Sales and Gaines Claim ITF J100 Titles in Indiana; Gornzy Warms Up for USO Wild Card Playoff by Reaching M25 Wichita Semifinals; Ekstrand Survives Aytoyan in LA; Johnson Advances to M15 Semis at Home Club

The ITF J100 in Bloomington Indiana concluded today, with 15-year-old Daniella Sales and 17-year-old Jerrid Gaines Jr. earning titles on the ITF Junior Circuit with straight-sets victories.

Sales, the reigning USTA National 14s champion, had won two J60s since beginning ITF Junior Circuit competition last spring, with this her first title at the J100 level. This week the No. 4 seed didn't drop a set, beating unseeded Yui Watanabe of Japan 6-3, 6-1 in the final.

Gaines, the No. 2 seed, won a J100 last year, so this is his second title at that level. He defeated last week's J60 champion in Champaign, unseeded Rafael Bote of Canada, 6-4, 6-2 in today's final, and, like Sales, did not drop a set in claiming the title.

The doubles finals were also played today, with No. 2 seeds London Evans and Puerto Rico's Aurora Lugo defeating No. 4 seeds Capri Butera and Isha Manchalla 6-2, 1-6, 10-2 for the girls title.

Top seeds Joshua Adamson and Caden Colburne won the all-Canadian boys doubles final, beating No. 4 seeds Bote and Antoine Genereux 6-1, 6-2.

At the M25 in Wichita Kansas, three Americans are through to the semifinals, with wild card Ozan Baris(Michigan State) meeting No. 5 seed Andrew Fenty(Michigan) in the bottom half. Fenty was the only seed to reach the second round. Baris defeated rising TCU senior Duncan Chan of Canada 7-5, 7-6(6), while Fenty ended the run of Texas rising sophomore Lucas Marionneau of France 6-2, 6-1.

Wild card Sebastian Gorzny(Texas), who will play Matt Forbes(Michigan State, Ohio State) Tuesday in the USTA American Collegiate US Open Wild Card Playoffs, beat Kenta Miyoshi(Illinois) of Japan 6-3, 6-3. He will face Enzo Aguiard(Alabama) of Australia, who defeated Dmitry Popko of Kazakhstan 6-3, 7-6(5). 

At the W35 in Decatur Illinois, Madison Brengle and Lea Ma(Georgia) have reached the semifinals. Top seed Brengle defeated No. 7 seed Malaika Rapolu(Texas)  6-3, 6-3; Ma cruised past unseeded Ana Grubor of Canada 6-1, 6-0. Brengle will face No. 4 seed Sahaja Yamalapalli(Sam Houston) of India, who beat Ekaterina Khayrutdinova(Auburn) of Russia 6-2, 6-1. Ma's semifinal opponent is No. 5 seed Zuzanna Pawlikowska of Poland, who beat Piper Charney(Michigan) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.

Seventeen-year-old Thara Gowda and 18-year-old Wisconsin rising sophomore Kaede Usui have reached the doubles final, beating top seeds Anastasia Goncharova(UCSB, Utah) and Madison Tattini(Utah) 6-4, 6-2 in today's semifinals. They will face unseeded Sara Daavettila(UNC) and Maria Kononova(North Texas) of Russia, who beat Auburn teammates Khayrutdinova and Ashton Bowers 7-6(4), 0-6, 10-6.

The semifinals are set at the SoCal Pro Series tournament at the Jack Kramer Club in Los Angeles, with 16-year-old Andy Johnson advancing at his home club. Johnson, a wild card, but the No. 5 seed, defeated unseeded Benjamin O'Connell of Australia 6-2, 6-1 and will face wild card Spencer Johnson(UCLA), who beat qualifier Nathan Trouve(USC) of France 7-6(4), 6-4. 

In the top half of the M15, top seed Kaylan Bigun defeated lucky loser Gus Grumet 6-3, 6-4 and will face unseeded Alexander Rozin(Arizona) of Canada. Rozin beat Maxwell Exsted 6-4, 6-3.

