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. 

Oktiabreva and Miguel Win Roland Garros Junior Titles; Liutova Faces Brantmeier in Sumter W100 Final: Penickova Halts Evans' Streak; Bonding vs Ojakaar in NCAA Rematch at Lakewood M15; Ilagan Reaches First Challenger Final

Luis Guto Miguel not only claimed his first junior slam title today at Roland Garros, a huge accomplishment for any young player, but the 17-year-old from Brazil also added his country's name to the record books. The top seed's 6-3, 6-4 victory over 16-year-old American Michael Antonius gave Brazil its first Roland Garros junior singles title in history.

Miguel, who will ascend to No. 1 in the ITF Junior rankings on Monday, brought his best level of the week against Antonius, with the large Brazilian crowd gathered at Court Simonne-Mathieu getting the show they were looking for. Miguel didn't face a break point in the opening set, with a break in the fifth game all he needed, although he got a second to close out the first set.  

Miguel hit more than five times the number of winners Antonius had, with many of his 28 winners coming after he drew Antonius to the net with drop shots. But Antonius was by no means overmatched, despite the stats, staying in points primarily by getting a high percentage of first serves in and prolonging rallies. Antonius had a look at a break point in the first game of the second set, but made an unforced error, allowing Miguel to hold.

Miguel then began to take control of the rallies with often high risk winners, and he began to ride the wave of momentum, especially after a improbable tweener at the net led to a forehand volley putaway. He broke Antonius at love to to take a 4-2 lead in the second set, but Antonius dug in and forced Miguel to serve it out at 5-3. Miguel played by far his worst game of the match, making three unforced errors to put the set back on serve, but Antonius couldn't hold, double faulting his game point away for deuce. Miguel netted a backhand on his first match point, but after a net-cord winner, he got another chance and Antonius netted a drop shot to end it.

During his remarks at the trophy ceremony, an emotional Miguel addressed his coach Kike Granjeiro in the player's box, dedicating his title to him after Granjeiro lost his brother just two weeks ago. He then thanked the Brazilian fans in attendance for their support in helping him make history.

The girls final was a rematch of a February semifinal of a W35 in Tunisia, with Alisa Oktiabreva defeating Xinran Sun of China for a second time in four months by same 6-2, 6-1 score.

The first five games, all breaks of serve, were competitive as both players showed both signs of nerves and a willingness to go for their shots. But Oktiabreva was able to take advantage of Sun's ineffective second serve, as she began to find her rhythm and minimize her errors. 

Oktiabreva, who has been training in the Czechia for many years and is expected to begin representing that country soon, took a 4-0 lead in the second set before Sun finally got her only hold of serve to get on the board. Oktiabreva, who ended up with 29 winners and just 16 unforced errors, didn't give her 15-year-old opponent any hope, winning the final two games to earn the title in her first junior tournament since the 2023 Orange Bowl. 

The 17-year-old was contemplating a collegiate career in the United States prior to this result, although her WTA career-high ranking of 280 earlier this year, which gained her entry into the Roland Garros Junior Championships, means she is just a few good results from earning a spot in the US Open qualifying. 

In this ITF Junior Circuit article, Oktiabreva suggests she may play the Wimbledon Junior Championships next month, which she has not played previously. That acceptance list comes out next week, so we'll know soon.

The Roland Garros website's article on both junior singles finals, with all the trophy photos, is here.

Both the doubles finals also were decided in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, but both got interesting at the end.

No. 8 seeds Welles Newman and Jordyn Hazelitt of the United States were a deciding point away from trailing 6-1, 5-1 to the unseeded Czech team of Jana Kovackova and Katerina Zajickova, but Newman held serve and they fought back to 4-all. Kovackova had to save two break points to win the next game, and Newman couldn't hold, losing a deciding point to end it. 

It's the third straight girls slam doubles titles for Kovackova, who won the US Open and Australian Open titles with her older sister Alena. She will be going for the career slam at Wimbledon.

Boys champions Jamie Mackenzie and Vincent Reisach of Germany, the No. 8 seeds,  were cruising along at 6-1, 5-1 with Daniel Jade serving at 15-40. But he and partner Mathys Domenc saved those three match points, and two more with Mackenzie serving at 5-2, 40-30, then held for 5-4. Reisach got down 0-15 in his attempt to serve out the match, but they ended the drama there, winning the next four points for the title.

Sunday's final at the W100 in Sumter South Carolina will end a winning streak, with 16-year-old Kristinia Liutova facing wild card Reese Brantmeier.  Liutova, who won the W100 in Indian Harbour Beach Florida early last month, defeated top seed Whitney Osuigwe 6-2, 6-4 for her ninth straight win. NCAA singles champion Brantmeier, who finished her college career at North Carolina last month and won the singles and doubles titles at the W35 last week in Wichita Kansas, defeated No. 2 seed Cadence Brace(LSU) of Canada 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-3.

In today's doubles final, No. 2 seeds Catherine Harrison(UCLA) and Alexandra Osborne(Arizona State) of Australia defeated top seeds Anna Rogers(NC State) and Allura Zamarripa(Texas) 6-4, 4-6, 10-7.

Sixteen-year-old Kristina Penickova is into the final of her first tournament back after more than six months away due to an injury. The former ITF World No. 1 ended the winning streak of last week's W15 Lakewood champion Tatum Evans(North Carolina) with a 6-3, 6-4 victory in the semifinals of Week 2 at Lakewood. Penickova, the No. 8 seed, will play 19-year-old Mayu Crossley of Japan, the former ITF Junior No. 5. The No. 2 seed, Crossley defeated No. 3 seed Dasha Plekhanova of Canada 6-0, 4-6, 7-6(2).

Steve Pratt, press aide for USTA SoCal, spoke to Penickova after her quarterfinal win yesterday for this recap; she likely will be moving on from junior competition after playing San Diego Nationals this August.

