Johnson, Nguyen and Akli Claim USTA Pro Circuit Titles; US Boys Shine, Girls Falter at J300 Roehampton; Reddy Wins J200 in Czechia, World Tennis Junior Circuit Update; Eighteen Americans Begin Play Monday at Wimbledon

The SoCal Pro Series continues to provide opportunities for milestones in the budding careers of Californians, with Alexis Nguyen winning her first Pro Circuit title today in Claremont and UCLA rising senior Spencer Johnson adding another singles title to his sweep last week in Irvine.

The fifth-seeded Nguyen, an 18-year-old from Northern California who will join the Tar Heels of North Carolina this fall, defeated 2025 San Diego 18s champion Alyssa Ahn, the No. 7 seed, 6-2, 6-3 in today's final at the W15 in Claremont.  Ahn, a rising sophomore at Stanford, had beaten Nguyen in the San Diego semifinals last August, but Nguyen is now 3-0 against Ahn in the SoCal Pro Series.

Johnson, who won his first two Pro Circuit titles last week added a third today, with the unseeded 23-year-old defeating unseeded Sasha Rozin, a rising senior at Arizona, 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the M15 in Claremont.

At the W35 in Rome Georgia, No. 2 seed Ayana Akli(Maryland, South Carolina)won her second USTA Pro Circuit title and the first this year, beating No. 6 seed Amelia Honer(UC-Santa Barbara) 7-6(3), 6-4 in the battle of former collegiate All-Americans. Honer had won back-to-back W35s this spring on the USTA Pro Circuit, while Akli has struggled this year, mostly at events above the W35 level, going 5-11 prior to doubling her win total this week.

The first round of the J300 in Roehampton today was great for the US boys and a disappointment for the US girls. Nine of the ten American boys in the draw advanced to the second round, while only four of the 11 American girls in action picked up wins. No. 14 seed Jordyn Hazelitt, who lost to Katerina Zajickova of Czechia 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(4), was the only seeded American to lose. Melije Clarke defeated No. 11 seed Anna Pushkareva of Russia 7-6(3), 2-6, 7-6(1).

In addition to Hazelitt and Pushkareva, four other girls seeds lost: No. 7 seed Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi of Argentina fell to British wild card Sophie Bekker 6-3, 6-3. No. 3 seed Victoria Barros of Brazil was beaten by qualifier Marija Lauva of Latvia 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; No. 10 seed Paola Pinera Celorio of Spain lost to British wild card Tegan Bush 6-2, 6-3 and No. 13 seed Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi of India lost to Antonia Sushkova of Ukraine 6-2, 7-5.

No. 7 seed Thilo Behrmann of Austria was the only Top 8 seed in the boys draw to lose, falling to qualifier Svit Suljic of Slovenia 7-6(5), 6-7(9), 6-4; Jack Secord defeated No. 14 seed Dante Pagani of Argentina 6-2, 6-4, British wild card Rhys Lawler defeated No. 12 seed Mathys Domenc of France 7-6(3), 6-1, British wild card Vincent Fletcher beat No. 11 seed Nicolas Baena of Peru 6-2, 6-3 and Tito Chavez of Spain defeated Roland Garros finalist Leonardo Storck Franca of Brazil, the No. 16 seed, 6-3, 6-2.

Top seeds Ksenia Efremova of France and Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil won their first round matches in straight sets.

Live scoring is available here.

Vihaan Reddy won the J200 title in Pilsen Czechia today, with the top seed defeating No. 7 seed Thomas Gunzinger of Switzerland 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 in the final on clay. Reddy, who is in qualifying for the Wimbledon Juniors, should move into the Top 40 of the World Tennis junior rankings for the first time tomorrow.

I already covered the sweep of the titles by Brooke Wallman at the J200 in Mexico Friday, and with Wimbledon starting tomorrow, I'm going to update the American results on the World Tennis Junior Circuit a day early.

In addition to the two J200 titles, there were five titles at J30s, with 13-year-old Skylar Mandell winning her first two titles at the J30 in Mexico, and 15-year-old Isabella Gonzalez Alvarez winning her second straight J30 in Honduras.

Mandell, who received entry based on her World Tennis Number, defeated No. 3 seed Laurence Demers of Canada 6-4, 6-0 for the singles title. Mandell and Renata Pacheco Lopez of Mexico, who were unseeded, beat No. 2 seeds Marissa Rios of Mexico and Demers 6-4, 6-4 in the final. 

