Les Petits rumors, news

Breaking news and rumors

Stats and scores

Family

Top stories

• January Aces; TCU Takes Over No. 1 in Men's Latest Coaches Poll; NCAA Champions Zheng and Vidmanova Retain Top Spots in D-I Singles Rankings, San Diego's Tarvet Moves Up

My Aces column for January focuses, as usual, on the Australian Open, but there is also space for a WTA title and three Challenger titles, ITF men's and women's titles at the $25K level for former collegians, Les Petits As champions and three first J300 titles for American juniors. Check out all 19 highlights from a very busy January at the Tennis Recruiting Network.The latest ITA Division I...2025
See more articles Tennis Recruiting Network news and rumors
• Dotsenko and Vukovic Claim Les Petits As Titles; Townsend Wins Australian Open Doubles Championship; Wild ITA D-I Kickoff Weekend Concludes with 28 Teams Advancing to National Team Indoor Championships

The champions were crowned today at the Les Petits As, with Ekaterina Dotsenko of Russia and Mario Vukovic of France taking straight sets victories in the finals of the prestigious 14-and-under tournament in Tarbes France.Dotsenko, the No. 12 seed, defeated No. 2 seed Darina Matvejeva of Latvia 6-3, 6-4, with her run through the draw an impressive one. She beat No. 6 seed Zeliha Cukurluoglu of...2025
• Dotsenko & Vukovic win Les Petits As

2025
• Pareja and Hance Claim First ITF J300 Titles in Colombia; Ascenzo Advances to Sunday's Les Petits As Boys Final; Keys Wins Long-Awaited Major in Australia, Patten Adds Second Slam Title in Men's Doubles

Fifteen-year-old Julieta Pareja won two matches in women's qualifying at the US Open in September, won a W15 last summer and reached a W35 final last fall, but her junior results hadn't been enough to earn her a place in the Australian Open Juniors this year. Her WTA ranking of 563 was short of the Top 400 needed for main draw and the Top 500 ranking needed for qualifying, so the Southern...2025
• My Annual Intriguing Questions Column; Penickovas Claim Australian Open Girls Doubles Title; All-USA Finals at ITF J300 Barranquilla; Combs and Ascenzo Advance to Les Petits As Semifinals; ITA D-I Kickoff Weekend Underway

My annual look at the big picture in college and junior tennis is out today at the Tennis Recruiting Network, with questions on the Orange Bowl move, NIL, fall NCAAs and a rant on the lack of a proper Accelerator Program for girls and women, as well as four others. Question No. 6 could be answered in the affirmative as soon as tonight!I'm planning to stay up as late as necessary tonight to watch...2025
Read about Tennis Recruiting Network breaking news
• Willwerth and Leach Meet in Australian Open Boys Semifinals; Penickova in Singles Semis, Doubles Final; Exsted Aims for Second Boys Doubles Title; Keys Reaches Final; Combs and Ascenzo Advance to Les Petits As Quarterfinals

I don't want the results of the Australian Open Junior Championships quarterfinals to get lost, so with three Americans now in Friday's semifinals (tonight in the US), I wanted to do a separate post now, and then another later tonight after the finalists are determined.We know an American boy will reach the final, we just don't know which one, with No. 5 seed Jagger Leach facing unseeded Benjamin...2025

2025
"43rd 'Les Petits As' - follow the action"

2024
"Nine Americans Juniors Reach Australian Open Junior Championships Second Round; Thirteen Americans Ready for Les Petits As; No. 1 Virginia Falls at Home to South Carolina; Krueger and Nakashima Win Challenger Titles"

2023
"Rune and Alcaraz, born a week apart from each other, have been on the juniors circuit together and even played doubles as a tandem at the prestigious Les Petits As in France when they were 13."

2021
"Les Petits Débrouillards de Cépie celebrates Sencia"

• Pareja and Hance Claim First ITF J300 Titles in Colombia; Ascenzo Advances to Sunday's Les Petits As Boys Final; Keys Wins Long-Awaited Major in Australia, Patten Adds Second Slam Title in Men's Doubles
2025
• Willwerth and Leach Meet in Australian Open Boys Semifinals; Penickova in Singles Semis, Doubles Final; Exsted Aims for Second Boys Doubles Title; Keys Reaches Final; Combs and Ascenzo Advance to Les Petits As Quarterfinals
2025
• Lam Claims ITF J300 Coffee Bowl Title in Costa Rica; Antonius Advances to Les Petits As Singles Final, Ahmad and Davidov Claim Doubles Title; Seggerman and Trhac Add Another Challenger Title; Big Upsets Highlight Men's Kickoff Weekend

