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Lambda · ATP level

RE: General college chat 2024/25

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Thanks - my takeaway from that was her parents allowed her to name her siblings !!!!

What ?????

dodrade · Futures qualifying

Lambda wrote:
Kylie Bilchev has signed up to a faith leadership based programme in Virginia Beach. Unfortunately, it seems tennis has lost her.

https://www.facebook.com/vbfellows/posts/introducing-our-next-2025-2026-commitment-kyliename-kylie-bilchevschool-georgia-/1221096433360527/
Hobbies/Interests: Used to be playing tennis but now thinking of switching to pickleball,

Are there any top level British pickleball players?

Lambda · ATP level

According to the ITA there are 24 men with college ties in Wimbledon qualifying this week

Federico Agustin Gomez (Louisville, 2019)
Tristan Boyer (Stanford, 2022)
Aziz Dougaz (Florida State, 2019)
Liam Draxl (Kentucky, 2023)
Hady Habib (Texas A&M, 2021)
Yannick Hanfmann (USC, 2015)
Ryan Peniston (Memphis, 2018)
Chris Rodesch (Virginia, 2024)
James Story (Memphis & South Carolina, 2024)
Oliver Tarvet (San Diego, 2026)
James Trotter (Ohio State, 2023)
Colton Smith (Arizona, 2025)
Eliot Spizzirri (Texas, 2024)
August Holmgren (San Diego, 2022)
Giles Hussey (Georgia State & Tennessee, 2021)
Murphy Cassone (Arizona State, 2025)
Murkel Dellien (Wichita State, 2021)
Guy Den Ouden (Pepperdine, 2021)
Alastair Gray (TCU, 2021)
Paul Jubb (South Carolina, 2020)
Hamish Stewart (Tulane, 2021)
Valentin Vacherot (Texas A&M, 2020)
Alexis Galarneau (NC State, 2021)
Borna Gojo (Wake Forest, 2019)

Lambda · ATP level

And 13 women

Carson Branstine (Texas A&M, 2024)
Kayla Cross (LSU, 2025)
Arianne Hartoni (Ole Miss, 2018)
Leolia Jeanjean (Baylor, Arkansas & Lynn, 2019)
Gabriela Knutson (Syracuse, 2019)
Andrea Lazaro Garcia (Florida International, 2018)
Lily Miyazaki (Oklahoma, 2018)
Maria Lourdes Carle (Georgia, 2019)
Maria Mateas (Duke, 2020)
Justina Mikulskyte (Kentucky, 2019)
Millie Rajecki (NC State, 2024)
Astra Sharma (Vanderbilt, 2017)
Ena Shibahara (UCLA, 2018)

Lambda · ATP level

ita_tennis
It's A College Tennis Takeover

35 former and current collegians will take part in the Wimbledon Singles Main Draws! Since 2000, the 26 players with college ties in the Gentlemen's Main Draw is an all-time high at Wimbledon!

Nishesh Basavareddy - Stanford (2025)
Nuno Borges - Mississippi State (2019)
Francisco Cerundolo - South Carolina (2018)
Oliver Crawford - Florida (2020)
Gabriel Diallo - Kentucky (2022)
Chris Eubanks - Georgia Tech (2017)
Jake Fearnley - TCU (2024)
Arthur Fery - Stanford (2023)
Marcos Giron - UCLA (2014)
Rinky Hijkata - UNC (2021)
August Holmgren - San Diego (2022)
Brandon Holt - USC (2020)
Aleksander Kovacevic - Illinois (2021)
Mackenzie McDonald - UCLA (2016)
Johannus Monday - Tennessee (2024)
Brandon Nakashima - Virginia (2019)
Cameron Norrie - TCU (2017)
Jack Pinnington-Jones - TCU (2025)
Ethan Quinn - Georgia (2023)
Arthur Rinderknech - Texas A&M (2018)
Chris Rodesch - Virginia (2024)
Ben Shelton - Florida (2022)
Oliver Tarvet - San Diego (2026)
Learner Tien - USC (2023)
Aleksander Vukic - Illinois (2018)
Adam Walton - Tennessee (2022)

Carson Branstine - Texas A&M (2024)
Danielle Collins - Florida & Virginia (2016)
Mccartney Kessler - Florida (2022)
Emma Navarro - Virginia (2021)
Mayar Sherif - Pepperdine (2018)
Diana Shnaider - NC State (2023)
Yuliia Starodubtseva - Old Dominion (2022)
Peyton Stearns - Texas (2022)
Lulu Sun - Texas (2021)

Elegant Point · Futures qualifying

Lambda wrote:
ita_tennis
It's A College Tennis Takeover

35 former and current collegians will take part in the Wimbledon Singles Main Draws! Since 2000, the 26 players with college ties in the Gentlemen's Main Draw is an all-time high at Wimbledon!

Nishesh Basavareddy - Stanford (2025)
Nuno Borges - Mississippi State (2019)
Francisco Cerundolo - South Carolina (2018)
Oliver Crawford - Florida (2020)
Gabriel Diallo - Kentucky (2022)
Chris Eubanks - Georgia Tech (2017)
Jake Fearnley - TCU (2024)
Arthur Fery - Stanford (2023)
Marcos Giron - UCLA (2014)
Rinky Hijkata - UNC (2021)
August Holmgren - San Diego (2022)
Brandon Holt - USC (2020)
Aleksander Kovacevic - Illinois (2021)
Mackenzie McDonald - UCLA (2016)
Johannus Monday - Tennessee (2024)
Brandon Nakashima - Virginia (2019)
Cameron Norrie - TCU (2017)
Jack Pinnington-Jones - TCU (2025)
Ethan Quinn - Georgia (2023)
Arthur Rinderknech - Texas A&M (2018)
Chris Rodesch - Virginia (2024)
Ben Shelton - Florida (2022)
Oliver Tarvet - San Diego (2026)
Learner Tien - USC (2023)
Aleksander Vukic - Illinois (2018)
Adam Walton - Tennessee (2022)

Carson Branstine - Texas A&M (2024)
Danielle Collins - Florida & Virginia (2016)
Mccartney Kessler - Florida (2022)
Emma Navarro - Virginia (2021)
Mayar Sherif - Pepperdine (2018)
Diana Shnaider - NC State (2023)
Yuliia Starodubtseva - Old Dominion (2022)
Peyton Stearns - Texas (2022)
Lulu Sun - Texas (2021)

* The American college system is actively encouraged for those considered to be later bloomers ... LTA's head of women's tennis, says. *

Thats an awful lot of *later bloomers* confuse Thank goodness for the US college systems ability to nurture them ALL biggrin

link to the Times, sorry no work around https://www.thetimes.com/sport/tennis/article/british-tennis-golden-age-draper-raducanu-murray-xvt656cd6