Seven Americans Qualify for Wimbledon; Dudeney Prepares for Wimbledon Debut; Antonius Reaches Armani Invitational Final; Leach, Gowda Advance to M15 Claremont Quarterfinals; ITF Rebrands to World Tennis

Americans had their most successful Wimbledon final round of qualifying this century today at Roehampton, with four women and three men advancing to the main draw with victories today.

In 2021 six Americans reached the main draw via qualifying, but seven is the most since eight qualified in 1993, and it is the most at any major since eight qualified at the US Open in 2017.

Two-time NCAA champion Michael Zheng, a recent Columbia graduate, is now 9-0 this year in slam qualifying, with the 2022 boys finalist returning to the All-England Club for the first time since then with his three-set win over Colton Smith(Arizona)

Tristan Boyer(Stanford), who beat No. 7 seed Pablo Llamas Ruiz of Spain 7-5, 6-7(4), 7-6(2), 6-3, and Kayla Day, a 6-2, 7-5 winner over No. 14 seed Katarzyna Kawa of Poland, will also be making their main draw debuts at Wimbledon.

Mackenzie McDonald, Ashlyn Krueger, Robin Montgomery and Claire Liu, all of whom have played the main draw at one point in the past three years, booked their returns with victories today.

Other notable qualifiers are wild cards Max Basing(Stanford) and, for the second year in a row, Oliver Tarvet(San Diego). Basing, who received a last-minute wild card into qualifying despite failing to advance to the final of the LTA's playoff, defeated Remy Bertola of Switzerland 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2. Tarvet, who returned to San Diego for his senior year despite winning a round in the main draw last year, didn't drop a set in his three victories this week, beating Stefanos Sakellaridis of Greece 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 in today's final round of qualifying. For more on their successful qualifying runs, see this article from wimbledon.com.

Eighteen-year-old Tyra Grant, who played for the United States until a year ago, when she switched her representation to her mother's country of Italy, will make her women's Wimbledon debut after qualifying; she won the Wimbledon girls doubles title with Iva Jovic in 2024.

Thursday's final round Wimbledon qualifying matches featuring Americans:

Ashlyn Krueger[2] d. Polina Iatcenko(RUS) 7-6(8), 6-1

Alina Korneeva[3](RUS) d. Fiona Crawley 6-2, 6-0 

Leolia Jeanjean[23](FRA) d, Katie Volynets[5] 6-3, 6-4

Kayla Day[32] d. Katarzyna Kawa[14](POL) 6-2, 7-5

Claire Liu d. Elena Pridankina(RUS) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1

Robin Montgomery d. Marina Bassols Ribera(ESP) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1

Tristan Boyer d. Pablo Llamas Ruiz[7](ESP) 7-5, 6-7(4), 7-6(2), 6-3

Mackenzie McDonald[13] d. Christopher O'Connell[32](AUS) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Michael Zheng[26] d. Colton Smith 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

The draw is scheduled to be announced at 10 a.m. local time Friday in London, which is 5 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. 

While collegians Tarvet and Basing were grinding through qualifying, Alice Dudeney was spared that ordeal, with the two-time doubles All-American at Florida receiving a main draw wild card. Dudeney was outside the WTA Top 1000 when she graduated from Florida last May, but in the past year has improved her ranking to a career-high of 246. In this article from the Independent, Dudeney explains why she chose the American college pathway, still not as prevalent for British girls as it has become for British boys, and how it prepared her for her steep climb in the past 12 months.

Michael Antonius is through to the final of the Giorgio Armani Junior Invitation at Hurlingham in London after defeating Yannick Alexandrescou of France today 7-6, 6-7(8), 10-5. Antonius will play Australian Cruz Hewitt, son of Lleyton Hewitt, who beat Kai Thompson of Hong Kong 6-3, 6-1.  The girls final will feature Ksenia Efremova of France and Nana Leme Da Silva of Brazil. Live streaming is available on YouTube.

Jagger Leach, who just completed his freshman year at Stanford, is playing his first non-collegiate event this week at the SoCal Pro Series M15 in Claremont California. The 19-year-old, who was out with an elbow injury for the second half of 2025, is through to the quarterfinals after defeating No. 6 seed Luca Pow(Wake Forest) of Great Britain 7-5, 6-3. Leach will face qualifier Oliver Ojakaar(Texas) of Estonia Friday.  Last week's Irvine M15 winner Spencer Johnson(UCLA), repeated his win over Bryce Nakashima(Ohio State) in that final today, by a 6-4, 6-3 score. Johnson will face another Buckeye in the quarterfinals in top seed Aidan Kim.

