Craig Tiley Officially Named CEO of USTA; Georgia Women, Ohio State Men Remain No. 1 in Latest ITA Rankings; Tulane Debuts New Tennis Facility; Michael Zheng Pens First Journal Entry for Tennis.com; Eubanks Signs with Tennis Channel

Craig Tiley
photo courtesy of USTA

After several months of speculation, the official announcement came today: Craig Tiley will be returning to the United States as the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Tennis Association after his 20 years of serving as Australian Open tournament director and 13 years as the CEO of Tennis Australia.

Tiley, 64, coached the University of Illinois men's team when I began covering college tennis, although his teams' three national titles (two Indoor, one NCAA) came in 2003 and 2004, before my first college tournament in 2005. I had no doubt he would succeed in his new role when he left Champaign for Melbourne, after the 2005 season, but I could never have imagined the heights that he would lead that tournament to. 

When Gordon Smith retired as CEO of the USTA in 2019, Tiley's name of course came up as a replacement, but I don't think he was ready to wrestle with the always problematic USTA governing structure. That hasn't changed, with the USTA board holding the ultimate power in the organization and the chairman and president cycling in and out in two-year terms. The USTA has had two CEOs since Smith's retirement, Michael Dowse, who lasted two years, and Lew Sherr, who left to join the NY Mets after three years. It's safe to say that Tiley has a much broader background in tennis than either of them and has a firm grasp on how the organization functions, or doesn't, from his many years as a slam tournament director and a federation's CEO.

What the release doesn't say is when Tiley will start, making a vague reference to "the coming months." There are rumors that he has a non-compete clause in his TA contract that may push his start date out to much closer to the US Open than the USTA would like, so I wouldn't expect to hear much from him in the coming months. The Tennis Australia announcement on his departure is here.

My interest is in his plans for Player Development and for college tennis, with his predecessor making a huge commitment just over a year ago to collegiate tennis with the 10-year NCAA Division I team contract that begins in 2028. Again, I don't think we'll know those plans for a some time, but I'm optimistic that he'll give those realms the appropriate attention when the time comes.

Ben Rothenberg has an expansive overview of the highlights and lowlights of Tiley's more than three decades in tennis in this article at Bounces.

It's only been less than a week since the last rankings release, but there are new ITA Division I team rankings out today, the second edition that were determined by the computer algorithm. The top spots didn't change, with the Georgia women and Ohio State men at No. 1, but there were three new Top 10 women's teams: Arizona State, Cal and Pepperdine. LSU's loss to unranked Ole Miss dropped them from 4 to 9, while Southern Cal, Oklahoma and Texas exited the Top 10.  

The Top 10 men are the same 10 programs, but rearranged, with Mississippi State, who barely got past Vanderbilt 4-3 Saturday at home, moving from 10 to 5. Click on the heading to see the full list of the 75 teams with rankings.

Top 10 ITA Division I Men's Team Rankings, computer, February 24, 2026 (last week's ranking in parentheses):

1. Ohio State (1)
2. Virginia (2)
3. Wake Forest(4)
4. Texas (3)
5. Mississippi State (10)
6. TCU (7)
7. LSU (5)
8. Baylor (6)
9. San Diego (9)
10. Central Florida (8)

Top 10 ITA Division I Women's Team Rankings, computer, February 24, 2026

1. Georgia (1)

2. Ohio State (2)

3. North Carolina (3)

4. Texas A&M (5)

5. UCLA (8)

6. Arizona State (11)

7. Cal (12)

8. USC (6)

9. LSU (4)

10. Pepperdine (14)

Tulane has opened its new tennis facility, which sounds from this article like a huge improvement over what they had been using for competition. I'm a little surprised that it includes pickleball courts, which is not the norm for a college tennis facility, but the fact that the facility will be open to the public probably explains that addition.

Two-time NCAA champion Michael Zheng's first entry in an ongoing journal of his spring season as a senior at Columbia was posted today at tennis.com. Although I've been covering his career since 2019, I learned several things I didn't know, and I look forward to his future posts on juggling academics, pro tennis and collegiate competition. Zheng has lost two collegiate matches at No. 1 singles since returning from his second round appearance at the Australian Open as a qualifier, if you are wondering if he is getting high level competition in his final semester before graduation.

Former Georgia Tech All-American Christopher Eubanks, who retired last November, has signed a three-year contract with Tennis Channel as a commentator and host. He will continue to work with ESPN on the three slams they broadcast.

