NCAA Individual Championships return to USTA National Campus

The USTA National Campus will host the NCAA Individual Championships for the fourth time, and the first time since 2023, this week in Orlando, Fla. Play begins Tuesday with the men's and women's singles draws, both fields of 64 players, with the doubles draws starting Wednesday with 32 pairs in each event. The finals for all event are schedules for Sunday, Nov. 23.

Four Americans won titles the last time the prestigious individual tournament was held at the Campus, with Georgia's Ethan Quinn claiming the 2023 men's singles crown, the North Carolina team of Fiona Crawley and Carson Tanguilig lifting the womens' doubles trophy, and Ohio State's Andrew Lutschaunig partnering with Japanese teammate James Trotter to win men's doubles. This year, American Michael Zheng of Columbia returns as the reigning champion after winning the first fall edition of the event last November at Baylor's campus in Waco, Texas.

This week's event is a precursor to USTA National Campus becoming the home of the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Team Tennis Championships for 10 years, beginning in 2028. The ITA Collegiate Wheelchair Singles National Championship semifinals and finals will also be played this week alongside the NCAA action in Lake Nona.

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American Valerie Glozman, the Stanford sophomore who won the USTA American Collegiate Playoffs at the Campus last June to earn a main-draw place at the 2025 US Open, is the top seed in the women's singles tournament. The native of Bellevue, Wash., was also the 2025 ITA All-American Championships singles champ and the 2025 ACC Freshman of the Year. Outside of college play, she reached the USTA Billie Jean King Girls’ 18s Nationals final in 2022 and 2024.

Glozman will open her campaign against Baylor's Na Dong, with American Tatum Evans, a 9-16 seed, a potential third-round opponent.

Aidan Kim is the top-seeded American in the men's draw at No. 3. The Ohio State junior, a transfer from Florida, also participated in American Collegiate Wild Card Playoffs and was a finalist at 2025 ITA Men's All-American Championships. The ITA preseason No. 4 will open against Antonio Pratt of Miami.