You may have been following our
Freshmen to Watch series, in which the top college freshmen players discussed their transition to collegiate tennis and balancing academics and athletics. Today, we’re taking a look at the top American men and women players in collegiate tennis.
From freshmen newbies to the seasoned seniors, these players have been dominating the courts this year. Players have been sorted based on their current UTRs, which take into account up to 30 matches played within the last 12 months creating the rating based on score, the strength of competition and match history.
Leading the pack for the men is
Alex Rybakov, a junior at
TCU. Hailing from Coral Springs, FL, Rybakov has been named the Big 12 Player of the Week twice in his collegiate career. This season, Rybakov has been playing at the #1 and #2 singles spot, with just one tight loss in February to
Benjamin Sigouin (UTR 14.50) of North Carolina.
On the women’s side, blue-chip recruit
Michaela Gordon, a freshman at
Stanford, is the top-rated American women’s player. In the fall season, Gordon won the ITA Northwest Regional Championships, becoming the first freshman player to win the title since 2012. The No.1 singles seed for Stanford, Gordon has already made a name for herself as a fierce competitor on the court.
Take a look at the top-10 American collegiate players who are dominating the court this season. Click on their names to check out their UTR profile and check out
last year’s Top 10 to see where the players compare.
MEN
1.
Alex Rybakov (UTR 14.76), Coral Springs, FL -
Texas Christian University
2.
William Blumberg (UTR 14.72), Greenwich, CT -
University of North Carolina
3.
Trevor Allen Johnson (UTR 14.68), Las Vegas, NV-
Texas Christian University
4.
Tom Fawcett (UTR 14.60), Winnetka, IL-
Stanford University
5.
Patrick Kypson (UTR 14.53), Greenville, NC-
Texas A & M University
6.
Jeffrey John Wolf (UTR 14.52), Cincinnati, OH-
Ohio State University
7.
Victor Pham (UTR 14.46), Saratoga, CA-
Columbia University
8.
Brandon Holt (UTR 14.40), Rolling Hills, CA-
University of Southern California
9.
Oliver Crawford (UTR 14.39), Spartanburg, SC-
University of Florida
10.
Martin Redlicki (UTR 14.35), Boca Raton, FL-
UCLA
WOMEN
1.
Michaela Gordon (UTR 11.88), Saratoga, CA-
Stanford University
2.
Ena Shibahara (UTR 11.87), Rancho Palos Verdes, CA-
UCLA
3.
Ashley Lahey (UTR 11.83), Hawthorne, CA-
Pepperdine University
4.
Kennedy Shaffer (UTR 11.82), Rossford, OH-
University of Georgia
5.
Brooke Austin (UTR 11.80), Indianapolis, IN-
University of Florida
6.
Kate Fahey (UTR 11.80), Fair Haven, NJ-
University of Michigan
7.
Kelly Chen (UTR 11.75), Cerritos, CA-
Duke University
8.
Melissa Lord (UTR 11.75), Bloomfield, CT-
Stanford University
9.
Emma Davis (UTR 11.70), Cohasset, MA-
Wake Forest University
10.
Josie Kuhlman (UTR 11.69), Ponte Vedra, FL-
University of Florida
About UTR
UTR Powered by Oracle is a revolutionary rating system that provides a single, unifying language and standard for tennis players across ages, geographies, gender and economics. The gold standard for college recruiting, UTR is leveraged by college coaches as the preferred system to identify and recruit prospective student-athletes from around the world, and is the official rating system for the
Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).
The UTR database gathers results from over 6.5 million matches across 700,000 players in over 200 countries. Coaches and players can visit
MyUTR.com to get their rating and access UTR’s World Rankings report. For deeper data analysis, coaches and players can sign up for UTR’s
premium membership service to save player profiles, compare collegiate teams and view Power 6 ratings. Visit
www.MyUTR.com to learn more.
