ITA Division I Final Rankings; More Surprises in NCAA Division III Team Semifinals; D-II Women's Quarterfinals, Men's Semis Set; Quinn and Lepchenko Advance to Roland Garros Final Round Qualifying

The final rankings of the 2024-2025 season were released today by the ITA, with NCAA champions Wake Forest men and Georgia women ending the year, unsurprisingly, as the No. 1 teams. Top 10 teams are listed below; click on the heading for the list of all 75 teams ranked. 

D-I Final Men's Team Top 10:

1. Wake Forest

2. TCU

3. Texas

4. Stanford

5. Virginia

6. Ohio State

7. NC State

8. Columbia

9. San Diego

10. Mississippi State

The final singles and doubles rankings are important for several reasons. For underclassmen, they provide the basis for the preseason rankings next season. The rankings also determine All-American status, with the Top 20 in the final rankings getting that coveted honor. Some players had already earned All-American status by reaching the round of 16 in November's NCAA individual tournament, but those who did not play the fall had the dual match season to build their Top 20 rankings and many did. The asterisks indicate those who did not earn that designation in the fall. A list of players who earned All-American status in singles in the fall can be found at this post.

For the men, the Top 20 ranking also has another significant benefit, as they qualify for the ATP/ITA College Accelerator program. Those in the Top 10 who are done with school can receive up to eight ATP Challenger 50 and 75 main draw wild cards, while those ranked 11-20 can receive up to eight qualifying wild cards. Those staying in school have access to six to use between July and December of this year. 

Singles:

1. Timo Legout, Texas

2. Michael Zheng, Columbia

3. Colton Smith, Arizona

4. *Rafael Jodar, Virginia

5. *Oliver Tarvet, San Diego

6. DK Suresh, Wake Forest

7. *Stefan Dostanic, Wake Forest

8. Aidan Kim, Ohio State

9. Jay Friend, Arizona

10. Kenta Miyoshi, Illinois

11. *Samir Banerjee, Stanford

12. *Jack Pinnington Jones, TCU

13. Pedro Vives, TCU

14. Ozan Baris, Michigan State

15. *Carl Emil Overbeck, Cal

16. Corey Craig, Florida State

17. *Connor Thomson, South Carolina

18. *Peter Makk, Southern California

19. *Dylan Dietrich, Virginia

20. *Sebastian Dominko, Notre Dame

Doubles:

1. Lui Maxted and Pedro Vives, TCU

2. Petar Jovanovic and Benito Sanches Martinez, Mississippi State

3. *Cooper Williams and Theo Winegar, Duke

4. *Togan Tokac and Theo Papmalamis, Texas A&M

5. *Braden Shick and Fons Van Sambeek, NC State

6. Timo Legout and Lucas Brown, Texas

7. *Lucas Andrade da Silva and Connor Thomson, South Carolina

8. *Charlie Robertson and DK Suresh, Wake Forest

9. *Stefan Dostanic and DK Suresh, Wake Forest

10. *Jack Loutit and Eli Stephenson, Kentucky

*Earned All-America status via Top 20 singles/Top 10 doubles ranking

D-I Final Women's Team Top Ten:

1. Georgia

2. Texas A&M

3. Michigan

4. North Carolina

5. Duke

6. Ohio State

7. Virginia

8. Auburn

9. Tennessee

10. Oklahoma

The women's Accelerator Program via the ITA and ITF is much less generous, with only the Top 5 players in the rankings receiving a maximum of five wild cards into ITF W75(1), W50(2) and W35(3) events if they are leaving school and three if they are staying in school.

Singles:

1. Dasha Vidmanova, Georgia

2. Mary Stoiana, Texas A&M

3. DJ Bennett, Auburn

4. *Elza Tomase, Tennessee

5. Julia Fliegner, Michigan

6. *Celia-Belle Mohr, Vanderbilt

7. *Reese Brantmeier, North Carolina

8. *Cadence Brace, LSU

9. Luciana Perry, Ohio State

10. Valerie Glozman, Stanford

11. Nicole Khirin, Texas A&M

12. *Maria Sholokhova, Wisconsin

13. *Anastasiia Lopata, Georgia

14. Connie Ma, Stanford

15. *Amelia Honer, UC-Santa Barbara

16. *Sarah Hamner, South Carolina

17. *Piper Charney, Michigan

18. *Teah Chavez, Ohio State

19. Savannah Broadus, Pepperdine

20. *Alexa Noel, Miami

Doubles:

1. *Mell Reasco and Dasha Vidmanova, Georgia

2. *Alanis Hamilton and Reese Brantmeier, North Carolina

3. Elaine Chervinsky and Melodie Collard, Virgina

4. *Mao Mushika and Jessica Alsola, Cal

5. Maddy Zampardo and Gabriella Broadfoot, NC State

6. *Cadence Brace and Kayla Cross, LSU

7. *Sarah Hamner and Kaitlyn Carnicella, South Carolina

8. *Rose Marie Nijkamp and Anastasiya Komar, Oklahoma State

9. *Avelina Sayfetdinova and Mariia Hlahola, Texas Tech

10. *Celia-Belle Mohr and Sophia Webster, Vanderbilt

*Earned All-America status via Top 20 singles/Top 10 doubles ranking

While the Division I NCAA Team Championships may have proceeded very much as expected in the quarterfinals, the Division III Team Championships have not. Neither final features the top-ranked team (no seeds are listed in the Division III team draws), with No. 1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men losing to No. 4 Case Western last night 4-2, after defending champion and No. 1 women's seed Chicago had lost to Washington-St. Louis in the quarterfinals. 

Case Western, the 2023 NCAA D-III men's champions, will face second-ranked Denison for the title Thursday at 8 p.m., with coverage by Cracked Racquets on ncaa.com.  Denison, who survived a 4-3 battle with Johns Hopkins in the quarterfinals, saving three dual match points, defeated third-ranked Tufts 4-1 last night.

In today's women's semifinals, Washington-St. Louis proved their win over Chicago was no fluke. The tenth-ranked Bears, who were playing in the program's first NCAA semifinal today, defeated ninth-ranked Johns Hopkins 4-1 to advance against fourth-ranked Pomona-Pitzer. The Sagehens defeated third-ranked Emory 4-1 to reach their first final since 1992. The women's team final is Friday. 

The Division II women's quarterfinals are scheduled for Thursday in Altamonte Springs Florida, with top seed Barry and No. 2 seed Nova Southeastern both advancing. 

After the men's quarterfinals were played today, the semifinals will feature top seed Valdosta State versus No. 4 seed Lubbock Christian in the top half and No. 7 seed Washburn versus No. 3 seed UT-Tyler in the bottom half. Washburn upset No. 2 seed Barry 4-3 today. 

Cracked Racquets will be providing coverage of the D-II semifinals and finals beginning Friday.

Rain prevented the completion of the second round of qualifying today at Roland Garros, but two Americans did advance to the final round of qualifying before the weather deteriorated: Varvara Lepchenko and 2023 NCAA singles champion Ethan Quinn(Georgia). More on their qualifying runs can be found in this article at the Roland Garros website.

Wednesday's second round qualifying matches featuring Americans:

Vavara Lepchenko[16] d. Jana Fett(CRO) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3

Taylor Townsend[6] v Hanna Chang 4-6, 6-3, 5-4, postponed

Vilius Gabuas(LTU) d. Tristan Boyer[16] 7-5, 6-3 

Matteo Gigante(ITA) d. Zachary Svajda 6-4, 6-4

Eliot Spizzirri[15] v Giulio Zeppieri(ITA) postponed

Ethan Quinn[11] d. Bernard Tomic(AUS) 6-3, 6-3

Nicolas Moreno de Alboran v Lukas Klein(SVK) postponed

Federico Arnaboldi(ITA)d. Michael Mmoh, walkover

Thursday's qualifying matches featuring Americans:

Second round (postponed from Wednesday):

Eliot Spizzirri[15] v Giulio Zeppieri(ITA)

Nicolas Moreno de Alboran v Lukas Klein(SVK)

Taylor Townsend[6] v Hanna Chang 4-6, 6-3, 5-4, to finish

Final round: 

Ethan Quinn[11] v Thiago Tirante[24](ARG)

Varvara Lepchenko[16] v Nina Stojanovic(SRB)