Santhosh, Preston Win J100s in Guatemala, Grosman Sweeps J60 Titles on ITF Junior Circuit; UTR Pro Tennis Tour Update; ITF and ITA Announce Additional Opportunities for Collegiate Men

A new J30 made its debut on the ITF Junior Circuit calendar last week in Cincinnati Ohio, and as you might expect, Americans had a part in all four titles. But we'll start this week's review with the American sweep at the J100 in Guatemala and go from there, with five singles titles and seven doubles titles for American juniors.

Sixteen-year-old Californian Roshan Santhosh won the boys singles title at the J100 in Guatemala, with the top seed claiming his second ITF Junior Circuit singles title with a 6-2, 6-1 win over No. 5 seed Taisei Hata of Japan. Santhosh did not lose more than three games in any set in his five victories. Fourteen-year-old Janae Preston won her second J100 title of 2025 and her third overall when top seed Olivia Traynor was defaulted leading 6-2, 3-2 in the final. If anyone knows what the circumstances of that default were, I'm interested in that information. 

Unseeded Theo Hegarty and Nicolas Pedraza won the doubles titles, beating No. 3 seeds Hata and Roger Koike of Japan 6-3, 6-3 in the final.  Traynor and Sophia Cedeno, the No. 2 seeds, defeated No. 4 seeds Preston and Julia Seversen 6-2, 2-6, 10-7 to claim the girls doubles championship.

At the J60 in Mexico, 16-year-old top seed Sean Grosman swept the titles, beating No. 2 seed and doubles partner Kamil Stolarczyk 6-3, 6-0 for his second ITF Junior Circuit singles title. In the doubles final, top seeds Grosman and Stolarczyk defeated No. 2 seeds Carlo Arena Fava and Valentino Arjona of Mexico 6-0, 6-4.

In Cincinnati, unseeded 18-year-old Ilan Klein won his first ITF Junior Circuit title, beating wild card Gregory Bernadsky 3-6, 5-7, 6-4 in the boys final.  Seventeen-year-old Amiya Bowles also claimed her first ITF Junior Circuit title, with the No. 3 seed beating top seed Aarini Bhattacharya 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.

Bhattacharya did win the doubles title, with Vibha Gogineni. The No. 2 seeds defeated unseeded Olivia Darawan and Chloe Qin 7-6(8), 6-1 in the final. No. 2 seeds Maksim Nekrasov of Russia and Luca Ugel defeated top seeds Anthony Dry and Owen Guistwite 2-6, 6-4, 14-12 in the final. 

The fifth singles title for an American last week was secured at the J30 in Uganda, with 16-year-old Eaden-Zack Harron winning his second ITF Junior Circuit, a week after collecting his third doubles title there.  Harron, the No. 2 seed, defeated No. 4 seed Kazuki Nakajima 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(2) in the final.

For the second week in a row, Koronayashe Rugara picked up a doubles titles at a J60 in South Africa, with South African partner Morgan Jordaan. The top seeds defeated No. 2 seeds Allegra and Angelique van der Walt of South Africa 6-3, 6-1 in the final. Rugara lost to Allegra van der Walt in the singles final.

At the J30 in the Cayman Islands, top seeds Fianna Graci and Anabelle Janczyk won the girls doubles title, beating No. 2 seeds Asia Sundas and Sofia Sundas of Italy 6-4, 6-2 in the final.

I hadn't realized how long it has been since I posted an update on the UTR Pro Tennis Tour results from the United States, but it's time to catch up. There is a new shorter version of these PTT events, called Summer Slams, which have begun on college campuses. The total prize money is $12,500, not $20,000 as for the regular PTT tournaments, but they are played over four days, not seven.

MEN:

April 7 Newport Beach CA

Maciej Rajski d. Aleksa Circi 6-4, 6-1

April 7 Houston TX

Raphael Perot d. Ilgiz Valiev 4-6, 7-5, 7-5

April 13 Atlanta GA

Ian Mayew d. Tyler Stice 6-1, 3-1, ret.

April 22 College Station TX

Alan Magadan d. Edoardo Cherie Ligniere 6-3, 7-6

April 28 Newport Beach CA

Aleksa Ciric d. Maciej Rajski 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

May 5 Stockton CA

Tiago Silva d. Ran Amar 6-1, 6-4

May 5 Boca Raton FL

Joshua Charlton d. Phillip Jordan 6-4, 6-1

May 12 Newport Beach CA

Gianluca Brunkow d. Maciej Rajski 4-6, 7-5, 6-3

May 18 Boca Raton FL

Roan Jones d. Christophe Clement 6-1, 6-0

May 19 Champaign IL

Lucas Horve d. Chad Kissell 6-4, 6-2

May 22 Tuscaloosa AL (Summer Slam $12.5 prize money)

Matic Kriznik d. Enzo Aguiard 6-1, 6-4

May 25 Knoxville TN

Alejandro Moreno d. Asahi Harazaki 6-4, 7-6(1)

May 25 Los Angeles CA

Peter Makk d. Maciej Rajski 7-6(7), 6-1

May 29 Denver CO (Summer Slam)

Tanapatt Nirundorn d. Janmagnus Johnson 3-6, 7-5, 6-2

June 1 Los Angeles CA

Peter Makk d. Gianluca Brunkow 6-1, 6-2

June 2 Manchester CT

Petro Kuzmenok d. Roy Smith 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

June 5 Winston Salem NC (Summer Slam)

Janmagnus Johnson d. Agustin Mastri 6-2, 6-0

WOMEN:

April 13 Atlanta GA

Dalayna Hewitt d. Alicia Herrero Linana 7-5, 6-1

April 14 Newport Beach CA

Veronika Miroshnichenko d. Eduarda Piai 6-3, 6-3

April 21 Boca Raton FL

Ekaterina Khayrutdinova d. Gabriella Lindgren 6-4, 7-5

May 5 Stockton CA

Kylie Mckenzie d. Solia Valentine 6-2 6-2

May 11 Boca Raton FL

Adriana Reami d. Gabriella Lindgren 4-6, 7-5, 6-1

May 19 Champaign IL

Megan Heuser d. Akari Matsuno 3-6, 6-0, 6-4

May 25 Los Angeles CA

Eryn Cayetano d. Veronika Miroshnichenko w/o

May 26 Knoxville TN

Dalayna Hewitt d. Leyla Britez Risso 6-7(3) 6-3, 6-4

May 29 Denver CO (Summer Slam $12.5 prize money)

Rhiann Newborn d. Andrea Burguete Beltran 6-4, 3-6, 7-5

June 2 Los Angeles CA

Eryn Cayetano d. Tianmei Wang 6-2, 6-0

June 2 Manchester CT

Olivia Lincer d. Brooke Lynn Schafer 6-3, 6-0

June 5 Winston Salem NC

Riley Crowder d. Maeve Thornton 6-1, 3-6, 6-3

The ITF and ITA have announced an additional pro circuit program for Division I collegiate men, with those who finished 21-30 in the final ITA rankings last month receiving entry into up to eight ITF M25 tournaments. The list of those players can be found here.

That now means that 30 Division I men receive preference for entry in ATP and ITF tournaments, while the women's number remains at five, which is what it was when that ITF women's collegiate program was started in 2023. Whatever the reason for this disparity, it's not a good look for the ITF or the ITA.