Americans sweep 2024 Australian Open junior doubles titles

American teams swept the Australian Open junior doubles titles on Friday in Melbourne, marking the first time since 1992 that American teams won both junior doubles titles at a Grand Slam.

In the girls’ doubles final, Iva Jovic (16; Torrance, Calif.) and Tyra Grant (15, Bordighera, Italy) won in straight sets. The third-seeded pair didn’t drop a set the entire tournament. Jovic and Grant, who are both ranked in the Top 20 in the ITF world junior rankings, are regular partners, and recently won the girls’ 18s doubles title at the Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships for the second consecutive year.

Max Exsted (16; Savage, Minn.) and Cooper Woestendick (17; Olathe, Kan.) prevailed in the boys’ doubles final as the unseeded duo knocked off three of the tournament’s Top 5 seeded teams en route to the title. This is the second title the pair have won this month; they teamed up to win the doubles crown at the ITF junior event in Traralgon, Australia, prior to the start of the Australian Open. 

USTA National Coaches Tom Gutteridge (girls) and Mario Rincon (boys) supported American juniors at the Australian Open.