Top seeds Ava Hrastar(Georgia Tech, Ole Miss, Auburn) and Victoria Mulville(South Carolina, Kansas) defeated No. 2 seeds Kailey Evans(Texas Tech, San Diego) and Lily Taylor(Arizona State) of Australia 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 for the women's doubles title.

The M15 final Sunday at Lakewood will be a rematch of last month's match between Oliver Bonding of Great Britain and Oliver Ojakaar of Estonia in the NCAA semifinal between TCU and Texas in Athens Georgia. Ojakaar, a sophomore at Texas, defeated Bonding, a freshman at TCU, 6-1, 6-3 at line 4 in that match, which Texas won 4-3.  Today, the unseeded Bonding defeated No. 4 seed Dmitry Popko of Kazakhstan 6-2, 7-6(4), while Ojakaar beat fellow qualifier Iiro Vasa(San Diego) of Finland 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-3 in a three-hour and nine-minute semifinal.

Unseeded Mikael Arseneault(Kentucky) and Volodymyr Gurenko of Canada won the men's doubles title, beating No. 2 seeds Reece Falck(Fresno State, UNC-Wilmington) and Matthew Shearer(William Carey, Nebraska) of New Zealand 6-3, 5-7, 10-8 in today's final.

At the ATP Challenger 75 in Tyler Texas, 25-year-old Andre Ilagan, a former All-American at Hawaii, has reached his first ATP Challenger final after falling in five previous semifinal appearances. The unseeded Ilagan defeated qualifier Karl Poling(Princeton, UNC) 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(8) and will face top seed Adam Walton(Tennessee) of Australia. Walton defeated No. 3 seed Liam Draxl(Kentucky) of Canada 6-4, 6-4.

Antonius Faces Top Seed Miguel for Roland Garros Boys Title; Sun and Oktiabreva Play for Girls Championship; Newman and Hazelitt Reach Girls Doubles Final; Evans, Brantmeier, Liutova Extend Winning Streaks; Poling Advances to Tyler Challenger Semis

Sixteen-year-old Michael Antonius opted to skip the Australian Open Junior Championships this year and instead played two ITF J300s on hard courts in South America. He won them both, giving him the freedom to forget about his ITF junior ranking for the year and focus on getting experience on the USTA Pro Circuit. 

He went 14-6 this spring in seven USTA Pro Circuit events, which included the title at the M25 in Bakersfield, where he claimed the distinction as the youngest American to win a Pro Circuit event. 

Antonius played only one junior event to prepare for Roland Garros, the J500 in Milan, where he lost in the second round, which as the No. 4 seed, was his first match.

So his run to the boys final at Roland Garros is both a surprise and not a surprise, given his lack of experience at junior slams but also his obvious accomplishments and trajectory this year.

Today in Paris, the 13th-seeded Antonius continued his domination of more experienced seeds, beating Australian Open boys finalist Keaton Hance 6-3, 6-1, with no drama and no indication his form is tailing off. 

After beating the No. 2 seed Yannik Alexandrescou, the No. 5 seed and Australian Open boys champion Ziga Sesko and No. 6 seed Hance, Antonius now faces top seed Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil, who is aiming to make history for his country.

Miguel, 17, came from 2-0 down in the third set to end the run of wild card Leonardo Storck Franca of Brazil 6-1, 3-6, 6-2. Unlike Antonius Miguel has been challenged in the last two rounds, but he will be the favorite, given his seeding and his experience on clay.

Miguel lost to Antonius the only time they've played in an ITF-sanctioned junior event, but that was nearly three years ago in the ITF World Junior Tennis competition in the Czech Republic, where the 13-year-old Antonius beat the 14-year-old Miguel 6-1, 6-0 in the 5th-8th playoff. The following year, Antonius, Jordan Lee and Teodor Davidov won the title at the WJT, with Antonius, Lee and Andy Johnson then claiming last fall's Junior Davis Cup title in Chile.

Although three Brazilian boys have won junior slam titles--Tiago Fernandes(2010 Australian Open), Thiago Seyboth Wild(2018 US Open) and Joao Fonseca(2023 US Open)--a Brazilian has never won the Roland Garros boys title. Antonius, by contrast, would be the eighth American boy to win it, with Kaylan Bigun accomplishing that just two years ago.

In this article from the ITF Junior Circuit website, Antonius explains how his two wins over Bigun on the USTA Pro Circuit this spring have given him confidence as he tries to equal Bigun's accomplishment.

The girls final will feature another chance at history, with No. 2 seed Xinran Sun of China seeking her country's first junior singles title at Roland Garros. Today, Sun defeated No. 3 seed Victoria Barros of Brazil 6-2, 6-3, the same score of their Orange Bowl semifinal in December. Sun will face No. 12 seed Alisa Oktiabreva, who received entry and her seeding by virtue of her WTA ranking of 309. Oktiabreva had four set points with No. 4 seed Jana Kovackova serving at 3-5 in the first set, but she couldn't convert, with Kovackova winning the final four games of the set. But despite that disappointment, the 17-year-old Russian bounced back from a 2-0 deficit in the second set to claim a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 victory, improving on her 2023 semifinal finish in Paris as a 14-year-old.

Sun and Oktiabreva have played recently, in the semifinals of February's W35 in Tunisia, with Oktiabreva, who won the title, beating Sun 6-2, 6-1. In this article from the ITF Junior Circuit website, Oktiabreva explains why she is not expecting a similar scoreline in Saturday's final.

In addition to Antonius, two other Americans will play for a Roland Garros junior title Saturday, with Welles Newman and Jordyn Hazelitt reaching the girls doubles final with a win today.

