United States sweeps Junior Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup Finals

On Saturday, the United States won both titles at the Junior Billie Jean King Cup and Junior Davis Cup Finals in Antalya, Turkey to make recent history: It's the first time that American teams swept both titles at the world's premier 16-and-under team competitions. 

The Junior Billie Jean King Cup team of Tyra Grant (16; Orlando, Fla.), Julieta Pareja (15; Carlsbad, Calif.) and Kristina Penickova (15; Campbell, Calif.) defeated Romania, 2-1, on Saturday to capture the third consecutive and ninth overall junior BJK Cup title for the U.S.

Trailing Romania 0-1 after the first singles, the first match lost by the U.S. in five ties for the week, second-ranked Grant won the tie's second singles match and paired with Pareja to win the clinching doubles match. Grant, this year's junior Australian Open and Wimbledon doubles champion with Iva Jovic, did not lose more than three games in any of her 10 singles sets for the tournament overall.

The U.S. girls have also won six junior Billie Jean King Cup titles in the last seven years (having not sent a team to the 2021 competition in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic).