate head coach Ben Johnson has been named men's head coach at Yale. Johnson, who coached at SMU for nine years, takes over from interim coach Eduardo Ugalde who was named interim coach after Chris Drake stepped away from the position for health reasons. 

Draws, Times for Next Week's USTA American Collegiate US Open Wild Card Playoffs; Six Women, 23 Men Qualify for ITA Accelerator Programs; Tennis Europe's Grass Tournament for Entry into Wimbledon 14U Event Underway

The draws are out for the USTA's American Collegiate Wild Card Playoffs, with six wild cards into this year's US Open on the line. The playoffs begin Tuesday, June 16th with the singles semifinals, with all four matches starting at 6:30 p.m. at the USTA's National Campus in Lake Nona. The doubles semifinals are scheduled for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and the finals for both singles and doubles will be Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

NCAA singles champion Reese Brantmeier of North Carolina is the women's top singles seed, and she is also the top seed in doubles, with Alanis Hamilton. Brantmeier and Hamilton earned the wild card in last year's event and won their first round match at the US Open. 

NCAA singles finalist Trevor Svajda of SMU is the top seed in men's singles. NCAA singles champion Michael Zheng of Columbia declined his invitation.

The winners of all four draws receive US Open main draw wild cards; the singles finalists receive qualifying wild cards.

The draws, with all matches beginning at 6:30 p.m., are below: Cracked Racquets will be providing streaming coverage.

Tuesday, June 16

Men's Singles Semifinals

[1] Trevor Svajda (SMU) vs. [3] Aidan Kim (Ohio State)

[4] *Matthew Forbes (Michigan State) vs. [2] Sebastian Gorzny (Texas)

Women's Singles Semifinals

[1] Reese Brantmeier (North Carolina) vs. [3] Piper Charney (Michigan)

[4] Luciana Perry (Ohio State) vs. [2] Katrina Scott (Tennessee)

 

Wednesday, June 17

Men's Doubles Semifinals

[1] Brandon Carpico/Nikita Filin (Ohio State) vs. [4] Greyson Casey/Carter Pate (Northwestern)

[3] Michael Andre/Matteo Antonescu (Indiana) vs. [2] Alex Chang/Alex Razeghi (Stanford)

Women's Doubles Semifinals

[1] Reese Brantmeier/Alanis Hamilton (North Carolina) vs. [3] Valeria Ray/Bridget Stammel (Vanderbilt)

[4] *Jessica Bernales/Lily Jones (Michigan) vs. [2] DJ Bennett/Ava Esposito (Auburn)

 

Thursday, June 18

Men’s Singles Final

Women’s Singles Final

Men’s Doubles Final

Women’s Doubles Final

 

* Indicates player has transferred schools for the 2026-27 season; Forbes to Ohio State and Bernales to UCLA.

 

More news on the college tennis front was released today, with the ITA announcing the Division I collegians who will benefit from the Accelerator Programs. As has been the case for three years now, the ATP's Accelerator Program for the men is much more generous than the ITF's Accelerator Program for the women; this year 23 men have status allowing them up to eight spots in Challenger 50 and 75 qualifying (ranking of 11-20) or main draws(1-10). The six women receive entries into three or five W35s, W50s or W75s, depending on whether they are returning to school or not. The disparity is stark and reflects poorly on the ITF, which has not made any effort to improve or expand the program since it began in September of 2023.

As Reese Brantmeier demonstrated recently in winning the W35 in Wichita and reaching the final of the W100 in Sumter the following week, the top collegiate women are competitive at the ITF's highest levels and should be given more opportunities to prove it via a more equitable Accelerator Program.

The full explanation of the women's program is here, with Brantmeier, Lucciana Perez(Texas A&M), Luciana Perry(Ohio State), Carmen Herea(Texas), Teah Chavez(Ohio State) and Berta Passola Folch(Cal) those benefitting in this edition.

The full list and explanation of the men's program is here.

The grass season has begun for the pros and also for those 14-and-under players who hope to receive an invitation to Wimbledon's annual competition for that age group that is held during the final four days of the Championships. 

The winners of the Tennis Europe Category 1 event this week in London's Raynes Park will receive invitations to the 16-player Wimbledon tournament, which was introduced in 2022. After three round robin matches, the four group winners advance to the semifinals.

This year's players from the United States, who do not participate in a qualifying event, are Isha Manchala, Anna Kapanadze and David Bender. 

The entry lists for the 14U event will be posted on the Wimbledon website when they are finalized.

Wimbledon Junior Championships Acceptance Lists Feature All Four 2026 Junior Slam Champions, Twelve Americans; UTR Pro Tennis Tour Results Update

The acceptances for the 2026 Wimbledon Junior Championships scheduled for July 4-12, were published today, with this year's Australian Open and Roland Garros champions in the hunt for a second junior slam.

