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.