Zheng Among 2026 US Open Main Draw Wild Cards; Seven Teens Receive Qualifying Wild Cards, with Playoff Introduced for Final Qualifying Wild Card; Tennis Recruiting Network's Coverage of Last Week's USTA National Championships Begins

The US Open wild cards were announced today, a day earlier than they have been released the past two years, and both the men's and the women's main draw list features a "to be announced" entry.

Veterans Venus Williams, a two-time US Open women's singles champion, and Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open women's singles champion, are the only discretionary wild cards awarded; the other five were earned or reciprocal: Carol Lee(Georgia Tech), who won the annual Wild Card Challenge; Reese Brantmeier(North Carolina), who won the USTA Collegiate Playoff; Thea Frodin, the USTA National 18s champion, and Leolia Jeanjean(Baylor, Arkansas, Lynn), who received the French reciprocal wild card, and Taylah Preston, who received the Australian reciprocal wild card.

Four juniors who competed in the USTA 18s Nationals in San Diego received women's qualifying wild cards:

USTA National 18s finalist Janae Preston, 16, Annika Penickova, 16, Kristina Penickova 16, and Julieta Pareja, 17.

Two college stars, who have had outstanding summers, Savannah Broadus(Pepperdine) and Ayana Akli(Maryland, South Carolina) received qualifying wild cards, with Katrina Scott(Tennessee) receiving her qualifying wild card as a finalist in the Collegiate Playoff. Caroline Dolehide also received a qualifying wild card.

The ninth qualifying wild card will be decided in a playoff on Sunday, August 23, with four players participating, and for the women, they are all teenagers: Melije Clarke, Welles Newman, Jordyn Hazelitt and Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann. I'm a little surprised not to see former UNC All-American Fiona Crawley in that field, with her WTA ranking of 266.

After qualifying for the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon this year, two-time NCAA champion Michael Zheng(Columbia) will not have to qualify for his home slam, with the 22-year-old from New Jersey receiving one of the two discretionary wild cards. The other went to Martin Damm, who needs just two more withdrawals to move into the main draw, so there may be two wild cards yet to be announced.

JJ Wolf(Ohio State) won the annual Wild Card Challenge, Sebastian Gorzny(TCU, Texas) earned his wild card in June at the USTA's Collegiate playoff and Jack Kennedy was awarded a wild card as the National 18s champion in Kalamazoo.  The reciprocal wild cards are Gael Monfils of France and Alexei Popyrin of Australia.

Three participants in the 18s in Kalamazoo received qualifying wild cards: Jordan Lee, 16, who earned his as the 18s finalist; Michael Antonius, 16, and Andy Johnson, who turns 17 on Sunday. 

Two former and one active collegian received qualifying wild cards: Andre Ilagan(Hawaii), Daniel Milavsky(Harvard) and UCLA rising senior Spencer Johnson. 

Trevor Svajda(SMU) received his qualifying wild card as the finalist at the Collegiate playoff, and Japan's Kei Nishikori, who is retiring this year, received a qualifying wild card.

The participants in the men's qualifying playoff are Keaton Hance, 18, Jack Secord, 17, Ozan Baris(Michigan State) and Dali Blanch.

The Tennis Recruiting Network has begun its National Championship week articles with a review of the results of 12s in Mobile Alabama and Norcross Georgia.

My review of the Kalamazoo 16s will be up Thursday and the 18s article will be published Friday.

Links to all the articles can be found here.

Poling Earns First Pro Circuit Singles Title at M25 in East Lansing; Ilagan Falls in Brownsburg Challenger 75 Final; World Tennis Junior Circuit Update; Shelton, Paul, Fritz and Harrison Named to Davis Cup Team; US Open Mixed Doubles Field Takes Shape

With the 2026 USTA National Boys 18s and 16s Championships in Kalamazoo concluding yesterday, and the announcement of the US Open wild cards expected Wednesday, today is a good time to catch up on what happened on the USTA Pro Circuit last week, and on the World Tennis junior circuit during the past two weeks.

After the Landisville W100 and W35 in Mississippi the first week of August, the women's USTA Pro Circuit is on hiatus until the W50 in Berkeley California the week of September 21st. But the men had a new Challenger 75 in Brownsburg Indiana last week and an M25 in East Lansing Michigan, and will have an M15 in Champaign Illinois next week during US Open qualifying and a Challenger 125 in Tiburon California the week after the US Open.

Karl Poling, the former standout at Princeton and North Carolina, won his first Pro Circuit singles title yesterday in East Lansing. Seeded No. 2, the 27-year-old from New York defeated unseeded Luis Alvarez of Mexico, a recent Oklahoma graduate, 5-7, 7-6(6), 6-4, saving two match points in the tiebreaker of the three-hour, 11-minute final.

Poling will be at a career-high ATP ranking around 450 when the points are added.

Alvarez won the doubles title, with Alan Magadan(UTSA, Texas A&M) of Mexico, with the second-seeded pair beating the unseeded Okonkwo brothers Oliver(Illinois) and Alex(Tulsa, Ohio State) 4-6, 6-4, 11-9 in the final. 

At the Brownsburg Challenger, which had numerous heat, rain and severe weather delays throughout the week, former ATP Top 40 player Lloyd Harris won the singles title. The 29-year-old South African, seeded No. 7, defeated unseeded Andre Ilagan(Hawaii)  6-2, 7-6(6) in the final. Ilagan also reached the final of the Challenger 75 in Lexington Kentucky the week before and will break into the ATP Top 200 for the first time when the rankings are updated after the Cincinnati Masters.

Unseeded Gonzalo Escobar(Texas Tech) of Ecuador and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha of India, who also won the Lexington Challenger doubles title, defeated No. 2 seeds Robert Cash(Ohio State) and Bart Stevens of the Netherlands 6-4, 6-1 in the final.

Because so many of the juniors in the United States were competing at the National Championships, there were not a lot of titles won on the World Tennis junior circuit in the past two weeks. 

The biggest title went to Diego Custodio Wagner, a 16-year-old from Florida, who won the J60 in Macedonia two weeks ago, his first WT junior circuit singles title. Custodio, seeded No. 3, defeated top seed Matija Putic of Serbia 6-3, 6-4 in the final. He also reach the doubles final that week, and the final of the singles last week a the second J60 in Macedonia. 

No. 2 seed Camelot Carnello won the J30 in Angola two weeks ago, with the 14-year-old from Florida defeating No. 1 seed Jinxuan Cheng of China 6-1, 1-6, 7-5 for his first WT junior circuit singles title. 

At last week's J30 in El Salvador, 14-year-old Annalyn McKee of Florida won her first WT junior circuit title, with the No. 8 seed defeated No. 6 seed Luciana Roa Munevar of Colombia 6-0, 6-3 in the final. 

