New Records Set With Collegians Flooding Wimbledon Singles Main Draws

London, England – It will be a record-setting year at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships as 35 players with ties to college tennis are set to take part in the Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Main Draws.

In the Gentlemen’s Singles Main Draw, 26 current and former college tennis players will take center stage at one of the biggest tournaments in the world. Since 2000, the 26 players with college ties marks the highest level of representation of collegiate athletes in the Gentlemen’s Singles Main Draw at Wimbledon.

Of these 26 men’s athletes, half played at the collegiate level as recently as the spring of 2022, including Jack Pinnington Jones (TCU) and Oliver Tarvet (San Diego) who both competed this past spring for their respective universities.

Six men’s players enter Wimbledon ranked within the Top 50 of the ATP Singles Rankings with Ben Shelton (Florida), Francisco Cerundolo (South Carolina), and Brandon Nakashima (Virginia) all being seeded players in the draw. In 2024, Shelton reached the fourth round on the grass courts, while Nakashima and Cameron Norrie (TCU) each advanced to the third round.

Across the Ladies’ Singles Main Draw, nine former college tennis players will be looking to make a splash on the grass courts. Similarly to the men, three players will enter Wimbledon as seeded players with Emma Navarro (Virginia), Diana Shnaider (NC State), and Mccartney Kessler (Florida) all earning the distinction of being seeds after continuing to impress on tour.

Seven of these nine athletes competed at the collegiate level as recently as the spring of 2021, with six of these seven competing as recently as the spring of 2022. After qualifying, Carson Branstine (Texas A&M) will make her Grand Slam debut in London as the 24 year old continues to fly up the WTA Singles Rankings this year.

Continue reading below to explore the full list of current and former collegians competing in the Wimbledon singles draws.

Collegians In the Gentlemen’s Singles Main Draw

Player School Country Current Rank Ben Shelton (10) Florida USA 10 Francisco Cerundolo (16) South Carolina ARG 18 Brandon Nakashima (29) Virginia USA 32 Nuno Borges Mississippi State POR 37 Marcos Giron UCLA USA 48 Gabriel Diallo Kentucky CAN 41 Jacob Fearnley TCU GBR 51 Learner Tien USC USA 67 Arthur Rinderknech Texas A&M FRA 70 Aleksander Vukic Illinois AUS 80 Rinky Hijikata North Carolina AUS 88 Aleksander Kovacevic Illinois USA 77 Cameron Norrie TCU GBR 61 Adam Walton Tennessee AUS 86 Mackenzie McDonald UCLA USA 90 Nishesh Basavareddy Stanford USA 99 Brandon Holt USC USA 101 Christopher Eubanks Georgia Tech USA 131 Ethan Quinn Georgia USA 95 Johannus Monday (WC) Tennessee GBR 236 Oliver Crawford (WC) Florida GBR 252 Jack Pinnington Jones (WC) TCU GBR 282 Arthur Fery (WC) Stanford GBR 465 Oliver Tarvet (Q) San Diego GBR 719 Chris Rodesch (Q) Virginia LUX 163 August Holmgren (Q) San Diego DEN 195

Collegians In the Ladies’ Singles Main Draw

Player School Country Current Rank Emma Navarro (10) Virginia USA 10 Diana Shnaider (12) NC State RUS 12 Peyton Stearns Texas USA 35 Mccartney Kessler (32) Florida USA 32 Lulu Sun Texas NZL 46 Danielle Collins Florida & Virginia USA 52 Mayar Sherif Fresno State & Pepperdine EGY 86 Yuliia Starodubtseva Old Dominion UKR 67 Carson Branstine (Q) Texas A&M CAN 197

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