Stephens Wins Edmond W100, Ma Captures First Pro Title at Redding W35; Rolland de Ravel and Papamalamis Claim Singles Titles in Austin and Lexington; ITA Cup D-III, NAIA, JUCO Champions Crowned

The teenagers in the finals of the women's USTA Pro Circuit events Sunday fell to their more seasoned opponents, with 33-year-old Sloane Stephens defeating 16-year-old Kristina Liutova 6-3, 6-2 at the W100 in Edmond Oklahoma and 23-year-old Connie Ma beating 17-year-old Annika Penickova 7-5, 6-2 at the W35 in Redding California.

In handing the fourth-seeded Liutova just her sixth loss of the year, Stephens, the No. 5 seed, earns 100 points, bumping her WTA ranking up to 118. She will take the lead in the USTA's women's Australian Open Wild Card Challenge after the first two weeks, with three weeks remaining.

The doubles title in Edmond was won by No. 2 seeds Alicia Herrero Linana(Baylor) of Spain and Allura Zamarripa(Texas), who beat unseeded Sofia Johnson(Old Dominion) of Great Britain and Malaika Rapolu(Texas) 6-1, 6-2 in the final. 

Although Ma is six years older than Penickova, she came into the tournament with fewer matches and fewer singles titles on the women's WTT. Ma, who was an outstanding junior and on the USA Junior Billie Jean King Cup team that won the title in 2019, didn't play on the pro circuit once she entered college at Stanford. Ma reached the NCAA singles final in 2022 as a freshman and was a three-time All-American in singles, but only this fall, a year after her graduation, has she resumed competition on the USTA Pro Circuit, and was a wild card this week after qualifying and making the second round at the W50 in Berkeley last month.

Penickova, who won her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title this summer at the W35 in Florence SC, actually has played more pro matches than Ma, but Ma has now caught her in titles, with the first coming today. Penickova reached the final last night with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Ohio State junior Nao Nishino, a qualifier from Japan. It's Penickova's third W35 singles final of the year.

Ma was unable to pick up her first career doubles title, with No. 4 seeds Abigail Rencheli(NC State) and Maria Sholokhova(Wisconsin) of Russia beating Ma and Berta Passola(Cal) of Spain 2-6, 6-4, 14-12 in the final last night.

The men's USTA Pro Circuit singles title this week went to two French players. Texas A&M junior Theo Papamalamis, seeded fifth, defeated No. 8 seed Jack Anthrop, a recent Ohio State graduate, 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 at the M15 in Lexington Kentucky. It's the second career WTT men's singles title for Papamalamis, with both M15s title coming this year.

At the M25 in Austin Texas, qualifier Cosme Rolland de Ravel of France took out top seed Alastair Gray(TCU) of Great Britain 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 for his first WTT men's title. The 22-year-old, who played for Old Dominion prior to joining TCU last year, is interested in a fifth year at TCU if the courts decide it should be extended to those who entered college in 2022. 

Rolland de Ravel has received a main draw wild card into the ATP Challenger 75 in Fort Worth next week, as have Trevor Svajda(SMU) and Sebastian Gorzny(TCU, Texas). Sixteen-year-old Michael Antonius received a qualifying wild card and defeated No. 6 seed Quinn Vandecasteele(Oregon) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of qualifying today.

On the ATP tour, congratulations to former University of Virginia star Rafael Jodar of Spain, who reached his first ATP Masters 1000 final in Shanghai. The 20-year-old, who won the US Open boys title in 2024, lost to compatriot Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who won the Wimbledon boys title in 2017, 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in today's final. Jodar, who ended 2025 at 168 in the ATP rankings, is now at a career-high of 11. More on the final from the ATP here.

The ITA Cup, the fall individual championships for Division III, Junior College and NAIA, concluded today in Rome Georgia. The results from the finals are below. Complete draws can be found here.

ITA Cup Finals, October 17, 2026

WOMEN:

NAIA
Singles:
Seohyeon Jang[3], Concordia Nebraska, d. Maria Purizaca, Doane 6-4, 6-1

Doubles:
Ivet Prat and Ruslana Kovalenko, Tennessee Wesleyan, d. Marylove Edwards and Suryanshi Suryanshi, Georgia Gwinnett, 6-2, 6-2

JUCO

Singles:

Dina Lipovski[1], Tyler JC, d. Emily Lederer[2], Hillsborough CC, 6-2, 6-2

Doubles:

Naiomi Crowell and Mirthe De Bresser[3], Hillsborough CC, d. Dina Lipovski and Idom Cho[2], Tyler JC, 6-4, 6-2

DIVISION III

Singles:

Caitlin Bui[4], Washington St. Louis, d. Rebecca Kong[3], Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2

Doubles:

Clara Zou and Rosalyn Chan, Chicago, d. Yanire Marte and Devin Gilroy, Emory,  7-6(7), 6-1

MEN:

NAIA

Singles:

Kanan Gasimov[2], Georgia Gwinnett, d. Nicolas Cortes[4], Tennessee Wesleyan, 6-0, 6-2

Doubles:

Nicolas Philbert and Mariano Hasenkopf, Georgia Gwinnett, d. Facundo Grasso and Tadeo Ramirez[4], Lindsey Wilson, 6-1, 6-2

JUCO

Singles:

Koshiro Nakamae[2], Pratt CC, d. Matthew Harris[4], Pratt CC, 6-1, 6-3

Doubles:

Theo Cabre and Boitshepo Maake[3], Collin County CC, d. Edward Westgall and Oleksandr Ponomar[1], Pratt CC, 6-2, 6-2

DIVISION III

Singles:

Alex Feies[3], Carnegie Mellon, d. Garv Bahl[4], Tufts, 6-3, 6-3

Doubles:

Chase Kelley and Jesse Yang, Chicago, d. Juno Pethe and Mitchell Deames, Emory, 7-6(4), 7-5