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Teams Announced for Next Month's Junior Davis Cup and Junior Billie Jean King Cup, Hazelitt and Davidov Lead US Teams; Wright Wins J100 Title in Ghana
World Tennis announced the player nominations for the Junior Davis Cup and Junior Billie Jean King Cups late last week, with the 16-and-under international team competition scheduled to take place in Egypt November 2nd through November 8th. The United States is the two-time defending champion in both events; the USA's Junior Billie Jean King Cup team has won the championship the past four
US Open Junior Photo Gallery; Current Collegians Win All Three Men's Singles Titles in This Week's US Pro Tournaments; Filin and Carpico Extend Winning Streak with First Challenger Title; Maria Defeats Brengle in Templeton W100 Final
As promised, the US Open Junior Championships gallery is up today at Tennis Recruiting Network, featuring all of the American juniors who competed in singles and the majority of those who played in the doubles portion of the tournament. With most of my attention focused on the WT J300 in Houston, I wasn't able to follow the five professional events in the US as closely as I would have liked,
Davidov Earns Boys World Tennis J300 Pan American Closed Title, Kockinis Claims Girls Singles Championship
©Colette Lewis 2026--Spring Texas--After a week of heat and humidity, the finals of the World Tennis Pan American Closed Saturday morning were the last step for a first J300 title for all four finalists, but that achievement took a back seat to survival, according to both winners and losers.No. 5 seed Armira Kockinis's goal against No. 4 seed Emery Combs was to avoid a repeat of her quarterfinal
September Aces; Davidov Upsets Top Seed Johnson in Four-Hour Epic to Reach Boys Pan Am Closed J300 Final; Combs and Kockinis Meet for Girls Title; Konduri and Johnson, Combs and De Los Reyes Claim Doubles Titles; Pareja Makes Templeton W100 Semis
©Colette Lewis 2026--Spring Texas--Before I get to the details on a long and dramatic Friday at the World Tennis J300 Pan American Closed, here's the link to my monthly column for Tennis Recruiting Network on September's notable achievements of junior, college and former college players, from the US Open to the World Tennis Junior Circuit events in Texas.Heavy rains overnight caused a slight
Kockinis Takes Out Top Seed Alexander, Rain Disrupts Hoo and Combs on the Brink, Top Seeds Johnson and Konduri Roll into Semifinals at J300 Pan Am Closed; Pareja and Penickova Reach Quarterfinals at W100 Templeton
©Colette Lewis 2026--Spring Texas--Carrie-Anne Hoo has had a long junior career, but the 17-year-old from New York had a new experience today in the quarterfinals of the World Tennis J300 Pan American Closed Championships today: a rain delay when she had reached match point.The second-seeded Hoo, a singles finalist at this tournament last year, had taken control of her match against No. 12 seed
Qualifier Gradzki Reaches Pan Am J300 Quarterfinals; Davidov Survives Three-Hour-Plus Battle with Gaines; Top Seeds Alexander and Johnson Need Comebacks to Advance; USTA's Australian Open Wild Card Challenge Begins Next Month
©Colette Lewis 2026--Spring Texas--The top seeds struggled in the third round of the World Tennis J300 Pan Am Closed Wednesday, with another steamy day at the Giammalva Racquet Club producing plenty of drama.Andy Johnson, the top seed and 2025 finalist, couldn't serve out the first set at 5-4 against unseeded William McEwan, and McEwan took advantage of that hiccup by Johnson to take the first
Binu Topples No. 3 Seed Azam Seconds Before Rain Arrives at Pan American Closed; Top Seeds Alexander and Johnson Advance; Pareja Avenges San Diego Loss to Frodin at Templeton W100
©Colette Lewis 2026--Spring Texas--Wild card Achyuth Binu could feel the drops of rain that began when he was leading No. 3 seed Safir Azam 5-1 in the third set of their second round match at the J300 Pan American Closed.But the 17-year-old from Washington state, who won the match 7-5, 2-6, 6-1, was determined not to force the issue, continuing to stay in the long rallies until he found an
Temperatures Soar for Pan Am Closed J300 First Round; Drenser-Hagmann Sweeps at J200 in Uruguay; Stratton and Bosso Claim Singles at J100 in Canada
©Colette Lewis 2026--Spring Texas--The Giammalva Racquet Club has plentiful shade and an air-conditioned clubhouse with Tennis Channel playing on mjltiple monitors, which was certainly a relief on Monday, when temperatures reached the low 90s for the first round of the World Tennis J300 Pan American Regional Closed.With 48-player draws, no seeds play until Tuesday, but there were plenty of
Hazelitt Sweeps Titles at J500 Osaka; TCU's Pascual, Ohio State's Perry Claim ITA All-American Titles; Bonding Wins M15 Columbia SC; Basavareddy Takes San Diego Challenger Title; PanAm J300 Seeds; Kalamazoo Photo Gallery