The match of the day in Los Angeles was certainly in the W15, with No. 2 seed Monika Ekstrand pulling out a three-and-a-half hour 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(1) win over qualifier Maria Aytoyan. Ekstrand, a rising sophomore at Stanford, will face another qualifier in the semifinals, after Kaitlyn Carnicella(Auburn, South Carolina) came back to defeat Lily Taylor(Arizona State) of Australia 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. 

In the top half, qualifier Alina Shcherbinina(Baylor, Oklahoma) defeated Kristina Penickova 6-4, 6-3 and will face No. 3 seed Alexandra Vagramov(UCLA) of Canada. Vagramov defeated Veronika Miroshnichenko,(Loyola Marymount) a frequent Newport Beach UTR PTT champion, 6-1, 6-4.

In college coaching news, SMU associate head coach Ben Johnson has been named men's head coach at Yale. Johnson, who coached at SMU for nine years, takes over from interim coach Eduardo Ugalde who was named interim coach after Chris Drake stepped away from the position for health reasons. 

Draws, Times for Next Week's USTA American Collegiate US Open Wild Card Playoffs; Six Women, 23 Men Qualify for ITA Accelerator Programs; Tennis Europe's Grass Tournament for Entry into Wimbledon 14U Event Underway

The draws are out for the USTA's American Collegiate Wild Card Playoffs, with six wild cards into this year's US Open on the line. The playoffs begin Tuesday, June 16th with the singles semifinals, with all four matches starting at 6:30 p.m. at the USTA's National Campus in Lake Nona. The doubles semifinals are scheduled for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and the finals for both singles and doubles will be Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

NCAA singles champion Reese Brantmeier of North Carolina is the women's top singles seed, and she is also the top seed in doubles, with Alanis Hamilton. Brantmeier and Hamilton earned the wild card in last year's event and won their first round match at the US Open. 

NCAA singles finalist Trevor Svajda of SMU is the top seed in men's singles. NCAA singles champion Michael Zheng of Columbia declined his invitation.

The winners of all four draws receive US Open main draw wild cards; the singles finalists receive qualifying wild cards.

The draws, with all matches beginning at 6:30 p.m., are below: Cracked Racquets will be providing streaming coverage.

Tuesday, June 16

Men's Singles Semifinals

[1] Trevor Svajda (SMU) vs. [3] Aidan Kim (Ohio State)

[4] *Matthew Forbes (Michigan State) vs. [2] Sebastian Gorzny (Texas)

Women's Singles Semifinals

[1] Reese Brantmeier (North Carolina) vs. [3] Piper Charney (Michigan)

[4] Luciana Perry (Ohio State) vs. [2] Katrina Scott (Tennessee)

 

Wednesday, June 17

Men's Doubles Semifinals

[1] Brandon Carpico/Nikita Filin (Ohio State) vs. [4] Greyson Casey/Carter Pate (Northwestern)

[3] Michael Andre/Matteo Antonescu (Indiana) vs. [2] Alex Chang/Alex Razeghi (Stanford)

Women's Doubles Semifinals

[1] Reese Brantmeier/Alanis Hamilton (North Carolina) vs. [3] Valeria Ray/Bridget Stammel (Vanderbilt)

[4] *Jessica Bernales/Lily Jones (Michigan) vs. [2] DJ Bennett/Ava Esposito (Auburn)

 

Thursday, June 18

Men’s Singles Final

Women’s Singles Final

Men’s Doubles Final

Women’s Doubles Final

 

* Indicates player has transferred schools for the 2026-27 season; Forbes to Ohio State and Bernales to UCLA.

 

More news on the college tennis front was released today, with the ITA announcing the Division I collegians who will benefit from the Accelerator Programs. As has been the case for three years now, the ATP's Accelerator Program for the men is much more generous than the ITF's Accelerator Program for the women; this year 23 men have status allowing them up to eight spots in Challenger 50 and 75 qualifying (ranking of 11-20) or main draws(1-10). The six women receive entries into three or five W35s, W50s or W75s, depending on whether they are returning to school or not. The disparity is stark and reflects poorly on the ITF, which has not made any effort to improve or expand the program since it began in September of 2023.

