Excellence Grants Application For 2025-- Jr Boys

USTA Player Development
2025 Excellence Grant Criteria
Junior Boys

The USTA established the USTA Player Development Excellence Grant (the “Grant”) to facilitate the development of U.S. Players. The Grant was established to assist Players in reaching the top 100 ATP/WTA ranked professionals.

U.S. Players achieving the criteria requirements listed below (based on the Players age) may qualify to receive a Grant.

Players that meet one (1) of the criteria boxes below may receive a $3,000 Grant;

Players that meet two (2) of the criteria boxes below may receive an additional $4,000 Grant;

Players that meet three (3) of the criteria boxes below may receive an additional $5,000 Grant.

A Player may be eligible to receive a total maximum of $12,000 in 2025 based on
performance meeting the criteria.

Players must first submit this form to be eligible for these Excellence Grants. A new form should be submitted each time the Player meets one of the criteria requirements listed below. Alternatively, a Player may submit one form after having met all three criteria boxes, after completing those events but before the deadline noted below.

Each tournament result/ranking is applied only once under these criteria. A single event/tournament/result/ranking may not be used towards fulfilling more than one of the criteria/requirements listed below.

Players ranked in the Top 100 ATP Ranking will no longer be eligible to receive Excellence Grants.

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Players 14 years old

Singles Winner or Finalist of a USTA 14 ‘s National Spring Championships, National Clay Court Championships or National Championships (Hard Courts) (This bullet may be used three times)Singles Winner of the 14’s Eddie HerrSingles Finalist of the Les Petits As event or betterSingles Semifinalist of the USTA 16’s National Spring Championships, National Clay Court Championships or National Championships (Hard Courts)Singles Quarterfinalist of the 16’s Orange BowlSingles Semifinalist of an ITF World Tennis Tour - Junior Grade J30 event* or higher held in the United StatesQualify for the Singles Main Draw of an ITF World Tennis Tour – Men (M15 & M25)

Players 15 years old

Singles Finalist of the USTA 16’s National Championships (Hard Courts)Singles Winner of the 16’s Orange Bowl or betterSingles Winner of an ITF World Tennis Tour - Junior Grade J60 event* or higher in USASingels Finalist of an ITF World Tennis Tour - Junior Grade J100 event* or higher WorldwideWinner of three singles main draw matches of an ITF World Tennis Tour – Men (M15 & M25)Winner of one singles main draw match of an ATP Challenger (ATP 75 – ATP 100) events (This bullet may be used two times)

Players 16 years old

Singles Winner of the USTA 16’s National Championships (Hard Courts)Singles Top 5 finisher in the USTA 18’s National Championships (Hard Courts)Singles Winner of the USTA 18’s National Championships Clay CourtsSingles Winner of an ITF World Tennis Tour - Junior Grade J300 event* or higher WorldwideSingles Semifinalist of the 18’s Orange Bowl or betterSingles Round of 16 of the Junior Grand Slam EventSingles Quarterfinalist of an ITF World Tennis Tour – Men (M15 & M25) (This bullet may be used two times)Singles Round of 16 of a Challenger (ATP 75 – ATP 100) event or higher (This bullet may be used two times)

Players 17 years old

Singles Finalist of the USTA 18’s National Championships (Hard Courts) or betterSingles Semifinalist of a Junior Grand Slam or better (This bullet may be used three times)Singles Winner of an ITF World Tennis Tour - Junior Grade J500 event* WorldwideSingles Winner of ITF World Tennis Tour – Men (M15 & M25) event or higher (This bullet may be used three times)Singles Quarterfinalist in Challenger (ATP 75 – ATP 100) event (This bullet may be used three times)Top 750 ATP Singles Ranking- (This bullet may only be used once a Calendar Year for any age group)

Players 18 years old

Singles Winner or Finalist of USTA 18’s National Championships (Hard Courts)Singles Finalist of a Junior Grand Slam (This bullet may be used three times)Singles Winner of an ITF World Tennis Tour – Men (M15 & M25) (This bullet may be used two times)Singles Semifinalist of a Challenger (ATP 75 – ATP 100) event or higher (This bullet may be used three times)Two singles wins over ATP Singles Top 250 playersTop 400 ATP Singles Ranking- (This bullet may only be used once a Calendar Year for any age group)Top 300 ATP Singles Ranking- (This bullet may only be used once a Calendar Year for any age group)

Note: All players must be US citizens at the time the form is submitted and eligible to represent the United States in International Team Competitions. Players must submit a W-9 and other supporting documentation validating the items checked above (e.g., screenshot of tournament results) to Karina Klein (ustapdplayerservices@usta.com). Once the request is approved, you will receive a Grant Recipient letter for execution via DocuSign for you and your parent/guardian to sign. All Excellence Grant requests must be submitted by December 15, 2025, for the 2025 year. Only 2025 results may be submitted an applied to the Grant criteria. It’s the player's sole responsibility to submit the Grant Request by or before the December 15th deadline. Grant requests not received by the December 15th deadline will not be reviewed or approved. Grant determinations are in the sole discretion of USTA Player Development.