No. 8 seeds Newman and Hazelitt, who won a W35 title early this month in Florida, defeated No. 4 seeds Sun and Ruien Zhang of China 6-4, 6-3. They will face the unseeded team of Kovackova, last year's US Open doubles champion and Roland Garros finalist, and partner Katerina Zajickova of Czechia. Zajickova and Kovackova, who reached three junior slam finals with sister Alena, including this year's Australian Open, defeated the unseeded team of Luna Cinalli of Argentina and Ha Eum Lee of Korea 6-3, 6-1.

The boys doubles final will also feature an unseeded team, with Daniel Jade and Mathys Domenc of France defeating No. 2 seeds Hance and Jack Kennedy, the 2025 US Open boys doubles champions, 6-3, 6-4. Domenc and Jade will play No. 8 seeds Jamie Mackenzie and Vincent Reisach of Germany, who defeated No. 6 seeds Jack Secord and Yannik Alvarez of Puerto Rico 7-5, 6-2.

The winning streaks for University of North Carolina teammates Tatum Evans and Reese Brantmeier continued, with rising senior Evans and recent graduate Brantmeier reaching the semifinals at two different USTA Pro Circuit tournaments.

Brantmeier, who won the W35 last week in Wichita, received a wild card into the W100 in Sumter South Carolina and she has advanced to the semifinals, beating qualifier Kylie Collins(Texas, LSU, Oklahoma State) 6-2, 7-5. Brantmeier had beaten No. 5 seed Katrina Scott(Tennessee), fellow USTA American Collegiate US Open Playoff participant later this month, 6-2, 6-2 in the second round. Brantmeier will face another collegian in the semifinals, with LSU sophomore Cadence Brace of Canada, the No. 2 seed, reaching the the semifinals with a 6-0, 7-5 win over wild card Malaika Rapolu(Texas). Brace beat Brantmeier last summer in the first round of the W100 in Cary NC 6-1, 7-6(5).

In the top half, 16-year-old Kristina Liutova has extended her W100 winning streak to eight matches, with the Russian-born Seattle resident earning a tough 7-6(2), 7-5 win over Eryn Cayetano(USC) to set up a meeting with top seed Whitney Osuigwe. Osuigwe, who defeated former Georgia star Mell Reasco of Ecuador 6-4, 6-4, will try to end the run of Indian Harbour Beach W100 champion Liutova in Saturday's semifinals.

Evans, who won the W15 in Lakewood California last week as a qualifier, earned a special exempt spot this week in Lakewood to avoid qualifying, and she immediately took out the top seed. Today Evans defeated No. 5 seed Kailey Evans(Texas Tech, USD) 7-6(2), 6-0 to post her tenth consecutive win in the past 12 days. She will play No. 8 seed Kristina Penickova, the former ITF junior number 1, who has returned from a six-month injury layoff in impressive form. The 16-year-old, currently No. 8 in the ITF junior rankings, beat No. 4 seed Rachel Gailis (Florida) 6-2, 6-1.

In the bottom half, UCLA freshman Mayu Crossley of Japan, the No. 2 seed, will face No. 3 seed Dasha Plekhanova of Canada. Plekhanova defeated No. 6 seed Ava Hrastar(Georgia Tech, Ole Miss, Auburn) 6-4, 6-0, while Crossley beat Jo-Yee Chan(Oregon, San Diego State) 6-4, 6-2.

There are no Americans remaining in the semifinals of the M15 in Lakewood, with Marko Mesarovic(Clemson) and Ozan Baris(Michigan State) losing in today's quarterfinals. Unseeded Oliver Bonding of Great Britain, who just completed his freshman season at TCU, defeated qualifier Mesarovic 6-4, 6-2 and will face No. 4 seed Dmitry Popko of Kazakhstan in the semifinals. Baris lost to Iiro Vasa(San Diego) of Finland 6-3, 6-4 to set up a meeting with fellow qualifier Oliver Ojakaar(Texas) of Estonia. Ojakaar beat No. 2 seed Kento Miyoshi(Illinois) of Japan 7-6(3), 6-2.

At the ATP Challenger 75 in Tyler Texas, rain continues to cause delays, but three of the four semifinalists have been determined. Top seed Adam Walton(Tennessee) of Australia defeated Tim Legout(Texas) of France 6-2, 6-2 in today's quarterfinals and will play No. 3 seed Liam Draxl(Kentucky) of Canada. Draxl beat qualifier Braden Shick(NC State) 6-2, 6-3.

Qualifier Karl Poling, who played at Princeton and then as a graduate student at UNC, is through to his first ATP Challenger semifinal after beating 2023 Wimbledon boys champion Henry Searle of Great Britain 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-3. He will play the winner of the match between Andre Ilagan(Hawaii) and Yuta Shimizu of Japan, with a third set necessary to decide it after the recent rain delay.

Antonius and Hance Meet Friday For Spot in Roland Garros Boys Final; Oktiabreva and 2, 3 and 4 Seeds Advance to Girls Semifinals; Three US Pairs Reach RG Junior Doubles Semifinals

Keaton Hance won a nail-biter of a quarterfinal to reach his second junior slam semifinal at Roland Garros, while 16-year-old Michael Antonius breezed past the Australian Open boys champion to earn a shot at his first junior slam final in just his second appearance in one.

Hance, the No. 6 seed, had to survive several distractions in his 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(6) win over No. 3 seed Jamie Mackenzie of Germany.  After starting out with a nearly flawless first, Hance didn't face a break point until 5-all in the second set, but Mackenzie finally got his chances in that game and converted his third break point opportunity, then held to even the match. 

Hance fell behind in the third set, after getting broken at 1-all, but he broke back in a ten-minute four deuce game on his fourth break point. With Hance serving at 15-all in the next game, Mackenzie sat down in a chair in the corner after winning the point, although on the replay there was no indication of what might have led to that abrupt call for the trainer. The trainer looked at his right ankle, but no treatment ensured, and after six minutes the game resumed, with Hance holding for a 3-2 lead.

