Merida J500, Bradenton J300 Acceptance Lists; Jauffret Upsets Collins at W35 Weston; Secord Defeats Top Seed McCormick at Naples M15; First ATP Points for Krishna and Anson

The home stretch of the World Tennis Junior Circuit is in sight, with the North American clay swing featuring two J300s and two J500s, capped off by the Orange Bowl in Fort Lauderdale Florida.

The J300 in Zapopan Mexico is next week, followed by the J500 in Merida Mexico the week of Thanksgiving and the J300 in Bradenton Florida the first week of December, and the J500 Orange Bowl the next week.

Many of the juniors, particularly those from outside the US, enter at least three of these events, but depending on their results, usually don't play them all, So the acceptance lists are in flux more than they are for the junior slams, and the cutoffs will change quite dramatically in the next couple of weeks. The Orange Bowl acceptances will be out next week.

The J500 in Merida and the J300 in Bradenton have similar acceptances lists, which is not unusual, although Bradenton actually has one more Top 10 player in the each field.

Victoria Barros of Brazil, No. 4 in the WT junior rankings and Australian Open champion Ksenia Efremova of France, currently No. 9, are entered in both. No. 10 Polina Skliar of Ukraine is entered only in Bradenton.

Puerto Rico's Yannik Alvarez, at No. 11, is the highest ranked boy on the Merida acceptance list; he is not entered in Bradenton. No. 10 Dimitar Kisimov of Bulgaria, last year's Bradenton finalist, withdrew from Merida, but is on the acceptance list for Bradenton as of today. 

There are 13 US girls and seven US boys on the list for Merida. The girls are Welles Newman, Anita Tu, Armira Kockinis, Lani Chang, Emery Combs, Hannah Ayrault, Sarah Ye, Ellery Mendell, Ireland O'Brien, Carrie-Anne Hoo, Londyn McCord, Isabelle DeLuccia and Brooke Wallman. The US boys are Tanishk Konduri, Vihaan Reddy, Safir Azam, Ryan Cozad, Teodor Davidov, Navneet Raghuram and Agassi Rusher. Erik Schinnerer is the next boy in.

The cutoff, as of yesterday's withdrawal date, is 118 for the girls and 124 for the boys.

The same seven US boys are on the Bradenton acceptance list, with Izyan Ahmad receiving entry via the WT 16s reserved program. The US girls on the acceptance list for Bradenton are Newman, Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann, Tu, Kockinis, Chang, Combs, Ayrault, Ye, Maggie Sohns, Adla Lopez, O'Brien, Hoo, Olivia De Los Reyes and McCord, with Daniela Del Mastro entered via the 16s reserved program. DeLuccia and Wallman are the next girls in.

The boys cutoff (the withdrawal deadline is next week) is currently 110 and the girls cutoff is currently 111.

The fields for the 12s, 14s and 16s divisions at the IMG Academy International Championships in Bradenton that same week were released late last month and can be found here.

Wednesday was a good day for teenagers on the USTA Pro Circuit.  At the W35 in Weston Florida, 18-year-old wild card Capucine Jauffret, a freshman at Florida, defeated No. 2 seed and WTA No. 310 Kylie Collins(Texas, LSU, Oklahoma State) 7-6(7), 6-1 today. She will face lucky loser Anita Sahdiieva(Baylor, LSU) of Ukraine in the second round.

At the M15 in Naples Florida, 18-year-old Jack Secord defeated top seed Tristan McCormick(Notre Dame, Georgia) 6-3, 7-5 and will play Santiago Giamichelle(UCF, Georgia) of Argentina in the second round Thursday. Secord reached the quarterfinals of the M15 in Ithaca New York last month. Seventeen-year-old qualifier Jerrid Gaines Jr defeated Kalamazoo 16s champion Kamil Stolarczyk, a wild card, 6-1, 7-5 and will play No. 3 seed Dragos Cazacu(Tennessee, Oklahoma) of Romania next.

Riley Anson, the 18-year-old Princeton recruit, earned his first ATP point in Naples, defeating fellow qualifier William Nolan(Auburn) 6-4, 6-1. He will play No. 2 seed Ryan Colby(USC, Georgia), who defeated Max Shelton(Michigan State) 6-3, 7-6(7).

At the W15 in Lincoln Nebraska, 18-year-old qualifier Karlin Schock won her first main draw match on the USTA Pro Circuit, defeating No. 3 seed Kalista Liu(Maryland) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. She will play Auburn sophomore Eva Maria Ionescu of Romania next.

Ionescu is one of six Auburn players into the second round in Lincoln.

Not to be outdone, Ohio State has six players in the second round of the M25 in Columbus, as well as a recent graduate. Three of Thursday's second round matches will be all-Buckeye, with wild card Nikita Filin facing Victor Lilov; Denis Petak of Czechia playing Matt Forbes and Aidan Kim facing Jack Anthrop, the 2026 Ohio State graduate. The only Buckeye not playing a teammate is wild card Alex Okonkwo, who takes on No. 5 seed Theo Papamalamis(Texas A&M) of France.

2026 Easter Bowl champion Rishvanth Krishna earned his first ATP point in Columbus with the 17-year-old Southern California defeated No. 7 seed Hunter Heck 7-6(5), 6-1. Krishna has had success in Newport Beach tournaments on the UTR Pro Tennis Tour but has played in only five main draws on the USTA Pro Circuit. He will play Arizona State junior Ofek Shimanov of Israel in the second round Thursday.

Brantmeier Claims USTA's 2027 Australian Open Wild Card; Knoxville Challenger Among This Week's Five USTA Pro Circuit Tournaments

A year ago, University of North Carolina senior Reese Brantmeier was preparing for the NCAA individual championships in Lake Nona, where she won the women's singles title. Today the 22-year-old from Wisconsin was announced as the winner of the USTA's women's Australian Open Wild Card Challenge, secured by her run last month in Canada.