As Reese Brantmeier demonstrated recently in winning the W35 in Wichita and reaching the final of the W100 in Sumter the following week, the top collegiate women are competitive at the ITF's highest levels and should be given more opportunities to prove it via a more equitable Accelerator Program.

The full explanation of the women's program is here, with Brantmeier, Lucciana Perez(Texas A&M), Luciana Perry(Ohio State), Carmen Herea(Texas), Teah Chavez(Ohio State) and Berta Passola Folch(Cal) those benefitting in this edition.

The full list and explanation of the men's program is here.

The grass season has begun for the pros and also for those 14-and-under players who hope to receive an invitation to Wimbledon's annual competition for that age group that is held during the final four days of the Championships. 

The winners of the Tennis Europe Category 1 event this week in London's Raynes Park will receive invitations to the 16-player Wimbledon tournament, which was introduced in 2022. After three round robin matches, the four group winners advance to the semifinals.

This year's players from the United States, who do not participate in a qualifying event, are Isha Manchala, Anna Kapanadze and David Bender. 

The entry lists for the 14U event will be posted on the Wimbledon website when they are finalized.

Wimbledon Junior Championships Acceptance Lists Feature All Four 2026 Junior Slam Champions, Twelve Americans; UTR Pro Tennis Tour Results Update

The acceptances for the 2026 Wimbledon Junior Championships scheduled for July 4-12, were published today, with this year's Australian Open and Roland Garros champions in the hunt for a second junior slam.

Girls Roland Garros champion Alisa Oktiabreva may not end up playing, as she wasn't certain of her plans when she spoke about them last weekend, but she did enter, as did boys champion Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil, who lost in the second round of the Wimbledon Junior Championships last year.

Australian Open boys champion Ziga Sesko of Slovenia, who took out the top seed last year at Wimbledon in his first junior slam appearance, reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros; Australian Open girls champion Ksenia Efremova of France, who lost to eventual champion Mia Pohankova in the second round of Wimbledon last year, lost in the first round at Roland Garros.

Nine girls eligible for Wimbledon did not enter, including three in the Top 10: No. 5 Alena Kovackova(CZE), No. 6 Pohankova(SVK) and No. 9 Kristina Penickova(USA). 2025 finalist Julieta Pareja(USA) did not enter, nor did Hannah Klugman of Great Britain.

One surprise girls entry is Mika Stojsavljevic of Great Britain, the 2024 US Open girls champion, who lost in the Wimbledon Juniors first round last year to Pohankova. The 17-year-old, who hasn't played any juniors events since last year's US Open, received entry based on her WTA ranking of 261, and she will likely be seeded based on that ranking, if she ends up playing. Kristina Liutova also received entry based on her WTA ranking, but she has not played outside the United States in years, so I don't expect she'll make the trip to London.

Five US girls are on the main draw acceptance list, which had a cutoff of 53: Janae Preston, Jordyn Hazelitt, Welles Newman, Thea Frodin and Melije Clarke. Seven US girls were accepted for qualifying: Lani Chang, Anita Tu, Olivia Traynor, Hannah Ayrault, Nancy Lee, Maggie Sohns and Sarah Ye.

The girls qualifying cutoff was 82, with Jahnie Van Zyl of South Africa at No. 96, getting into qualifying as the regional representative of Africa.

Two ITF Top 10 boys did not enter: 2025 champion Ivan Ivanov of Bulgaria and Jack Kennedy. I was a little surprised that Kennedy did not enter after playing Roland Garros juniors, but Wimbledon is in the middle of the US hard court Challenger swing, which Kennedy may want to focus on in the leadup to Kalamazoo. 

US boys who have entered include junior slam finalists Keaton Hance(Australia) and Michael Antonius(Roland Garros), Andy Johnson, Jack Secord, Ryan Cozad, Gavin Goode and Tanishk Konduri. Konduri, at 47, was the last boy accepted.

South Africa's Connor Doig at 49 received main draw entry as the Africa regional representative, which requires a top 75 ranking.

And in another surprise, Australian Cruz Hewitt, the son of Lleyton Hewitt, entered and was accepted based on his ATP ranking of 376. Hewitt played the Wimbledon Junior Championships last year, falling in the second round.

Americans on the qualifying acceptance list are Safir Azam, Jordan Lee, Marcel Latak and Vihaan Reddy, with Azam the only one of the four who competed at Roland Garros. The boys qualifying cutoff was 74.

The withdrawal date is June 23, so I'll revisit the fields around that time to check on movement in the acceptance lists.

The entry deadline for ITF J300 in Roehampton the week before the Wimbledon Junior Championships was also yesterday, but as of tonight, the lists have not been posted. They usually are very similar to those of the Wimbledon Juniors, because there are so few options for grass play for juniors prior to Wimbledon.

Below is the latest update from the UTR Pro Tennis Tour-Americas, with the subcategory Summer Slams, which are shorter $12.5K events on college campuses, now filling many of the dates on the calendar.

MEN:

April 5 Newport Beach CA
Maciej Rajski d. Karl Kazuma Lee 6-3, 7-5

April 20 Newport Beach CA
Madhav Binu d. Miles Clark 6-3, 6-4

April 21 Clemson SC*
Joaquin Benoit d. Yannic Nittmann 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2

April 27 Newport Beach CA
Maxim Groysman d. Tomas Quesdada Perez 6-1, 2-6, 6-2

May 4 Concord NH
Aleksa Ciric d. Santiago Perez 6-3, 6-4

May 11 Newport Beach CA
Maciej Rajski d. Noah Zamora 6-4, 7-6(9)

May 18 Newport Beach CA
Blu Baker d. Xavier Calvelo 2-6, 6-2, 6-1

May 19 Tuscaloosa AL*
Aleks Ciric d. Enzo Aguiard 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-2

May 19 Madison WI*
Drew Fishback d. Alberto Altur Fernandez 6-1, 6-4

May 26 San Luis Obispo CA*
Tomas Jirousek d. Sean Hill 6-4, 6-0

June 1 Newport Beach CA
Vasco Prata d. Matic Kriznik 6-7(7), 7-5, 1-1 ret.

June 2 Philadelphia PA*
Callum Markowitz d. Kase Schinnerer 4-6, 7-5, 6-1

*$12.5K prize money

WOMEN:

April 5 Newport Beach CA

Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Alina Shcherbinina 6-3, 6-0

April 20 Newport Beach CA

Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Sophie Suh 6-1, 5-7, 6-2

April 27 Newport Beach CA

Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Shakhnoza Khatamova 6-1, 6-1

May 4 Concord NH

Salma Loudili d. Calla McGill 6-3, 6-4

May 11 Newport Beach CA

Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Zdena Safarova 6-1, 6-3

May 18 Newport Beach CA

Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Alexia Harmon 3-6, 6-2, 7-5

May 19 Tuscaloosa AL*

Amina Salibayeva d. Riley Crowder 3-6, 6-1, 7-5

May 19 Madison WI*

Joanna Kennedy d. Maria Sholokhova 4-6, 6-4, 6-1

May 26 San Luis Obispo CA*

Audrey Aulia d. Allison Isaacs 6-4, 6-3

June 1 Newport Beach CA

Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Alina Shcherbinina 6-1, 6-2

June 2 Philadelphia PA*

Vivian Yang d. Valerie Shue 6-2, 7-5

*$12.5K prize money

Martinez Among Seven US Qualifiers at W35 in Decatur IL; Three US Collegians Qualify at Wichita KS M25; Los Angeles Hosts SoCal Pro Series Week Three; ITA D-I Regional Awards Announced

This week's USTA Pro Circuit is evenly balanced between the men and women, with a W35 in Decatur Illinois, and M25 in Wichita Kansas and Week Three of the SoCal Pro Series with men's and women's $15Ks at the Jack Kramer Club in Rolling Hills Estates.