Mackenzie then left the court for treatment at the changeover and four minutes later, with Hance shadow serving while his opponent was gone, Mackenzie returned. He then began to press on his left shoulder and even tried an underhand serve in that game, but managed to hold serve without incident, as did Hance, for a deciding tiebreaker. Mackenzie continued to indicate he was having problems with his shoulder, but got it to 6-all in the tiebreaker before Hance locked down, winning the final four points to earn his spot in the semifinals.

In contrast, No. 13 seed Antonius kept the drama to a minimum, getting 75% of his first serves in, converting half of his 10 break points and never looking threatened in a rally.  After defeating No. 2 seed Yannick Alexandrescou of France yesterday and the reigning Australian Open champion today, in straightforward fashion, Antonius will now play Hance, who is two years older and much more experienced given his run to the Australian Open final in January, but his current form will be a challenge for anyone to overcome.

The USTA's Inside American Tennis has comments from both Hance and Antonius about their matches today and facing each other in the semifinals. 

The third US boys in the quarterfinals, Jack Kennedy, had a disappointing 18th birthday, falling to wild card Leonardo Storck Franca of Brazil 6-3, 7-6(1). The 17-year-old Storck Franca, who has a one-handed backhand, was down a break twice in the first set, but Kennedy immediately gave those breaks back and then lost serve for the third straight time to give Storck Franca the chance to serve out the set, which he did.

The second set featured eight service holds to start, with Kennedy the first one broken at 4-all, but Storck Franca could not serve out the match. Despite that inability to close out a big win over a top seed, Storck Franca didn't fade, holding to force a tiebreaker, and then playing much better than Kennedy, who couldn't find any way to put pressure on his opponent.

Storck Franca will face top seed Luis Guto Miguel in the all-Brazil semifinal, after Miguel defeated No. 7 seed Thilo Behrmann of Austria 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. Although both are 17, Storck Franca has been in Guto Miguel's shadow for many years, but he is proving this week that he deserves time in the spotlight as well. That semifinal is the subject of this ITF Junior website article.

The girls quarterfinal featured just one three-setter, with No. 3 seed Victoria Barros of Brazil beating unseeded Ha Eum Lee of Korea 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. Barros will face No. 2 seed Xinran Sun of China, who cruised past No. 6 seed Anastasija Cvetkovic of Serbia 6-0, 6-2 in less than an hour. Sun and Barros met in the semifinals of the Orange Bowl last December, with Sun winning 6-2, 6-3. 

No. 12 seed Alisa Oktiabreva ended the run of 14-year-old qualifier Ekaterina Dotsenko in the all-Russian quarterfinals, earning a 6-3, 6-4 victory and her second trip to the Roland Garros semifinals, with her first in 2023. 

She will play No. 4 seed Jana Kovackova of Czechia, who zipped past No. 9 seed Charo Esquiva Banuls of Spain 6-0, 6-2.

The doubles semifinals are scheduled for Friday, with both top seeds ousted today. No. 8 seeds Jordyn Hazelitt and Welles Newman, who won a W35 doubles title last month, beat No. 1 seeds Barros and Paola Pinera Celorio of Spain 4-6, 7-6(4), 10-8, saving a match point on a deciding point at 5-6 in the second set.

They will play No. 4 seeds Sun and Ruien Zhang of China in the semifinals.

The other girls doubles semifinal will be between two unseeded teams, with Kovackova and Katerina Zajickova of Czechia facing Lee and Luna Cinalli of Argentina. Kovackova and Zajickova beat No. 3 seeds Cvetkovic and Thea Frodin 6-3, 6-1.

Although technically Yannick Alvarez represents Puerto Rico, which has a separate federation from the USTA, he lives in the United States and has competed in USTA events for many years, including winning the Kalamazoo 16s doubles title in 2024. He and Jack Secord have been playing together regularly for the past year, making the Wimbledon quarterfinals and US Open semifinals, where they lost to eventual champions Hance and Kennedy.

Today Alvarez and Secord came back to defeat top seeds Miguel and Sesko 2-6, 6-2, 10-6 and will face No. 8 seeds Mackenzie and Vincent Reisach of Germany in the semifinals.

Second seeds Hance and Kennedy, who won a M25 doubles title last month in Spain, defeated No. 5 seeds Nicolas Baena of Peru and Tito Chavez of Spain 6-3, 6-4 in an evening quarterfinal match; they will play unseeded Mathys Domenc and Daniel Jade of France, who beat Safir Azam and Dan Brand of Israel 3-6, 6-2, 10-7.

Friday's order of play is here.

In today's mixed doubles final, Evan King(Michigan) and Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada, playing together for the first time, fell to defending champions and top seeds Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori of Italy 4-6, 6-3, 10-4. For more on the final, see this article from the Roland Garros website.

One American and three former collegians remain in the men's and women's doubles draws, with top seeds Taylor Townsend and Czechia's Katerina Siniakova playing No. 4 seeds Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani(Pepperdine) of Brazil in tomorrow semifinals. In the bottom half, No. 2 seed Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia and Anna Danilina(Florida) of Kazakhstan will play unseeded Shuko Aoyama of Japan and En-Shuo Liang of Taiwan.

No. 2 seeds Henry Patten(UNC-Asheville) of Great Britain and Harri Heliovaara of Finland reached the final today and will play the winner of tomorrow's semifinal between top seeds Marcel Granollers of Spain and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina and No. 5 seeds Vavassori and Simone Bolleli of Italy.