Recent Yale graduate Vignesh Gogineni is through to the quarterfinals after taking out No. 2 seed Kenta Miyoshi(Illinois) of Japan 6-2, 6-4.

In the SoCal Pro Series W15 in Claremont, 17-year-old lucky loser Thara Gowda has advanced to the quarterfinals, after beating No. 6 seed Anita Sahdiieva(Baylor, LSU) of Ukraine 6-3, 7-5 in the first round yesterday, Gowda defeated Caroline Driscoll(Denver, Stanford) 6-3, 7-6(3) today.

For more on Wednesday's first round action in Claremont, featuring comments from Leach, his mother Lindsay Davenport, 16-year-old qualifier Brooke Kwon and former Arizona standout Midori Castillo Meza, see this article from the USTA SoCal website.

The International Tennis Federation has changed its name, and will now be known as World Tennis. It will certainly take me some time to get used to this, as I've been using ITF to designate the organization for more than twenty years, but I'm going to try to use World Tennis in its place. If you see WT in a Zootennis headline, know that it refers to what was formerly known as the International Tennis Federation.

Ten Americans Advance to Thursday's Final Round of Wimbledon Qualifying; Two US Boys Compete at Armani Junior Invitational; USTA Announces Dates for Annual US Open Wild Card Challenge

Keeping up with all the Americans in the final round of Wimbledon qualifying won't be easy, with six women and four men playing for main draw spots Thursday at Roehampton.

Last year only three Americans reached the final round of qualifying, all women, with Iva Jovic and Taylor Townsend reaching the main draw. The third, Robin Montgomery, is back at that stage again this year, after making it through qualifying in 2024.

One US man is guaranteed to make the main draw when Colton Smith(Arizona) meets Michael Zheng(Columbia). The two played twice in 2024, with Zheng winning both matches; the second was a 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory in the semifinals of the NCAA singles tournament.

2017 Wimbledon girls champion Claire Liu is one step away from her first main draw at Wimbledon since 2023, and fellow 26-year-old Kayla Day will make her main draw debut if she wins tomorrow. Day has never made the final round of qualifying in her four previous appearances.

Twenty-four-year-old Fiona Crawley, playing Wimbledon qualifying for the first time, posted a second consecutive victory in a third-set tiebreaker. The former North Carolina All-American needed two-hours and 45-minutes to get past Julia Riera of Argentina, but unlike the finish with Himeno Sakatsume of Japan, a 10-8 tiebreaker, Crawley dominated the final game 10-1 against Riera.

Tristan Boyer(Stanford) has lost only eight games in his two victories, and they are first two wins in Wimbledon qualifying for the 25-year-old Southern Californian, who plays on clay much more often than most of his American peers.

Wednesday's second round Wimbledon qualifying results of Americans:

Ashlyn Krueger[2] d. Mai Hontama(JPN) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Fiona Crawley d. Julia Riera(ARG) 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(1)
Robin Montgomery d. Elvina Kalieva[31] 6-2, 6-2
Katie Volynets[5] d. Elizara Yaneva(BUL) 6-1, 6-4
Claire Liu d. Kaitlin Quevdo[7](ESP) 6-4, 6-4
Mananchaya Sawangkaew(THA) d. Mary Stoiana[25] 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
Polina Kudermetova[11](UZB) d. Clervie Ngounoue 6-1, 6-2
Kayla Day[32] d. Erika Andreeva(RUS) 6-2, 6-2

Colton Smith d. Borna Gojo(CRO) 6-4, 6-4

Michael Zheng[26] d. Laslo Djere(SRB) 7-5, 6-3

Moez Echargui[29](TUN) d. Keegan Smith 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(6) 

Tristan Boyer d. Andrea Pellegrino[17](ITA) 6-2, 6-1

Dane Sweeny[11](AUS) d. Darwin Blanch 2-6, 7-6(7), 4-0, ret.

Mackenzie McDonald[13] d. Roberto Carballes Baena(ESP) 6-4, 

Thursday's final round Wimbledon qualifying matches featuring Americans:

Ashlyn Krueger[2] v. Polina Iatcenko(RUS)

Fiona Crawley v Alina Korneeva[3](RUS)

Katie Volynets[5] v Leolia Jeanjean[23](FRA)

Kayla Day[32] v Katarzyna Kawa[14](POL)

Claire Liu v Elena Pridankina(RUS)

Robin Montgomery v Marina Bassols Ribera(ESP)

Tristan Boyer v Pablo Llamas Ruiz[7](ESP)

Mackenzie McDonald[13] v Christopher O'Connell[32](AUS)

Colton Smith v Michael Zheng[26]

The Giorgi Armani Tennis Classic is an ATP exhibition the week before Wimbledon at the exclusive Hurlingham Club in London, with players competing this week including ATP No. 1 Jannik Sinner and Americans Ben Shelton, Tommy Paul, Learner Tien and Martin Damm.