Brantmeier's appearance in Melbourne will be her first slam other than the US Open, where she made her main draw debut in September as the USTA American Collegiate Wild Card Playoff winner. Brantmeier, now 181 in the WTA rankings, reached the semifinals of a W50 in Quebec, then won back-to-back W75s in Saguenay and Toronto to finish with 170 points. Claire Liu actually finished in first place, with her title last week at the WTA 250 in Hong Kong, but with Liu's ranking rising to 69, she will get into the main draw on her own, so Brantmeier, in second place, receives the wild card. 

Aidan Mayo has taken the lead in the men's Australian Open Wild Card race, with two more weeks remaining, but it remains extremely close.

The top of the women’s standings after Week 5 of 5:

 

Women's Standings

(Player's current ranking in parentheses)

 

                                                               1. ​Claire Liu (69) -- 322
                                                               2. Reese Brantmeier (181) -- 170
                                                               3. Sloane Stephens (117) -- 127 
                                                               4. Malaika Rapolu (245) -- 112
                                                               5. Julieta Pareja (204) -- 104

 

The top of the men’s standings after Week 3 of 5: 

 

Men's Standings

(Player's current ranking in parentheses)

 

                                                               1. Aidan Mayo (235) -- 85
                                                               T2. Jenson Brooksby (93) -- 82
                                                               T2. Martin Damm (102) -- 82
                                                               T2. Stefan Kozlov (205) -- 82
                                                               5. Darwin Blanch (149) -- 64

Both Mayo and Blanch have already lost at this week's ATP Challenger 75 in Knoxville Tennessee and Brooksby and Damm aren't playing this week, so Charlottesville Challenger champion Kozlov, who defeated No. 8 seed Alexis Galarneau(NC State) of Canada 6-3, 7-6(4) in the first round tonight, is in a good position to take the lead heading into the final week.

The first round of the Knoxville Challenger will be completed tonight, with wild card and top seed Marcos Giron(UCLA) yet to play. Mayo lost to No. 6 seed Michael Mmoh 6-2, 6-4 and  No. 5 seed Blanch was beaten by Alastair Gray(TCU) of Great Britain 6-2, 6-3. Mmoh will face qualifier Daniel Milavsky(Harvard), who beat Murphy Cassone(Arizona State) 6-1, 6-4. 

Qualifier Ozan Baris(Michigan State) and Michael Zheng(Columbia) will renew their college rivalry after Baris beat Oliver Tarvet(San Diego) of Great Britain 6-4 6-4 and No. 2 seed Zheng overtook qualifier Giles Hussey(Georgia State, Tennessee) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Zheng defeated Baris in three sets in both the 2024 fall NCAA singles final and in the quarterfinals of the 2025 singles championships.

Kalamazoo 18s champion Jack Kennedy, who received entry via the WT junior accelerator program, lost to No. 3 seed Nicolas Mejia of Colombia 6-3, 6-1 and US Open boys champion Marcel Latak, who received a wild card, lost to No. 4 seed Clement Chidekh(Washington) of France, 7-6(4), 6-4 in the first round.

Qualifying is complete at the W35 in Weston Florida, with three Americans advancing to the main draw: Rachel Gailis(Florida), Adriana Reami(NC State) and Ava Catanzarite(UCLA, Oklahoma). Lexington Reed(Texas A&M) received entry as a lucky loser.

Cadence Brace(LSU) of Canada is the top seed, with Kylie Collins(Texas, LSU, Okalahoma State) the No. 2 seed. Wild cards were given to Salma Djoubri(Lynn) of France, 18-year-old Capucine Jauffret(Florida), 17-year-old Yael Saffar and 17-year-old Zaire Clarke, who has struggled with injury since May of 2025 and retired from her first round match today.

Djoubri defeated No. 6 seed Alina Shcherbinina(Baylor, Oklahoma) of Russia 7-5, 6-2 in one of the two first round matches played today.

On the other coast of Florida, in Naples, the men are competing in an M15, with Tristan McCormick(Notre Dame, Georgia) and Ryan Colby(USC, Georgia) the top two seeds.

Five Americans advanced to the main draw via qualifying: Lucca Liu(UC-Santa Barbara), Michigan State junior Mitchell Sheldon, 17-year-old Jerrid Gaines Jr, 18-year-old Riley Anson, and Corey Craig(Boston Univ, Florida State).

Eighteen-year-old Gavin Goode, a semifinalist last week at the Hilton Head M15, received a wild card and won his first round match over Justin Roberts(USF, Arizona State) 2-6, 7-5, 6-1. Other wild cards went to Emilio Sanchez Bronzetti(Charlotte) of Spain, Tomas Jirousek(TCU) of Czechia and Kalamazoo 16s champion Kamil Stolarczyk. Stolarczyk will face Gaines in the first round. WT Junior reserved spots went to Jack Secord, who plays McCormick, Koki Nara of Japan, who lost today to Fadi Bidan(UCF) of Lebanon 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 and Vihaan Reddy, who lost to Santiago Giamichelle(UT Arlington, UCF, Georgia) of Argentina 6-2, 6-3.

At the M25 in Columbus Ohio, four Americans qualified, 2026 Easter Bowl champion Rishvanth Krishna, Jonah Braswell(Florida, Texas), Alejandro Moreno(Auburn, Tennessee) and Simon Caldwell(Arizona State).

Raphael Perot(Texas A&M) of France is the top seed, and he defeated wild card Preston Stearns, a senior at Ohio State, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round. Perot will face 16-year-old Michael Antonius next, after Antonius defeated Michael Bassem Sobhy(LSU) of Egypt 6-1, 7-5.

In addition to Stearns, three other current Buckeyes received wild cards: Nikita Filin, Brandon Carpico and Alex Okonkwo of Great Britain. Aidan Kim, Victor Lilov, Matt Forbes and Denis Petak of Czechia received entry by their ATP rankings. Recent Ohio State graduate Jack Anthrop is also in the draw; he'll face No. 2 seed Aidan McHugh of Great Britain in the first round. In addition to Krishna and Antonius, the other junior in the main draw is Keaton Hance.