May Aces; Hance, Kennedy and Antonius Reach Roland Garros Junior Quarterfinals; Liutova Extends W100 Winning Streak; Top Seeds Arseneault and Vagramov Ousted in Lakewood; D-III Final Rankings, All-Americans Named

My monthly column highlighting the top performances of juniors, collegians and former collegians is up today at the Tennis Recruiting Network, and, as has been the case in the past several years, it's impossible to feature everyone that claimed a pro circuit title in May. With the increase in the number of W15 and M15 tournaments on the ITF World Tennis Tour, and the surge of juniors and collegians who participate in them, there simply isn't room for all those champions, particularly when former collegians are having so much success on the ATP and WTA tours.

Three US boys are through to the quarterfinals of the Roland Garros Junior Championships, with Jack Kennedy, Keaton Hance and Michael Antonius all posting straight-sets wins today in Paris.

Sixteen-year-old Antonius, who is playing just his second junior slam tournament, defeated No. 2 seed Yannick Alexandrescou of France 6-2, 6-4, a score that doesn't indicate how tricky that second set was. Antonius, the No. 13 seed, was down 3-1 in the set before winning four straight games, but was broken serving for the match at 5-3, after failing to convert three match points. Alexandrescou, who has committed to Duke for this fall, had a vocal group of young fans supporting him throughout, but Antonius didn't show any signs of frustration after dropping the 5-3 game and broke at love to end it, avenging his 6-0, 6-2 loss to Alexandrescou in the final of the ITF J300 in College Park last August.

Antonius will face No. 5 seed and Australian Open champion Ziga Sesko of Slovenia, who defeated unseeded Connor Doig of South Africa 6-3, 6-2 today. Antonius and Sesko met last May in the J300 in Belgium, with Sesko winning the second round encounter 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. 

No. 4 seed Jack Kennedy defeated unseeded Arnav Paparkar of India 7-5, 6-2, following a similar pattern to his first two victories this week: winning a tight first set and pulling away in the second. Kennedy, who turns 18 tomorrow, will play unseeded wild card Leonardo Storck Franca of Brazil, who beat No. 8 seed Zangar Nurlanuly of Kazakhstan 3-6, 7-6(3), 7-5. Kennedy's only previous quarterfinal in a junior slam came in the 2025 Australian Open. The ITF Junior website spoke with Kennedy after his second round win over Daniel Jade of France yesterday for this article.

2026 Australian Open boys finalist Keaton Hance needed just 63 minutes to get past qualifier Kaan Isik Kosaner of Turkey 6-1, 6-1. He will face No. 3 seed Jamie Mackenzie of Germany, who won ten straight games from unseeded Flynn Thomas of Switzerland after dropping the first set and went on to post a 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory. 

The only boys quarterfinal not featuring an American is top seed Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil's contest with No. 7 seed Thilo Behrmann of Austria. Miguel defeated No. 16 seed Nicolas Baena of Peru 6-4, 6-4, while Behrmann beat unseeded Mathys Domenc of France 6-0, 7-6(2).

The girls draw lost three Top 8 seeds today, with No. 8 seed Mariia Makarova of Russia losing to unseeded Ha Eum Lee of Korea 6-3, 7-6(8). Lee will face No. 3 seed Victoria Barros of Brazil, who beat unseeded Denisa Zoldakova of Czechia 6-3 ,0-6, 6-3.

No. 9 seed Charo Esquiva Banuls of Spain defeated her doubles partner, No. 5 seed Nauhany Leme Da Silva of Brazil, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 and No. 7 seed Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi of Argentina lost to No. 12 seed Alisa Oktiabreva of Russia, who reached the semifinals of the Roland Garros Junior Championships the last time she played it, in 2023. Oktiabreva will face unseeded qualifier Ekaterina Dotsenko of Russia, who won a two-hour and 16-minute battle with No. 13 seed Mariella Thamm of Germany 7-6(6), 6-4. Banuls will play No. 4 seed Jana Kovackova, a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 winner over No. 14 seed Felitsata Dorofeeva-Rybas of Russia.

No. 2 seed Xinran Sun of China, who needed three hours and 17 minutes to get past unseeded Maia Burcescu of Romania, will face No. 6 seed Anastasija Cvetkovic of Serbia next. They are the only girls who have played before on the ITF Junior Circuit, with Cvetkovic 2-2 against Sun in four previous meetings, but Sun won the most recent encounter last month in the final of the J300 in Bulgaria. Cvetkovic is the subject of today's ITF Junior Circuit article on the Roland Garros championships.

Seven US juniors are through to Thursday's quarterfinals in doubles, with those matchups listed below.

Wednesday's Roland Garros third round junior results of Americans:

Michael Antonius[13] d. Yannick Alexandrescou[2](FRA) 6-2, 6-4
Keaton Hance[6] d. Kaan Isik Kosaner[Q](TUR) 6-1, 6-1
Jack Kennedy[4] d. Arnav Paparkar(IND) 7-5, 6-2

Thursday's Roland Garros quarterfinals featuring Americans:

Singles:
Jack Kennedy[4] v Leonardo Storck France(BRA)
Michael Antonius[13] v Ziga Sesko[5](SLO)
Keaton Hance[6] v Jamie Mackenzie[3](GER)

Doubles:
Jordyn Hazelitt and Welles Newman[8] v Victoria Barros(BRA) and Paola Pinera Celorio(ESP)[1]
Thea Frodin and Anastasija Cvetkovic(SRB) v Jana Kovackova and Katerina Zajickova(CZE)

Jack Secord and Yannik Alvarez(PUR)[6] v Luis Guto Miguel(BRA) and Ziga Sesko(SLO)[1]
Safir Azam and Dan Brand(ISR) v Mathys Domenc and Daniel Jade(FRA)
Keaton Hance and Jack Kennedy[2] v Nicolas Baena(PER) and Tito Chavez(ESP)[5]

All matches are streamed on HBO/Max.

At the W100 in Sumter South Carolina, 16-year-old Kristina Liutova(see the May Aces) extended her winning streak at that level to six matches with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Clervie Ngounoue. Liutova will play No. 7 seed Carolyn Ansari(Auburn) in the second round Thursday.