Eleven Singles Titles for Americans on ITF Junior Circuit; USTA Announces Dates for Roland Garros Wild Card Challege; Features on Jack Pinnington Jones and Matt Forbes; Sik to Represent Australia?

On Saturday I covered the titles for Safir Azam and Adla Lopez at the ITF J200 in the Dominican Republic, but that was just the tip of the iceberg, with US juniors claiming nine additional singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit last week. 

Tomas Laukys won his biggest title at the J100 in Trnava Slovakia, with the unseeded 15-year-old defeating No. 2 seed Dominik Macej of Slovakia 7-6(5), 6-2, with all five of his victories coming in straight sets, including a second round win over top seed Marko Bekeni of Slovakia.

At the J200 in Lithuania, No. 8 seed Michael Savano, 17, lost in the final to No. 7 seed Vincent Reisach of Germany 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Savano's only other titles on the ITF Junior Circuit were also in Europe, in 2024. He defeated top seed Rhys Lawler of Great Britain 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.

At the J60 in Claremont California, 17-year-old Ryan Bedwick, seeded No. 4, claimed his first ITF Junior Circuit singles title, beating qualifier Peter Jorniak 6-1, 6-1 in the final. Bedwick also reached the doubles final, with partner Rafael Bote of Canada, but the No. 1 seeds gave a walkover to unseeded Jaidyn Finley and Joseph Nau in the final.

Thirteen-year-old Isha Manchala won her second ITF Junior Circuit J60 title in Claremont, beating top seed Alison Wang 6-3, 7-6(3) in the final. Unseeded Rose Biria and Japan's Yui Watanabe won the girls doubles title, beating No. 2 seeds Aishi Bisht of India and Emery June Martin 6-4, 6-4 in the final.

Unseeded 16-year-olds Ellery Mendell and Dhakshish Aryan Basavaraju went back-to-back, winning a J60 in Guatemala for the second week in a row. Mendell beat unseeded Amina Nurmakhan of Kazakhstan 6-2, 6-0 in the final, while Aryan Basavaraju defeated No. 3 seed and doubles partner Colter Amey 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 in an all-USA boys final.

Amey and Aryan Basavaraju, seeded No. 4, won the doubles title, beating No. 3 seeds Mikaeel Ali Baig of Pakistan and Nicolas Bellas of Spain 6-4, 4-6, 11-9 in the final. Top seeds Sasha Miroshnichenko and Mexico's Romina Dominguez Garcia won the girls doubles title, beating Taylor Burke of Australia and Julia Ionescu of Canada 6-2, 6-1 in the final.

There was also a US sweep at the J60 in Mexico, with 16-year-old Sebastian Godoy and 15-year-old Aarini Bhattacharya taking the singles titles.

Godoy, the No. 6 seed defeated unseeded Pedro Queiroz of Brazil 6-0, 6-2 in the final for his fourth ITF Junior Circuit title and his second in singles. Bhattacharya, the No. 5 seed, now has three singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit after beating unseeded Rachel Wu of Canada 6-3, 6-1 in the final.  Bhattacharya picked up her fourth ITF Junior Circuit doubles title, with Elisabeth Djabourian of Canada. The No. 3 seeds defeated top seeds Abril Cardenas Olivares and Zoe Levresse Zavala of Mexico 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 in the final.

Londyn McCord, who reached the semifinal of the J300 in Peru two weeks ago, dropped back down to the J30 level in that country and took her second title at that level, beating unseeded Silvana Farjado of Peru 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the round robin/knockout tournament.

At the J30 in Nigeria, also a round/robin to knockout tournament, 16-year-old David Beckles swept the titles. He defeated Logan Thomas 6-2, 6-4 in the all-USA singles final for his first ITF Junior Circuit singles title. Seeded No. 2 in doubles with Musa Mamud of Nigeria, Beckles added his fourth doubles title on the ITF Junior Circuit, beating unseeded Kingsley Amenuveve Alormenu of Ghana and Ho Wan Yeung of Hong Kong 7-5, 4-6, 10-8 in the final. 

The USTA announced the annual Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge, which will begin March 30 and run through May 3rd.

From the USTA press release:

The USTA's 2026 Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge, which utilizes clay-court professional tournaments to award an American man and woman a main draw wild card into this year's French Open, will begin the week of March 30 and run through May 3 for both the men and the women. 