Seven of the eight qualifiers in Decatur are Americans: 17-year-old Columbia recruit Sena Yoon, Jaedan Brown(Michigan), Piper Charney(Michigan), Sophie Williams(Florida, James Madison), Sophie Llewellyn(SMU), Sophia Holod(Notre Dame) and Texas A&M's Violeta Martinez, one of the heroes of the Aggies NCAA team title last month in Athens.

Wild cards were given to 17-year-old Carlota Moreno, 16-year-old Londyn McCord, Ashton Bowers(Texas, Auburn) and St. Louis University rising junior Aryn Walker. 

Madison Brengle and Anna Rogers(NC State) are the top two seeds.

In Wichita, three current collegians from the United States qualified for the main draw, after navigating a rare 64-player qualifying draw: Matisse Farzam(Clemson), Will Manning(NC State( and Jonah Braswell(Florida, Texas).  

Wild cards were awarded to Sebastian Gorzny(TCU, Texas); Ozan Baris(Michigan State), who beat No. 7 seed Justin Boulais(Ohio State) of Canada 6-3, 6-2 today; Cooper Woestendick(TCU) and 18-year-old Hunter Nelson.

Philip Sekulic of Australia is the No. 1 seed, with Daniel Milavsky(Harvard) the No. 2 seed.

In the M15 in Los Angeles, three of the men's qualifiers are from the United States: Karl Lee(UCLA, USC), Nathan Cox(Vanderbilt) and Avery Tallakson(New Mexico, Boise State).

Wild cards were given to Andy Johnson, who is the No. 5 seed; Lucca Liu(UC-Santa Barbara), William Kleege(San Diego State) and Spencer Johnson(UCLA), with 2024 Kalamazoo 16s champion Gus Grumet getting in as a lucky loser. 

Tanishk Konduri and Marcel Latak, the 2025 Kalamazoo 16s champion, received ITF Junior Reserved entries.

Week One Lakewood champion Kaylan Bigun(UCLA) is the top seed, with Strong Kirchheimer(Northwestern) the No. 2 seed. Last week's Lakewood champion Oliver Bonding(TCU) of Great Britain plays Arizona rising senior Alexander Rozin of Canada in first round action Wednesday.

Last week's women's champion Mayu Crossley(UCLA) is not playing this week in the W15 in Los Angeles, but Lakewood finalist Kristina Penickova is in the draw, scheduled to face top seed Sofia Shapatava of Georgia Wednesday.

Qualifying into the main draw were Kaitlyn Carnicella(Auburn, South Carolina); 17-year-old Maria Aytoyan; 16-year-old Yilin Chen; 17-year-old Natalie Kha and Simone Kay(USC). Avery Nguyen received entry into the main draw as a lucky loser.

Wild cards were given to 15-year-old Abigail Haile, who won her first round match today; 18-year-old Kaia Giribalan, who lost her opening match; 16-year-old Sophie Suh and 17-year-old Tia Messerli.

Monika Ekstrand, who just completed her freshman year at Stanford, is the No. 2 seed.

The ITA released the Division I Regional Awards today, with the men's list here and the women's list here. 

Notable that Dylan Dietrich of Virginia is not among the regional winners, although the Cavaliers took seven of the eight Atlantic Region awards. But he will be named National Player of the Year after finishing No. 1 in the final rankings.  

Lucciana Perez of Texas A&M, who will be named National Player of the Year with her No. 1 year-end ranking, did received two awards in the Texas Region.

The ITA National Awards will be announced next Tuesday.

Singh and Mendell Claim ITF J100 Guatemala Titles, Iftime Wins J60 in Champaign; Sun and Miguel Rise to No. 1 in ITF Junior Rankings; NYCC YouTube Documentary of NCAA 2026 in Athens

While most eyes were on Paris last week, many American juniors aspiring to compete in the junior slams were elsewhere collecting points, with five US players earning singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit.

At the ITF J100 in Guatemala, Gurjot Singh swept the boys titles, while Ellery Mendell won her third J100 title in the past six weeks.