In Honduras, the second-seeded Gonzalez Alvarez defeated No. 5 seed Isabella Giraldo of Colombia 6-1, 6-1 to extend her winning streak in Honduras to eight matches.

Top seeds Sofia Mills and Mexico's Maria Jose Gil Castillo won the girls doubles, defeating No. 2 seeds Luciana Mejia Arce and Sofia Tejada of Guatemala 7-6(6), 6-1 in the final.

At the J30 in Belgium, 15-year-old Nicole Alexandrovich and 16-year-old Malaika Chinyerere won their first World Tennis junior titles, with the unseeded pair defeating top seeds Noor Ceulemans and Ella Van Gestel of Belgium 6-1, 6-3 in the final.

Raya Kotseva and Ana Avramovic won the girls doubles title at the J100 in Germany, with the No. 4 seed defeating No. 6 seeds Camilla Olga Castracani and Viola Severi of Itlay 6-3, 7-6(6) in the final.

The first round of singles at Wimbledon is cut exactly in half for the 36 Americans, with 18 on Monday's schedule and 18 on Tuesday's schedule.

Monday's Wimbledon first round matches featuring Americans:

Jessica Pegula[4] v Dasha Vidmanova(CZE)

Coco Gauff[7] v Tamara Korpatsch(GER)

Alycia Parks v Alicia Dudeney(GBR)

McCartney Kessler v Oleksandra Oliynykova(UKR)

Peyton Stearns v Nikola Bartunkova(CZE)

Claire Liu[Q] v Hanne Vandewindel(BEL)

Iva Jovic[16] v Jaqueline Cristian(ROU)

Ann Li[28] v Zeynep Sonmez(TUR)

Michael Zheng[Q] v Cam Norrie[26](GBR)

Brandon Nakashima[28] v Jack Pinnington Jones[WC]

Tommy Paul[21] v Alexandre Muller(FRA)

Emilio Nava v Ignacio Buse[31](PER)

Martin Damm v Marco Trungelliti(ARG)

Aleks Kovacevic v Botic van De Zandschulp(NED)

Tristan Boyer[Q] v Nuno Borges(POR)

Jenson Brooksby v Aleks Vukic(AUS)

Ethan Quinn v Luciano Darderi[14](ITA)

Learner Tien[16] v Dalibor Svrcina(CZE)

Tuesday's Wimbledon first round matches featuring Americans:

Taylor Townsend v Iga Swiatek[3](POL)

Serena Williams[WC] v Maya Joint(AUS)

Amanda Anisimova[6] v Lina Gjorcheska[Q](MKD)

Robin Montgomery[Q] v Jasmine Paolini[13](ITA)

Kayla Day[Q] v Madison Keys[26]

Caty McNally v Elena-Gabriela Ruse(ROU)

Sofia Kenin v Petra Marcinko(CRO)

Ashlyn Krueger[Q] v Donna Vekic[31](CRO)

Emma Navarro[23] v Paul Badosa(ESP)

Taylor Fritz[6] v Jack Draper(GBR)

Ben Shelton[4] v Otto Virtanen[Q](FIN)

Frances Tiafoe[17] v Terence Atmane(FRA)

Marcos Giron v Corentin Moutet(FRA)

Zachary Svajda v Pablo Llamas Ruiz[LL](ESP)

Patrick Kypson v Mackenzie McDonald[Q]

Alex Michelsen v Jacob Fearnley[WC](GBR)

Twenty-one Americans Begin Play Sunday at Roehampton J300; All-Teen Final at Claremont W15; Johnson Plays for Another SoCal Pro Series Title at M15 Claremont; All-USA Final at Rome W35; Keys Wins Third Eastbourne Title; BBC Looks at Tennis Parenting

The World Tennis J300 Wimbledon warmup tournament begins Sunday in Roehampton, with ten US boys and 11 US girls in the main draw. Marcel Latak and Sarah Ye qualified for the main draw with wins today.

World Tennis junior No. 1 Xinran Sun of China withdrew several weeks ago, although the Roland Garros finalist is still entered at Wimbledon. Roland Garros girls champion Alisa Oktibreva, who did not enter Roehampton, withdrew from Wimbledon Juniors at the deadline Tuesday. The top girls seed at Roehampton is Ksenia Efremova of France, who won the Giorgi Armani Invitational yesterday at the Hurlingham Club in London. 

Roland Garros boys champion Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil is the top seed in Roehampton, with Jamie Mackenzie of Germany the No. 2 seed. 

Vihaan Reddy, who is through to Sunday's final at the J200 in Czechia, obviously can't play in the first round of Roehampton tomorrow, but he is still entered in Wimbledon qualifying, which begins next Thursday. Lani Chang withdrew from Roehampton, but is still entered at Wimbledon.