The week also includes a Junior Invitational, for both boys and girls, and top American juniors have played it over the years to get some extra reps on the surface before the ITF J300 in Roehampton. This year Michael Antonius and Gabriel Jessup are the Americans in the field, although Jessup's inclusion is a surprise as his career-high ITF junior ranking is 427 and he has no ATP ranking.

Results aren't posted regularly anywhere, but there is a Facebook page that is updated with occasional results.

The USTA announced the dates for its annual US Open Wild Card Challenge, which begins July 13th for both men and women. Today's release:

US Open Wild Card Challenge Returns to Award an American Man and Woman a Singles Main Draw Wild Card Into the 2026 US Open

 

Challenge to Begin the Week of July 13 for Men and Women

 

Orlando, Fla., June 24, 2026 – The US Open Wild Card Challenge, which utilizes hard-court pro tournaments to award an American man and woman a singles main draw wild card into the US Open, will kick off the week of July 13 for both the men and the women. The women’s Challenge will end on August 9, while the men’s Challenge will end on August 16.

 

The men's wild card will go to the American with the highest cumulative total of ATP singles ranking points earned from their best four results over five weeks. The Men's Challenge counts outdoor and indoor hard-court events at the M25-level and above around the world.

 

The women's wild card will go to the American with the highest cumulative total of WTA singles ranking points earned from their best three results over four weeks. The Women's Challenge counts outdoor and indoor hard-court events at the W35-level and above around the world.

 

Both main draw and qualifying points earned from eligible tournaments count toward each player’s Challenge total. Results from the Cincinnati Open will not count for either the men or the women.

 

Americans who otherwise earn direct entry into the US Open are not eligible, including those who can enter with a protected ranking. Should the player with the highest number of Challenge points earn direct entry into the US Open, the wild card will go to the next eligible American in the Challenge points standings. In the event of a tie, the player with the best ATP or best WTA singles ranking on the Monday following the end of the Challenge will earn the wild card.

 

The USTA utilizes this Challenge format to award singles main draw wild cards into the US Open, French Open and Australian Open. Wild cards earned from the Challenges have been a springboard for many Americans over the years. Iva Jovic won the Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge in 2025 while ranked No. 120 and a year later is the youngest player ranked in the WTA Top 20, at No. 17. Tommy Paul won two Challenges between 2017-19 en route to eventually reaching the Top 10.

 

Previous US Open Wild Card Challenge winners (and how they did at that year’s US Open) are below:

 

2025: Emilio Nava (1R); Caty McNally (2R)
2024: Learner Tien (1R); Amanda Anisimova (1R)
2023: Steve Johnson (1R); Kayla Day (1R)
2022: JJ Wolf (3R), Elizabeth Mandlik (2R)
2019: Ernesto Escobedo (1R), Kristie Ahn (4R)
2018: Bradley Klahn (1R), Asia Muhammad (1R)
2017: Tommy Paul (1R), Sofia Kenin (3R)
2016: Ernesto Escobedo (2R), Sofia Kenin (1R)
2015: Bjorn Fratangelo (1R), Samantha Crawford (1R)
2014: Wayne Odesnik (1R), Nicole Gibbs (3R)
2013: Bradley Klahn (2R), Shelby Rogers (1R)
2012: Steve Johnson (3R), Mallory Burdette (3R)

 

Second Round of Wimbledon Qualifying Wednesday Features Fifteen Americans; Qualifying Complete at USTA Pro Circuit Rome W35 and Claremont $15Ks; NCAA's Five-Year, Age-Based Eligibility Rule Approved

The first round of Wimbledon women's qualifying concluded this evening in London with nine of the 15 Americans in action advancing to Wednesday's second round. 

Fiona Crawley, 2024 NCAAs

All five of the seeded Americans won, and former North Carolina All-American Fiona Crawley defeated a seed, beating No. 19 Himeno Sakatsume of Japan 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(8). Crawley was down 5-1 in the third set, and saved two match points serving at 2-5, but came all the way back, winning the 10-point tiebreaker to advance.