The qualifying draw at the W15 in Lincoln Nebraska had 12 byes, so one win could get you into the main draw, with wild card Briana Rademacher(Omaha) getting in without playing even one qualifying match. Karlin Schock, Sophie Suh, Ava Esposito(Auburn), Catherine Rennard(Wake Forest) and Katelynn Kock(Omaha) are the other Americans who qualified.

Ana Grubor is the top seed; Michigan recruit Thara Gowda was the No. 2 seed; she lost to Oklahoma State freshman Arina Malygina of Russia 6-4, 6-4 in the first round today. Malygina, 18, received entry via the WT junior reserved program.  Adla Lopez also received a junior reserved entry; she lost to Texas A&M senior Kristina Paskauskas of Great Britain 7-5, 6-7(2), 6-3 in the first round.

Wild cards were given to Nebraska seniors Maria Taranova of Russia and Emma Rizzetto of Italy, Nebraska sophomore Katie Spencer and Nebraska junior Conley Raidt.

Duke's Xu and TCU's Pascual Head List of Seeds for NCAA Singles Championships; Budasek Sweeps J100 Titles in Mexico for Second Straight Week; Kim Claims First WT Junior Title at J100 in Boca Raton

The seeds are out for next week's NCAA Division I Singles and Doubles Championships in Athens Georgia, with ITA All-American Champion Roger Pascual of TCU the men's top seed and All-American finalist Mimi Xu of Duke the women's top seed. 

Although the World Tennis Number is the starting point for seeding, other metrics can be used, as they are for the team event, with strength of schedule, head-to-head results and record against common opponents among the considerations. Although Ohio State's Luciana Perry defeated Xu in the final of the All-American Championships, that wasn't enough to move her ahead of Xu.

The complete list of participants, including alternates, is available here for the men, and here for the women. As I mentioned last night, I will have a preview of the tournaments for the Tennis Recruiting Network this Friday. Draws will be published Saturday evening.

WOMEN:

Singles:
1. Mimi Xu, Duke
2. Amelie Van Impe, SMU
3. Lexington Reed, Texas A&M
4. Luciana Perry, Ohio State
5. Nao Nishino, Ohio State
6. Rose Marie Nijkamp, Texas
7. Kaitlyn Carnicella, South Carolina
8. Emma Dong, Georgia

9-16, alphabetical:

Irina Balus, Duke

Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev, Ohio State

Arina Malygina, Oklahoma State

Alexis Nguyen, North Carolina

Salakthip Ounmang, Oklahoma

Bella Payne, Georgia

Katie Rolls, Virginia

Lavinia Tanasie, NC State

Doubles:

1. Teah Chavez and Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev, Ohio State

2. Rose Maris Nijkamp and Carmen Herea, Texas

3. Lexington Reed and Kristina Paskauskas, Texas A&M

4. Patricija Paukstyte and Bella Payne, Georgia

5-8, alphabetical by school

Sara Svetac and Lily Taylor, Arizona State

Emma Dong and Ranah Stoiber, Georgia

Luciana Perry and Flora Johnson, Ohio State

Salakthip Ounmuang and Zoie Epps, Oklahoma

Revised women's doubles seeding(11/11/26)

1. Maddy Zampardo and Susanna Maltby, North Carolina

2. Salakthip Oumuang and Zoie Epps, Oklahoma

3. Piper Charney and Reese Miller, Michigan

4. Victoria Osuigwe and Roisin Gilheany, NC State

Seeds 5-8, alphabetical by school

Emma Dong and Ranah Stoiber, Georgia

Gianna Oboniye and Athina Pitta, Mississippi State

Alanis Hamilton and Tatum Evans, North Carolina

Martina Genis Salas and Katie Rolls, Virginia

MEN:

1. Roger Pascual, TCU

2. Keegan Rice, Virginia

3. Luca Preda, Virginia

4. Theo Papamalamis, Texas A&M

5. Aidan Kim, Ohio State

6. Dominick Mosejczuk, Wake Forest

7. Nikita Filin, Ohio State

8. Tomasz Berkieta, Texas

9-16, alphabetical

Luciano Ambrogi, Oklahoma

Nicolas Arsenault, Kentucky

Rodrigo Fernandes, Cornell

Toby Kodat, NC State

Bruno Kuzuhara, Clemson

Johan Rodriguez, Oklahoma

Andres Santamarta, Virginia

Ilia Snitari, Texas A&M

Doubles:

1. Nikita Filin and Brandon Carpico, Ohio State

2. Aidan Kim and Bryce Nakashima, Ohio State

3. Albert Pedrico and Cooper Woestendick, TCU

4. Noa Vukadin and Viktor Markov, Clemson

5-8, alphabetical by school

Chris Xu and Niels Ratiu, North Carolina

Mortiz Kudernatsch and Pietro Pampanin, Ole Miss

Lasse Poertner and Aleksa Pisaric, Pepperdine

Paul Barbier Gazeu and Charlie Robertson, South Carolina

Last week produced two American singles champions at J100 events, with Sophia Budacsek earning a second straight sweep in Guadalajara and Atticus Kim winning his first World Tennis junior title in Boca Raton.

Budacsek, seeded No. 4, defeated No. 2 seed Eve Thibault of Canada 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the final to claim her tenth straight singles victory. The 17-year-old from Illinois, has now reached a final, a semifinal and won two titles in her four J100 tournaments since the beginning of October, with her WT junior ranking now up to 179.

She has also won all four doubles titles at those four J100s, and now has six doubles title this year. Last week she partnered with Ana Avramovic, with the top seeds defeating No. 2 seeds Grace Dollar and Mexico's Romina Dominguez Garcia 6-2, 6-3 in the final.

