Johnson, Nguyen and Akli Claim USTA Pro Circuit Titles; US Boys Shine, Girls Falter at J300 Roehampton; Reddy Wins J200 in Czechia, World Tennis Junior Circuit Update; Eighteen Americans Begin Play Monday at Wimbledon

The SoCal Pro Series continues to provide opportunities for milestones in the budding careers of Californians, with Alexis Nguyen winning her first Pro Circuit title today in Claremont and UCLA rising senior Spencer Johnson adding another singles title to his sweep last week in Irvine.

The fifth-seeded Nguyen, an 18-year-old from Northern California who will join the Tar Heels of North Carolina this fall, defeated 2025 San Diego 18s champion Alyssa Ahn, the No. 7 seed, 6-2, 6-3 in today’s final at the W15 in Claremont. Ahn, a rising sophomore at Stanford, had beaten Nguyen in the San Diego semifinals last August, but Nguyen is now 3-0 against Ahn in the SoCal Pro Series.

Johnson, who won his first two Pro Circuit titles last week added a third today, with the unseeded 23-year-old defeating unseeded Sasha Rozin, a rising senior at Arizona, 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the M15 in Claremont.

At the W35 in Rome Georgia, No. 2 seed Ayana Akli(Maryland, South Carolina)won her second USTA Pro Circuit title and the first this year, beating No. 6 seed Amelia Honer(UC-Santa Barbara) 7-6(3), 6-4 in the battle of former collegiate All-Americans. Honer had won back-to-back W35s this spring on the USTA Pro Circuit, while Akli has struggled this year, mostly at events above the W35 level, going 5-11 prior to doubling her win total this week.

The first round of the J300 in Roehampton today was great for the US boys and a disappointment for the US girls. Nine of the ten American boys in the draw advanced to the second round, while only four of the 11 American girls in action picked up wins. No. 14 seed Jordyn Hazelitt, who lost to Katerina Zajickova of Czechia 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(4), was the only seeded American to lose. Melije Clarke defeated No. 11 seed Anna Pushkareva of Russia 7-6(3), 2-6, 7-6(1).

In addition to Hazelitt and Pushkareva, four other girls seeds lost: No. 7 seed Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi of Argentina fell to British wild card Sophie Bekker 6-3, 6-3. No. 3 seed Victoria Barros of Brazil was beaten by qualifier Marija Lauva of Latvia 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; No. 10 seed Paola Pinera Celorio of Spain lost to British wild card Tegan Bush 6-2, 6-3 and No. 13 seed Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi of India lost to Antonia Sushkova of Ukraine 6-2, 7-5.

No. 7 seed Thilo Behrmann of Austria was the only Top 8 seed in the boys draw to lose, falling to qualifier Svit Suljic of Slovenia 7-6(5), 6-7(9), 6-4; Jack Secord defeated No. 14 seed Dante Pagani of Argentina 6-2, 6-4, British wild card Rhys Lawler defeated No. 12 seed Mathys Domenc of France 7-6(3), 6-1, British wild card Vincent Fletcher beat No. 11 seed Nicolas Baena of Peru 6-2, 6-3 and Tito Chavez of Spain defeated Roland Garros finalist Leonardo Storck Franca of Brazil, the No. 16 seed, 6-3, 6-2.

Top seeds Ksenia Efremova of France and Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil won their first round matches in straight sets.

Live scoring is available here.

Vihaan Reddy won the J200 title in Pilsen Czechia today, with the top seed defeating No. 7 seed Thomas Gunzinger of Switzerland 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 in the final on clay. Reddy, who is in qualifying for the Wimbledon Juniors, should move into the Top 40 of the World Tennis junior rankings for the first time tomorrow.

I already covered the sweep of the titles by Brooke Wallman at the J200 in Mexico Friday, and with Wimbledon starting tomorrow, I’m going to update the American results on the World Tennis Junior Circuit a day early.

In addition to the two J200 titles, there were five titles at J30s, with 13-year-old Skylar Mandell winning her first two titles at the J30 in Mexico, and 15-year-old Isabella Gonzalez Alvarez winning her second straight J30 in Honduras.

Mandell, who received entry based on her World Tennis Number, defeated No. 3 seed Laurence Demers of Canada 6-4, 6-0 for the singles title. Mandell and Renata Pacheco Lopez of Mexico, who were unseeded, beat No. 2 seeds Marissa Rios of Mexico and Demers 6-4, 6-4 in the final.

In Honduras, the second-seeded Gonzalez Alvarez defeated No. 5 seed Isabella Giraldo of Colombia 6-1, 6-1 to extend her winning streak in Honduras to eight matches.

Top seeds Sofia Mills and Mexico’s Maria Jose Gil Castillo won the girls doubles, defeating No. 2 seeds Luciana Mejia Arce and Sofia Tejada of Guatemala 7-6(6), 6-1 in the final.

At the J30 in Belgium, 15-year-old Nicole Alexandrovich and 16-year-old Malaika Chinyerere won their first World Tennis junior titles, with the unseeded pair defeating top seeds Noor Ceulemans and Ella Van Gestel of Belgium 6-1, 6-3 in the final.

Raya Kotseva and Ana Avramovic won the girls doubles title at the J100 in Germany, with the No. 4 seed defeating No. 6 seeds Camilla Olga Castracani and Viola Severi of Itlay 6-3, 7-6(6) in the final.

Monday’s Wimbledon first round matches featuring Americans:

Jessica Pegula[4] v Dasha Vidmanova(CZE)

Coco Gauff[7] v Tamara Korpatsch(GER)

Alycia Parks v Alicia Dudeney(GBR)

McCartney Kessler v Oleksandra Oliynykova(UKR)

Peyton Stearns v Nikola Bartunkova(CZE)

Claire Liu[Q] v Hanne Vandewindel(BEL)

Iva Jovic[16] v Jaqueline Cristian(ROU)

Ann Li[28] v Zeynep Sonmez(TUR)

Michael Zheng[Q] v Cam Norrie[26](GBR)

Brandon Nakashima[28] v Jack Pinnington Jones[WC]

Tommy Paul[21] v Alexandre Muller(FRA)

Emilio Nava v Ignacio Buse[31](PER)

Martin Damm v Marco Trungelliti(ARG)

Aleks Kovacevic v Botic van De Zandschulp(NED)

Tristan Boyer[Q] v Nuno Borges(POR)

Jenson Brooksby v Aleks Vukic(AUS)

Ethan Quinn v Luciano Darderi[14](ITA)

Learner Tien[16] v Dalibor Svrcina(CZE)

Tuesday’s Wimbledon first round matches featuring Americans:

Taylor Townsend v Iga Swiatek[3](POL)

Serena Williams[WC] v Maya Joint(AUS)

Amanda Anisimova[6] v Lina Gjorcheska[Q](MKD)

Robin Montgomery[Q] v Jasmine Paolini[13](ITA)

Kayla Day[Q] v Madison Keys[26]

Caty McNally v Elena-Gabriela Ruse(ROU)

Sofia Kenin v Petra Marcinko(CRO)

Ashlyn Krueger[Q] v Donna Vekic[31](CRO)

Emma Navarro[23] v Paul Badosa(ESP)

Taylor Fritz[6] v Jack Draper(GBR)

Ben Shelton[4] v Otto Virtanen[Q](FIN)

Frances Tiafoe[17] v Terence Atmane(FRA)

Marcos Giron v Corentin Moutet(FRA)

Zachary Svajda v Pablo Llamas Ruiz[LL](ESP)

Patrick Kypson v Mackenzie McDonald[Q]

Alex Michelsen v Jacob Fearnley[WC](GBR)

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