In St. Vincent and the Grenadines J30 last week, top seed Sydney Wright won her fourth WT junior singles title, beating No. 2 seed Charlotte Perks of Great Britain 6-4, 6-7(0), 6-4 in the final. The 16-year-old from Maryland also reached the semifinals in doubles.

Unseeded Kylie Gordon and her partner Hoi Hei Hui of Hong Kong won the doubles title, defeating No. 2 seeds Cyra Ramcharan and Suri Ramcharan of Trinidad and Tobago 6-1, 6-0 in the final. It's the first WT junior title for the 15-year-old from New York.

At the J30 in Nicaragua, 18-year-old David Madero won the doubles title with Brandon Bridgewater of Curacao, with the top seeds beating No. 2 seeds Chukwudubem Amasiani of Nigeria and Gustavo Vasconcellos of Brazil 6-4, 5-7, 10-4 in the final. 

Sixteen-year-old Enya Neagu, who reached the girls singles final, won the doubles title with Luciana Roa Munevar. The No. 2 seeds defeated top seeds Jaiya Siffrard and Mexico's Reagan Stanley 6-2, 6-1 in the final. It's Neagu's first WT junior circuit title.

The USTA announced four of the members of the Davis Cup team that will compete for the United States in the World Group qualifying round September 18-19 against Czechia in Prague.

Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul and Christian Harrison will compete for Captain Bob Bryan. The release from today:

ORLANDO, Fla., August 17, 2026 – The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Bob Bryan today announced that Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul and Christian Harrison have been named to compete for the U.S. in its Davis Cup Qualifying Second Round tie vs. Czechia September 18-19 at the O2 Arena (indoor hard court) in Prague.

 

The Second Round Qualifying tie is a best-of-five match series that will begin with two singles matches on Friday, September 18, then continue with a doubles match and two more singles matches beginning on Saturday, September 19. The first nation between the USA and Czechia to win three out of those five matches wins the Qualifier and will advance to the eight-nation Davis Cup Final 8 to compete for this year’s championship November 24-29 in Bologna, Italy. Tennis Channel will carry coverage in the U.S.

 

Captains may name up to five players to their rosters and make up to three combined substitutions / additions up until the day prior to the competition starting.

 

This tie is a rematch of last year’s Second Round Qualifier, when a strong Czech team led by Jakub Mensik and Jiri Lehecka overcame an injured but resilient American side, 3-2, on home soil in Delray Beach, Fla. Paul and Harrison, along with Ethan Quinn, Austin Krajicek and Emilio Nava, got the U.S. through the first round of Qualifying this year with a 4-0 sweep of Hungary on the road in February.

Shelton, 23, ranked No. 6 in singles, last week won his second consecutive Canada ATP Masters 1000 title. This would mark his second Davis Cup appearance, after debuting in the 2024 Finals. He was nominated to play last year vs. Czechia but had to withdraw due to injury.

Fritz, 28, ranked No. 9 in singles, recently won the Washington, D.C., ATP 500 singles title. He’s played in 11 Davis Cup ties for the U.S. since debuting in 2019 and carries an 8-4 singles record. Fritz went 1-1 in singles in the tie vs. Czechia last year while battling an illness.

Paul, 29, ranked No. 24 in singles, has played in 11 ties for the U.S. since debuting in 2020, carrying a 6-3 singles record. He was also set to play in the tie vs. Czechia last year but was also forced to withdraw due to injury.

Harrison, 32, is the top-ranked American man in doubles at No. 12. He made his Davis Cup debut this February in the Qualifying tie vs. Hungary – a week after winning the Australian Open men’s doubles title – and clinched victory for the Americans with Austin Krajicek.

 

The second edition of the US Open's revamped mixed doubles tournament begins next week, with a new qualifying event providing an opportunity for the established doubles players on the WTA and ATP tours to earn a spot in the 16-team main draw. This graphic shows the current teams, as well as the vacant wild card spots.

Kennedy Wins Kalamazoo 18s Title and US Open Main Draw Wild Card with Lee's Retirement; New York's Stolarczyk's US Open Dream Comes True with Win Over Doubles Partner Malacek; Frodin Cruises to G18s Title in San Diego

©Colette Lewis 2026--

Kalamazoo MI--

History is part of the charm of Kalamazoo, but due to yet another wet day, and an unfortunate retirement, the 83rd edition of the USTA Boys 18s and 16s National Championships produced some unwanted firsts and rare disappointments Sunday.

After a more than three-hour delay due to morning storms, the 16s and 18s finals were scheduled to be played at the same time, a first in my 25 years of covering the tournament. 

Although the crowd was surprisingly large given the rain and the smothering humidity that followed, its attention was divided between Courts 2 and 3, with George Acker Center Court unused for the first time ever for the 18s final.

But it wasn't long before the 16s final was alone in the spotlight, with No. 6 seed and Wimbledon boys champion Jordan Lee retiring with top seed Jack Kennedy leading 2-1 in the opening set.

The match began with Kennedy breaking Lee, then Lee getting the break back in the next game. With a best-of-five format for the boys 18s final, there was plenty of time to shake off their nerves and play the quality tennis they had displayed all week, but Lee was broken in the next game and asked for a medical timeout at the changeover. The tournament's medical staff and tournament referee Scott Elbin attended to Lee, but after a few minutes, the chair umpire announced that Lee was retiring. He gestured to his chest when he approached the net to shake hands with Kennedy and went to the trainers room beneath the Tower for more evaluations.

"It's my chest," the 16-year-old from Orlando told me after the match. "I don't think it's a muscle, so I'm not sure what it is. My heartbeat's normal, my lungs are fine; I seriously don't know if it was nerves, something I ate, I'm not sure. I prepared myself very well, especially over the last couple of months, but today, something happened that was out of my control, but I'm very happy with this week. Last year I wasn't here at this tournament, wasn't even starting to play yet (after an injury), so it's only positives."

Lee still intends to play the US Open men's qualifying tournament with the wild card he earned for making the 18s final.

"I'll just go back home, rest a bit," said Lee, who was on court for less than an hour in his semifinal match Saturday. "New York starts in a week, so I have five or six days."

Kennedy, who had lost to Matt Forbes in four sets in the 18s final in 2024, was subdued, rather than elated after succeeding in his third and final attempt at the US Open main draw wild card.

"It's definitely mixed emotions right now," said the 18-year-old from Huntington New York. "I'm still just really upset with how this match turned out to be. We were both looking forward to it, a lot of people were looking forward to it. We were texting each other, 'let's have some fun tomorrow, and whatever happens, happens' all that, so for this to happen, it's really sad. This is not the way anyone wants to win, especially this tournament, three out of five. We wanted to enjoy the battle together, leave blood, sweat and tears on the court. I'm just super bummed for Jordan."