Sebastian Godoy and South Africa's Jayden Summers won the boys doubles title, with the top seeds defeating No. 7 seeds Macksimus Malhotra and Italy's Niccolo Magagnin 6-3, 7-6(4) in the final. Malhotra also reached the singles final, losing to No. 3 seed Felipe Mamede of Brazil 7-6(4), 6-3.

In Boca Raton, another 17-year-old from Illinois prevailed in the boys singles, with the unseeded Kim beating No. 16 seed Indra Vergne 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the final. Kim, who has played only a handful of WT junior events in the past year, has more than halved his ranking with the title, which is up to 550.

Qualifier Amy Gray of Australia won the girls singles title, beating unseeded 14-year-old Evija Thoresen 7-6(3), 6-1 in the final. 

Unseeded Lyla Middleton and Emily Morgan won the girls doubles title, beating Capri Butera and Gabrielle Villegas, also unseeded, 6-3, 6-2 in the all-USA final. 

In another all-unseeded, all-USA doubles final, Gurbaaz Narang and Aryan Ponugoti defeated Alexander Lerman and Peter Nistad 7-5, 4-6, 10-2.

This week's WT junior tournament in the United States is another J100 on clay, in Coral Gables Florida. Mason Vaughan and Aarini Bhattacharya are the top seeds.

At the J30 in Jamaica, two 16-year-olds won their first titles on the WT junior circuit. Karan Shanker claimed his when Cavan Donnelly retired trailing 6-0, 1-0, and wild card Jaiya Siffrard, the top seed, defeated No. 2 seed Daniela Rangel Ramos of Mexico 6-4, 6-2 for her first title.

Rangel and American partner Emelie Valdes won the girls doubles, with the top seeds defeating Siffrard and Raquel Delarosa, the No. 2 seeds, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8 in the final.

Donnelly and Krish Advani won the boys doubles titles beating Isaac Llovera De Lasse of Mexico and Stanley Salmon of Great Britain 6-4, 6-2 in the final.

At the J30 in Barbados, Enya Neagu and China's Jiarui Li, the top seeds, won the girls doubles title, defeating Rylee Cherry and the Cayman Islands' Ava Pierre 7-5, 6-7(5), 10-7 in the final. 

NCAA D-I Singles and Doubles Fields Set; Flagler's Malis, Nova Southeastern's Hranacova Win D-II Titles; Americans Kozlov and Lahey Claim USTA Pro Circuit Titles; Rapolu Goes Back-to-Back; Liu Captures WTA 250; Czechia, France Earn JBJK, JD Cup Titles

The fields are set for the NCAA Division I Singles and Doubles Championships, which begin a week from Tuesday at the University of Georgia.  The two final tournaments providing qualifying opportunities, the Conference Masters and the Sectionals, concluded today with the final 28 singles and 14 doubles draws now filled. Below are the Sectional quarterfinal results, with all the players who earned their chance to compete in Athens in bold. I will be providing a preview of the Division I individual championships Friday at the Tennis Recruiting Network. The full list of all participants in Athens can be found at collegetennisranks.com

Sectional Results:

MEN:

Central Host: Baylor
Quarterfinals

Albert Pedrico[1], TCU d. Zachary Viiala, Illinois 6-1, 6-4
Hank Trondson, Oklahoma State d.. Devin Badenhorst[3], Baylor 7-5, 6-4
Cooper Woestendick[4], TCU d. Alex Okonkowo, Ohio State 6-3, 6-3
Oliver Ojakaar[2], Texas d. Tito Chavez, Oklahoma 7-6(4), 6-1

Quarterfinal consolation qualifiers:
Devin Badenhorst, Baylor
Alex Okonkwo, Ohio State

Doubles qualifiers:
Alejandro Melero and Tito Chavez, Oklahoma
Matt Forbes and Alex Okonkwo[2], Ohio State
Nicholas Heng and Fredrik Solheim, Michigan

East Host: Virginia

Quarterfinals

Yannick Alexandrescou[5], Duke d. Toby Kodat[1], NC State 6-3, 6-2 

Sean Daryabeigi, South Carolina d. Justin Chung, Penn 7-5, 6-3

Paul Barbier Gazeu[6], South Carolina d. Aryan Shah[4], Wake Forest 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Jangjun Kim[2], Virginia d. Adam Bain, Penn 7-5, 6-1

Quarterfinal consolation qualifiers:

Toby Kodat[1], NC State

Aryan Shah[4], Wake Forest

Doubles qualifiers:

Luca Preda and Stiles Brockett, Virginia 

Chris Xu and Niels Ratiu[2], North Carolina

Paul Barbier Gazeu and Charlie Robertson[1], South Carolina

South Host: Florida State

Quarterfinals

Noah Johnston[5], Georgia d. Marko Milosavljevic, Jacksonville State 6-4, 6-2

Andrew Delgado, Georgia d. Tyler Bowers, Auburn 7-6(5), 6-4

Eli Stephenson[3], Kentucky Vlado Jankanj, Mississippi 6-4, 6-0 

Patrik Munkhammar, Auburn d. Azariah Rusher, Florida State 6-4, 1-6, 6-1

Quarterfinal consolation qualifiers:

Marko Milosavljevic, Jacksonville State

Vlado Jankaj[8], Mississippi

Doubles qualifiers:

Braeden Gelletich and Sam Landau[4], Indiana

Aleksander Blus and Theo Hegarty, Alabama

Tyler Bowers and Freddy Blaydes, Auburn

West Host: Arizona State

Quarterfinals

Rudy Quan[1], UCLA d. Marko Maksimovic, UNLV 6-3, 6-4

Nathan Trouve[7], USC d. Vincent Marysko[3], San Diego 6-3, 7-5

Ofek Shimanov[4], Arizona State d. Matthias Uwe Kask, Arizona 7-5, 6-2

Adrien Berrut[8], San Diego d. Sasha Rozin[2], Arizona 6-2, 6-4

Quarterfinal consolation qualifiers:

Marko Maksimovic, UNLV

Sasha Rozin[2], Arizona

Doubles qualifiers:

Nathan Trouve and Max Exsted[1], USC

Adrien Berrut and Manvydas Balciunas, San Diego

Rudy Quan and Emon van Loben Sels[4], UCLA

WOMEN:

Central Host: TCU

Zoie Epps[5], Oklahoma d. Lexington Reed[1], Texas A&M 6-3, 6-4

Jennifer Jackson, Texas Tech v Alyssa Novoa[5], Tulsa

Salkathip Ounmang, Oklahoma d. Veronika Kliuch, Oklahoma State 6-3, 6-1

Chloe Noel, Oklahoma d. Sydney Jara, Texas A&M 6-1, 6-3

Quarterfinal consolation qualifiers:

Lexington Reed[1], Texas A&M

Sydney Jara, Texas A&M

Doubles qualifiers:

Teah Chavez and Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev[4], Ohio State

Anna Bennett and Audrey Spencer[4], Ohio State

Lexington Reed and Kristina Paskauskas[1], Texaws A&M

East Host: Penn

Quarterfinals

Eugenia Zozaya Menendez, Virginia d. Oliwia Orlinska[5], Maryland 6-3, 6-2

Shannon Lam, Virginia d. Esha Velaga, Penn 6-1, 2-6, 6-1

Thea Rabman[5], North Carolina d. Maddy Zampardo, North Carolina 7-5, 6-4

Kaitlyn Carnicella[2], South Carolina d. Victoria Osuigwe, NC State 6-4, 6-4

Quarterfinal consolation qualifiers:

Esha Velaga, Penn

Maddy Zampardo, North Carolina

Doubles qualifiers:

Aranai Martinez and Daniella O'Neill, Liberty

Tatum Evans and Alanis Hamilton[1], North Carolina

Orly Oglilvy and Leena Friedman, Yale

South Host: Tennessee

Quarterfinals

Seri Nayuki, Georgia Tech d. Malwina Rowinska, Florida Atlantic 7-5, 1-6, 6-2

Ranah Stoiber[5], Georgia  d. Hiilani Williams, Indiana 6-1, 6-2 

Andrea Nova, Mississippi d. Reese Frank, Purdue 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Patricija Paukstyte[2], Georgia d. Mary Boyce Deatherage, Florida State 6-4, 6-3

Quarterfinal consolation qualifiers:

Mary Boyce Deatherage, Florida State

Hiilani Williams, Indiana

Doubles qualifiers:

Mia Yamakita and Erin Pearce[4], Vanderbilt

Summer Chandler and Whitley Pate, Tulane

Patricija Paukstyte and Bella Payne[1], Georgia

West Host: USC

Quarterfinals:

Kate Fakih[1], UCLA d. Emily Deming, Georgia 6-4, 6-4

Daniela Borruel, USC d. Ziva Falkner, Pepperdine 6-0, 6-2

Alexia Jacobs, Washington d. Laura Cilekova, Cal 6-0, 7-5

Vilma Krebs Hyllested, San Diego[5] d. Isabella Wong, UC-Santa Barbara 6-2, 6-2

Quarterfinal consolation qualifiers:

Ziva Falkner, Pepperdine

Laura Cilekova, Cal

Doubles qualifiers: 

Imogen Haddad and Lily Fairclough, USC

Sara Svetac and Lily Taylor, Arizona State

Anna-Marie Weissheim and Alexia Jacobs[4], Washington

CONFERENCE MASTERS:

MEN:

Quarterfinals:

Oscar Martinez[5], East Tennessee State d. Alberto Altur, North Alabama 6-1, 6-3

Lorenzo Balducci[5], Purdue d. Niksa Arsic[3], Texas Tech 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

Aleksa Pisaric[5], Pepperdine d. Bryan Hernandez Cortes[4], Mississippi State 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(4)

Luca Pow[2], Wake Forest d. Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar[5], Cornell 6-3, 7-6(5)

Doubles qualifiers:

Lasse Poertner and Aleksa Pisaric[1], Pepperdine

Luca Pow and Carnelius Shalmi[2], Wake Forest

WOMEN:

Quarterfinals

Anastasiia Grechkina[5], Pepperdine d. Linae Bajraliu[1], Georgia 6-2, 7-6(4)

Terezia Mlkva, Utah State d. Sofia Fernandez Figueras, Florida International 6-3, 6-4

Kyoka Kubo[4], Kansas d. Nikol Mircheva, UNLV 6-3, 6-2

Alexis Nguyen[2], North Carolina d. Reese Miller, Michigan 6-0, 6-2

Doubles qualifiers:

Lillie Murphy and Elle Warren[1], Furman

Kyoka Kubo and Polina Koneva[5], Kansas

The first NCAA Division II singles and doubles champions were crowned today in Tuscaloosa Alabama. 

Top seed Simon Malis of Flagler defeated No. 7 seed Enrico Rosellini of Embry Riddle to claim the men's title, and No. 3 seed Kristyna Hranacova of Nova Southeastern defeated No. 6 seed Yona Bancarel of UT-Tyler 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to earn the women's title.

Hranacova swept the titles, taking the doubles championship with Katja Markus. The top seeds defeated No. 5 seeds Natasha Sengphrachanh and Mischa Briggs of Grand Valley State 4-6, 6-2, 6-0.  

No. 3 seeds Joshua Hinton and Charles Lefort of Mississippi College won the men's doubles title, beating No. 4 seeds Matias Iturbe and Kuzma Gomziakov of West Alabama 6-3, 7-6(3)

Stefan Kozlov won the ATP Challenger 75 in Charlottesville today, defeating qualifier Aidan Mayo 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(3) in a three-hour final. Kozlov is up to 205 in the ATP rankings with the title.