Singh, an 18-year-old from New Jersey who was a finalist at the J200 in Tennessee last month, had to go through qualifying as a late entry although he had to win only one match to make the main draw, where he was the No. 1 seed.  Singh won an all-USA final for his first ITF Junior Circuit singles title, beating No. 3 seed and doubles partner Tristan Stratton 6-3, 6-2. Singh had won the doubles title with Stratton the previous day, with the top seeds defeating unseeded Antonio Castellanos of Guatemala and Indra Vergne 6-1, 6-1 in the final.

The top-seeded Mendell, a 16-year-old from Georgia, defeated unseeded Srishti Kiran of India 6-4, 6-3 in the final. Mendell won back-to-back J100 titles in Costa Rica last month, but Guatemala is the site of three of her six career singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit.

Sarah Stoyanov reached the doubles final with Abril Cardenas Olivares of Mexico, but the No. 3 seeds lost to No. 4 seeds Eve Thibault of Canada and Hanne Estrada Cores of Mexico 7-5, 6-1.

Singh is up to 129 in the ITF Junior Rankings, while Mendell is now at 165.

At the ITF J60 in Champaign Illinois, 14-year-old Adelina Iftime won her first ITF Junior Circuit title, taking the girls singles championships with a 7-6(4), 6-0 win over No. 5 seed Aleksandra Jerkunica. Iftime, the 2025 IMG Bradenton 16s champion, didn't drop a set in her three round robin matches or in the knockout phase of the tournament. 

Jerkunica, 15, did come away with a title however, taking the doubles championship with older sister Natasha. The No. 3 seeds defeated top seeds Vibha Gogineni and Teaghan Jou An Keys 7-5, 4-6, 10-5 in the final. 

No. 4 seed Eli Kaminski lost to top seed Rafael Bote of Canada in the boys final 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. 

The unseeded team of Anish Poojari and Austin Potter claimed the boys doubles title, beating top seeds Bote and Keshav Muthuvel 7-5, 6-2 in the final. 

The other two singles titles for Americans were at the J30 level, with 15-year-old Soo-Ah Byun, who received entry via her World Tennis Number, defeating Si A Youm of Korea 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the final in Gimcheon Korea. It's the first ITF Junior Circuit title for Byun.

In Sukoharjo Indonesia, No. 2 seed Brandon Duan, a 16-year-old Californian, defeated No. 4 seed Rafa Jeconia Verdasco Mangunsong of Indonesia 7-5, 6-2 to capture his second ITF Junior Circuit single title. 

At the J30 in Abujia Nigeria, Elliott Awomoyi and Nigerian partner Seyl Ebenezer Ogunaskin took the doubles title, with the top seeds beating No. 3 seeds Elisha Ishaku Swange and Gbolahan Oluwajuwon Olawale of Nigeria 6-3, 6-3 in the final. It's the first ITF Junior Circuit title for the 16-year-old Awomoyi.

This week's ITF Junior Circuit tournament in the Midwest is a J100 in Bloomington Indiana. Joshua Adamson of Canada and Karlin Schock of USA are the top two seeds.

The post-Roland Garros ITF junior rankings produced two new No. 1s, with Roland Garros champion Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil and finalist Xinran Sun of China now at the top. Sun overtook 2026 Australian Open champion Ksenia Efremova of France, who lost in the first round; Miguel displaced Ivan Ivanov of Bulgaria, whose Wimbledon and US Open titles in 2025 are no longer enough to keep him in the top 5.

Girls champion Alisa Oktiabreva re-entered the junior rankings at 51; she has had no ITF junior ranking for the past 18 months. Her career-high junior ranking of 17 came in July of 2023.

Roland Garros finalist Michael Antonius has moved up to a career-high ITF junior ranking of 6, while semifinalist Keaton Hance has risen to a career-high of 3. 

Nate Walroth of NotYourCountryClub had a crew of videographers in Athens last month for the NCAA Division I Team Championships, which resulted in the documentary below. If you weren't there, it provides a great sense of the excitement at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex during the four days of competition and what it means to the teams and their fans as they contend for an NCAA title.

