A new way to invest in pro tennis: Commonwealth. CEO Brian Doxtator discusses his goal of eliminating predatory investor deals in tennis and how you can help fund careers for as low as $50. Apple: apple.co/3MukTRq Spotify: spoti.fi/4gfCLgS

This is the third recruit in the last two years who has decommitted from an Ivy for Stanford: Hui - Princeton Ekstrand - Princeton Wang - Harvard Stanford now has three of the top five players in the class of 2025 (TRN) committed.

Update: past rankings are back.

7️⃣ ranked singles players is the most of any program — men’s or women’s!

From 2001 to 2016, no former college player made the women’s fourth round at the #USOpen. Now, they’ve made it in six of the last eight years.

For the first time since 1996, two former college tennis players are into the #USOpen women’s singles fourth round. Emma Navarro - Virginia Women's Tennis Diana Shnaider - NC State Women's Tennis 🐺🎾

For the first time since 2006, multiple former college tennis players advance to the US Open men's R16 in back-to-back years. 2023: Shelton (Florida), Gojo (Wake Forest), Hijikata (UNC) 2024: Nakashima (Virginia), Borges (Mississippi State)

After missing NCAAs in his final year with Virginia Men's Tennis due to illness, Chris Rodesch has started his pro career on a tear. The Virginia alum is 22-3 since graduating, recently capturing his third singles title of the summer at the M25 in Hong Kong.

The NCAA is considering changing other “amateurism” rules post-House. Athletes could receive prize money, play in college after playing pro & have agents to assist with pro opportunities. They may also get an extra year of eligibility & the letter of intent would go away.

"...[college tennis] teaches you a lot more off of a tennis court than you'd ever learn on tour." Some great quotes from Peyton Stearns advocating for college tennis!

Emma Navarro makes history!

What's going on with the ITA rankings? We discuss this year's changes, the mistakes, and go deep on the preseason rankings. Plus, we touch on the successes from the US Open! Apple: apple.co/4dLVXRL Spotify: spoti.fi/3XdqXmj

Since women’s tennis became an NCAA sport in 1982, three former players have reached a US Open singles semifinal: 1987 - Lori McNeil, Oklahoma State 2020 - Jen Brady, UCLA 2024 - Emma Navarro, Virginia

Emma Navarro in slams this year: AO - Third Round FO - Fourth Round Wimbledon - Quarterfinal US Open - Semifinal

First slam semifinal for the all-collegiate duo from Texas! Lammons - SMU Men's Tennis Withrow - Texas A&M Men's Tennis

In case you missed it last night, I asked Emma Navarro's coach Peter Ayers how the two years she spent Virginia Women's Tennis prepared her for the WTA success she's had in the past two years: tenniskalamazoo.blogspot.com/2024/09/wild-c…

1. 🎁 spring schedules are here! Lots of new conference matchups to parse through. 2. Fantastic schedule from Michigan. They’ve leaned into playing a brutal, early-season, non-conference schedule, and now they have the additions of USC/UCLA in conference play to round it out.

Texas tennis commit Maya Joint has submitted a second declaration to the court in Brantmeier v. NCAA, informing the court that she won $146,657 in prize money at the US Open and that she has a Sunday deadline to accept or reject those funds.