 

Both the men's and women's wild cards will be awarded to the American players with the most ranking points earned -- including qualifying and main draw points -- at a maximum of three clay-court tournaments during the Challenge's five-week window. All red-clay and Har-Tru events at the W35 level and above for the women and the M25 level and above for the men, including WTA and ATP Tour events, will be included in the Challenge.

Two articles I ran across over the weekend are a Times of London feature on former TCU All-American Jack Pinnington Jones, who recently raised his professional profile with a quarterfinal appearance as a qualifier at the ATP 500 Dallas Open, and a tennis.com feature on 2024 Kalamazoo 18s champion and Michigan State sophomore Matt Forbes, with his older sister Abbey Forbes(UCLA, UNC) a significant contributor to the piece.

Also of interest is this recent Sydney Morning Herald article on a potential country representation change for ITF junior No. 61 Mustafa Ege Sik of Turkey.

Liutova Wins First Pro Event at W35 Las Vegas; Korda Captures Delray Beach ATP 250; CMS Repeats as Men's Division III Indoor Champions; Barry Continues Dominance of D-II Women's Indoor; No. 2 Ohio State Women Hang On, No. 4 LSU Falls

Last week all four pro tournaments in the United States were won by Americans; this year it was just the ATP 250 in Delray Beach that featured a champion from the United States, with the four other tournaments going to international players.

Sixteen-year-old Kristina Liutova, who was born in Moscow but has lived in the United States for many years, captured her first pro title, beating wild card Melije Clarke of Texas 6-2, 6-4 in today's final at the W35 in Las Vegas. The unseeded Liutova, who did not drop a set all week, is 9-1 on the USTA Pro Circuit this year, (including qualifying), with her only loss to Eli Mandlik 7-5 in the third in the quarterfinals of W100 in San Diego late last month.

Liutova, No. 34 in the ITF junior rankings, should move into the WTA Top 500 when the points are added. She is entered in the Tucson ITF J300, which begins in two weeks.

Unseeded Sebastian Korda won his third ATP title this afternoon at the 250 in Delray Beach, defeating No. 5 seed Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-3 in the final. Korda was 2-7 in ATP finals entering today's championship match. For more on the final, see this article from the ATP website.

No. 2 seeds Nikola Mektic and Austin Krajicek(Texas A&M) won the doubles title, beating wild cards Benjamin Kittay(UNC, Michigan) and Ryan Seggerman(Princeton, UNC) 6-7(3), 6-3, 11-9. Kittay and Seggerman had a match point at 9-8 in the tiebreaker.

At the WTA 125 Dow Tennis Classic in Midland Michigan, 23-year-old Alina Charaeva of Russia, the No. 5 seed, won the biggest title of her career, although she lost a two-break lead in the second set before squeezing by unseeded Hanyu Guo of China 6-4, 7-6(4).

In doubles, top seeds Sabrina Santamaria(USC) and Qianhui Tang of China took the title via walkover from unseeded Alana Smith(NC State) and Mary Stoiana(Texas A&M).

Wild card Hunter Heck(Illinois) fell in the final of the M15 in Naples Florida, losing to No. 2 seed Tommaso Compagnucci of Italy 6-4, 6-3. 

At the W15 in Palm Coast Florida, former Old Dominion All-American Sofia Johnson of Great Britain, a qualifier, defeated top seed Thaisa Pedretti of Brazil 6-4, 6-2 to win her first ITF women's World Tennis Tour title. Johnson dropped just one set, to Georgia recruit Bella Payne in the semifinals, in her seven victories.

No. 2 seed Claremont-Mudd-Scripps defended their ITA Men's Division III National Team Indoor title today in Minnesota, defeating No. 4 seed Chicago 4-1. Warren Pham, who had also clinched CMS's first ever Men's Indoor title last year, clinched again at line 2 this year. The box score is here; the CMS release is here.

The top-seeded Barry women won their sixth Division II National Team Indoor title today in Indianapolis, beating No. 6 seed West Florida 4-0. Barry has won every Team Indoor title they have competed in, with the event beginning for D-II in 2020; the only year they did not win, 2021, they did not play. 