Liutova Wins Second Consecutive W100 in Sumter SC; Teens Bonding and Crossley Claim SoCal Pro Series Titles; Walton Earns Tyler Challenger Title; Townsend and Siniakova Capture Third Slam at Roland Garros

Although all five Americans competing in USTA Pro Circuit finals today were defeated, Sunday was a great day for teenagers, three of whom hoisted winner's trophies.

The biggest came in Sumter South Carolina, where 16-year-old Kristina Liutova won her second consecutive W100 title with a 6-4, 6-3 win over wild card Reese Brantmeier. The unseeded Liutova, who was born in Russia but has lived in the United States for many years, did not a lose a set this week, with the Indian Harbour Beach W100 champion extending her winning streak at the highest level of the ITF circuit to 10. Her WTA ranking will rise to 229, which will likely give her a spot in the US Open women's qualifying.

Brantmeier, the 2025 NCAA singles champion, had an ideal two-week warmup for the USTA's US Open Collegiate Wild Card Playoff, which begins June 16 in Lake Nona. The recent UNC graduate won the singles and doubles titles last week at the W35 in Wichita and with this final has improved her WTA ranking to 521, less than a month after completing her college career.

Two teenagers who just completed their freshmen seasons in college won the titles in week two of the SoCal Pro Series in Lakewood. 

Nineteen-year-old Mayu Crossley of Japan, seeded No. 2, defeated 16-year-old Kristina Penickova, the No. 8 seed, 6-4, 6-3 for her second USTA Pro Circuit singles title. Crossley, who lost to champion Tatum Evans last week in the Lakewood semifinals, was named the Big Ten freshman of the year at UCLA, playing at line 2 for the Bruins.

Eighteen-year-old Oliver Bonding of Great Britain avenged his 6-1, 6-3 loss last month at No. 4 singles in the NCAA team semifinals to Texas's Oliver Ojakaar, with the TCU Big 12 Freshman of the Year beating the Estonian qualifier 7-5, 7-6(1) in today's final. In another similarity with Crossley, it's also the second Pro Circuit singles title for the unseeded Bonding, who entered via the ITF's Junior Reserved program.

Steve Pratt, press aide for USTA SoCal, provides this recap of the championships matches, with comments from all the finalists.

At the ATP Challenger 75 in Tyler Texas, former Tennessee All-American Adam Walton of Australia won his fifth Challenger title. The top-seeded 27-year-old defeated unseeded Andre Ilagan(Hawaii), playing in his first Challenger final, 7-5, 6-1.

The top seeds also won the doubles title, with Rithvik Bollipalli and Ramkumar Ramanathan of India defeating unseeded Americans Wally Thane(Utah, BYU) and Zachary Fuchs(Gonzaga, BYU) 7-6(2), 7-6(4) in today's final.

No. 2 seed Emilio Nava won the ATP Challenger 100 title in Heilbronn Germany today without taking the court today, with unseeded Luka Mikrut of Croatia unable to play the final. It's the seventh Challenger title for Nava, his first this year.

Three international collegians who competed in the NCAA team championships last month won $15K titles outside the United States today.  Virginia's rising senior and ITA Player of the Year Dylan Dietrich of Switzerland won his first ITF Pro Circuit singles title in Slovenia today; Georgia rising sophomore Deniz Dilek won her first ITF Pro Circuit singles title in her home country of Turkey and 2025 NCAA singles finalist Berta Passola Folch of Spain, a graduating senior at Cal, swept the titles, her first on the ITF Pro Circuit, in Tunisia.

Taylor Townsend claimed the only Roland Garros title for an American in 2026, winning the women's doubles championship with Katerina Siniakova of Czechia. The top seeds defeated No. 2 seeds Anna Danilina(Florida) of Kazakhstan and Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia 6-2, 7-5 in today's final for their third slam title as a team. The 2024 Wimbledon and 2025 Australian Open champions will aim for the career slam in New York this summer. This year alone they have won three WTA 1000s in Indian Wells, Miami and Madrid, with their only two losses in the Australian Open quarterfinals and the Rome 1000 semifinals.