The other side of the coin is his eagerness to test his game in the main draw of the US Open in two weeks time.

"We're in main draw, and that's also a really exciting feeling," said Kennedy, who lost in the first round of men's qualifying the past two years. "It's my backyard tournament, a tournament I've been going to since I was five years old, and it's really cool to play on the biggest stages with the biggest names out there, giving myself a chance to do a little bit of damage there."

Kennedy says his success at the Challenger level this spring and summer has helped prepare him for what's ahead in New York.

"I think it's helped in a lot of different ways," said Kennedy, whose current ATP ranking is 392. "Mentally, with my confidence, stepping on the court knowing I can hang in there with the best of the best players. My game is ready, it's the physicality it's the part everyone has to adapt and adjust to. But in this tournament I know now that my game's ready and my physicality has been ready for this, so now I just need to go out and prove it. It's the experience, getting used to it, doing it over and over again, and this is the moment where it counts."

Kennedy is not interested in facing one of the top players in his slam debut.

"Maybe not first round, maybe second round if we can get to that point," said Kennedy, who is coached by Greg Lumpkin at Robbie Wagner Tournament Training. "The bigger names, I hope that doesn't happen, but at the same time, it would be cool to have that experience. But whoever I play, I think it's going to be a really special opportunity to witness and experience it. I don't have a name in mind, but whoever it is, we're going to have fun, take it all in and enjoy the heck out of it."

This is the first 18s final without a match point played since 2006, when Jesse Levine was unable to face Donald Young for the title due to food poisoning.

The abrupt end to the 18s final simplified things for the crowd, who may have recognized top seed Kamil Stolarczyk and No. 6 seed Daniel Malacek from their championship performance in the doubles final on Saturday.

Roommates all week, the pair warmed up together on the indoor courts at Kalamazoo College before the match, before Stolarczyk, took the second USTA gold ball of the 16s tournament with a 6-4, 6-2 victory.

Stolarczyk trailed 4-2 in the opening set, and the 16-year-old from Glendale New York was not pleased with his level.

"I came out a little groggy in the first set," said Stolarczyk, who did not blame his slow start on the three-hour plus delay in the start of the match. "But my (left) arm was killing me, from the doubles semifinals, and I told Daniel he would have to carry me at least that day, because my arm was shot. I kind of had to rely on my forehand, because I had no backhand."

After getting the break back and winning a deuce game to level the first set at 4-all, Stolarczyk didn't get discouraged when he couldn't convert his two break points with Malacek serving at 15-40, and got the break on his next opportunity.

"He played a great game at 3-4," said the 16-year-old Malacek,  coached by Mitch Stewart, who reached the Kalamazoo 16s semifinals in 2012. "And I could tell from the way he was playing he kind of loosened up, and it started snowballing. He started playing better and better, hit a little closer to the lines. He played amazing; big congrats to him."

Stolarczyk had three aces and no double faults in the match, but that doesn't tell the story of the impact of that shot, especially in the tenth game, when he saved a break point with an ace and closed out the set.

"It's a big thing that I worked on with Marcel," Stolarczyk said of his now former coach Marcel du Coudray at Robbie Wagner Tournament Training, who is currently coaching a WTA player. "Even when I'm not playing good, I can rely on my serve now and it's been great this last few months. We were working on the serve a lot and it's great to see it come out in pressure moments."

Stolarczyk had two aces serving at 2-1 in the second set and saved a break point serving at 3-2. Malacek came from 0-40 down in his 2-4 service game, but the left-hander, who had not dropped a set in advancing to the final, couldn't save a fourth break point.

Stolarczyk has been known to struggle closing out matches and this week had a 5-1 lead in the second set in the third round against Andres Quijada before winning it 7-5, so serving out the Kalamazoo 16s championship wasn't exactly automatic.

"I was a little surprised, honestly," Stolarczyk said of the relatively drama-free finish, with Malacek failing to return a second serve at 40-30. "I hit two good first serves in that game, and that really helped me a lot and I only needed two more to win."

Before this event Stolarczyk had never played in a USTA Level 1 match with a gold, silver or bronze ball at stake.

But this weekend he left with both gold balls, the first 16s player to sweep the events since John McNally in 2014, and is now looking forward to playing in the main draw of the US Open Junior Championships as a wild card.

"This has been the dream for me since I was seven, going out every year to to watch and then finally get to play is unbelievable for me," said Stolarczyk, who lives 15 minutes from the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. "This was literally the dream, for me and my dad, not just me. We've been literally thinking about this, thinking about to how to get here for years and years. So it's great."

For the first time in tournament history, the 16s and 18s singles champions received guitars from the Kalamazoo-based Heritage Guitar company in addition to their USTA gold balls. Although neither play now, Stolarczyk will add it to the guitar he bought as a room decoration, while Kennedy is considering lending his guitar to his friend and doubles partner Keaton Hance, a guitarist in a band with Kennedy, who said he contributes only as a vocalist.

Thea Frodin, who won the 18s doubles title last year at the USTA Girls National Championships, will compete in the main draw of women's singles this year, after breezing past Janae Preston 6-1, 6-0 in less than an hour in the 18s singles championship. See the recap of today's 18s finals from  Steve Pratt for USTA Southern California below:

NO. 3 THEA FRODIN WINS USTA BILLIE JEAN KING

GIRLS’ 18s NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 6-1, 6-0,

FINALS VICTORY OVER NO. 4 JANAE PRESTON

 

SAN DIEGO – (Aug. 16, 2026) – Moments after Thea Frodin captured the USTA Billie Jean King Girls’ 18s National Championships in singles, beating Janae Preston, 6-1, 6-0, on Sunday at the Barnes Tennis Center, she was asked the question every winner gets each year: 

 

“Now that you’re headed to New York with a main draw US Open singles wild card, would you rather face a high seed on Arthur Ashe Stadium? Or a qualifier on a back court in the first round?”

 

Frodin, from Woodland Hills in Southern California, took a few seconds to think about it, before answering: “I’m going with seeded player on Arthur Ashe. I want it all. Bring it on!”

 

The No. 3 seeded Frodin’s play impressed more than 30 former WTA legends of the game, who were introduced on court before the match. Tennis icons such as 39-time majors winner King, 12-time Grand Slam champion Rosie Casals, and San Diego native Karen Hantze Susman, who won the 18s girls’ singles nationals title three straight times in 1958, 1959 and 1960 before going on to win Wimbledon singles in 1962 and three more majors with Billie Jean Moffitt, were part of the cavalcade of stars.

