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2025 Master’U BNP Paribas Championships Kick Off Friday In France

2025 Master’U BNP Paribas Championships Kick Off Friday In France

Reims, France – Set to begin this Friday in France, the 2025 Master’U BNP Paribas Championships will once again bring together numerous top collegiate athletes for a tournament of nation’s that will feature eight countries and 34 current and former NCAA student-athletes.

Now in its 18th year, the Master’U BNP Paribas Championship is the world event of university tennis and features an eight-nation field of Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Switzerland, and the United States. 

This year, all eight competing countries will have players with NCAA ties competing with the United States leading all countries with all six players being active student-athletes at NCAA institutions.

These players will all be representing their country in a unique format of play where there will be two women’s singles matches, two men’s singles matches, one women’s doubles match, one men’s doubles match, and one mixed doubles match. The country that wins four of these seven matches is declared the victor and advances in the tournament.

More information surrounding the competition can be found on the Master’U BNP Paribas Championship website.

A complete list of collegiate players competing in the 2025 Master’U Championships can be found below:


Team Australia

Player School
Catherine Aulia Tennessee
Alex Bulte Florida State
Melisa Ercan Oklahoma State
Jeremy Jin Florida
Nikita Volonski Grand Canyon/Tulsa

Team Belgium

Player School
Margaux Maquet Charlotte/Alabama
Alessio Basile Oklahoma State
Zian Vanderstappen Oregon
Harold van Raemdonck South Alabama

Team France

Player School
Anaelle Leclercq Ole Miss
Hugo Car South Florida

Team Germany

Player School
Julia Zhu Kentucky
Anastasia Simonov Denver
Benito Sanchez Mississippi State
Alessio Vasquez LSU
Jonas Hartenstein Mississippi State/North Florida

Team Great Britain

Player School
Grace Piper USC
Sofia Johnson Old Dominion
Finn Murgett Auburn
Jamie Connel Furman/Florida State
Oliver Okonkwo Illinois

Team Ireland

Player School
Breda Brennan Wofford
Conor Gannon Tennessee/Memphis
Freddy Murray UNC Asheville/MTSU
Cian McDonnell North Dakota/Hawaii Hilo

Team Switzerland

Player School
Sophie Luscher Oregon/Washington
Salome Flury McNeese State
Angelina Hug UNC Asheville

Team United States

Player School
Reese Brantmeier North Carolina
Luciana Perry Ohio State
Valerie Glozman Stanford
Aidan Kim Ohio State
Samir Banerjee Stanford
Nicolas Kotzen Columbia
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