Three notable results from Top 5 women's Division I teams who were in action today, with No. 2 Ohio State surviving a trip to Stillwater, where the Cowgirls were short-handed. No. 25 Oklahoma State had to forfeit No. 3 doubles, but still took the point with wins at lines 1 and 2. They also had to forfeit No. 6 singles, even with Melisa Ercan making her first appearance of the season. Their usual No. 6 Marcela Lopez, was out, and Lucia Peyre, back this spring after her torn ACL, suffered a torn Achilles and is out for the season. Ohio State got wins from Luciana Perry at 1, Teah Chavez at 2 and Audrey Spencer at 4, with Perry clinching a 4-2 win, with Rose Marie Nijkamp of Oklahoma State getting a three-set win at line 3 after the clinch. For the full box score, see this article from the Ohio State website.

No. 4 LSU, playing without their No. 1 Cadence Brace, who qualified for the WTA 500 in Merida Mexico this weekend, and their No. 2 Kayla Cross, who lost in qualifying, fell to unranked Ole Miss 5-2 in Oxford. Again the match was played out, after Ole Miss had secured the clinch with the doubles point and victories at lines 1, 4 and 6.  The full box score is available in this article from the Ole Miss website.

No. 5 Texas A&M got by No. 10 Texas in College Station, with the Aggies clinching it 4-2 with the doubles point and singles victories at lines 2, 5 and 3. Again the match was played out, with Texas taking the final point at line 1. See this article from the Texas A&M website for the details.

Americans Sweep ITF J200 Titles in Dominican Republic; 16-Year-Olds Clarke and Liutova Meet for W35 Las Vegas Title; Heck Advances to M15 Naples Final; Pegula Triumphs at WTA 1000 in Dubai

Americans won all four titles at the ITF J200 in Punta Cana Dominican Republic, with Safir Azam sweeping the boys titles and Adla Lopez winning her first ITF Junior Circuit singles title.

Azam, the No. 3 seed, defeated unseeded Mauricio Schtulmann Gasca of Mexico 6-4, 6-1 in the final to earn his second ITF Junior Circuit singles title, with the first coming last year at a J100, also in the Dominican Republic. Schtulmann Gasca had beaten top seed Agassi Rusher in the semifinals to reach the final.  Azam did not drop a set in singles en route to the final.

Yesterday Azam won his second ITF Junior Circuit doubles title, with his first last month at the J300 in Costa Rica. The 16-year from Washington, partnering this week with Mason Taube, won an all-USA final, with the top seeds beating unseeded Theo Hegarty and William McEwan 6-2, 6-4 for the title.

Lopez, the No. 7 seed, defeated No. 4 seed Ireland O'Brien 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 for her first singles title, with the 17-year-old left-hander from Florida winning her first ITF Junior Circuit title since a doubles victory at a J5 in 2022.

In the girls doubles final, unseeded 14-year-olds Emery Combs and Olivia Traynor began a new winning streak, beating unseeded Elicia Lin of Canada and Olivia Traynor 6-3, 6-4 in the final. Traynor and Combs had won three consecutive ITF girls doubles titles, as well as the Orange Bowl 16s doubles title before losing in the opening round of the J200 last week in the Dominican Republic.

Two juniors will play for the title of the USTA Pro Circuit W35 in Las Vegas, with 16-year-olds Kristina Liutova and Melije Clarke each seeking their first professional title in their first professional final.

Liutova, who trains in Washington, beat No. 3 seed Julieta Pareja 6-4, 6-4, the second straight-sets win for Liutova this year over the former ITF junior No. 1, with the first coming at the W100 in San Diego.  

Wild card Clarke defeated unseeded Salma Ewing(USC, Texas A&M) 6-3, 6-3 in today's semifinals. 

Liutova won two J300s(College Park and Bradenton) last year; Clarke won one(Houston). They have not met in junior or pro competition.

In the doubles final in Las Vegas, top seeds Haley Giavara(Cal) and Texas freshman Anastasia Abbagnato of Italy won the title, beating unseeded Jessica Hinojosa Gomez of Mexico and Mell Reasco(Georgia) of Ecuador 6-3, 4-6, 10-8.

Hunter Heck(Illinois), who was 1-2 on the M15 Florida clay swing this year, is through to his first Pro Circuit final after beating fellow wild card David Tortora of Italy 6-4, 6-2 today in Naples. The 23-year-old from Minnesota will face No. 2 seed Tomas Compagnucci of Italy, who won the M15 in Palm Coast two weeks ago.

No. 2 seeds Dakotah Bobo(LSU, Southern Mississippi) and Oliver Johansson(Drake) of Sweden won the doubles title, beating No. 3 seeds Joao Victor Couto Loureiro and Tsz Fu Wong(Holy Cross) of Hong Kong 6-0, 6-1 in the final.

Both teenagers lost in the semifinals of the W15 in Palm Coast, with 17-year-old wild card Carlota Morena dropping a 6-3, 6-0 decision to top seed Thaisa Pedretti of Brazil and No. 6 seed Bella Payne losing to qualifier Sofia Johnson(Old Dominion) of Great Britain 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. No. 3 seeds Pedretti and Carolina Bohrer Martins of Brazil won the doubles title, beating No. 2 seeds Kolie Allen(Ohio State) and Sabastiani Leon(San Jose State) 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 10-4 in the final.

Neither No. 8 seed Mary Stoiana(Texas A&M) nor No. 2 Dasha Vidmanova(Georgia) of Czechia managed to advance to the final of the WTA 125 Dow Tennis Classic in Midland Michigan. Stoiana saw a 5-2 third set lead slip away to Hanyu Guo of China in a 7-6(4), 6-7(2), 7-5 semifinal that spanned more than three hours. Vidmanova lost to No. 5 seed Alina Charaeva of Russia. 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Jessica Pegula won the WTA 1000 in Dubai today, her fourth at that level, with the No. 4 seed beating No. 7 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-2, 6-4 in the final. Pegula now has ten titles on the WTA tour. For more on her win today, see this article from the WTA.

Three Teens Reach Semifinals at W35 in Las Vegas; Tien Outlasts Tiafoe at Delray; Men's D-III and Women's D-II ITA Team Indoors Underway; Gardner-Webb Drops Tennis; D-I Indoor All-Tournament Teams

Seventeen-year-old Julieta Pareja and 16-year-olds Melije Clarke and Kristina Liutova are through to the all-USA semifinals of the USTA Pro Circuit W35 in Las Vegas, and while the temperatures were in the low 50s, it was sunny there today, allowing the tournament to finish the second round and play all four quarterfinals after a wet day Thursday.

Pareja, the No. 3 seed, got a retirement from LSU freshman Ella McDonald, the No. 8 seed, after Pareja won the first set 6-1. Pareja will face the unseeded Liutova, who beat Texas freshman Anastasia Abbagnato of Italy 6-3, 7-5 in the second round and got a retirement from top seed Vivian Wolff(Georgia, UCLA) with Liutova leading 7-5, 1-0.

Clarke beat fellow wild card Savannah Broadus(Pepperdine) 6-4, 7-5 and will play unseeded Salma Ewing(USC, Texas A&M) Saturday. 

At the M15 in Naples, both Michael Antonius and qualifier Teodor Davidov lost in the quarterfinals, with wild card Hunter Heck(Illinois) the only American to reach the semifinals. But at the W15 in Palm Coast, two teens have reached the semifinals: wild card Carlota Moreno, playing her first pro event, and No. 6 seed Bella Payne. 

At the WTA 125 Dow Tennis Classic in Midland, No. 2 seed Dasha Vidmanova(Georgia) of the Czech Republic beat UNC freshman Anna Frey 6-2, 6-2 to reach the semifinals. Vidmanova's college rival Mary Stoiana(Texas A&M), seeded eighth, beat Katherine Sebov of Canada 6-3, 6-4, but they'll renew that rivalry only if they both win Saturday.

Tonight at the ATP 250 in Delray Beach, No. 4 seed Learner Tien defeated No. 8 seed Frances Tiafoe 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-5 to avenge his 2023 US Open first round loss. It was a roller coaster of a match, with Tien up 3-0 in the first, then down 4-5, with Tiafoe serving for the set. He had two set points, but Tien broke, lost his serve, then broke Tiafoe again to force the tiebreaker. Up 2-0 in the second, Tien proceeded to lose six of the next seven games after Tiafoe took a medical timeout. Tiafoe's momentum continued at the start of the third set, with a 2-0 lead, but Tien saved three break points to keep from going down 5-2 and then broke Tiafoe when he served for the match at 5-4, winning nine of the last 10 points to finish the two-hour and 20 minute match. 

Tien will play the winner of tonight's quarterfinal between top seed Taylor Fritz and No. 5 seed Tommy Paul, a rematch of the 2015 Roland Garros and US Open boys finals.