Americans competing in Roehampton Monday:
Jordan Lee
Michael Antonius[6]
Ryan Cozad
Andy Johnson[10]
Gavin Goode
Safir Azam
Keaton Hance[3]
Marcel Latak[Q]
Jack Secord
Tanishk Konduri

Jordyn Hazelitt[14]
Sarah Ye[Q]
Thea Frodin
Maggie Sohns[A]
Hannah Ayrault
Nancy Lee
Melije Clarke
Janae Preston[15]
Olivia Traynor
Welles Newman[16]
Anita Tu

Live scoring is available here. 

The SoCal Pro Series in Claremont California this week, will have three new finalists and a player going for his second straight title Sunday.

The women's W15 final will feature rising North Carolina freshman Alexis Nguyen , the No. 5 seed and rising Stanford sophomore and No. 7 seed Alyssa Ahn, the 2025 USTA Nationals 18s champion. The 19-year-old Ahn defeated unseeded Midori Castillo Meza of Mexico 6-2, 6-4 in today's semifinal, while the 18-year-old Nguyen beat top seed Alexandra Vagramov of Canada 6-4, 6-2. 

Ahn defeated Nguyen 6-1, 6-7(1), 7-5 in the semifinals in San Diego last year, but Nguyen has won both of their previous meetings during the SoCal Pro Series, in 2023 and 2025, in straight sets. It will be a first Pro Circuit title for Sunday's champion.

Spencer Johnson, the UCLA rising senior who swept the titles in Irvine last week, defeated top seed Aidan Kim of Ohio State in Friday's Claremont M15 quarterfinal 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. Today he took out wild card Jagger Leach, the rising Stanford sophomore, 7-6(4), 6-4, setting up a final against unseeded Sasha Rozin(Arizona) of Canada. Rozin defeated 2025 Kalamazoo 18s finalist Jack Satterfield(Vanderbilt) 6-1, 6-1 in today's bottom half semifinal. 

In the all-USA women's doubles final today in Claremont, unseeded UCLA teammates Kayla Chung and Ahmani Guichard won their first Pro Circuit title, defeating top seeds Paola Lopez and Amy Zhu(Michigan) 6-3, 6-2.

In the men's doubles final, unseeded Matt Kuhar(Bryant) and Henry Lieberman(Charlotte, UNC) beat (correction) Michael Blando(UC Riverside, Utah) and Hugo Hashimoto(Columbia) 7-5, 6-1. 

At the W35 in Rome Georgia, No. 6 seed Amelia Honer and No. 2 seed Ayana Akli will play for the first time on the Pro Circuit with the title on the line. Honer, the former UC-Santa Barbara All-American, who defeated No. 4 seed Sahaja Yamalapalli(Sam Houston) of India 6-3, 6-4 today, had beaten top seed Madison Brengle 6-5, retired in Friday's quarterfinals. Akli defeated qualifier Jo-Yee Chan(Oregon, San Diego State) 7-6(3), 6-1.

In the doubles final today, unseeded Jaeda Daniel(Auburn, NC State) and Lily Fairclough(USC) defeated No. 2 seeds Savannah Broadus(Pepperdine) and Kylie Collins(Texas, LSU, Oklahoma State) 7-5, 6-4.

Madison Keys won the WTA 250 in Eastbourne for the third time today, with the No. 2 seed defeating Tatjana Maria of Germany 7-5, 6-4 in the final. For more on Keys' eleventh WTA title, see this article from the BBC.

Ethan Quinn(Georgia) lost in the final of the ATP 250 in Mallorca, with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain winning his first ATP title in his sixth appearance in a final. Davidovich Fokina's serve was the difference in his 7-6(4), 6-3 win, making 70 percent of his first serves to Quinn's 51 percent, and coming up with huge first serves in his last two service games to take a Quinn comeback out of the equation. For more on this final, and Davidovich Fokina's struggles in earlier championship matches, see this article from the ATP website.

The BBC published a lengthy feature yesterday titled How To Be A Good Tennis Parent. It contains valuable information for those new to that role, and for those who might need a reminder of the best practices for encouraging and nuturing a child's love of the sport.

My Coverage of USTA Midwest Closed; Roehampton J300 Qualifying Underway; Wallman Sweeps Titles at J200 in Mexico; Thirty-Six Americans in Men's and Women's Singles at Wimbledon; Quinn Reaches First ATP Final

With school out and  the Level I tournaments coming up soon, the USTA junior circuit is in full swing now, and I took the opportunity to cover the Boys 18s and 16s Midwest Closed Tuesday in Byron Center, less than an hour from my Kalamazoo home.