Former Pepperdine All-American Ashley Lahey was the other American champion on the USTA Pro Circuit this week, with the No. 3 seed defeating unseeded Aya El Aouni(UCF, LSU), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 at the W15 in Hilton Head South Carolina.

Two University of Oklahoma student-athletes won titles on the USTA Pro Circuit, with senior Dragos Cazacu of Romania claiming his first men's World Tennis Tour singles title at the M15 in Hilton Head and and sophomore Evialina Laskevich of Belarus capturing the title, her third this year, at the W35 in Orlando.

The third-seeded Cazacu beat qualifier William Mirarchi(Georgia Southern) of Italy 6-0, 6-2; the unseeded Laskevich defeated unseeded 16-year-old Janae Preston 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

At the M25 in Harlingen Texas, Texas A&M junior Bor Artnak won his first singles title above the M15 level this evening, ending the run of qualifier Connor Van Schalkwyk of Namibia, a senior at Baylor. Artnak, the No. 6 seed, defeated Van Schalkwyk 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 in a final delayed midway through by rain.

Former Texas All-American Malaika Rapolu won her second W50 in Mexico in as many weeks today in Huamantla, with the 23-year-old Texan, seeded No. 3, defeating unseeded Diletta Cherubini of Italy 6-2, 6-3 in the final. Rapolu is now up to a career-high 245 in the WTA rankings.

Claire Liu won her first WTA title at the 250 in Hong Kong today, with the unseeded 26-year-old Southern Californian beating No. 2 seed Alexandra Eala of the Philippines 6-3, 6-0 in the final. Liu finish atop the race for the USTA's Australian Open wild card, but she won't need it, as she has now moved all the way up to 69 in the WTA rankings and will get in on her own.

Both finals of the Junior Davis Cup and Junior Billie Jean King Cup were decided by the doubles match, with one much more dramatic than the other.

The top-seeded Czech girls defeated No. 4 seed Japan 6-1, 4-6, 11-9, with the 2026 Roland Garros and Wimbledon girls doubles champions Katerina Zajickova and Jana Kovackova coming from 8-6 down in the match tiebreaker to beat Sakino Miyazawa and Ran Wakana. 

Zajickova had beaten Yui Komada 6-2, 6-4 at No. 2 singles, but Miyazawa, who turned 15 just last month, took out WT junior No. 3 Kovackova 6-3, 6-1 to force a the deciding doubles. Kovackova certainly redeemed herself in the final six points of the match, with a return winner, a poach volley putaway and a lob winner among her contributions. Czechia last claimed the Junior Billie Jean King Cup title in 2021, when the USA did not play due to the pandemic, with 2015 their last title prior to that.

The boys final, which wasn't completed before darkness descended on Egypt Sunday evening, saw No. 8 France beat No. 7 Czechia 2-1 in a seven-hour battle. Benoit Geldof put France up 1-0 with a 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4 win over Tommy Luxa at No. 2 singles, but Czechia's Matyas Marsik defeated Pablo Pradat 2-6, 7-6(3), 7-5 to force the doubles match. That fell short of the drama in the singles, with Geldof and Pradat beating Luxa and Marsik 6-3, 6-2 to win France's first Junior Davis Cup since 2005. 

The United States teams finished fifth and ninth, with the girls beating Romania 2-1, despite having to forfeit the No. 2 singles match for the second straight day. Jordyn Hazelitt won No. 1 singles and she and Welles Newman took the doubles. The only loss of the week for the girls was to Japan 2-1 in the quarterfinals.

The US boys, whose only loss was to champion France, a member of their group, defeated Hungary 3-0 with wins by Izyan Ahmad at No. 2 singles, Teodor Davidov at No. 1 singles and Davidov and Gadin Arun in doubles. 

Preston Reaches Orlando W35 Final, Penickovas Win Third W35 Doubles Title; Gaines and Colombo Claim First Pro Circuit Title at Hilton Head M15; Kozlov v Mayo in Charlottesville Challenger Final; ITA Division II Singles and Doubles Finals Set

Since reaching the final of August's USTA National 18s Championships in San Diego, 16-year-old Janae Preston has gone 10-2 on the USTA Pro Circuit, reaching the final of the W50 in Berkeley, and now the final of this week's W35 in Orlando. 

Today she defeated wild card Ashton Bowers, a junior at Auburn, 6-1, 6-4 and will face Oklahoma sophomore Evialina Laskevich of Belarus in the final. Laskevich beat No. 3 seed Whitney Osuigwe 6-2, 6-4 in the semfinals.

US Open girls doubles champions Annika and Kristina Penickova won the Orlando doubles title, their third this year at the W35 level and the fifth pro doubles title they've won as a pair. The No. 2 seeds defeated top seeds Julia Adams(Furman, Virginia) and Romania's Briana Szabo 6-4, 6-1 in the final.

Junior players were not able to advance to the finals at the W15 and M15 in Hilton Head, but did pick up a second USTA Pro Circuit doubles title today.

Emery Combs' eight match winning streak was snapped by Aya El Aouni(UCF, LSU) of Morocco, who advanced to the women's singles final with a 6-3, 6-3 victory. El Aouni will face former Pepperdine All-American Ashley Lahey, the No. 3 seed, who defeated No. 8 seed Jantje Tilbuerger(UCF) 7-6(1), 6-1.

Top seeds Ava Catanzarite(UCLA, Oklahoma) and Kate Sharabura(Georgia Tech) won the doubles title, beating El Aouni and Yael Saffar 1-6, 6-4, 11-9 in today's final.

Eighteen-year-old wild card Gavin Goode lost to qualifier William Mirarchi(Georgia Southern) of Italy 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-2 in a three-hour 41-minute semifinal today. Mirarchi will play No. 3 seed Dragos Cazacu(Tennessee, Oklahoma) of Romania, who beat qualifier Max Sheldon(Michigan State) 7-5, 7-6(3).