 

The 17-year-old Frodin’s USTA singles gold ball from Girls’ 18s Nationals will proudly be displayed next to the doubles she won last year. Frodin joins fellow Southern Californians Iva Jovic, Lindsay Davenport and Tracy Austin, who all won both the singles and doubles at Girls’ 18s Nationals

 

“Honestly, it’s all a blur,” said Frodin, who beat top-seeded Julieta Pareja in the semifinals on Saturday in two tiebreaks. “I just really wanted it and was super excited to play. Yesterday, after I beat the No. 1 seed, it really boosted my confidence.” 

 

Preston, the No. 4 seed from Henderson, Nev., knew it was going to be a long day from the outset. “I tried to fight through it mentally,” said Preston, 16, who won a three-hour marathon three-setter on Saturday and had another three-set win on Friday. “It was a long week, and she played really well.”

 

In the girls’ 18s doubles final, Bella Payne of Hilton Head Island, S.C., and Sara Shumate of Charlotte, N.C., beat Welles Newman from Boca Raton, Fla., and Jordyn Hazelitt from Henderson, Nev., 6-2, 6-1. Payne (headed to the University of Georgia) and Shumate (Oklahoma) are next off to the US Open, just like Frodin, winning main draw wild cards into the women’s doubles draw. 

 

Julieta Pareja of Carlsbad won the third-fourth match against Chukwumelije Clarke from Humble, Texas, 6-1, 6-3. 

 

“It was a great tournament all week, and we extend our appreciation to Ryan Redondo, the Barnes Tennis and the Southern California Tennis Association,” said tournament director Lornie Kuhle. “Today was highlighted by our ‘Summer of Champions’ and the reunion of past WTA greats. We wish our winner Thea Frodin the best of luck, and she was also the 18s Sportsmanship award winner. We have a pretty good track record at producing champions and we think that is going to continue with Teah.”

 

For more information, visit the official tournament website at ustagirlsnationals.com.

Kennedy and Lee Meet Sunday for Kalamazoo 18s Title; 16s Doubles Champions Malacek and Stolarczyk Face Off in 16s Final; Alvarez and Johnston Win 18s Doubles Title, USO Wild Card; Frodin Beats Pareja; Selvan Takes 16s Title in San Diego

©Colette Lewis 2026--
Kalamazoo MI--

As it turned out, most of the drama on the second Saturday of the USTA Boys 18s and 16s National Championships came from the dull gray skies, not from the US Open blue courts. But the sprinkles throughout the day didn't turn into full-fledged wet courts until the final trophy of the day was being awarded to the 18s doubles champions.

The early 10:00 am start, without the customary 16s semifinals, which were played on Friday due to the forecast, produced two quick results in the 18 semifinals, with No. 6 seed Jordan Lee defeating No. 3 seed Andy Johnson 6-2, 6-0 in 59 minutes and top seed Jack Kennedy beating No. 9 seed Jack Secord 6-3, 6-1 in 90 minutes.

Choosing the more impressive performance isn't an easy task, with Lee playing aggressive, yet error-free tennis to cruise past Johnson. But the nod probably goes to Kennedy, who played six sets of tennis on Friday--a three-hour-plus singles quarterfinal and a three-set doubles semifinal that finished after 8 pm--and still came out this morning with his groundstrokes firing and his energy high.

"It's top secret stuff," Kennedy joked when asked how he recovered so quickly. "Yesterday was a long day; I felt I was on the court for a whole year yesterday. Had a long, long match with Ryan(Cozad) and three sets in doubles and I was just fighting to get through the day, honestly. I didn't want to let Keaton(doubles partner Hance) down with my energy, it's a big opportunity for us, semifinals, but we fought. I had a really good recovery: ice bath, massage gun, a quick dinner. But today I felt really good surprisingly, after the day I had yesterday."

Kennedy was playing in his third consecutive Kalamazoo 18s semifinal, winning the first, in 2024, and losing to champion Darwin Blanch last year.

"Semifinals here in Kalamazoo, you're playing for a spot at the Open, so you've got to go all out," said Kennedy, an 18-year-old from New York, who begins his collegiate career at Virginia in September. "Give every last drop of energy you have on that court and whatever happens, happens. Today I thought I played pretty well in the circumstances, and Jack was hitting a pretty clean ball, but I think sometimes he would get a little too antsy to be done with the point, rushed it a little bit."

Kennedy thinks his experience in the 2024 final, a 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 loss to Matthew Forbes, may provide him with an advantage over the 16-year-old Lee.

"I think I have a little bit of the edge with the experience of playing three out of five two years ago," Kennedy said. "it's going to be interesting to see how Jordan holds up, but I'm going to be ready."

Lee admitted he didn't have any lapses of concentration in his performance against Johnson.

"I made a couple, but not many," Lee said of his unforced error count. "I think my biggest strength on the court is my mental toughness. I compete very well and I'm willing to suffer."

Lee knew that Johnson's quickness could be a problem if he didn't finish points at the net. 

"I think against anyone now, the game's so fast, if you don't close the net, it's hard," Lee said.

Lee's winning streak in juniors, which is now at 14 matches after eight victories en route to the Wimbledon boys title, was interrupted by a loss in the first round of qualifying of the Washington DC ATP 500 last month. He believes the experience will help however, as he is now guaranteed at least a qualifying wild card at the US Open later this month.

"I learned a lot from that match," Lee said of his 7-5, 6-1 loss to ATP No. 197 Moez Echargui of Tunisia. "I think the main thing I learned is that my level's there, but staying disciplined is the most important thing."

Lee and Kennedy have never played, but Kennedy knows Lee from their frequent encounters at the USTA's National Campus in Lake Nona.

"Jordan, Wimby champ, he's got a lot of momentum going on right now," Kennedy said. "He's playing really good tennis, and he's healthy, which I am really happy to see. Besides tennis and all that, Jordan's a great kid. At USTA when I see him he's always smiling, having fun, and on the court, he's such a hard worker, so disciplined. I have nothing but good things to say about Jordan. He's in the situation I was in two years ago, and it's going to be a great match, I'm really looking forward to it."

Before Sunday's 18s final, scheduled for noon, 16s doubles champions Kamil Stolarczyk and Daniel Malacek will meet in the 16s final, set for 10 a.m.

Both Stolarczyk and Malacek have already secured their places on the boards of Kalamazoo champions displayed at Stowe Stadium after the No. 2 seeds defeated No. 9 seeds Kahven Singh and Griffin Goode 6-3, 7-6(3) in the 16s final on Acker Center Court. 

Stolarczyk served for match at 5-4 and had two match points, which Goode and Singh saved with help from Malacek and Stolarczyk, with Malacek missing an overhead and Stolarczyk netting a forehand to squander the 40-15 lead.

"The match went a little longer than it should have," said Malacek, a 16-year-old from Kirkland Washington. "We dropped that game, it was honestly an error on my part, but I think I made up for it pretty good in the following games. It almost felt like a relief, because I was very nervous in the tiebreaker, instead of pure joy."

