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American Junior Teams Qualify for ITF World Final Events
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All four American teams advanced to this year’s finals of the Davis Cup Juniors and Billie Jean King Cup Juniors (16-and-under) and the ITF World Junior Tennis (14-and-under). The teams advanced through the qualifying rounds held last week in Montreal, Canada.

The North/Central American and Caribbean Final qualifying rounds consisted of three days of round-robin play that consisted of two singles matches and one doubles match for each matchup. The top two countries from each four-country pool advanced to the finals.

Three of the four American teams topped their respective groups by going 3-0 in pool play. The 16-and-under boys and 14-and-under girls won all nine rubbers, going a perfect 18-0 record in sets played. The U.S. Billie Jean King Cup Juniors team, who are three-time defending world champions, finished second in their group after being upset by Canada in group play.

The U.S. teams will be looking to defend championships in three of the four divisions, while the 14-and-under girls will be looking to win their first title since 2017. The 2025 ITF World Junior Tennis Finals will take place August 4-9 in Prostejov, Czechia, while the Davis Cup Juniors and Billie Jean King Cups Juniors Finals will be held November 3-9 in Santiago, Chile.

The U.S. has won nine Junior Billie Jean King Cup titles (2008, 2012, 2014, 2017-19, 2022-24); four Junior Davis Cup titles (1999, 2008, 2014, 2024); seven World Junior Tennis girls’ titles (1992, 2007-10, 2013, 2017) and seven World Junior Tennis boys’ titles (2002-03, 2008, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2024).

The full U.S. team nominations:

Davis Cup Juniors

Michael Antonius (15; Buffalo, N.Y.)

Andrew Johnson (15; Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.)

Vihaan Reddy (15; San Jose, Calif.)

Captain: Sylvain Guichard

Billie Jean King Cup Juniors

Annika Penickova (15; Campbell, Calif.)

Kristina Penickova (15; Campbell, Calif.)

Margaret Sohns (15; Cooperstown, N.Y.)

Captain: Georgi Rumenov

ITF World Junior Tennis – Boys

Tristan Ascenzo (14; Dallas)

Indra Vergne (13; West Hills, Calif.)

Alexander Anderson (13; Davis, Calif.)

Captain: Jon Glover

ITF World Junior Tennis – Girls

Emery Combs (14; Conway, S.C.)

Olivia De Los Reyes (14; Scarsdale, N.Y.)

Caroline Shao (14; Doral, Fla.)

Captain: Celeste Frey

 
 

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