Jordyn Hazelitt became the first American girl to capture the World Tennis J500 Osaka Mayor's Cup singles title, breaking a drought that extended back to the tournament's start in 1987. The 16-year-old from Nevada, seeded No. 2, defeated unseeded Miyu Nishiwaki of Japan 6-3, 6-2 in Sunday's final to add a J500 title to the J300 title she won in March in San Diego. In the girls doubles
Xu vs Perry, Rice vs Pascual for ITA All-American Titles; Hazelitt Reaches Osaka J500 Final; Preston Advances to Final at Berkeley W50; Brantmeier Plays for WTA 125 Title Sunday; Davletshina Claims Corpus Christi J200 Title
The finals are set for the ITA All-American Championships, with the No. 2 seeds in both the men's and women's draws facing surprising opponents for the title.No. 2 seed Luciana Perry of Ohio State, a semifinalist last year, will face wild card Mimi Xu of Duke for the title at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Cary Tennis Park. Perry, a senior, defeated No. 16 seed Rose Marie Nijkamp of Texas 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 to
My Article on Recent Success of US Junior Boys; Preston Reaches Semifinals at Berkeley W50; South Carolina Wild Cards Advance at M15 Columbia; First NCAA Qualifiers Decided Friday at ITA All-American Championships
The US juniors boys have been posting impressive results all year on the USTA Pro Circuit and the World Tennis Junior Circuit, yet the three first round US Open men's qualifying wins by Michael Antonius, Jordan Lee and Andy Johnson really had the tennis world taking notice. I asked many of the American boys I interviewed at the US Open Juniors what those wins meant to them, with this article for
Sohns and Hazelitt Advance to Osaka J500 Quarterfinals; Preston Reaches Quarterfinals at W50 Berkeley; Top Seed Herea Ousted by Duke Newcomer Xu at All-American Championships; Mosejczuk Saves Four Match Points in Upset of Debru
The quarterfinals are set for Friday at the J500 in Osaka, with two American girls competing for a chance to play in each other in the semifinals.No. 10 seed Maggie Sohns defeated No. 7 seed Fleur De Bresser of the Netherlands 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 putting the 16-year-old in her first J500 quarterfinal. She will play No. 3 seed Renee Alame of Australia, who defeated No. 15 seed Sakino Miyazawa of Japan
Preston Beats Pushkareva, Connie Ma Reappears to Post Win Over No. 2 Seed Urhobo in Berkeley W50; Hance Earns First Challenger Victory in San Diego; Top Seed Badenhorst Falls in First Round of ITA All-American Championships; Ojai to Host WCC Championships
The women's USTA Pro Circuit is back this week after a six-week hiatus with a W50 in Berkeley California, and just four days in, it's already been an eventful tournament.2022 NCAA singles finalist Connie Ma, who graduated from Stanford in 2025, never expressed any interest in pro tennis as a career, with medical school her next step after completing her eligibility. Ma played very little tennis,
Top Seeds Badenhorst and Herea Begin Title Quests at ITA All-American Championships Wednesday; Both No. 2 Seeds Fall at Corpus Christi J200; Pro Circuit Pillar Dow Tennis Classic Folds
The ITA All-American Championships have spent the past four days deciding the 16 qualifiers who will join the 48 other Division I collegians competing for the prestigious fall title and for spots in November's NCAA championships.At the women's tournament in Cary North Carolina, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina each placed three players in the main draw, three of whom--Bella Payne and Patricija
Four Americans Qualify for San Diego Challenger 75; Qualifying Seeds Struggle at ITA All-American Championships; Bogomolov Sweeps J30 Titles on World Tennis Junior Circuit
After the Tiburon 125 last week, ATP Challenger competition in the United States moves south for the 75 tournament at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego.Qualifying wrapped up today, with one current and two recent collegians from the United States moving into the main draw. Tiburon quarterfinalist Sebastian Gorzny(TCU, Texas) defeated top qualifying seed Aidan Mayo 6-3, 6-4 to reach the main
Ten Americans Competing in WT J500 Osaka; Behrmann and Virc Claim European Championships; Blanch Earns First Challenger Title; Qualifying Begins Monday at ITA All-American Championships
The World Tennis Osaka Mayors Cup J500 begins Monday, with ten Americans making the trip to Japan for the only one of the seven J500s played on hard courts.The three US boys competing are Navneet Raghuram[11], Izyan Ahmad[15] and Tyler Lee.The seven US girls in the 48-player draw are Jordyn Hazelitt[2], Lani Chang[4], Maggie Sohns[10], Carrie-Anne Hoo[12], Isabelle DeLuccia[14], Scarlett Fagan
Blanch Beats Zheng to Reach Second Challenger Final; Reyniak Wins First Pro Title in Doubles; First Round of All-American Pre-Qualifying Complete; US Davis Cup Team Falls to Czechia; Jovic Defends WTA 500 Title