Seventeen-year-olds Kayden Colombo and Jerrid Gaines Jr won their first professional titles today, taking the doubles championship. They defeated Cazacu and Oklahoma teammate Johan Rodriguez of Colombia 7-6(5), 6-1 in the final between two unseeded teams.

At the M25 in Harlingen Texas, two current collegians will meet for the singles title. No. 6 seed Bor Artnak of Slovenia, a junior at Texas A&M, will face qualifier Connor Van Schalkwyk of Namibia, a senior at Baylor. Artnak defeated No. 7 seed Kaylan Bigun 6-4, 6-2 and Van Schalkwyck picked up his sixth win of the week, beating Keaton Hance 6-4, 6-4.

In the all-Baylor doubles final, recent graduates Alex Chirita of Romania and Zsombor Velcz of Hungary beat current teammates Van Schalkwyk and Erik Schiessl of Germany 2-6, 6-4, 10-5.

Qualifier Aidan Mayo and unseeded Stefan Kozlov will meet in Sunday's final at the ATP Challenger 75 in Charlottesville Virginia. Kozlov defeated No. 5 seed Clement Chidekh(Washington) of France 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 and Mayo advanced to the final with a 6-1, 3-1, ret. win over Andy Andrade(Florida) of Ecuador.

No. 4 seeds Jarno Jans of the Netherlands and Joran Vliegen(East Carolina) won their second straight Challenger title, with the Sioux Falls champions defeating Daniel Milavsky(Harvard) and Braden Shick(NC State) 6-4, 6-4 in today's final.

The inaugural Division II National individual championships conclude Sunday in Tuscaloosa Alabamas with the singles and doubles finals.  

Today's singles results and the doubles matchups:

Division II singles semifinals:

Men:

Simon Malis[1], Flagler d. Bruno Sanchez, Midwestern State 6-3, 7-5

Enrico Rosellini[7], Embry Riddle d. Harry Pugh[2], Lander 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2

Doubles final: Matias Iturbe and Kuzma Gomziakov[4], West Alabama v Joshua Hinton and Charles Lefort[3], Mississippi College

Women:

Yona Bancarel[6], UT-Tyler d. Luca Bohlen[7], Nova Southeastern 6-4, 6-4

Kristyna Hranacova, Nova Southeastern d.  Daniela Fernandez Junquera, Embry Riddle 5-7, 6-2, 6-3

Doubles final: Kristyna Hranacova and Katja Markus[1], North Southeastern v Natasha Sengphrachanh and Mischa Briggs[5], Grand Valley State

Live scoring is available here.

In Junior Davis Cup and Junior Billie Jean King Cup competition today in Egypt, the US teams both won their placement matches, with the US girls defeating Australia 2-1 and the US boys beating Morocco 3-0. The US girls will play Romania, whom they beat 2-1 in group play, for fifth place Sunday; the US boys will face Hungary for ninth place. Like the US boys, Hungary finished in a three-way tie for two spots in group play so did not advance to the quarterifnals.

Both Czech teams will play for titles tomorrow. The boys, seeded No. 7, will play No. 8 seed France; the top-seeded girls will face No. 4 seed Japan.

The livestream page, which also includes replays, can be found here. Live scoring is here.

US Girls Fall in Junior Billie Jean King Cup Quarterfinals; Hance, Preston, Combs and Goode Reach USTA Pro Circuit Semifinals; Quarterfinals Set at D-I Sectionals, Conference Masters

After four consecutive years as champions at the Junior Billie Jean King Cup, the US girls will not earn a fifth, with the No. 2 seeds losing to No. 4 seed Japan 2-1 today in the quarterfinals. 

Hannah Ayrault gave the Americans a 1-0 lead with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Yui Komada at No. 2 singles, but Japan tied it up at No. 1 singles, with Sakino Miyazawa beating Jordyn Hazelitt 6-0, 7-5. The semifinal berth came down to the doubles, which  Miyazawa and Ran Wakana won 6-2, 6-4 over Hazelitt and Welles Newman.

This is the first time since 2007 that the US girls failed to advance to the semifinals (there were several years during that time where the USTA did not send teams). 

The US boys, who were two-time defending champions but did not make it out of the group stage, won their placement match today against Canada 3-0. They will play Morocco in the 9-12 placement group Saturday; the US girls will play Australia in the 5-8 placement group tomorrow.

The Junior BJK Cup semifinals are No. 1 Czechia vs No. 7 Great Britain and No. 4 Japan vs No. 3 Ukraine. 

The Junior Davis Cup finals feature No. 8 France vs No. 4 Japan and No. 7 Czechia vs No. 3 Brazil.

The livestream page, which also includes replays, can be found here. Live scoring is here.

Keaton Hance, who was on the Junior Davis Cup champions team in 2024, has reached the semifinals of the M25 in Harlingen Texas, his first semifinal at that level. The 18-year-old, who reached the Australian Open boys final in January and the semifinals of last month's World Tennis Junior Finals, defeated No. 4 seed Aidan McHugh of Great Britain 6-2, 7-5 today. He will face qualifier Connor Van Schalkwyk of Namibia, a senior at Baylor, Saturday, Van Schalkwyk defeated Samir Banerjee(Stanford) 6-3, 6-4.  In the top half, it will be No. 6 seed Bor Artnak of Slovenia, a junior at Texas A&M, and No. 7 seed Kaylan Bigun(UCLA), the 2024 Roland Garros boys champion. Artnak defeated Hunter Heck(Illinois) 6-2, 7-5 and Bigun beat wild card Bryce Nakashima(Ohio State), 6-3, 7-5.

At the W35 in Orlando, Janae Preston defeated wild card Luciana Perry, a senior at Ohio State, 7-5, 6-3 to reach the semifinals. She will play the winner of tonight's match between No. 4 seed Vivian Wolff(Georgia, UCLA) and wild card Ashton Bowers, a junior at Auburn. In the bottom half semifinal, No. 3 seed Whitney Osuigwe will play Oklahoma sophomore Evialina Laskevich of Belarus.