Sebastian Korda, who beat No. 2 seed Casper Ruud of Norway 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, will face No. 3 seed Flavio Cobolli of Italy in the other semifinal.

While I was concentrating on the Division I Team Indoor Championships, both NAIA Indoor Championships and the Men's Division II Championships were decided this month. The Georgia Gwinnett men won their third straight NAIA Team Indoor title, defeating Tennessee Wesleyan 4-1 in the final. The Keiser women won their second straight NAIA Team Indoor title, beating Lindsey Wilson 4-1 in the championship match. Perennial D-II powerhouse Barry avenged the loss in the final last year to West Florida, beating them 4-0 in Sunday's final in Indianapolis. There has been no update on the ITA website, but the box score is here.

The Division II women's Team Indoor, also in Indianapolis, began today, with the Barry women, seeded No. 1, hoping to make it two titles for the Buccaneers this month.

The Division III Men's Team Indoor Championships are underway in Minnesota, with reigning NCAA champion Denison the top seed. Live scoring for both the current Team Indoor events is available at the iOnCourt site.

The Division III Women's Team Indoor Championships are next weekend in Tennessee, with Washington-St. Louis the top seeds.

College tennis lost another, actually two, programs this week, with Division I Gardner-Webb eliminating both its men's and women's tennis teams after this season. Tennis Recruiting Network has more on the athletic department's announcement.

Men's Division I Team Indoor All-tournament team:

Doubles:
1. Alex Chang and Alex Razeghi, Stanford
2. Duncan Chan and Cosme Rolland de Ravel, TCU
3. Filip Apltauer and Albert Pedrico, TCU

Singles:
1. Sebastian Gorzny, Texas
2. Kalin Ivanovski, Texas
3. Jack Anthrop, Ohio State
4. Sebastian Eriksson, Texas
5. Stiles Brockett, Virginia
6. Lucas Marionneau, Texas

Most Outstanding Player: Sebastian Gorzny, Texas

For the full release, including each player's results, see this article from the ITA.

Women's ITA Division I Team Indoor All-tournament team:

Doubles:

1. Deniz Dilek and Aysegul Mert, Georgia

2. Angella Okutoyi and Ava Esposito, Auburn

3. Ekaterina Khayrutdinova and Ashton Bowers, Auburn

Singles:

1. Luciana Perry, Ohio State

2. Teah Chavez, Ohio State

3. Deniz Dilek, Georgia

4. Anastasiia Gureva, Georgia

5. Audrey Spencer, Ohio State

6. Sofia Rojas, Georgia

Most Outstanding Player: Deniz Dilek, Georgia

For the full release, including each player's results, see this article from the ITA.

My Recap of Texas's Title at ITA D-I Men's Team Indoor; Ohio State Men, Georgia Women Top New Rankings; Ambidextrous Davidov, 15, Reaches Quarterfinals M15 in Naples; Clarke Advances at Las Vegas W35; Frey vs Vidmanova at WTA 125 Midland

If you weren't able to follow my daily coverage of the ITA Men's Division I Team Indoor Championships, my recap of the tournament for the Tennis Recruiting Network can fill that gap. It was an exciting event that I was fortunate to be able to cover in person and I look forward to seeing how the rest of the season plays out as we head to Athens in May for the NCAAs.

The conclusion of the Division I Team Indoor Championships marks the beginning of the computer rankings, with the coaches poll discontinued. There is a new method in place this year, with the coaches polls having no bearing on the initial computer rankings, resulting in some interesting placements right now.  Below are the rankings published today, with Ohio State at No. 1 despite their loss in the Team Indoor final to Texas, which is No. 3. Women's Team Indoor champion Georgia is No. 1, with Team Indoor finalist Ohio State at No. 2. Click on the heading of each ranking to view the full list.

Top 10 ITA Division I Men's Rankings, computer, February 19, 2026

TEAM:

1. Ohio State

2. Virginia

3. Texas

4. Wake Forest

5. LSU

6. Baylor

7. TCU

8. Central Florida

9. San Diego

10. Mississippi State

SINGLES:

1. Trevor Svajda, SMU

2. Dylan Dietrich, Virginia

3. Sebastian Gorzny, Texas

4. Paul Inchauspe, Princeton

5. Jay Friend, Arizona

6. Michael Zheng, Columbia

7. Max Dahlin, Michigan

8. Aidan Kim, Ohio State

9. Duncan Chan, TCU

10. Petar Jovanovic, Mississippi State

DOUBLES (Top 5):