It was the first time I've been to a USTA tournament below a Level 2 in several years, but I enjoyed getting to watch several of the top players in the section compete in the semifinals and finals in ideal weather conditions for tennis. I was also struck by the camaraderie and the sportsmanship, which I assume is partly due to the familiarity with each other after years of competing in the same sectional events.

My Tennis Recruiting Network article on the sweeps by Nihal Narisetty and Joseph Garrean can be found here.

The World Tennis junior grass season has officially begun with the start today of the qualifying at the World Tennis J300 in Roehampton. The top three seeds in the boys qualifying draw have already lost; Marcel Latak[12] and Agassi Rusher are the only two US boys in qualifying, with Latak winning and Rusher falling to No. 7 seed Ntungamili Raguin of Botswana 3-6, 6-1, 10-8.  Jordan Lee was one out of the main draw and he is not in qualifying, so I presume he moved into the main draw.  Vihaan Reddy was listed in qualifying, but he is in the semifinals of a J200, on clay, in Czechia this week, so I don't know if he got a special exempt, or is not planning to play Roehampton.

Seven US girls were in qualifying as of the freeze date, but Nancy Lee and Maggie Sohns are not in the draw, so they likely moved into the main draw.

Sarah Ye, the No. 2 seed, advanced to the final round of qualifying, as did No. 7 seed Carrie-Anne Hoo and No. 12 seed Emery Combs. No. 8 seed Yael Saffar and No. 9 seed Ireland O'Brien lost their first round qualifying matches today.

At today's finals of the Giorgi Armani Junior Invitational at the Hurlingham Club in London, Michael Antonius lost to Cruz Hewitt of Australia 2-6, 6-2, 10-7, while Ksenia Efremova of France beat Nana Leme Da Silva of Brazil 6-3, 6-4.

Eighteen-year-old Brooke Wallman swept the titles today at the World Tennis J200 in Puerto Escondido Mexico. The unseeded Texas A&M recruit defeated No. 8 seed Scarlett Fagan, 15, 6-1, 6-4 in the singles final for her second, and biggest, World Tennis junior title. She then partnered with future teammate Kori Montoya for the doubles title, with the No. 4 seeds defeating No. 2 seeds Olivia De Los Reyes and Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann 6-3, 7-5. It's the seventh World Tennis doubles title for Wallman, with all three this year at the J200 level, while Montoya now has five WT junior doubles titles.

Mason Vaughan won the boys doubles title today, with Samim Filiz of Turkey. The No. 4 seeds defeated top seeds Junseo Jang of Korea and Koki Nara of Japan 6-2, 6-2 in the final. No. 2 seed Nara won the boys singles title, beating No. 5 seed Eito Komada 6-2, 6-3 in the all-Japan final.

The men's and women's singles draws were released today at Wimbledon, with 18 Americans in each draw. That's the most in 30 years; 37 made the Wimbledon main draw in 1996. The list is below; I'll post the matchups Sunday.

Men:
Tristan Boyer[Q]
Jenson Brooksby
Emilio Nava
Ethan Quinn
Tommy Paul[21]
Brandon Nakashima[28]
Zachary Svajda
Ben Shelton[4]

Michael Zheng[Q]

Learner Tien[16]

Aleks Kovacevic

Martin Damm

Taylor Fritz[6]

Patrick Kypson

Mackenzie McDonald[Q]

Frances Tiafoe[17]

Alex Michelsen

Marcos Giron

Women:

McCartney Kessler

Alycia Parks

Peyton Stearns

Ashlyn Krueger[Q]

Emma Navarro[23]

Robin Montgomery[Q]

Serena Williams[WC]

Taylor Townsend

Jessica Pegula[4]

Iva Jovic[16]

Ann Li[28]

Claire Liu[Q]

Coco Gauff[7]

Amanda Anisimova[6]

Sofia Kenin

Kayla Day[Q]

Madison Keys[26]

Caty McNally

The doubles draws were also released today, with the men's draw here and the women's draw here.

Ethan Quinn, the 2023 NCAA singles champion while at Georgia, is through to his first ATP final at the 250 in Mallorca Spain. The 22-year-old from California, who is unseeded this week, defeated Nuno Borges(Mississippi State) 6-1, 6-2 in today's semifinals. He will face No. 2 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain Saturday's final. 

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.