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Monday, June 15, 2026

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.

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