Reese Brantmeier(UNC) also extended a winning streak, with last week's W35 champion(see the May Aces) defeating Madison Sieg(USC) 6-1, 6-3. She will play No. 5 seed Katrina Scott(Tennessee), which could be a preview of a USTA American Collegiate US Open Wild Card Playoff match in two weeks. 

Top seed Nicolas Arseneault(Kentucky) of Canada lost in the first round of the M15 SoCal Pro Series in Lakewood today, with TCU rising sophomore Oliver Bonding posting a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory. Noah Johnston, a rising sophomore at Georgia, defeated last week's M15 Lakewood champion Kaylan Bigun(UCLA), the No. 3 seed this week, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Johnston beat Bigun in the round of 32 at Kalamazoo in 2024, when Bigun was the reigning Roland Garros boys champion, 7-6(5), 7-6(5).

The women's draw in Lakewood also lost its top seed today, with last week's champion Tatum Evans(UNC) beating Alexandra Vagramov(UCLA) of Canada 6-4, 6-2. Evans, who received a special exempt after reaching the final last week as a qualifier, will play 17-year-old qualifier Thara Gowda in the next round.

The final Division III rankings for 2025-2026 were published today, with the team and singles Top 10s and the doubles Top 5 below. The All-Americans were also designated, with the women's list here and the men's list here.  Click on the headers to see the full listings.

Men's D-III final rankings June 3, 2026

Team Top 10:

1. Chicago

2. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

3. Tufts

4. Denison

5. Case Western Reserve

6. Bowdoin

7. Swarthmore

8. Johns Hopkins

9. Carnegie Mellon

10. Emory

Singles Top 10:

1. Advik Mareedu, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

2. Michael Melnikova, Swarthmore

3. Mark Kneiss, Bowdoin

4. Ruilin Feng, Emory

5. Dael Shalin Shah, Denison

6. Alex Feies, Carnegie Mellon

7. Andreas Sillaste, Amherst

8. Shrikeshav Murugesan, Chicago

9. Emil Grancharov, Chicago

10. Alex Ganchev, Tufts

Doubles Top 5

1. Advik Mareedu and Caleb Settles, CMS

2. Ajay Kartik and Ruilin Feng, Emory

3. Ethan Green and Kael Shalin Shah, Denison

4. Sacha Maes and Alex Ganchev, Tufts

5. Trey Lambright and Bryce Ware, Case Western

Women's D-III final rankings, June 3, 2026

Team Top 10:

1. Wesleyan

2. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

3. Chicago

4. Washington-St. Louis

5. Babson

6. Emory

7. Johns Hopkins

8. Bowdoin

9. Carnegie Mellon

10. MIT

Singles Top 10:

1. Matia Cristiani, Babson

2. Sarena Biria, Chicago

3. Rebecca Kong, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

4. Tina She, Amherst

5. Ananya Sriniketh, CMS

6. Eliana Hanna, Washington-St. Louis

7. Elsie Van Wieren, Middlebury

8. Alessandra Sikharulidze, Babson

9. Lindsay Eisenman, CMS

10. Emily Kantrovitz, Emory

Doubles Top 5:

1. Lindsay Eisenman and Rebecca Kong, CMS

2. Matia Cristiana and Alessandra Sikharulidze, Babson

3. Eleanor Archer and Caitlin Bui, Washington-St. Louis

4. Iris Berman and Emily Kantrovitz, Emory

5. Kamila Wong and Ava Li, Johns Hopkins

Hance and Kennedy Survive Rain Delays to Join Antonius in Roland Garros Junior Championships Round of 16; Bowers and Collins Qualify at Sumter W100; Tyler Challenger Qualifying Still Not Complete; SoCal Pro Series Week Two Begins

After no rain the first nine days of action in Paris, those playing second round junior singles matches Tuesday at Roland Garros contended with several delays, and the last first round doubles match didn't finish until 10:30 p.m. local time in Paris. 

The top eight seeds in the boys draw have all advanced to Wednesday's round of 16, while the only Top Eight seed missing from the girls draw is No. 1 Ksenia Efremova of France, who lost in the first round Sunday.

Fourteen-year-old qualifier Ekaterina Dotsenko of Russia, who beat Efremova, reached the round of 16 with a 7-6(2), 6-3 win over Giulia Popa of Romania. Three other unseeded girls have advanced to the third round: Ha Eum Lee of Korea, Maia Burcescu of Romania and Denisa Zoldakova of Czechia. Zoldakova beat No. 15 seed Janae Preston, the only US girl to reach the second round, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in just short of three hours. Zoldakova served for the match at 5-3 and had three match points that Preston saved, but Preston was broken at love to put an end to the drama.

No. 6 seed Keaton Hance managed to complete his 6-4, 6-2 victory over Pedro Henrique Chabalgoity of Brazil before a second rain delay and will play qualifier Kaan Isik Kosaner of Turkey, who beat No. 10 seed and 2025 Roland Garros boys semifinalist Ryo Tabata of Japan 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 today.

No. 4 seed Jack Kennedy's 6-4, 6-3 win over Daniel Jade was disrupted several times by rain, the first delay coming with Kennedy down a break 3-4 in the first set. But he got the break back, saved a break point at 4-all and broke Jade again to take the first set. The 17-year-old New Yorker led throughout the second set, with Jade's confidence, which was high coming into the match after his M25 title last week, began to wane as Kennedy's level rose. Kennedy will face unseeded Arnav Paparkar of India in Wednesday's third round.

Paparkar and Kosaner are two of the six unseeded boys in the final 16:  Baylor signee Connor Doig of South Africa, Flynn Thomas of Switzerland, Mathys Domenc of France and wild card Leonardo Storck Franca of Brazil. Storck Franca defeated No. 12 seed Yannik Alvarez of Puerto Rico 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(6) after Alvarez served for the match at 5-4 in the third.