Darwin Blanch was on a six-match losing streak prior to this week's ATP Challenger 125 in Tiburon California, but the 2025 Kalamazoo 18 champion has now won four straight matches, including this evening's 7-6(5), 7-6(9) win over top seed and defending champion Michael Zheng(Columbia).The unseeded Blanch, who saved five match points in his 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(10) first round win over Stefan Kozlov,
My US Open Junior Recap; Malacek Claims J200 Montreal Title; Krishnan Wins First WT Junior Singles Title at J100 San Antonio; Czechia and USA 1-1 in Davis Cup Qualifying; Tennis-Specific Masters Position Available at FSU
My recap of last week's US Open Junior Championships is up today at Tennis Recruiting Network, and even six days later, I'm still marveling at the boys final, which I rewatched this week. Although there were peaks and valleys for both Guto Miguel and Marcel Latak in each set, it's difficult to imagine a more riveting final five games, with the deciding tiebreaker featuring even more drama. A
Malacek Wins Kalamazoo 16s Final Rematch, Three Americans Reach Montreal J200 Finals; Stoiana Makes First WTA Quarterfinal; Zheng Beats Svajda to Advance to Tiburon Challenger Quarterfinals; Tien and Shelton Kick Off Davis Cup Tie in Prague
After holding a match point against World Tennis Junior No. 1 Guto Miguel in the first round of the US Open Junior Championships last week, and reaching the doubles quarterfinals before falling to the eventual champions in a match tiebreaker, Daniel Malacek was undoubtedly full of confidence when he arrived in Montreal for this week's J200.The 16-year-old left-hander, seeded No. 4, avenged his
ITA All-American Fields Feature Top Ten Talent; Stolarczyk and Malacek Replay Kalamazoo 16s Final in J200 Montreal Semis; Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury Retire; Gorzny Beats Basavareddy at Tiburon Challenger
The first major tournament of the ITA Division I fall season is coming up, with the long-running All-American Championships set to begin with pre-qualifying this weekend. The locations remain the same as in years past, with the the women in Cary North Carolina and the men in Tulsa Oklahoma.Preseason No. 1 Lucciana Perez of Texas A&M did not enter, suggesting she will again skip the
WT J500 Osaka Acceptances; Update on September Titles for American Juniors on World Tennis Junior Circuit
As always seems to be the case, the World Tennis J500 junior event in Osaka Japan, the only WT J500 on hard courts, is coming up next week, and I haven't been paying attention, what with the College Park J300, the Repentigny J300 and the US Open Junior Championships.The acceptance lists, posted earlier this month, feature three US boys and seven US girls, including three girls who are also on the
J300 Pan Am Closed Acceptances; Tiburon Challenger 125 Qualifying Complete, First Round Underway; Tien and Damm Added to US Davis Cup Team's Tie With Czechia Friday
The World Tennis J300 Pan American Closed in Spring Texas is a week early this year, but there is a two-week span between the US Open and it. While that's a quick turnaround for American juniors, it's downright luxurious compared to the European Championships, a closed J300 in Austria, which began today.The fields for the European Championships, which used to be among the prestigious event on the
Shelton Falls in US Open Men's Final; More on Marcel Latak's Stunning US Open Boys Title
Ben Shelton was unable to end the major drought for American men in the US Open singles final this afternoon on Arthur Ashe, with the 2022 NCAA champion falling to Roland Garros champion Alexander Zverev of Germany 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2. So the streak of no American man winning a slam singles title, last done by Andy Roddick at the 2003 US Open, continues.But one such streak is over. Marcel
Latak Saves Three Match Points in Third-Set Tiebreaker to Win US Open Boys Title; Sun Reverses Wimbledon Final Result for First Junior Slam Title; Penickovas Claim Another Girls Doubles Title; Harrison and Skupski Win Men's Doubles
©Colette Lewis and Michael Lewis 2026--Flushing Meadows, NY--Although the women's final between the world's No. 1 and No. 2 players was on the horizon, most of the buzz on the grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center an hour before that championship match was about the boys final.For nearly three hours, unseeded American Marcel Latak and top seed Guto Miguel of Brazil battled to a draw,
Unseeded Latak Reaches Both US Open Boys Finals; Sun and Pushkareva Rerun Wimbledon Girls Final; Townsend Completes Career Slam with Women's Doubles Title; Shelton to Face Zverev for US Open Men's Title
©Colette Lewis and Michael Lewis 2026--Flushing Meadows NY--Marcel Latak's surprise at reaching the boys final at the US Open Junior Championships is exceeded only by his surprise at how he's done it. After defeating No. 2 seed Jamie Mackenzie of Germany 6-3, 7-6(2) Saturday afternoon, Latak was still struggling to comprehend that he hasn't dropped a set this week at the USTA Billie Jean King
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