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American teams qualify for ITF junior team event finals

April 21, 2025

All four American teams qualified for the finals of the world’s premier junior team competitions, the Davis Cup Juniors and Billie Jean King Cup Juniors by Gainbridge (16-and-under) and the ITF World Junior Tennis (14-and-under).

 

The North/Central American and Caribbean Final Qualifying rounds consisted of three days of round-robin play, with each matchup consisting of two singles matches and one doubles match. The top two countries from each four-country pool advanced to the event finals later this year.

Three of the four American teams topped their respective groups by going 3-0 in pool play. Notably the 16-and-under boys and 14-and-under girls won all nine rubbers, with 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 now advance to the finals where they 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 2024 U.S. Junior Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup Finals teams hold their trophies.

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). Former U.S. junior international team members include Jim Courier, Andy Roddick, James Blake, Lindsay Davenport, Sloane Stephens and Coco Gauff. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz also have represented their respective countries in junior international team competition.

 

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 by Gainbridge 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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