Top seed Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil defeated Ryan Cozad 6-3, 7-6(4).

The first round of doubles was completed today, with Andy Johnson and Tanishk Konduri defeating No. 3 seeds Tabata and Yannick Alexandrescou of France 3-6, 6-4, 10-2. No. 7 seeds Zangar Nurlanuly of Kazakhstan and Savva Rybkin of Russia lost to the Australian team of Daniel Jovanovski and Mustafa Ege Sik 6-4, 6-3 Monday.

In the girls doubles, the only seeds to fall in the first round were No. 7 Popa and Adelina Lacinova of Latvia, who lost today to Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi of Argentina and 2025 Roland Garros girls doubles champion Sonja Zhenikova of Germany 7-5, 6-2.

Tuesday's Roland Garros second round junior results of Americans:

Jack Kennedy[4] d. Daniel Jade(FRA) 6-4, 6-3
Keaton Hance[6] d. Pedro Henrique Chabalgoity(BRA) 6-4, 6-2
Luis Guto Miguel[1](BRA) d. Ryan Cozad 6-3, 7-6(4)

Denisa Zoldakova(CZE) d. Janae Preston[15] 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4

Wednesday's Roland Garros third round junior matches featuring Americans:

Michael Antonius[13] v Yannick Alexandrescou[2](FRA)
Keaton Hance[6] v Kaan Isik Kosaner[Q](TUR)
Jack Kennedy[4] v Arnav Paparkar(IND)

There are four events on the USTA Pro Circuit this week, the biggest of which is the W100 in Sumter South Carolina. Qualifying concluded today, with two Americans, wild card Ashton Bowers(Texas, Auburn) and Kylie Collins(Texas, LSU, Oklahoma State) advancing to the main draw. Bowers defeated No. 6 seed Dasha Ivanova in the first round of qualifying and No. 11 seed Salma Ewing(USC, Texas A&M) today, both in straight sets. The 20-year-old rising Auburn junior will face wild card Bella Payne in the first round. Collins, who was the No. 5 seed in qualifying, will play Sofia Shapateva of Georgia in the first round Wednesday.

Wild cards were given to Payne, Reese Brantmeier(UNC) and Malaika Rapolu(Texas). Whitney Osuigwe is the top seed, with Cadence Brace(LSU) of Canada the No. 2 seed.

An intriguing first round match features 16-year-old Kristina Liutova, who won the W100 in Indian Harbour Beach Florida last month, and Clervie Ngounoue, who retired from her quarterfinal match last week with Reese Brantmeier at the W35 in Wichita Kansas. 

At the ATP Challenger 75 in Tyler Texas, the qualifying should have finished Monday, but rain the past two days has caused significant delays, with the last qualifying match on the schedule for tomorrow morning.

So far, four Americans have qualifed: Braden Shick(NC State), Aidan Kim(Ohio State), Andrew Fenty(Michigan) and Daniel Milavsky(Harvard). Karl Poling(Princeton, UNC) could join them if he wins his match tomorrow with Olaf Pieczkowski(LSU) of Poland.

One main draw match was played today, with wild card Landon Ardila, a rising senior at Princeton, beating Tyler Zink(Georgia, Oklahoma State) 6-4, 6-4. Adam Walton(Tennessee) is the top seed, with another Australian, Dane Sweeney, the No. 2 seed. Trevor Svajda(SMU) and Sebastian Gorzny(TCU, Texas) are the other two wild cards.

The SoCal Pro Series continues this week with the M15 and W15 tournaments again in Lakewood California.

Americans qualifying for the main draw with wins today are Kaitlyn Carnicella(Auburn, South Carolina), Patsy Daughters(Oregon), Olivia Center(UCLA), 17-year-olds Maria Aytoyan and Thara Gowda, 16-year-old Sophie Suh and 15-year-old Abigail Haile. 2023 US Open girls champion Katherine Hui(Stanford) received entry as a lucky loser and will play Daughters, who beat her in the final round of qualifying today 10-5 in a match tiebreaker.

Wild cards were awarded to 17-year-olds Tia Messerli and Ta'leighah Saulter and future Columbia teammates Amy Lee and Kenzie Nguyen. 

Alexandra Vagramov(UCLA) of Canada is the top seed, with UCLA freshman Mayu Crossley the No. 2 seed. Vagramov has drawn Tatum Evans, who received a special exempt into the main draw after winning last week's W15 in Lakewood.

Sixteen-year-old former ITF Junior No. 1 Kristina Penickova, who hasn't played this year due to an injury suffered last November, is in the draw as the No. 8 seed. 

Just two Americans advanced to the main draw from qualifying today, Kelly Giese(Lubbock Christian, Nebraska) and Marko Mesarovic(Clemson). Nathan Cox(Vanderbilt) reached the main draw as a lucky loser.

Wild cards were given to Avery Tallakson(New Mexico, Boise State), Alexander Petrov(Illinois), 16-year-old Tyler Lee and Jean Baptiste Badon(Arkansas, Utah State).  

Junior reserved spots went to Jack Satterfield(Vanderbilt), Oliver Bonding(TCU) of Great Britain, Noah Johnston(Georgia) and Marcel Latak. Latak lost 6-1, 6-1 today to No. 2 seed Kenta Miyoshi(Illinois) of Japan. Kentucky rising sophomore Nicolas Arseneault of Canada is the top seed.