"It's good to have my name in the history books at Kalamazoo now," said Stolarczyk, a 16-year-old from Glendale New York, who had not won any USTA ball until today. "I get to come back here next year, find my name."

"You'll be coaching kids one day, and show them our name," Malacek said. 

Stolarczyk, who played with Goode last year in Kalamazoo, reaching the quarterfinals, shrugged off a double fault that gave Goode and Singh a 2-1 lead. With Malacek and Stolarczyk getting the mini break back immediately, their confidence grew, while the nerves began to fray for Goode and Singh. When Singh double faulted down 3-5, Stolarczyk and Malacek could breathe a little easier.

"We found our tennis when we needed to," Malacek said.

Malacek and Stolarczyk, who have been rooming together throughout the tournament, plan to warm up together before Sunday's final, but Stolarczyk had scheduled a practice session after the doubles final with another player.

"I have a couple of things to work on, if I want to beat this guy," Stolarczyk said.

Noah Johnston may have been in the midst of his freshman season at the University of Georgia, but he knew who he wanted as his doubles partner eight months ago, and now he and Yannik Alvarez have earned a wild card into the main draw of the US Open men's doubles with a 6-4, 6-1 win Gavin Goode and Ryan Cozad.

"I tried to get him as fast as I could, right after he won the Orange Bowl, probably in January." said Johnston, who reached the 18s doubles final last year with Benjamin Willwerth, who aged out of Kalamazoo.

Although both Johnston and Alvarez have impressive doubles resumés, they did not look formidable in their first match in the second round, a 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 win over Connor Plunkett and Michael Lorenzetti, with Alvarez recovering from an illness.

"I started feeling sick after my singles match," said Alvarez, who withdrew from singles before his third round match. "I wasn't feeling my best, obviously, and Noah had to come in and help me. We barely won that match, and I guess that was the turning point."

"I felt we played really well together after that first match," said Johnston, who turns 19 in November. "I felt we got better and better every match."

The first set saw five of the ten games go to a deciding point, with the only break coming with Goode serving at 4-all. 

"We got that deciding point, it was an amazing point, and Yannik finished with the overhead and the crowd went crazy," Johnston said. "It was a lot of fun."

Johnston and Alvarez didn't lose their momentum after the set break, with an Alvarez hold and a second straight break of Goode giving them a 2-0 lead.

"We knew we just had to stay focused," said Alvarez, a 17-year-old from Georgia, who represents Puerto Rico on the World Tennis junior circuit. "I held pretty easily and we got the break and that was the energy shift. We kept playing aggressive, just played our game."

As for the US Open wild card, they are taking inspiration from last year's Kalamazoo champions Cooper Woestendick and Max Exsted, who won a round in the main draw in New York.

"Our friends Max and Cooper did very well last year," Johnston said. "I played them in the final last year, we had three match points against them and they got it done, did really well there. So hopefully we can match their footsteps."

Alvarez and Johnston have no preference regarding their US Open opponents.

"We'd be excited to play anyone there," Alvarez said. "We'll just enjoy it." "But if we could play some Americans, that would be fun," Johnston said.

The boys 16s final is scheduled for 10 a.m., with the 18s final to follow, but simultaneous finals are possible if the prediction for morning rain is accurate.

Live streaming will be available here; live scoring is provided by iOnCourt.

The singles finals are the only two matches remaining for Sunday.

In the 16s consolation final, Mikaeel Alibaig[14] defeated Tristan Ascenzo[26] 6-4, 6-3 to finish in fifth place.

Zen Uehling[33] took fifth in the 18s, when Vihaan Reddy[12], who won two consolation matches today, elected not to compete in the final scheduled for Sunday.

The bronze ball in boys 16s singles went to Tristan Stratton[4], with Sulaiman Syed[2] withdrawing with an injury.

Andy Johnson took third in 18s singles, when Jack Secord withdrew from the third place match.

Kennedy and Hance finished third in 18s doubles, with Secord and Ford McCollum[8] withdrawing from the third place match. 

Alibaig and Ivan Rybak[1] took the bronze ball in 16s doubles, defeating Mason Fekete and Louden Muha[10] 6-2, 6-4.

The recipient of the Wes Richards Sportsmanship Award for Feed-In is George Ho.

Syed was given the Bobby Kaplan Sportsmanship Award for 16s and Secord received the Allen B. Stowe Sportsmanship Award for 18s.

The finals are set for Sunday at the Girls 18s in San Diego, with top seed Julieta Pareja falling to No. 3 seed Thea Frodin 7-6(2), 7-6(4) in the semifinals. Frodin will face No. 4 seed Janae Preston, who reached the final with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 win over No. 33 seed Melije Clarke.

The 18s doubles final will feature two No. 9 seeds: Bella Payne and Sara Shumate versus Welles Newman and Jordyn Hazelitt.

Top seed Shristi Selvan, who won the Winter National 16s and Easter Bowl 16s, added a third gold ball to her collection, beating fellow Junior Tennis Champions Center student Aarini Bhattacharya, the No. 14 seed, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

The 16s doubles title went to Abigail Haile and Olivia De Los Reyes, who defeated fellow No. 9 seeds Isabelle Nguyen and Madeline Cleary 6-3, 6-1 in this afternoon's final. 

The results of the singles and doubles finals at the 12s and 14s National Championships, with full draws in link in the heading.

Girls 14s:

Singles final:

Gabrielle Villegas[2] d. Daniella Yogumyan[4] 5-7, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles final:

Kareena Cross and Gabrielle Villegas d. Meghna Pillai and Harshitha Thiruganam 6-2, 2-6, 6-0

Girls 12s:

Singles final:

Lailah Cowgill[10] d. Vlada Hranchar 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(5)

Doubles final:

Nandika Singamala and Everly Cogdell[9] d. Grace Goode and Dargan Alexander[9] 7-6(6), 6-2

Boys 14s:

Singles final:

David Bender[7] d. Krish Advani[1] 6-3, 2-6, 6-2

Doubles final:

Sebastian Cheaney and London Slaton[1] d. Daniel Gardality and David Bender[9] 6-1, 4-6, 6-4

Boys 12s:

Singles final:

Aleksander Denisov[7] d. Zachary Burunov[6] 6-3, 6-0

Doubles final:

William Zhou and Thomas Gamble[1] d. AJ Williams and Miles Markham[2] 3-6, 6-4, 6-1

Stolarczyk Saves Match Points, Advances to Kalamazoo 16s Final Against Doubles Partner Malacek; Lee Beats Antonius, Secord Ousts Hance in 18s Quarterfinals, Johnson and Kennedy Reach 18s Semifinals; Finals Set in 12s, 14s and 16s

©Colette Lewis 2026--
Kalamazoo MI--

Kamil Stolarczyk took a roller coaster ride Friday morning, but when his three-hour 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2) excursion finished after noon, the top seed was through to the USTA Kalamazoo 16s final.