Emery Combs extended her winning streak to eight matches at the W15 in Hilton Head, with the 15-year-old from South Carolina saving a match point in her 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-0 win over top seed Kalista Liu(Maryland) of Hong Kong. Combs, who won her first pro titles in sweeping the singles and doubles at the W15 in Sumter, will face unseeded Aya El Aouni(UCF, LSU) of Morocco in the semfinals Saturday. El Aouni beat 18-year-old Juiliana Singeorzan 6-1, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.

Fifteen-year-old Lani Chang lost to No. 3 seed Ashley Lahey(Pepperdine) 6-3, 7-6(3) and 16-year-old Scarlett Fagan lost to No. 8 seed Jantje Tilbuerger(UCF) of Germany 7-5, 6-1.

Eighteen-year-old wild card Gavin Goode beat top seed Ryan Colby(USC, Georgia) 7-5, 6-2 today to advance to the semifinals of the M15 in Hilton Head. Goode will face qualifier William Mirarchi of Italy, while qualifier Max Shelton(Michigan State), will play No. 3 seed Dragos Cazacu(Tennessee, Oklahoma) of Romania in Saturday's semifinals.  Seventeen-year-olds Kayden Colombo and Jerrid Gaines Jr have reached the doubles final, where they will play Leonardo Vega and Brazil's Joaquim Almeida(Liberty).

At the ATP Challenger 75 in Charlottesville, just one seed remains, former University of Washington All-American Clement Chidekh of France. The No. 5 seed, who has been posting excellent results all fall, defeated top seed Marcos Giron(UCLA) 6-4, 6-1 to reach the semifinals. He'll face unseeded Stefan Kozlov, who beat Braden Shick(NC State) by the same score.

Qualifier Aidan Mayo beat Max Rehberg of Germany 7-6(5), 6-3 and will play Andy Andrade(Florida) of Ecuador in the semifinals. Andrade won his third three set match today, beating Maks Kasnikowski of Poland 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

The quarterfinals at the ITA Division I Sectionals and Conference Masters are Saturday, with the winner of each of those matches guaranteed a spot in the NCAA singles draw in Athens Georgia.

Sectional Quarterfinals

MEN:

Central Host: Baylor

Albert Pedrico[1], TCU v Zachary Viiala, Illinois

Devin Badenhorst[3], Baylor v Hank Trondson, Oklahoma State

Alex Okonkowo, Ohio State v Cooper Woestendick[4], TCU

Tito Chavez, Oklahoma v Oliver Ojakaar[2], Texas

East Host: Virginia

Toby Kodat[1], NC State v Yannick Alexandrescou[5], Duke

Justin Chung, Penn v Sean Daryabeigi, South Carolina

Paul Barbier Gazeu[6], South Carolina v Aryan Shah[4], Wake Forest

Adam Bain, Penn v Jangjun Kim[2], Virginia

South Host: Florida State

Marko Milosavljevic, Jacksonville State v Noah Johnston[5], Georgia

Tyler Bowers, Auburn v Andrew Delgado, Georgia

Vlado Jankanj, Mississippi v Eli Stephenson[3], Kentucky

Patrik Munkhammar, Auburn v Azariah Rusher, Florida State

West Host: Arizona State

Rudy Quan[1], UCLA v Marko Maksimovic, UNLV

Vincent Marysko[3], San Diego v. Nathan Trouve[7], USC

Matthias Uwe Kask, Arizona v Ofek Shimanov[4], Arizona State

Adrien Berrut[8], San Diego v Sasha Rozin[2], Arizona

WOMEN:

Central Host: TCU

Lexington Reed[1], Texas A&M v Zoie Epps[5], Oklahoma

Jennifer Jackson, Texas Tech v Alyssa Novoa[5], Tulsa

Salkathip Ounmang, Oklahoma v Veronika Kliuch, Oklahoma State

Chloe Noel, Oklahoma v Sydney Jara, Texas A&M

East Host: Penn

Eugenia Zozaya Menendez, Virginia v Oliwia Orlinska[5], Maryland

Shannon Lam, Virginia v Esha Velaga, Penn

Thea Rabman[5], North Carolina v Maddy Zampardo, North Carolina

Victoria Osuigwe, NC State v Kaitlyn Carnicella, South Carolina

South Host: Tennessee

Seri Nayuki, Georgia Tech v Malwina Rowinska, Florida Atlantic

Hiilani Williams, Indiana v Ranah Stoiber[5], Georgia 

Reese Frank, Purdue v Andrea Nova, Mississippi

Mary Boyce Deatherage, Florida State v Patricija Paukstyte[2], Georgia

West Host: USC

Kate Fakih[1], UCLA v Emily Deming, Georgia

Ziva Falkner, Pepperdine v Daniela Borruel, USC

Alexia Jacobs, Washington v Laura Cilekova, Cal

Vilma Krebs Hyllested, San Diego v Isabella Wong, UC-Santa Barbara

Conference Masters

MEN:

Quarterfinals:

Alberto Altur, North Alabama v Oscar Martinez[5], East Tennessee State

Niksa Arsic[3], Texas Tech v Lorenzo Balducci[5], Purdue

Alkesa Pisaric[5], Pepperdine v Bryan Hernandez Cortes[4], Mississippi State

Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar[5], Cornell v Luca Pow[2], Wake Forest

WOMEN:

Quarterfinals:

Linae Bajraliu[1], Georgia v Anastasiia Grechkina[5], Pepperdine

Sofia Fernandez Figueras, Florida International v Terezia Mikva, Utah State

Nikol Mircheva, UNLV v Kyoka Kubo[4], Kansas

Reese Miller, Michigan v Alexis Nguyen[2], North Carolina