Antonius Reaches Round of 16 at Roland Garros Junior Championships; Chervenkov and Frisbie Win First ITF Junior Circuit Titles in Chicago; Texas A&M Tops TRN's Spring Recruiting Class Rankings; Judge Questions Brantmeier Settlement

Michael Antonius is the first US junior to reach the round of 16 of the Roland Garros Junior Championships after a quick 6-3, 6-0 victory in the second round today over Kanta Watanabe of Japan. Next up for Antonius, on Wednesday, is No. 2 seed Yannick Alexandrescou of France, in a rematch of last August's ITF J300 College Park final, which Alexandrescou won 6-0, 6-2.  Alexandrescou had a much tougher second round match today, beating Nikita Belozertsev of Uzbekistan 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

No. 15 seed Janae Preston played her first round match today, and it was one of the longest of the 32 junior matches on the schedule, with the 15-year-old from Nevada defeating French wild card Cindy Langlais 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in two hours and 39 minutes. Preston is the only US girl remaining in the singles draw; No. 4 seed Jack Kennedy, No. 6 seed Keaton Hance and Ryan Cozad will play their second round matches Tuesday, hoping to join Antonius in the third round. Kennedy will be playing the red hot Daniel Jade of France, who won a round in men's qualifying two weeks ago at Roland Garros and won his first ITF men's title at an M25 last week in France.

In doubles, No. 2 seeds Kennedy and Hance, the reigning US Open champions, were on the brink in their first round match with Simone Massellani of Itay and Valentin Gonzalez-Galino of Spain, trailing 6-3, 4-2 before winning a tiebreaker to get to the match tiebreaker, where they trailed 6-4 before claiming six of the final seven points for a 3-6, 7-6(2), 10-7 victory.

Other Americans advancing to the second round of doubles are No. 8 seeds Jordyn Hazelitt and Welles Newman and Melije Clarke and Olivia Traynor. Traynor, who lost in the final round of qualifying, was able to get into the doubles draw for her junior slam debut.

Monday's Roland Garros first round junior results of Americans:

Daphnee Mpetshi Perricard[WC](FRA) d. Carrie-Anne Hoo[Q] 6-1, 6-2

Janae Preston[15] d. Cindy Langlais[WC](FRA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 

Jack Kennedy[4] d. Emilio Camacho(ECU) 7-6(4), 6-2

Monday's Roland Garros second round junior results of Americans:

Michael Antonius[13] d. Kanta Watanabe(JPN) 6-3, 6-0

Zangar Nurlanuly[8](KAZ) d. Agassi Rusher[Q] 6-2, 6-1

Tuesday's Roland Garros second round junior matches featuring Americans:

Jack Kennedy[4] v Daniel Jade(FRA) 

Keaton Hance[6] v Pedro Henrique Chabalgoity(BRA)

Ryan Cozad v Luis Guto Miguel[1](BRA)

Janae Preston[15] v Denisa Zoldakova(CZE)

There are no Americans left in the Roland Garros men's or women's singles after the three playing in the fourth round today lost. Frances Tiafoe led Matteo Arnaldi by two sets to one and was serving at 4-1 in the fourth before losing 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 in a match that went five hours and 26 minutes and finished after 1 a.m. Tuesday morning in Paris.

Monday's fourth round Roland Garros matches featuring Americans:

Flavio Cobolli[10](ITA) d. Zachary Svajda 6-2, 6-3, 6-7(3), 7-6(5)

Matteo Arnaldi(ITA) d. Frances Tiafoe[19] 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 

Diana Shnaider[25](RUS) d. Madison Keys[19] 6-3, 3-6, 6-0

I covered the ITF J300 in Belgium last week, with unseeded US juniors Anita Tu and Jordan Lee reaching the finals and getting a big boost in their ITF junior rankings. 

Gadin Arun had his ITF Junior Circuit winning streak in Canada snapped at 16 the J100 in Calgary last week, with the No. 7 seed falling in the final to No. 3 seed Quincy Yao of Canada 4-6, 6-0, 6-1, while also dropping the doubles final. Daniel Malacek and Canada's Brayden Woo, seeded No. 2, won the doubles titles, beating Arun and Arjun Krishnan, the No. 4 seeds 6-1, 6-1 in the final.

The only titles in singles for Americans came at the J30 in Chicago, with 14-year-old Michael Chervenkov and 15-year-old Natalie Frisbie winning their first ITF Junior Circuit titles.

Chervenkov repeated his win over Ishaan Marla in the 2026 Easter Bowl 14s final, beating Marla 6-4, 6-3 to run his record this year to 30-1, with his sole loss coming in a USTA Level 3 final in the 16s.

Frisbie, who finished sixth at the Easter Bowl in the 16s, was playing in just her second ITF event, receiving entry via her World Tennis Number. She defeated Anna Bugaienko of Ukraine 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2 in the Chicago singles final.

At the J60 in El Salvador, No. 3 seeds Macksimus Malhotra and Sean Peng won the boys doubles title, beating top seeds Matias Quintero Tobon of Colombia and Gianluca Galasso 6-4, 6-7(4), 10-6.

This week's stop of the ITF Junior Circuit Midwest swing is a J60 Champaign Illinois, which, like Chicago, will be conducted in the new round robin/knockout format introduced this year by the ITF. Chervenkov is entered in the boys draw, but Frisbie is not playing Champaign this week.

Tennis Recruiting Network's  Division I women's spring recruiting class rankings were revealed today with NCAA champions Texas A&M voted No. 1. Coincidentally, men's NCAA champions Virginia also landed in the top spot when the men's spring rankings were published last week. As a voter, I can tell you that the top four classes were extremely difficult to rank in any order, with No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Virginia and No. 4 North Carolina all attracting a wealth of talent for 2026. The rest of the Top 10 is Tennessee, Auburn, UCF, Florida, Florida State and Yale. This is hardly the last word on who will be joining the top teams come fall (or next spring for that matter) but it is a clue as to who might have all the recruits they need for next season.

The settlement announced in late April between Reese Brantmeier and the NCAA is apparently not settled, with the judge who certified the class action suit not satisfied that all the interests of other class members are being addressed. For more on the judge's questions, see this article from the Carolina Journal.