Stolarczyk got off to a miserable start against No. 4 seed and fellow New Yorker Tristan Stratton, falling behind 4-0 in the first set, which he attributed to nerves, and a lack of preparation on hard courts prior to the tournament.

Loudly berating himself in Polish after getting broken a second time, Stolarczyk recovered his composure and got one of the breaks back, but Stratton closed it out. 

Stolarczyk took the second set, holding onto his early break, and in the 10-minute break before the third set got some encouragement from a former coach, who is here with another player.

"We were talking and he helped me calm down," said the 16-year-old from Glendale New York. "It was still super stressful, but he told me mistakes are going to come, I just have to keep going for it, find his forehand as much as possible and keep hitting to it."

That strategy gave Stolarczyk a 5-3 lead in the third, but got no closer than 30-all, when he missed an uncomplicated overhead that would have given him a match point, and Stratton broke to stay alive

"I made almost every single overhead in the match," said Stolarczyk. "I think I missed two. It was just really just down to the point that it was a tight moment, that's why I missed it. I usually don't miss overheads like that, especially ones that easy."

Stratton held to take a 6-5 lead, assuring himself a spot in the deciding tiebreaker, and a chance for avoiding it, when he hit a great return to go up 15-40. Stratton played his usual outstanding defense, but Stolarczyk hung in too and put away a forehand to save the first match point. The second will probably haunt Stratton, with an unforced error coming off his backhand, and Stolarczyk held to force the tiebreaker.

Stolarczyk wasn't happy with his serving throughout the match, but that shot came through for him in the tiebreaker. 

"I think I had 30 percent first serves (actually it was 54%) until that moment," Stolarczyk said. "But we're going to work on that."

Stolarczyk went up 3-2 thanks to two backhand errors by Stratton, then hit two good first serves for 5-2. Stolarczyk didn't need to do anything more, with Stratton unable to summon any energy, and two more backhand errors later, Stolarczyk had advanced to the final.

His doubles partner and roommate Daniel Malacek, the No. 3 seed, had a much less troublesome semifinal match, beating No. 2 seed Sulaiman Syed 6-1, 6-2.

"I think I played very, very solid, groundstroke wise," said the 16-year-old left-hander from Kirkland Washington. "I was passing him pretty smart, going forehand line and bunting it to his feet and that was working well. And I was able to fight for the corners really good, putting the return in play, and against a big server like him that's all you really need, to make him play as much as you can."

Malacek said he thought his 2025 Orange Bowl 16s final might have given him a mental edge as well.

"I think it really helped me today," Malacek said. "I think I was a little more prepared for the importance of the match, compared to him. He's been balling out, but I don't think he's been in this kind of scenario. Obviously, Kalamazoo, it's the biggest tournament of the year, and I think I was prepared once I shook off my nerves and could just play my game."

Malacek doesn't have any coach or family with him this week, so he is rooming with Stolarczyk and his father, with Stolarczyk revealing that his dad had purchased an air mattress for their third bed. Malacek and Stolarczyk have been warming up together every day and had agreed to continue doing so if they made the final. 

"We're best friends, so it's going to be a fun match out there," Stolarczyk said. "We're warming up every day and said before the semifinals, if we get to the final, let's just warm up together. There's no bad blood between us, so it won't really matter for either of us if we warm up together."

They will play for their first Kalamazoo title on Saturday in the 16s doubles, after the second-seeded pair defeated No. 10 seeds Mason Fekete and Louden Muha 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals this afternoon. Their opponents will be No. 9 seeds Griffin Goode and Kahven Singh, who beat top seeds Mikaeel Alibaig and Ivan Rybak 7-5, 6-3.

The 18s quarterfinals took to the Stowe Stadium show courts after the 16s semifinals, with No. 3 seed Andy Johnson, last year's 16s finalist beating No. 12 seed Vihaan Reddy 6-3, 6-4, and No. 9 seed Jack Secord defeating No. 4 seed Keaton Hance 6-4, 7-6(3).

Johnson, who had beaten Reddy 6-3, 6-1 in the 16s semifinals last year, was happy with his level.

"I felt pretty much in control," said the 16-year-old from Rancho Palos Verdes California. "I can't really control what he does, but I stayed calm, pretty relaxed the whole match. The quarterfinals of Kalamazoo, you just want to be relaxed when you're here, playing good tennis, trying to have fun."

Playing on George Acker Center Court, Johnson appreciated the oohs and aahs of the crowd when he hit an improbable winner from difficult position.

"It adds a lot, especially if they're cheering for you," Johnson said. "That's one of the best feelings there is when you're competing on a tennis court, having the crowd behind you. And Vihaan can play really well, has all the shots and they can go in, so you have to be ready for anything."

  

Secord was a break down against Hance in each set, 3-1 in the first and 5-4 in the second, but he battled back each time.

The games were long and grueling, with the two sets taking over two and half hours, and it could have easily gone three sets, with Hance serving for the set at 5-4 and having three ads. But Secord came up big in those moments, hitting a scorching forehand winner on the first set point, a volley that forced an error on the second and a short ball to bring Hance in and pass him on the third. Two forehand errors later Secord was back even and he stepped up in the tiebreaker, with no errors despite his aggressive play. 

One forehand Secord hit drew loud appreciation from the crowd, with Secord agreeing with their assessment."

"It was 4-5, 15-30 (in the second set) and he went behind me and I flicked a line pass," said the 17-year-old from Lake Forest Illinois. "Yeah, that was a pretty good shot, I'd say so, yeah."

Secord will face top seed Jack Kennedy, who needed three hours and 20 minutes to get past No. 10 seed Ryan Cozad 7-6(6), 5-7, 7-5.

Kennedy trailed 6-3 in the first set tiebreaker before finding his level in the nick of time. And an outrageous set-saving pass in his string of five consecutive points produced a massive celebration from Kennedy, but an undoubtedly discouraged Cozad would not go away, and he took the second set in another physically draining set.

"There are a lot of people in that situation who would kind of crumble, lose hope in the second set," said Kennedy of his future University of Virginia teammate. "But Ryan took it as a chance to regroup, bounce back and step up his game, which he did. He made me play. He made me run around, come up with answers for his shots and this is one of the best matches I think I've ever played, level-wise, the physicality and the circumstances."

Kennedy admitted that nerves were a factor when he was broken at love serving for the match at 5-3 in third.

"It's tough closing out a match, especially at a quarterfinal in Kalamazoo and I'm not going to lie and say I wasn't nervous," said the 18-year-old from Huntington New York. "But Ryan played a good game, made me play, and after I was broken in that game, I didn't focus on it too much, because ultimately it's who can bounce back in those situations. I'm happy that I did that, didn't focus too much on the past, stayed focus on the future and the present."