After a very late night Friday watching the Australian Open Junior finals, and an early morning Sunday for Les Petits As finals in France, I'm not going to be able to stay up for the results of the boys singles and doubles at the ITF J300 Coffee Bowl in Costa Rica, but the girls finals are finished. No. 7 seed Shannon Lam won her first J300 final, beating 14-year-old Kristina Penickova 6-3,...2024
• Americans Sweep Australian Open Junior Doubles Titles; Lee, Antonius and Tuck Reach Semifinals at Les Petits As, Girls Top Seed Kovackova Ousted; Lam and Penickova Meet Saturday in Costa Rica ITF J300 Final

Because I plan to stay up tonight to watch the Australian Open Juniors singles finals, I will put up a second post much later tonight that covers those two matches and tonight's boys semifinal results at the ITF J300 Coffee Bowl.But we had a busy day Friday in Melbourne and Tarbes, with two titles for American doubles teams at the Australian Open and three American boys reaching the semifinals at...2024
Continue with Australian Open
• Seven American Juniors Advance to Australian Open Third Round; Gauff Reaches Women's Semifinals; Two More Wins for US Boys at Les Petits As; 2023 Kalamazoo Finalists Advance at SoCal Challenger, USTA Pro Circuit Update

All five American juniors playing in the second round Australian Open Junior Championships Tuesday earned victories, joining Alex Razeghi[6] and Roy Horovitz[10], who had won their matches on Monday, in Wednesday's third round. Three of the boys were expected by their seeds to advance, as was No. 9 Tyra Grant, with three others having excellent results on the hard courts in Melbourne: qualifier...2024
Read about Tyra Grant

• Talk about the Passion: Rune, Alcaraz Talk Shop Ahead of Historic Wimbledon Quarterfinal
The pair of 20-year-olds will make Wimbledon history on Wednesday. By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday July 11, 2023 Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune are set to contest the youngest quarterfinal in Wimbledon history on Wednesday, with the pair of 20-year-old young guns both into the last eight for the first time at the All England Club. Two players younger than 21 have never gone head to h...2023
See also Chris Oddo

• January Aces; TCU Takes Over No. 1 in Men's Latest Coaches Poll; NCAA Champions Zheng and Vidmanova Retain Top Spots in D-I Singles Rankings, San Diego's Tarvet Moves Up
2025

Visit the page Tennis Recruiting Network
• Dotsenko and Vukovic Claim Les Petits As Titles; Townsend Wins Australian Open Doubles Championship; Wild ITA D-I Kickoff Weekend Concludes with 28 Teams Advancing to National Team Indoor Championships
2025
• Dotsenko & Vukovic win Les Petits As
2025
• Pareja and Hance Claim First ITF J300 Titles in Colombia; Ascenzo Advances to Sunday's Les Petits As Boys Final; Keys Wins Long-Awaited Major in Australia, Patten Adds Second Slam Title in Men's Doubles
2025
• My Annual Intriguing Questions Column; Penickovas Claim Australian Open Girls Doubles Title; All-USA Finals at ITF J300 Barranquilla; Combs and Ascenzo Advance to Les Petits As Semifinals; ITA D-I Kickoff Weekend Underway
2025

Visit the page Tennis Recruiting Network
• Willwerth and Leach Meet in Australian Open Boys Semifinals; Penickova in Singles Semis, Doubles Final; Exsted Aims for Second Boys Doubles Title; Keys Reaches Final; Combs and Ascenzo Advance to Les Petits As Quarterfinals
2025
• Kennedy, Leach, Willwerth and Penickova Reach Australian Open Junior Quarterfinals; Shelton and Keys Advance to Semifinals; Three Americans Reach Les Petits As Third Round; Georgia Women, Texas Men Top ITA Team Rankings

Four Americans have advanced to Thursday's quarterfinals of the Australian Open Junior Championships, with only Dominick Mosejczuk the only one of five US juniors remaining to drop his third round match.Unseeded Benjamin Willwerth, who won his first junior slam match Sunday, defeated qualifier Pierluigi Basile of Italy 7-6(3), 7-5. Fourth-seeded Jack Kennedy got off to a slow start against No. 16...2025
See more articles Jack Kennedy
• Leach, Willwerth and Mosejczuk Make Australian Open Junior Championships Third Round; Top Seed Rolls Upset in Opening Round of ITF J300 in Colombia; Les Petits As No. 1 Seed Pagonis Loses in First Round

The first junior slam of the year has been a good one for American boys, with four of them advancing to Wednesday's round of 16 at the Australian Open. Although No. 10 seed Max Exsted lost in the second round, two unseeded US boys, Benjamin Willwerth and Dominick Mosejczuk, won their second round matches in straight sets Tuesday, joining No. 5 seed Jagger Leach and No. 4 seed Jack Kennedy in the...2025
See more articles Jack Kennedy