Girls Roland Garros champion Alisa Oktiabreva may not end up playing, as she wasn't certain of her plans when she spoke about them last weekend, but she did enter, as did boys champion Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil, who lost in the second round of the Wimbledon Junior Championships last year.

Australian Open boys champion Ziga Sesko of Slovenia, who took out the top seed last year at Wimbledon in his first junior slam appearance, reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros; Australian Open girls champion Ksenia Efremova of France, who lost to eventual champion Mia Pohankova in the second round of Wimbledon last year, lost in the first round at Roland Garros.

Nine girls eligible for Wimbledon did not enter, including three in the Top 10: No. 5 Alena Kovackova(CZE), No. 6 Pohankova(SVK) and No. 9 Kristina Penickova(USA). 2025 finalist Julieta Pareja(USA) did not enter, nor did Hannah Klugman of Great Britain.

One surprise girls entry is Mika Stojsavljevic of Great Britain, the 2024 US Open girls champion, who lost in the Wimbledon Juniors first round last year to Pohankova. The 17-year-old, who hasn't played any juniors events since last year's US Open, received entry based on her WTA ranking of 261, and she will likely be seeded based on that ranking, if she ends up playing. Kristina Liutova also received entry based on her WTA ranking, but she has not played outside the United States in years, so I don't expect she'll make the trip to London.

Five US girls are on the main draw acceptance list, which had a cutoff of 53: Janae Preston, Jordyn Hazelitt, Welles Newman, Thea Frodin and Melije Clarke. Seven US girls were accepted for qualifying: Lani Chang, Anita Tu, Olivia Traynor, Hannah Ayrault, Nancy Lee, Maggie Sohns and Sarah Ye.

The girls qualifying cutoff was 82, with Jahnie Van Zyl of South Africa at No. 96, getting into qualifying as the regional representative of Africa.

Two ITF Top 10 boys did not enter: 2025 champion Ivan Ivanov of Bulgaria and Jack Kennedy. I was a little surprised that Kennedy did not enter after playing Roland Garros juniors, but Wimbledon is in the middle of the US hard court Challenger swing, which Kennedy may want to focus on in the leadup to Kalamazoo. 

US boys who have entered include junior slam finalists Keaton Hance(Australia) and Michael Antonius(Roland Garros), Andy Johnson, Jack Secord, Ryan Cozad, Gavin Goode and Tanishk Konduri. Konduri, at 47, was the last boy accepted.

South Africa's Connor Doig at 49 received main draw entry as the Africa regional representative, which requires a top 75 ranking.

And in another surprise, Australian Cruz Hewitt, the son of Lleyton Hewitt, entered and was accepted based on his ATP ranking of 376. Hewitt played the Wimbledon Junior Championships last year, falling in the second round.

Americans on the qualifying acceptance list are Safir Azam, Jordan Lee, Marcel Latak and Vihaan Reddy, with Azam the only one of the four who competed at Roland Garros. The boys qualifying cutoff was 74.

The withdrawal date is June 23, so I'll revisit the fields around that time to check on movement in the acceptance lists.

The entry deadline for ITF J300 in Roehampton the week before the Wimbledon Junior Championships was also yesterday, but as of tonight, the lists have not been posted. They usually are very similar to those of the Wimbledon Juniors, because there are so few options for grass play for juniors prior to Wimbledon.

Below is the latest update from the UTR Pro Tennis Tour-Americas, with the subcategory Summer Slams, which are shorter $12.5K events on college campuses, now filling many of the dates on the calendar.

MEN:

April 5 Newport Beach CA
Maciej Rajski d. Karl Kazuma Lee 6-3, 7-5

April 20 Newport Beach CA
Madhav Binu d. Miles Clark 6-3, 6-4

April 21 Clemson SC*
Joaquin Benoit d. Yannic Nittmann 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2

April 27 Newport Beach CA
Maxim Groysman d. Tomas Quesdada Perez 6-1, 2-6, 6-2

May 4 Concord NH
Aleksa Ciric d. Santiago Perez 6-3, 6-4

May 11 Newport Beach CA
Maciej Rajski d. Noah Zamora 6-4, 7-6(9)

May 18 Newport Beach CA
Blu Baker d. Xavier Calvelo 2-6, 6-2, 6-1

May 19 Tuscaloosa AL*
Aleks Ciric d. Enzo Aguiard 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-2

May 19 Madison WI*
Drew Fishback d. Alberto Altur Fernandez 6-1, 6-4

May 26 San Luis Obispo CA*
Tomas Jirousek d. Sean Hill 6-4, 6-0

June 1 Newport Beach CA
Vasco Prata d. Matic Kriznik 6-7(7), 7-5, 1-1 ret.

June 2 Philadelphia PA*
Callum Markowitz d. Kase Schinnerer 4-6, 7-5, 6-1

*$12.5K prize money

WOMEN:

April 5 Newport Beach CA

Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Alina Shcherbinina 6-3, 6-0

April 20 Newport Beach CA

Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Sophie Suh 6-1, 5-7, 6-2

April 27 Newport Beach CA

Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Shakhnoza Khatamova 6-1, 6-1

May 4 Concord NH

Salma Loudili d. Calla McGill 6-3, 6-4

May 11 Newport Beach CA

Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Zdena Safarova 6-1, 6-3

May 18 Newport Beach CA

Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Alexia Harmon 3-6, 6-2, 7-5

May 19 Tuscaloosa AL*

Amina Salibayeva d. Riley Crowder 3-6, 6-1, 7-5

May 19 Madison WI*

Joanna Kennedy d. Maria Sholokhova 4-6, 6-4, 6-1

May 26 San Luis Obispo CA*

Audrey Aulia d. Allison Isaacs 6-4, 6-3

June 1 Newport Beach CA

Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Alina Shcherbinina 6-1, 6-2

June 2 Philadelphia PA*

Vivian Yang d. Valerie Shue 6-2, 7-5

*$12.5K prize money

Martinez Among Seven US Qualifiers at W35 in Decatur IL; Three US Collegians Qualify at Wichita KS M25; Los Angeles Hosts SoCal Pro Series Week Three; ITA D-I Regional Awards Announced

This week's USTA Pro Circuit is evenly balanced between the men and women, with a W35 in Decatur Illinois, and M25 in Wichita Kansas and Week Three of the SoCal Pro Series with men's and women's $15Ks at the Jack Kramer Club in Rolling Hills Estates.

Seven of the eight qualifiers in Decatur are Americans: 17-year-old Columbia recruit Sena Yoon, Jaedan Brown(Michigan), Piper Charney(Michigan), Sophie Williams(Florida, James Madison), Sophie Llewellyn(SMU), Sophia Holod(Notre Dame) and Texas A&M's Violeta Martinez, one of the heroes of the Aggies NCAA team title last month in Athens.

Wild cards were given to 17-year-old Carlota Moreno, 16-year-old Londyn McCord, Ashton Bowers(Texas, Auburn) and St. Louis University rising junior Aryn Walker. 

Madison Brengle and Anna Rogers(NC State) are the top two seeds.

In Wichita, three current collegians from the United States qualified for the main draw, after navigating a rare 64-player qualifying draw: Matisse Farzam(Clemson), Will Manning(NC State( and Jonah Braswell(Florida, Texas).  

Wild cards were awarded to Sebastian Gorzny(TCU, Texas); Ozan Baris(Michigan State), who beat No. 7 seed Justin Boulais(Ohio State) of Canada 6-3, 6-2 today; Cooper Woestendick(TCU) and 18-year-old Hunter Nelson.

Philip Sekulic of Australia is the No. 1 seed, with Daniel Milavsky(Harvard) the No. 2 seed.

In the M15 in Los Angeles, three of the men's qualifiers are from the United States: Karl Lee(UCLA, USC), Nathan Cox(Vanderbilt) and Avery Tallakson(New Mexico, Boise State).

Wild cards were given to Andy Johnson, who is the No. 5 seed; Lucca Liu(UC-Santa Barbara), William Kleege(San Diego State) and Spencer Johnson(UCLA), with 2024 Kalamazoo 16s champion Gus Grumet getting in as a lucky loser. 

Tanishk Konduri and Marcel Latak, the 2025 Kalamazoo 16s champion, received ITF Junior Reserved entries.

Week One Lakewood champion Kaylan Bigun(UCLA) is the top seed, with Strong Kirchheimer(Northwestern) the No. 2 seed. Last week's Lakewood champion Oliver Bonding(TCU) of Great Britain plays Arizona rising senior Alexander Rozin of Canada in first round action Wednesday.

Last week's women's champion Mayu Crossley(UCLA) is not playing this week in the W15 in Los Angeles, but Lakewood finalist Kristina Penickova is in the draw, scheduled to face top seed Sofia Shapatava of Georgia Wednesday.

Qualifying into the main draw were Kaitlyn Carnicella(Auburn, South Carolina); 17-year-old Maria Aytoyan; 16-year-old Yilin Chen; 17-year-old Natalie Kha and Simone Kay(USC). Avery Nguyen received entry into the main draw as a lucky loser.

Wild cards were given to 15-year-old Abigail Haile, who won her first round match today; 18-year-old Kaia Giribalan, who lost her opening match; 16-year-old Sophie Suh and 17-year-old Tia Messerli.

Monika Ekstrand, who just completed her freshman year at Stanford, is the No. 2 seed.

The ITA released the Division I Regional Awards today, with the men's list here and the women's list here. 

Notable that Dylan Dietrich of Virginia is not among the regional winners, although the Cavaliers took seven of the eight Atlantic Region awards. But he will be named National Player of the Year after finishing No. 1 in the final rankings.  

Lucciana Perez of Texas A&M, who will be named National Player of the Year with her No. 1 year-end ranking, did received two awards in the Texas Region.

The ITA National Awards will be announced next Tuesday.