Kennedy held for 6-5 and Cozad couldn't force the tiebreaker, broken at love to send Kennedy to his third straight Kalamazoo 18s semifinal.

Kennedy is excited to play Secord in Saturday's semifinals. 

"I was watching him against Keaton before I went on, and his level looks really good," Kennedy said. "It'll be a good a match. Let's feast, as we like to say."

While Kennedy was struggling to subdue Cozad, Wimbledon boys champion Jordan Lee was locked in a three-setter of his own with No. 2 seed Michael Antonius. The two 16-year-olds traded sets, with Lee dominating the first set and Antonius securing the second, before Lee pulled away late in the third of his 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 victory.

"I think we both played really well, it was a match we were both looking forward to," said the Orlando resident. "Much respect to Michael, we train together every day, see each other every day, I see him more than I see my own family. We have a lot of love and respect for each other, so yeah, it was fun."

Lee said he had to adjust to the level Antonius brought in the second set. 

"I don't think I dropped much, he was just taking control with his forehand," said Lee, who is making his Kalamazoo debut this year. "Everyone knows that once Michael starts taking control with his forehand you're not going to win too many points and you're going to get pretty tired. So right now, I am pretty tired. That's the player Michael is and it's super tough to play him."

Up 3-1 in the third set, Lee was broken, but Antonius lost serve again won only one more point in the next three games, as Lee converted his first match point with a forehand winner.

Lee and Johnson haven't played since 2023, when Johnson beat Lee in the Eddie Herr 14s quarterfinals and Junior Orange Bowl 14s semifinals, but he isn't taking any lessons from those distant losses.

"I think I'll just play my game," Lee said. "I don't like to focus too much on tactics. I just need to play my game and stay focused, that's all I can do."

The 18s doubles semifinals followed the boys 16s doubles semifinals, and with Kennedy and Cozad needing some rest time before they faced off again, the teams that would be playing for the men's US Open wild card wouldn't be decided until after 8 p.m. Friday evening.

Cozad avenged his loss in singles with partner Gavin Goode, with the No. 3 seeds beating top seeds Kennedy and Hance 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

Goode joins his younger brother Griffin, who is in the 16s final, and his younger sister Grace, who is in the 12s final, in playing for a doubles gold ball Saturday.

Goode and Cozad will play No. 2 seeds Noah Johnston and Yannik Alvarez, who defeated No. 8 seeds Secord and Ford McCollum 6-3, 6-4.

The finals in the G16s, B12s, B14s and G14s are Saturday, with the B16s, B18s and G18s scheduled for Sunday. Results from today semifinals below, with links to full draws in the headings:

G16s semifinals:

Shristi Selvan[1] d. Avita Beitler[6] 6-4, 6-2

Aarini Bhattacharya[14] d. Nikol Davletshina[2] 6-2, 6-2

G18s quarterfinals:

Julieta Pareja[1] d. Jordyn Hazelitt[8] 6-2, 6-3

Thea Frodin[3] d. Alexis Nguyen[9] 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-0

Janae Preston[4] d. Annika Penickova[33] 3-6, 6-1, 6-2

Melije Clarke[33] d. Thara Gowda[16] 7-6(5), 6-3

Girls 14s semifinals:

Daniella Yogumyan[4] d. Victoria Park[16] 6-1, 6-1

Gabrielle Villegas[2] d. Jessie Janiak[3] 6-3, 6-3

Girls 12s semifinals:

Lailah Cowgill[10] d. Mandy Wei[13] 6-1, 6-3

Vlada Hranchar d. Reya Mahadoo[5] 3-6, 6-2, 6-0

Boys 14s semifinals:

Krish Advani[1] d. Matthew Finn[3] 6-3, 1-6, 7-5

David Bender[7] d. Daksh Bharadwaj[12] 7-5, 6-4

Boys 12s semifinals:

Zachary Burunov[6] d. William Zhou[1] 6-4, 6-2

Aleksander Denisov[7] d.Thomas Gamble[4] 1-6, 6-4, 6-2

Top Four Seeds Advance to Kalamazoo 16s Semifinals Friday; 18s Quarterfinals, Doubles Semis Also Friday; Pareja Reaches 18s Quarterfinals in San Diego, 12s, 14s, 16s Semifinals; Shelton Defends Title in Montreal; Wolf, Lee Win USO Wild Card Race

©Colette Lewis 2026--

Kalamazoo MI--

The top four seeds in the 16s division of the USTA Boys National Championships have all reached the semifinals, and while that is a new experience for them, the tournament will also be exploring new territory, with those semifinals being played Friday due expected rain on Saturday.

No. 1 seed Kamil Stolarczyk and No. 3 seed Daniel Malacek kicked off the action on another overcast and humid day, and both came through comfortably with plenty of rest time before their doubles quarterfinal later in the afternoon.

Stolarczyk, who had a three-hour 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-2 win over No. 21 seed Aayush Vartak in the fourth round, has been much more efficient the past two days, and today took care of 15-year-old Tristan Ascenzo 6-2, 6-1.  

Malacek defeated No. 20 seed Joshua Dolinsky 6-3, 6-2, and after a rough go of it in his 2025 Kalamazoo, the 16-year-old left-hander developed a new strategy for this year.

"I had a tough first round, I think I lost 6-4, or 7-5 in the third," said the Kirkland Washington resident. "I grinded out some back draw matches, played through the injury for a few, and after four or five I had to call it. I got some matches in but not the best experience for me."

After reaching the Orange Bowl 16s final in December, Malacek focused on the World Tennis junior circuit, and with a Top 200 ranking and the benefit of the No. 3 seed, he recognized the importance of avoiding lengthy matches.

"It's a huge draw here, and when you're here, you've got to be locked in on the court," Malacek said. "It's match efficiency a lot of the time; it's very humid and once you play a long three-setter, you're not going to recover for the next day. So I practiced with a little extra focus before I came here."

Malacek has not dropped a set in his five matches, but that hasn't translated into less wear and tear on his shoes, and he had to resort to wearing a white shoe and a black shoe in his quarterfinal today.

"I've been going through shoes like crazy, Malacek said. "I came here with three pairs, two white and one black. This is shoe number one," Malacek said, pointing to his white shoe, "and this is shoe number three. My left shoe wears out so much faster, and I don't really know why--my dad thinks it's my serve--but I've gone through three pairs in six days."

Malacek will face No. 2 seed Sulamain Syed, who also hasn't dropped a set, although he had to overcome a 4-0 deficit in the second set to get past No. 22 seed Lennart Hammargren 6-4, 6-4.