1. Brandon Carpico and Nikita Filin, Ohio State

2. DK Suresh and Andrew Delgado, Wake Forest

3. Mans Dahlberg and Dylan Dietrich, Virginia

4. Benito Sanchez Martinez and Petar Jovanovic, Mississippi State

5. Paul Inchauspe and Landon Ardila, Princeton

Top 10 ITA Division I Women's Rankings, computer, February 19, 2026

TEAM:

1. Georgia

2. Ohio State

3. North Carolina

4. LSU

5. Texas A&M

6. Southern California

7. Oklahoma

8. UCLA

9. Tennessee

10. Texas

SINGLES:

1. Reese Brantmeier, North Carolina

2. Teah Chavez, Ohio State

3. Carmen Herea, Texas

4. Luciana Perry, Ohio State

5. Lucciana Perez, Texas A&M

6. Ange Oby Kajuru, North Carolina

7. Aysegul Mert, Georgia

8. Anastasiia Grechkina, Pepperdine

9. Savannah Dada-Mascoll, Appalachian State

10. Valerie Glozman, Stanford

DOUBLES (Top 5):

1. Roisin Gilheany and Gloriana Nahum, Oklahoma

2. Sophia Webster and Celia-Belle Mohr, Vanderbilt

3. Melodie Collard and Vivian Yang, Virginia

4. Gabriella Broadfoot and Victoria Osuigwe, NC State

5. Reese Brantmeier and Alanis Hamilton, North Carolina

There are three women's pro events this week in the United States: a W15 in Palm Coast Florida, a W35 in Las Vegas and the WTA 125 Dow Tennis Classic in Midland Michigan. There are two men's events, the ATP 250 in Delray Beach Florida and an M15 in Naples Florida.

In Naples, 15-year-old Teodor Davidov, who has been something of a celebrity in tennis circles for years now due to his forehand-only playing style, earned his first ATP point this week after qualifying, and has advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over No. 6 seed Karue Sell(UCLA) of Brazil. Sell had beaten Jack Kennedy in the first round. Fifteen-year-old Michael Antonius also has reached the quarterfinals, beating qualifier Louis Tessa of France 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 today.  Other Americans through to the quarterfinals are wild card Hunter Heck(Illinois), Evan Bynoe and Mwendwa Mbithi.

In Palm Coast, 17-year-old wild card Carlota Moreno, playing in her first Pro Circuit event, is through to the quarterfinals after beating No. 3 seed Maria Fernanda Navarro in the first round and fellow junior Capucine Jauffret today 6-2, 6-7(1), 7-6(5) in match that lasted more than three hours. She will play unseeded Emily De Oliveira(Florida) next. No. 6 seed Bella Payne is the third American in the quarterfinals.

The weather has been bad in Las Vegas, cold and wet, with today's second round unfinished. But two teens have booked their spots in the quarterfinals, with 16-year-old wild card Melije Clarke taking out No. 2 seed Eryn Cayetano(USC) 6-3, 6-4 today to reach her first women's pro circuit quarterfinal above the W15 level. No. 3 seed Julieta Pareja, who turned 17 yesterday, defeated qualifier Snow Han(USC) of China 6-0, 6-3. Qualifier Kelly Keller(Arkansas) is also through to the quarterfinals.

I'm usually in Midland for the Dow Tennis Classic WTA 125, but it moved from November to February for this year, which conflicted with my coverage of the Men's Team Indoor. So I will not be seeing Friday's quarterfinal match between 18-year-old wild card Anna Frey and 2024 NCAA singles champion Dasha Vidmanova(Georgia) of the Czech Republic, the No. 2 seed. 

Frey, a freshman at North Carolina, defeated No. 6 seed Eli Mandlik 7-5, 6-2 in the first round and Kayla Day 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the second round to reach her first pro circuit quarterfinal above the W15 level.

After No. 8 seed Frances Tiafoe beat two-time Kalamazoo 18s champion Zachary Svajda, a qualifier, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, he will face another two-time Kalamazoo 18s champion in No. 4 seed Learner Tien(USC). Tien defeated defending champion Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(5) to set up a rematch with Tiafoe, who won the Kalamazoo 18s title in 2015. They met in the first round of the US Open in 2023, after Tien had earned a wild card after winning Kalamazoo for the second time, with Tiafoe posting a 6-2, 7-5, 6-1 victory.