Both the 2025 Wimbledon junior champions, who receive qualifying wild cards, lost in the first round with Mia Pohankova of Slovakia losing today to Harmony Tan of France 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-1 and Ivan Ivanov of Bulgaria falling to Zsombor Piros of Hungary 6-2, 6-2 yesterday.

Overall the US competitors went 15-8 in the first round of qualifying.

Tuesday's first round Wimbledon qualifying results of Americans:
Maria Timofeeva[1](UZB) d. Whitney Osuigwe 6-1, 6-4
Ashlyn Krueger[2] d. Gabriela Knutson(CZE) 7-5, 7-5
Mai Hontama(JPN) d. Akasha Urhobo 7-6(6), 6-3
Fiona Crawley d. Himeno Sakatsume[19](JPN) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(8)
Robin Montgomery d. Caroline Dolehide 6-4, 7-6(1)
Elvina Kalieva[31] d. Ella McDonald[WC](GBR) 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-4
Katie Volynets[5] d. Laura Samson(CZE) 7-6(5), 6-1
Anastasia Gasanova(RUS) d. Varvara Lepchenko 6-2, 1-6, 7-6(10)
Claire Liu d. Despina Papamichail(GRE) 6-2, 6-1
Mary Stoiana[25] d. Kayla Cross(CAN) 6-3, 6-4
Clervie Ngounoue d. Anna-Lena Friedsam(GER) 6-3, 7-5
Alina Charaeva[22](RUS) d. Elli Mandlik 6-2, 6-4
Kayla Day[32] d. Cadence Brace(CAN) 6-4, 6-3
Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah(FRA) d. Carol Lee 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

Wednesday's second round Wimbledon qualifying matches featuring Americans:

Ashlyn Krueger[2] v Mai Hontama(JPN)

Fiona Crawley v Julia Riera(ARG)

Robin Montgomery v Elvina Kalieva[31]

Katie Volynets[5] v Elizara Yaneva(BUL)

Claire Liu v Kaitlin Quevdo[7](ESP)

Mary Stoiana[25] v Mananchaya Sawangkaew(THA)

Clervie Ngounoue v Polina Kudermetova[11](UZB)

Kayla Day[32] v Erika Andreeva(RUS)

Colton Smith v Borna Gojo(CRO)

Michael Zheng[26] v Laslo Djere(SRB)

Keegan Smith v Moez Echargui[29](TUN)

Tristan Boyer v Andrea Pellegrino[17](ITA)

Darwin Blanch v Dane Sweeny[11](AUS)

Mackenzie McDonald[13] v Roberto Carballes Baena(ESP)

As was the case last week, three USTA Pro Circuit tournament are on the calendar, but instead of an M25, there is a W35 and then the joint SoCal Pro Series M15 and W15 in Claremont California.

At W35 in Rome Georgia, seven of the eight qualifiers are Americans: Violeta Martinez(Illinois, Texas A&M), Capucine Jauffret, Sara Shumate, Misa Malkin(South Carolina), Jo-Yee Chan(Oregon, San Diego State), Nadia Valdez and Ava Catanzarite(UCLA, Oklahoma).

Main draw wild cards were awarded to Elizabeth Ionescu(Texas) and Tatum Evans(North Carolina). The top two seeds are Madison Brengle and Ayana Akli(Maryland, South Carolina).

Four main draw matches were played today, with Savannah Broadus(Pepperdine) and Bella Payne the two Americans advancing to the second round.

At the W15 in Claremont, the US qualifiers are 15-year-old Madeline Cleary, 16-year-old Brooke Kwon, 18-year-old Avery Nguyen, Brandelyn Fulgenzi(Arizona), Kelly Keller(Arkansas), Caroline Driscoll(Stanford) and Olivia Allegre(UC-San Diego). Seventeen-year-old Thara Gowda received entry as a lucky loser. 

Alexandra Vagramov(UCLA) of Canada is the top seed, with Amy Zhu(Michigan) the No. 2 seed. Alina Shcherbinina(Baylor, Oklahoma), who has won the last two W15s in the SoCal Pro Series, is not in the draw this week.

Wild cards were given to Kayla Chung(UCLA), who lost to No. 5 seed Alexis Nguyen 6-1, 6-1 in the first round today; Armira Kockinis, who lost to Vagramov 6-3, 7-6(9); Nicole Weng, who lost to No. 3 seed Anne Christine Lutkemeyer(UCLA); and Sophie Suh, who beat Paulina Montiel of Mexico 6-1, 6-1 today.

Five American men qualified for the M15 in Claremont: Liam Krall(SMU), Nico Godsick(Stanford), Alexander Petrov(Illinois), Nav Dayal and Gus Grumet.

