The monthly USTA Player Development Player and Coach Honor Roll recognizes the top performing young Americans and their coaches each month.
Here’s a look at some of the most outstanding performances turned in by American tennis players ages 20 and younger in June:
Collin Altamirano (Dec. 7, 1995), Yuba City, Calif. – Advanced to the singles semifinals at a $15,000 ITF men’s Futures event in Charlottesville, Va. He is coached by Joseph Gilbert.
Usue Arconada (Oct. 28, 1998), College Park, Md. – After advancing to the doubles semifinals at the junior French Open in Paris, reached the singles semis at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit tournament in Baton Rouge, La. She is coached by Frank Salazar.
Brooke Austin (Feb. 12, 1996), Indianapolis, Ind. – Qualified and reached the singles final at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit tournament in Baton Rouge, La. She is coached by Jeff Smith.
Madison Battaglia (Feb. 15, 1998), Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. – Won the singles title at the ITF Grade 5 Bank of Bermuda Foundation junior tournament in Pembroke, Bermuda. She is coached by Felix Alvarado.
Deiton Baughman (April 23, 1996), Carson, Calif. – Won his second ITF men’s Futures singles title at a $15,000 event in Bosnia & Herzegovina. He is coached by his father, Brad.
CiCi Bellis (April 8, 1999), Atherton, Calif. – Advanced to the girls’ singles semifinals at the junior French Open in Paris. She is coached by her mother, Lori.
William Blumberg (Jan. 26, 1998), Greenwich, Conn. – Reached the boys’ doubles final at the French Open with fellow American Tommy Paul.
Jenny Brady (April 12, 1995), Boca Raton, Fla. – Reached the semifinals at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit tournament in Sumter, S.C. She is coached by Stella Sampras Webster and Rance Brown.
Carson Branstine (Sept. 9, 2000), Orange, Calif. – Reached the singles final and won the doubles title at the ITF Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships in Haverford, Pa. She works with USTA National Coach, Kathy Rinaldi.
Chase Burton (May 29, 1997), Naples, Fla. – Won the junior doubles title at the ITF Grade 4 Copa Diana junior event in El Salvador. He is coached by Franco Mata.
William Bushamuka (Jan. 24, 1996), Princeton, N.J. – Reached the singles final at a $10,000 ITF Futures event in Mozambique. He is coached by Cedric Kauffmann.
Caleb Chakravarthi (Jan. 2, 1999), Irvine, Calif. – Reached the singles and doubles semifinals at the Copa Cariari ITF Grade 4 junior event in San Jose, Costa Rica. He is coached by Phil Dent.
Nicole Conard (March 4, 2000), Boca Raton, Fla. – Reached the singles semifinals and doubles final at the ITF Grade 4 Odense 2015 junior event in Odense, Denmark, then won the doubles title at the Grade 5 Deloitte Junior Cup in Aarhus, Denmark. She is coached by Maurice Trail.
Samantha Crawford (Feb. 18, 1995), Atlanta – Reached the singles semifinals and won the doubles title at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Baton Rouge, La. She is coached by Michael Joyce.
Jaeda Daniel (July 28, 1999), Wesley Chapel, Fla. – Advanced to singles finals at two $10,000 ITF pro circuit events, in Mauritius and Madagascar. She is coached by Pascal Collard.
Emma Decoste (Feb. 12, 2000), Stuart, Fla. – Reached the singles and doubles semifinals at the ITF Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships in Haverford, Pa. She is coached by her father, Scott.
Caroline Dolehide (Sept. 5, 1998), Hinsdale, Ill. – Advanced to the girls’ doubles final at the junior French Open in Paris. She is coached by Tom Lockhart.
Ernesto Escobedo (July 4, 1996), West Covina, Calif. – Reached the singles final at a $15,000 ITF men’s Futures event in Charlottesville, Va. He is coached by his father, Ernesto.
Nicole Frenkel (April 29, 1998), Winchester, Mass. – Reached the singles semifinals at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit tournament in Bethany Beach, Del.
Taylor Fritz (Oct. 28, 1997), Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. – Won his first ATP main-draw match at the AEGON Open in Nottingham, Great Britain, over Pablo Carreno Busta after reaching the boys’ singles final at the French Open. He is coached by his father, Guy.
Alexa Graham (July 7, 1998), Garden City, N.Y. – Reached the singles final at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit tournament in Bethany Beach, Del. She is coached by Anna Bielen Zarska and Parsa Saami.
Sean Hill (Dec. 15, 1998), Berkeley, Calif. – Won the doubles title at the ITF Grade 3 Bytom Cup junior even in Bytom, Poland.
Taylor Johnson (Aug. 7, 2000), Redondo Beach, Calif. – Won the girls’ doubles title at the ITF Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships in Haverford, Pa. She is coached by Rosie Casals and Rick Buchta.
Kourtney Keegan (Sept. 7, 1994), Roswell, Ga. – Advanced to the semifinals of the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit tournament in Charlotte, N.C. She is coached by Will Wright.