"I've never played Sully before," Malacek said. "So that would be a fun first-time experience here, in a big match."

Stolarczyk's semifinal opponent will be No. 4 seed Tristan Stratton, who kept calm after dropping a quick first set to No. 33 seed Carter Jauffret and went on to post a 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory.

"I was a little nervous, because there were a lot of people watching," said the 16-year-old from New York. "He's been playing really great the entire tournament and has had a couple of good wins, coming back from an injury. But I had a slow start and he really took advantage of that."

Stratton broke Jauffret three consecutive times in the second set, but couldn't consolidate any of them, so when Jauffret finally held for 4-all, the urgency of a hold increased.

"At 4-4, I was like, I need to hold serve here," Stratton said. "And I managed some kick serves to the backhand, focused and got it done."

Stratton, who said he prefers hard courts, won the USTA National 18s Clay Court Championships last month, so playing the 16s here changes the dynamic for him.

"Going down to the 16s is a little bit of pressure," Stratton said. "But I have so much confidence now, winning my first gold ball, and being able to take that to my next tournament. I'm playing great, so that's all that matters, really."

Although Stolarczyk and Stratton train at different academies in New York, with Stolarczyk at Robbie Wagner's and Stratton at John McEnroe's, they have a long history in USTA Eastern sectional tennis.

"I know him very well, we've played a bunch, a lot when we were younger," Stratton said. "I've known him for a while. We're good friends. He's gotten so much better in the past year, so it's going to be a really tough match, but I look forward to it."

The 18s doubles quarterfinals followed the 16s singles quarterfinals, with the top 3 seeds and the No. 8 seeds advancing to Friday's semifinals.

2025 US Open boys doubles champions and No. 1 seeds Jack Kennedy and Keaton Hance defeated unseeded Riley Anson and Andre Alcantara 6-2, 6-4 and will play No. 3 seeds Gavin Goode and Ryan Cozad, who beat No. 7 seeds William McEwan and Wesley Cotton 6-3, 6-1.

No. 2 seeds Yannik Alvarez and and Noah Johnston beat unseeded Mason Taube and Jacob Lee 6-1, 6-1 and will play No. 8 seeds Jack Secord and Ford McCollum, who defeated unseeded Nikolas Stoot and Tyler Lee 6-2, 6-4.

The 16s doubles quarterfinals were considerably more dramatic, with three of them decided in match tiebreakers.

No. 2 seeds Malacek and Stolarczyk cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 win over unseeded David Beckles and Ethan Valdez, but No. 3 seeds

Zesen Wang and Rafael Pawar lost to No. 10 seeds Louden Muha and Mason Fekete 6-2, 2-6, 11-9.

The other two quarterfinals that went to match tiebreakers had to finished indoors, with both in the match tiebreaker when another brief afternoon rain shower paused play.

Top seeds Mikaeel Alibaig and Ivan Rybak defeated No. 5 seeds Alexander Lerman and Aryan Ponugoti 1-6, 6-4, 10-3 and No. 9 seeds Griffin Goode and Kahven Singh defeated No. 15 seeds Jacob Harrelson and Ethan Hu 5-7, 6-1, 10-3.

The 16s singles semifinals are at 9 a.m., with the 18s quarterfinals times as follows. Rain is currently not expected for Friday.

B18s quarterfinals:

Keaton Hance[4] v Jack Secord[9] not before 10 a.m.

Vihaan Reddy[12] v Andrew Johnson[3] not before 10:30 a.m.

Jack Kennedy[1] v Ryan Cozad[10] not before 11:30 a.m.

Jordan Lee[6] v Michael Antonius[2] not before noon

Live streaming is available here; live scoring is provided by iOnCourt.

The quarterfinals of the San Diego girls 18s is below, along with the semifinals Friday in the 12s, 14s and G16s. Click on the headings for full draws.

Girls 18s quarterfinals: 

Julieta Pareja[1] v Jordyn Hazelitt[8]

Thea Frodin[3] v Alexis Nguyen[9]

Annika Penickova[33] v Janae Preston[4]

Melije Clarke[33] v Thara Gowda[16

Girls 16s semifinals:

Shristi Selvan[1] v Avita Beitler[6]

Aarini Bhattacharya[14] v Nikol Davletshina[2]

Girls 14s semifinals:

Victoria Park[16] v Daniella Yogumyan[4]

Jessie Janiak[3] v Gabrielle Villegas[2]

Girls 12s semifinals:

Lailah Cowgill[10] v Mandy Wei[13]

Reya Mahadoo[5] v Vlada Hranchar

Boys 12s semifinals:

William Zhou[1] v Zachary Burunov[6]

Thomas Gamble[4] v Aleksander Denisov[7]

Boys 14s semifinals:

Krish Advani[1] v Matthew Finn[3]

Daksh Bharadwaj[12] v David Bender[7]

At the ATP Masters 1000 in Montreal, Ben Shelton(Florida) defended his title, defeating Brandon Nakashima(Virginia) 6-3, 7-6(4). Shelton retakes the position of No. 1 American, moving to No. 6 in the rankings, while Nakashima moves to a career-high of 22 after his first Masters final.  For more on the final, see this article from the ATP.

The USTA announced the winners of its annual US Open Wild Card Challenge in a press release today:

J.J. Wolf and Carol Young Suh Lee Clinch US Open Wild Card Challenges

 

ORLANDO, Fla., August 13, 2026 – J.J. Wolf and Carol Young Suh Lee have clinched main draw singles wild cards into the 2026 US Open after winning the men’s and women’s US Open Wild Card Challenges.

Lee, 24, clinched the top spot in the Challenge last week by qualifying and winning the WTA 125 in Warsaw, Poland. Her strong finish in the final two weeks of the four-week Challenge – which included qualifying and reaching the second round of the WTA 250 in Prague – put her at the top of the race, while Caroline Dolehide finished second, with 122 points, and Elvina Kalieva finished third, with 120 points.

 

Wolf, 27, clinched the men’s wild card this week, when second-place Andres Martin was eliminated from the USTA Pro Circuit ATP Challenger 75 in Brownsburg, Ind. Wolf, who has twice reached the third round of the US Open and was ranked inside the Top 40 as recently as 2023, banked 125 points from winning the ATP Challenger 125 in Vancouver, for his first Challenger-level title since 2021.

The top of the standings after Week 4 are below. The final men’s standings will publish next week.

Women's Standings

(Player's current ranking in parentheses)

 

1. Carol Young Suh Lee (165) -- 174

2. Caroline Dolehide (256) -- 122
3. Elvina Kalieva (121) -- 120

 

 

Men's Standings

(Player's current ranking in parentheses)

 

1. J.J. Wolf (282) -- 147
2. Andres Martin (340) -- 73
3. Michael Zheng (113) -- 60