Aidan Kim, the Ohio State rising senior, is the top seed and is making his SoCal Pro Series debut; Kenta Miyoshi(Illinois) of Japan is the No. 2 seed.

Wild cards were given to Brayden Tallakson, Henry Wilson(CMS), Jagger Leach(Stanford) and Easter Bowl 18s champion Rishvanth Krishna.

ITF Junior reserved entries are Roshan Santhosh and Jack Satterfield(Vanderbilt).

Last week's Irvine M15 finalist Bryce Nakashima(Ohio State) and champion Spencer Johnson(UCLA) are in the draw will meet in the second round if they win their matches Wednesday.

The NCAA announced today that the proposed aged-based Five in Five eligibility proposal been approved by the D-I Cabinet, with finalization set for tomorrow, when the NCAA meeting concludes. Student-athletes will receive five years of eligibility to be completed within five years of high school graduation or the student-athlete's 19th birthday, whichever comes first.

This has implications for all Division I college sports, not just those generating revenue, and tennis will feel the impact. This article from CBS Sports focuses on football and basketball, but the explanation of how the change will be felt in each student-athlete's situation is applicable for all sports.

There will still be exceptions granted, for maternity, religious missions and military duty, but redshirts are now a thing of the past: an injury that keeps a player out for a year will not extend that five-year window, which is strictly age-based.

With no restrictions on prize money earned prior to enrollment now, this five-in-five rule will do nothing to halt the current trend of signing older, mostly international tennis players, after years of competing on the Pro Circuit. It will limit a 23-year-old newcomer to a year of eligibility however, as long as they do not qualify for one of the exceptions.

My Recap of the Collegiate US Open Wild Card Playoff; Six US Men Advance, 15 US Women Begin Play Tuesday at Wimbledon Qualifying; Qalbani and Kotseva Claim J100 Titles on ITF Junior Circuit

My coverage of the USTA's American Collegiate Player Wildcard Playoff last week at the National Campus in Lake Nona Florida is up today at the Tennis Recruiting Network. Although we were both undoubtedly up way past our bedtime when Reese Brantmeier spoke to me over the phone at 12:30 a.m. Friday, I appreciated her insight on her singles victory and how she's eager for her seventh appearance at the US Open, as women's main draw singles will be new for her.  While Brantmeier expressed no preference for her opponent in New York, men's wild card winner Sebastian Gornzy is hoping for the biggest stage against a top player.

The weather was beautiful today in London for the first round of the men's Wimbledon qualifying, with six of the eight Americans in action advancing to the second round.

Two-time NCAA singles champion Michael Zheng(Columbia) started the day off with a win, his seventh consecutive qualifying victory at a major this year, and 2016 NCAA champion Mackenzie McDonald(UCLA) ended the evening at Roehampton with  6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3 win over Felipe Meligeni Alves of Brazil. Reigning Kalamazoo 18s champion Darwin Blanch, who made the semifinals of the Junior Championships in 2023, earned his first win in men's competition, beating alternate Filip Cristian Jianu of Romania 7-6(1), 6-4. Jianu received his place in the draw when Ugo Blanchet of France withdrew this morning. Men's top qualifying seed Francisco Comesana of Argentina is out, losing to Alejandro Moro Canas of Spain 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4.

Monday's Wimbledon first qualifying results of Americans:
Vilius Gaubas[14](LTU) d. Michael Mmoh 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Mackenzie McDonald[13] d. Felipe Meligeni Alves(BRA) 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3
Darwin Blanch d. Filip Cristian Jianu(ROU) 7-6(1), 6-4
Tristan Boyer d. Genaro Alberto Olivieri(ARG) 6-1, 6-4
Keegan Smith v Juan Pablo Ficovich(ARG) 6-1, 7-6(4)
Michael Zheng[26] d. Henri Squire(GER) 6-2, 7-6(3)
Colton Smith d. Andy Andrade(ECU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Harold Mayot(FRA) d. Nicolas Moreno de Alboran 6-2, 6-2

The first round of women's qualifying is Tuesday, with 15 American women in action. With that many US competitors, the odds increased that two would draw each other, with Caroline Dolehide and Robin Montgomery set to meet. Dolehide has not played since the beginning of April, while Montgomery won her first WTA title two weeks ago on grass in the Netherlands.

