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American Junior Teams Qualify for ITF World Final Events
by Rhiannon Potkey, 23 April 2025
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All four American teams advanced to this year’s finals of the Davis Cup Juniors and Billie Jean King Cup Juniors (16-and-under) and the ITF World Junior Tennis (14-and-under). The teams advanced through the qualifying rounds held last week in Montreal, Canada.
The North/Central American and Caribbean Final qualifying rounds consisted of three days of round-robin play that consisted of two singles matches and one doubles match for each matchup. The top two countries from each four-country pool advanced to the finals.
Three of the four American teams topped their respective groups by going 3-0 in pool play. The 16-and-under boys and 14-and-under girls won all nine rubbers, going 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 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 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).
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 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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About Rhiannon Potkey
Rhiannon Potkey is a veteran sportswriter with more than two
decades of experience in journalism. Potkey has covered many
sports at many levels and has a passion for finding great stories.
Potkey has covered the U.S. Open, junior sectional and national
events, college conference championships and Davis Cup matches.
Potkey is currently Content Strategist for Tennis Recruiting. You
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