Liutova Wins Second Consecutive W100 in Sumter SC; Teens Bonding and Crossley Claim SoCal Pro Series Titles; Walton Earns Tyler Challenger Title; Townsend and Siniakova Capture Third Slam at Roland Garros

Although all five Americans competing in USTA Pro Circuit finals today were defeated, Sunday was a great day for teenagers, three of whom hoisted winner's trophies.

The biggest came in Sumter South Carolina, where 16-year-old Kristina Liutova won her second consecutive W100 title with a 6-4, 6-3 win over wild card Reese Brantmeier. The unseeded Liutova, who was born in Russia but has lived in the United States for many years, did not a lose a set this week, with the Indian Harbour Beach W100 champion extending her winning streak at the highest level of the ITF circuit to 10. Her WTA ranking will rise to 229, which will likely give her a spot in the US Open women's qualifying.

Brantmeier, the 2025 NCAA singles champion, had an ideal two-week warmup for the USTA's US Open Collegiate Wild Card Playoff, which begins June 16 in Lake Nona. The recent UNC graduate won the singles and doubles titles last week at the W35 in Wichita and with this final has improved her WTA ranking to 521, less than a month after completing her college career.

Two teenagers who just completed their freshmen seasons in college won the titles in week two of the SoCal Pro Series in Lakewood. 

Nineteen-year-old Mayu Crossley of Japan, seeded No. 2, defeated 16-year-old Kristina Penickova, the No. 8 seed, 6-4, 6-3 for her second USTA Pro Circuit singles title. Crossley, who lost to champion Tatum Evans last week in the Lakewood semifinals, was named the Big Ten freshman of the year at UCLA, playing at line 2 for the Bruins.

Eighteen-year-old Oliver Bonding of Great Britain avenged his 6-1, 6-3 loss last month at No. 4 singles in the NCAA team semifinals to Texas's Oliver Ojakaar, with the TCU Big 12 Freshman of the Year beating the Estonian qualifier 7-5, 7-6(1) in today's final. In another similarity with Crossley, it's also the second Pro Circuit singles title for the unseeded Bonding, who entered via the ITF's Junior Reserved program.

Steve Pratt, press aide for USTA SoCal, provides this recap of the championships matches, with comments from all the finalists.

At the ATP Challenger 75 in Tyler Texas, former Tennessee All-American Adam Walton of Australia won his fifth Challenger title. The top-seeded 27-year-old defeated unseeded Andre Ilagan(Hawaii), playing in his first Challenger final, 7-5, 6-1.

The top seeds also won the doubles title, with Rithvik Bollipalli and Ramkumar Ramanathan of India defeating unseeded Americans Wally Thane(Utah, BYU) and Zachary Fuchs(Gonzaga, BYU) 7-6(2), 7-6(4) in today's final.

No. 2 seed Emilio Nava won the ATP Challenger 100 title in Heilbronn Germany today without taking the court today, with unseeded Luka Mikrut of Croatia unable to play the final. It's the seventh Challenger title for Nava, his first this year.

Three international collegians who competed in the NCAA team championships last month won $15K titles outside the United States today.  Virginia's rising senior and ITA Player of the Year Dylan Dietrich of Switzerland won his first ITF Pro Circuit singles title in Slovenia today; Georgia rising sophomore Deniz Dilek won her first ITF Pro Circuit singles title in her home country of Turkey and 2025 NCAA singles finalist Berta Passola Folch of Spain, a graduating senior at Cal, swept the titles, her first on the ITF Pro Circuit, in Tunisia.

Taylor Townsend claimed the only Roland Garros title for an American in 2026, winning the women's doubles championship with Katerina Siniakova of Czechia. The top seeds defeated No. 2 seeds Anna Danilina(Florida) of Kazakhstan and Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia 6-2, 7-5 in today's final for their third slam title as a team. The 2024 Wimbledon and 2025 Australian Open champions will aim for the career slam in New York this summer. This year alone they have won three WTA 1000s in Indian Wells, Miami and Madrid, with their only two losses in the Australian Open quarterfinals and the Rome 1000 semifinals.