Tuesday's first round women's Wimbledon qualifying matches featuring Americans:

Whitney Osuigwe v Maria Timofeeva[1](UZB)

Ashlyn Krueger[2] v Gabriela Knutson(CZE)

Akasha Urhobo v Mai Hontama(JPN)

Fiona Crawley v Himeno Sakatsume[19](JPN)

Caroline Dolehide v Robin Montgomery 

Elvina Kalieva[31] v Ella McDonald[WC](GBR)

Katie Volynets[5] v Laura Samson(CZE)

Varvara Lepchenko v Anastasia Gasanova(RUS)

Claire Liu v Despina Papamichail(GRE)

Mary Stoiana[25] v Kayla Cross(CAN)

Clervie Ngounoue v Anna-Lena Friedsam(GER)

Elli Mandlik v Alina Charaeva[22](RUS)

Kayla Day[32] v Cadence Brace(CAN)

Carol Lee v Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah(FRA)

In addition to the three titles Americans won at the J200 in Mason Ohio, five other Americans claimed ITF Junior Circuit titles outside the United States.

At the J100 in Ecuador, 16-year-old New Yorker Rowan Qalbani earned the biggest of his three titles, with the No. 3 seed defeating top seed Diego Ignacio Gomez Pajares of Peru 6-3, 6-2 in the final.

Fifteen-year-old Raya Kotseva of Las Vegas, who has been training and playing in Europe for the past year, won the J100 in the Netherlands as the No. 8 seed. She defeated No. 3 seed Vega Aguilar Ferrandez of Spain 6-3, 6-2 in the final to move her ITF ranking up to 314, but she was as high as 113 last April after reaching the final of the ITF J300 in San Diego. Kotseva also advanced to the doubles final with Ana Avramovic.

At the J200 in Germany, 17-year-old Anita Tu, who has also been training in Europe, reached the final, with the No. 2 seed falling to No. 3 seed Ilary Pistola of Italy 6-4, 7-5 in the championship match.

Fifteen-year-old Isabella Gonzalez Alvarez of Florida swept the titles at the J30 in Honduras, with the No. 2 seed earning her second ITF Junior Circuit singles title with a 7-6(3), 7-5 win over No. 4 seed Maria Jose Gil Castillo of Mexico. Gonzalez Alvarez partnered with Sofia Ines Alvarez Monterroso of Guatemala for the doubles title, with the No. 2 seeds defeating top seeds Gil Castillo and Sofia Mills 2-6, 6-4, 11-9 in the final.

Thirteen-year-old Capri Butera of Pennsylvania won her first two ITF Junior Circuit titles at the J30 in Canada, with the singles championship coming in unusual fashion. Butera, the No. 1 seed, did not have to play the championship match, with Canada's Sophia Kosenko Melnyk defaulted. Butera and 15-year-old Sophia Nguyen-Huynh, unseeded in doubles, defeated No. 3 seeds Anvika Saraswathi and Leah Schwarz of Canada 6-1, 6-3 in the final. 

Sixteen-year-old Marko Mikic of Texas claimed his first ITF Junior Circuit title in doubles at the J30 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mikic and partner Alexander Minori Stula of Japan, who were unseeded, received a walkover in the final from top seeds Caga Cetin of Turkey and Aljaz Stor of Slovenia.

Eight American Men Begin Wimbledon Qualifying Monday; Wolf, Johnson and Shcherbinina Earn USTA Pro Circuit Titles; Tiafoe Defeats Fritz, Wins Biggest ATP Title in Halle; Vidmanova Claims ATP 125 Title in Portugal

Wimbledon qualifying begins Monday at Roehampton, with eight American men in action. Just two are seeded--No. 13 Mackenzie McDonald(UCLA) and No. 26 Michael Zheng(Columbia)--but only one of the six others plays a seed in the first round. Below are the matchups for the Americans; the women's qualifying draw has yet to be released, with only men playing Monday.

Wimbledon first qualifying matches featuring Americans:

Michael Mmoh v Vilius Gaubas[14](LTU)
Mackenzie McDonald[13] v Felipe Meligeni Alves(BRA)
Darwin Blanch v Ugo Blanchet(FRA)
Tristan Boyer v Genaro Alberto Olivieri(ARG)
Keegan Smith v Juan Pablo Ficovich(ARG)
Michael Zheng[26] v Henri Squire(GER)
Colton Smith v Andy Andrade(ECU)
Nicolas Moreno de Alboran v Harold Mayot(FRA)

Former UCLA All-American Keegan Smith, who won a Challenger 50 last month in India after playing most of the spring in Asia, will be making his slam debut. Smith, who turns 28 Tuesday, is at his career-high of 244 in the ATP rankings.

In other Wimbledon news today, the final women's main draw wild card was awarded to Serena Williams, who was previously granted a doubles wild card with her sister Venus.

