No player in the history of the Edwardsville Futures has been as successful at the professional level than our 2011 doubles champion, John Peers (AUS). Peers was the 2017 Australian Open doubles champion, and was mixed doubles champion at the 2022 U.S. Open and 2025 Australian Open. He was the 2024 men's doubles Olympics Gold Medalist, and has twice won the ATP World Tour Finals in doubles.
Marcelo Arevalo (SAL) competed in the 2014 Edwardsville Futures. He was the men's doubles champion in both the 2022 and 2024 French Opens, and has been ranked as high as no. 1 in the world in doubles. He is the most successful tennis player in the history of El Salvador, where he is a member of the Davis Cup team.
Since appearing in the 2011 Edwardsville Futures, Austin Krajicek (USA) has won 13 ATP doubles titles, including the 2023 French Open, and been ranked as high as no. 1 in the world. He was also the men's doubles Olympic silver medalist in 2024. . He won the 2011 NCAA Doubles Championship partnering with Jeff Dadamo, another former Edwardsville Futures participant.
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) was the 2021 Edwardsville Futures singles champion. In 2023, he won the Australian Open Doubles championship as a wildcard entry. He has been ranked in the top thirty doubles players in the world, and the top 150 in singles.
A favorite face at the Edwardsville Futures, Evan King (USA) was the 2015 singles champion. In 2025, he reached the French Open semifinals in men's doubles and was a mixed doubles finalist. He was also the 2007 Illinois high school singles state champion
Hyeon Chung (KOR) was already the youngest player ever signed by Nike when he finished as a doubles finalist at the 2012 Edwardsville Futures at the age of 16. He reached the semifinals of the 2018 Australian Open. En route, he defeated Novak Djokovic as well as 2016 Edwardsville Futures champion Tennys Sandgren.
Tennys Sandgren (USA) proved his name was no accident when he captured the 2016 Edwardsville Futures title. He has reached the main draw of each of the four Grand Slams, and was a quarterfinalist at the 2018 Australian Open. He also reached the 4th round of 2019 Wimbledon.
Nicolas Jarry (CHL) has been a rising star on the ATP Tour since leaving the Edwardsville Futures in 2012. He has competed in all four Grand Slams in singles, reached the doubles quarterfinals at the 2018 French Open, and is a member of the Chilean Davis Cup team in addition to winning an ATP singles title and 2 ATP doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking is no. 38 in the world, and his career-high doubles ranking is no. 40 in the world.
Sebastian Korda (USA) was the 2018 Futures finalist. The son of 1998 Australian Open champion Petr Korda, Sebastian won the 2018 Boys Australian Open and was the highest ranked American junior in the world. Since competing in the Futures, he has one ATP 250 singles title, and has reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and round of 16 at both the French Open and Wimbledon.
The 2016 Edwardsville Futures doubles champion, Jackson Withrow (USA) has won 10 ATP doubles titles and been ranked as high as no. 16 in the world in doubles.
Yuki Bhambri was the 2014 Edwardsville Futures finalist after an illustrious junior career that saw him rise to the no. 1 ranking in the world and win the 2008 Orange Bowl and 2009 Junior Australian Open in singles. He has played in all four Grand Slams in singles, won 13 ATP Challenger titles in singles and doubles, and is a member of the India Davis Cup team. His career-high ranking is no. 83 in the world.
Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) competed in the 2012 Edwardsville Futures. He has since competed in all four Grand Slams in singles, won two ATP Challenger titles, and reached a career-high singles ranking of no. 99 in the world. In 2011 he won the Junior French Open singles, defeating Dominic Thiem in the final; in doing so, he became the first American boy since John McEnroe to win the Junior French Open.
John-Patrick Smith (AUS) played in the inaugural 2011 Futures. He has competed in all four Grand Slams in singles and doubles, reached the U.S. Open doubles quarterfinals in 2017, and the 2019 and 2025 Australian Open mixed doubles finals. He played college tennis at the University of Tennessee, where he was the 2011 SEC Athlete of the Year across all sports, and is one of only two players in NCAA history to be an eight-time All-American.
Since his time at the Edwardsville Futures in 2015, Ben McLachlan has emerged as one of the ATP Tour’s leading doubles specialists. He reached the doubles semifinals of the 2018 Australian Open, and the quarterfinals of 2018 Wimbledon. With a career high ranking of no. 25 in doubles, he has 1 ATP Tour doubles title, 3 ATP Challenger titles, and is a member of the Japan Davis Cup team.
Luke Bambridge (GBR) played in the 2016 Edwardsville Futures. His career-high doubles ranking is no. 78 in the world. He has won one ATP Tour doubles title and four ATP Challenger titles.
A former Missouri high school state champion from the St. Louis area, Blake Strode won the inaugural Edwardsville Futures in 2011. An All-American and NCAA singles semifinalist in 2009 while at the University of Arkansas, Strode received the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Arthur Ashe Award for leadership and sportsmanship. Following his professional tennis career, Strode attended Harvard Law Schoo. He is the executive director of the nonprofit law firm Arch City Defenders in St. Louis