Katie LaFrance (Sept. 29, 1999), Little Rock, Ark. – Won the doubles title at the ITF Grade 5 Bank of Bermuda Foundation junior tournament in Pembroke, Bermuda. She is coached by Thomas Andersson.
Lane Leschly (April 2, 1998), Atherton, Calif. – Qualified and reached the singles final at the ITF Grade 5 Bank of Bermuda Foundation junior tournament in Pembroke, Bermuda.
Mimi Levine (Nov. 22, 1998), Santa Monica, Calif. – Advanced to the singles final and won the doubles title at the ITF Grade 5 Open Junior BNP Paribas junior event in Noumea, New Caledonia, then reached the singles semis and the doubles final of the South Pacific Open Junior Championships (Grade 4) in Fiji. She is coached by Red Ayme.
Ann Li (June 26, 2000), Devon, Pa. – Reached the singles semifinals at the ITF Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships in Haverford, Pa. She is coached by Jon Glover.
Caty McNally (Nov. 20, 2001), Cincinnati – Won the singles title at the ITF Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships in Haverford, Pa. She is coached by her mother, Lynn.
John McNally (Oct. 18, 1998), Cincinnati – Reached the singles and doubles semifinals at the ITF Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships in Haverford, Pa. He is coached by his mother, Lynn.
Max Mendelsohn (Oct. 6, 1998), Little Rock, Ark. – Reached the singles semis at the ITF Grade 5 Bank of Bermuda Foundation junior tournament in Pembroke, Bermuda. He is coached by Thomas Andersson.
Sebastian Mermersky (April 9, 1999), Washington, D.C. – Won junior doubles titles at consecutive ITF Grade 4 junior events, the International Grass Court Championships in Haverford, Pa., and the Copa Diana in El Salvador. He is coached by his father, Chris.
Michael Mmoh (Jan. 10, 1998), Bradenton, Fla. – Advanced to the singles semifinals at the French Open junior championships, one of three American boys’ semifinalists. He is coached by Glenn Weiner.
Eric Morris (Sept. 8, 1998), Corinth, Texas – Advanced to the singles semifinals at the ITF Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships in Haverford, Pa.
Reilly Opelka (Aug. 28, 1997), Palm Coast, Fla. – Was one of four American boys to reach the junior singles quarterfinals at the French Open. He works with USTA National Coach Diego Moyano.
Tommy Paul (May 17, 1997), Lumberton, N.J. – Paul (pictured above) won the first-ever all-American boys’ singles final at the French Open, defeating Taylor Fritz to become the sixth U.S. boy to win the junior singles title at Roland Garros; also reached the doubles final. He works with USTA National Coach Diego Moyano.
Bernarda Pera (Dec. 3, 1994), North Haledon, N.J. – Reached the singles semifinals and won the doubles title at the $25,000 ITF pro circuit tournament in Helsingborg, Sweden. She is coached by her father, Walter.
Melissa Plambeck (Jan. 27, 2000), Bradenton, Fla. – Won consecutive singles titles at ITF Grade 4 junior events in Central America, the Copa Diana tournament in El Salvador and the Copa Cariari in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Kate Paulus (Sept. 9, 1999), Leawood, Kan. – Reached the singles and doubles finals at the ITF Grade 5 Bank of Bermuda Foundation junior tournament in Pembroke, Bermuda. She is coached by Jose Caballero and Bobby Bernstein.
Alexandre Rotsaert (Oct. 14, 1999), Boca Raton, Fla. – Swept both the singles and doubles titles at the ITF Grade 3 Bytom Cup junior even in Bytom, Poland. He is coached by Hafeez Hameed.
Alex Rybakov (Jan. 27, 1997), Plainview, N.Y. – Reached the semifinals of the USTA Pro Circuit $10,000 tournament in Rochester, N.Y. He is coached by his father, Nick.
Noah Rubin (Feb. 21, 1996), Rockville Centre, N.Y. – Advanced to the singles final at the $15,000 USTA Pro Circuit men’s Futures in Tulsa, Okla. He is coached by Lawrence Kleger.
Brian Shi (Feb. 24, 2000), Jericho, N.Y. – Advanced to the singles final at the ITF Grade 4 Copa Diana junior event in El Salvador. He is coached by Mihai Grecu.
Zoe Spence (June 3, 1998), Chicago, Ill. – Won the singles title at the ITF Grade 4 Copa Mundo Maya junior event in Guatemala. She is coached by Jack Sharpe and Kamau Murray.
Katerina Stewart (July 17, 1997), Miami, Fla. – Advanced to the girls’ singles quarterfinals and doubles final at the junior French Open in Paris. She is coached by her father, Cesar.
Naomi Waters (Nov. 13, 1997), Annapolis, Md. – Reached the singles and doubles semis at the ITF Grade 5 Bank of Bermuda Foundation junior tournament in Pembroke, Bermuda.
JJ Wolf (Dec. 21, 1998), Cincinnati, Ohio – Won the singles title at the ITF Grade 4 International Grass Court Championships in Haverford, Pa. He is coached by his father, Jeff.