JJ Wolf won his second USTA Pro Circuit title of the year today at the M25 in Tulsa Oklahoma, and the former Ohio State All-American certainly earned it. The unseeded wild card, a former ATP Top 40 player, won his last three matches in a third set, coming from a set down in both the quarterfinals and today's final against unseeded Gavin Young(Michigan). 

Wolf, who was out most of 2025 due to injury, defeated Young 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(5), saving a match point when serving at 4-5 in the third set. Wolf won his first title this year, an M15 in Naples, in his return to the Pro Circuit, yet winning this three-hour and five-minute battle might be more impressive given that he retired in his last tournament in early May.

UCLA rising senior Spencer Johnson won his first USTA Pro Circuit title yesterday, winning the doubles championship at the M15 in Irvine California with teammate Emon van Loben Sels. It took him less than 24 hours to earn his second title, with the unseeded 22-year-old from Utah beating wild card Bryce Nakashima(Ohio State) 6-3, 7-6(1) in today's singles final. 

Alina Shcherbinina(Baylor, Oklahoma) of Russia ran her SoCal Pro Series winning streak to 11 with a title at the W15 in Irvine. Shcherbinina, who won last week's W15 in Los Angeles as a qualifier, received a special exempt entry into this week's tournament, and completed another impressive run witha 6-2, 6-4 win over No. 2 seed and Stanford rising sophomore Monika Ekstrand. Shcherbinina did not drop a set in her five victories, and has lost only one set in the past two weeks.

The SoCal Pro Series moves to Claremont for week five, with San Diego and Rancho Santa Fe closing out the seven-week schedule. As is the case for all these tournaments, the men and the women compete in 15Ks at the same site.

Five Americans were in ATP and WTA grass court finals today, but only one emerged with a title: Frances Tiafoe. Tiafoe, who hadn't beaten Taylor Fritz since Indian Wells in 2016, losing seven straight times, ended that futility with a 6-4, 6-4 victory at the ATP 500 in Halle Germany. Tiafoe, the first American to claim the Halle title, now has four ATP titles, with this the first above the 250 level. He is now back into the ATP Top 20.

At the ATP 500 in London, Tommy Paul lost to Francisco Cerundolo(South Carolina) of Argentina 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3. It was the second straight match in which the 27-year-old had trailed by a set and a break to an American; he beat Brandon Nakashima in the semifinals yesterday 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4.

Both Emma Navarro(Virginia) and Jessica Pegula lost in three sets in their finals today. No. 4 seed Marie Bouzkova of Czechia beat No. 3 seed Navarro 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-2 to win the title at the WTA 250 in Nottingham England.

Pegula, the No. 3 seed, lost to No. 8 seed Linda Noskova of Czechia 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the final of the WTA 500 in Berlin.

2024 fall NCAA singles champion Dasha Vidmanova made it three titles for Czechs Sunday, with the 23-year-old University of Georgia superstar winning her biggest title at the WTA 125 in Portugal with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Ayla Aksu of Turkey. Vidmanova, who won the NCAA doubles title in the spring of 2024 and the NCAA team title in 2025, will now head to London, where she'll make her Wimbledon debut in qualifying this coming week. She has reached the WTA Top 100 for the first time with this hard court title, now at 90 in the live rankings.

Vaughan and Alexander Claim ITF J200 Titles in Mason Ohio; Young and Wolf Meet for M25 Tulsa Title; Shcherbinina vs Ekstrand, Johnson vs Nakashima in Irvine $15K Finals; Five Americans Advance to Finals at Four ATP and WTA Grass Tournaments

Mason Vaughan won his first ITF Junior Circuit singles titles today, with the No. 12 seed defeating 15-year-old Teodor Davidov, the No. 13 seed, 6-0, 6-4 in the ITF J200 final in Mason Ohio. The 16-year-old from Dallas did not drop a set in his five victories.

In the all-Canadian girls final, 16-year-old Avery Alexander, the No. 4 seed, defeated 18-year-old Clemence Mercier, the No. 15 seed, 6-4, 7-5 to earn her eighth, and biggest, ITF Junior Circuit singles title. Alexander had fallen out of the ITF Top 100 after breaking into it as a finalist at the ITF J300 in San Diego in March, but with this title she will move inside the Top 80 in next week's rankings.

Wild card JJ Wolf has advanced to the final of M25 in Tulsa Oklahoma, with the former Ohio State All-American hoping to begin to build some momentum after being out nearly all of 2025 with an injury.

The 27-year-old from Ohio, who reached No. 39 in the ATP ranking in February 2023, defeated top seed Andres Martin(Georgia Tech) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in today's semifinals. Wolf, who won his first tournament in his return from injury at an M15 in February, went 1-2 in the spring green clay ATP Challengers, then retired with an injury in the quarterfinals of the M15 in Vero Beach early last month.

Wolf will face unseeded Gavin Young(Michigan), who took out former Michigan teammate and doubles partner Andrew Fenty, the No. 5 seed, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) in a three-hour and 15-minute battle. Young, 23, won an M25 in Costa Rica earlier this year.

Young was not able to earn his third pro doubles title today, with he and partner Justin Boulais(Ohio State) of Canada, seeded No. 2, falling to unseeded Jack Vance and Axel Nefve(Notre Dame, Florida) 6-4, 6-4 in the final.

Unseeded Spencer Johnson has advanced to the final of the M15 SoCal Pro Series tournament in Irvine California, with the rising senior at UCLA beating No. 2 seed Strong Kirchheimer(Northwestern) 7-5, 6-3 in today's semifinals. Johnson, who reached the semifinals of two previous M15s in the SoCal Pro Series, including last week in Los Angeles, will play wild card Bryce Nakashima, who is playing in his first tournament since completing his junior year at Ohio State.  Nakashima defeated No. 4 seed Kenta Miyoshi(Illinois) of Japan 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in a two-hour and 40-minute semifinal. Whoever wins Sunday will earn his first Pro Circuit singles title.

Johnson has already claimed his first pro title, winning the doubles championship today with UCLA teammate Emon van Loben Sels. The No. 4 seeds defeated the unseeded team of Sam Landau(Duke, Indiana) and Noah Zamora(UC-Irvine) 6-7(5), 6-4, 10-6. That title probably took a bit of the sting out of not being selected for the USTA's American Collegiate US Open Wild Card Playoffs this week, after they finished .06 points behind the fourth and final entry, Northwestern's Carter Pate and Greyson Casey.

Alina Shcherbinina of Russia has extended her winning streak on the SoCal Pro Series to ten, advancing to her second consecutive final with a 7-5, 6-2 win over No. 7 seed Midori Castillo Meza(Arizona) at the W15 in Irvine. The 22-year-old Shcherbinina, a doubles All-American at Oklahoma in 2024, will face No. 2 seed Monika Ekstrand, a rising sophomore at Stanford.

Ekstrand prevented a rematch of last week's Los Angeles final when she avenged her semifinal loss to Kaitlyn Carnicella(Auburn, South Carolina) there with a 6-4, 6-2 win today. Neither the 19-year-old Ekstrand, who won two W35s last year, nor Shcherbinina have lost a set this week.

The unseeded team of Australian Lily Fairclough, a rising senior at USC, and Kate Fakih, a rising junior at UCLA, won the women's doubles title, beating No. 2 seeds Castillo Meza and Brandelyn Fulgenzi(Arizona) 7-6(6), 6-4 in today's final. 

It's Fairclough's eighth pro doubles title; somewhat surprisingly, it's Fakih's first, given her National 18s doubles title and her appearance in the NCAA doubles final in 2024, both with Olivia Center.

Sunday's finals of both ATP tournaments and both WTA tournaments will feature Americans, with a US champion guaranteed at the ATP 500 in Halle Germany.

Taylor Fritz, the No. 5 seed, continued his dominance over top seed Alexander Zverev of Germany, beating the Roland Garros champion 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-5 in today's semifinals. Fritz will play unseeded Frances Tiafoe, who defeated wild card Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-1. It's their ninth meeting, with Fritz holding a 7-1 lead in the head-to-head.

Tommy Paul will play for his second straight title at the ATP 500 in London, although he was unable to play it in 2025 due to injury, he did win the title at Queen's Club in 2024. The No. 8 seed defeated Ugo Humbert of France 6-3, 6-3 to set up a meeting with No. 7 seed Francisco Cerundolo(South Carolina) of Argentina. Cerundolo prevented another all-US final with a 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4 win over Brandon Nakashima.

No. 3 Jessica Pegula defeated WTA No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-0 in today's semifinal of the WTA 500 in Berlin, and will face No. 8 seed Linda Noskova of Czechia for the title Sunday. Noskova defeated Alexandra Eala of the Philippines 6-2, 6-4.

No. 3 seed Emma Navarro(Virginia) is through to the final of the WTA 250 in Nottingham England, where she will play No. 4 seed Marie Bouzkova of Czechia. Navarro defeated qualifier Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland 7-6(5), 6-2 in today's semifinals, while Bouzkova beat fellow Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-1.