Meet the ITF Class of 2025
The ITF’s ‘Class of’ series recognises and celebrates players who have had a successful year on the ITF World Tennis Tour, identifying the season’s most promising and breakthrough talents, and those predicted to go on to bigger and better things next year.
This year’s group was decided by a panel of experts: Ashley Keber (WTA), Julia Boyadjieva (ATP), Mark Woodforde (ITF), Mary Pierce (ITF) and Nao Kawatei (ITF). The panel voted for five players to be included in the Class of 2025 from a longlist of 19 players.
Players who have previously been named in the ‘Class of’ series who have continued to progress towards the highest levels of the sport include Jakub Mensik (2022), Mirra Andreeva (2023), Learner Tien (2024) and Iva Jovic (2024).
Discover the ITF Class of 2025 in full below:
Victoria Mboko
For teenager Victoria Mboko, the 2025 season has been a life-changing campaign full of shocks and successes – a fairytale no less and one which should offer other aspiring players enormous hope and inspiration.
The 19-year-old has become a huge source of Canadian tennis pride after starting the year ranked No. 333 in the WTA Rankings and embarking upon a journey which now sees her ranked No. 18 in the world.
“I’m very happy to be recognised as part of the Class of 2025 by the ITF," said Mboko. "It really means a lot to me and I’m really grateful to have been a part of this award."
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Gilles Arnaud Bailly
It has been a season full of positives for Belgium's Gilles Arnaud Bailly.
Bailly's brilliant 2025 has seen him claim five ITF World Tennis Tour titles, win 60 matches at ITF level (the second highest tally across both men and women) and rise 600 spots in the ATP rankings - reaching a career-high of No. 201 at the start of November.
His coach, Dries Beerden, says his charge has all the tools to continue his rise.
"The best qualities of Gilles Arnaud are his mentality," said Beerden. "He competes really well every time. He always gives 100% in practice and during matches. His mental strength is really good.
"He is a great mover on court – he moves really well, he reads the game well. He’s a real competitor."
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Lilli Tagger
Austria’s Lilli Tagger began 2025 ranked No. 776 in the WTA Rankings but fast forward 12 months and the 17-year-old is now a Top 200 player – ranked No. 155 in the world – and making significant strides within the pro game.
She won her first professional title in March at W35 Terrassa and added a further two at W75 level by the end of the season, all while making her mark in junior competition - signing off from girls' competition in style with the Roland Garros junior crown.
In November, on her WTA Tour main draw debut at the Jiangxi Open, Tagger became the first 2008-born player to reach a WTA final and both the youngest and lowest-ranked WTA finalist of 2025.
“This was an amazing year for me," said Tagger. "I played so many tournaments and I’ve had a great time at every tournament on the ITF World Tennis Tour.
"During the year, we worked a lot on my game style and of course we will continue to work on it. I can’t wait to continue next year."
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Luka Mikrut
Croatia's Luka Mikrut has made remarkable forward strides in 2025.
The 21-year-old Split native has excelled this season - winning four consecutive ITF World Tennis Tour titles before going on to claim the first two ATP Challenger titles of his career.
A good, though hardly prolific junior who peaked at No. 40 in the world, his tale has been one of steady progress, repeatedly showing up, and learning his craft at the lower and middle levels of men's professional tennis.
"The ITF World Tennis Tour helped me a lot all these years, especially this year," Mikrut acknowledged.
"At the end of last year I was struggling with confidence and winning matches. I decided in March to take a step back from Challengers and go to the World Tennis Tour to play more matches and get more wins. To get my confidence back."
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Janice Tjen
Wind the clock back two seasons to the turn of 2024 and Janice Tjen was a fresh-faced 21-year-old, soon to graduate from Pepperdine University with a degree in sociology.
She had contested just six professional tennis tournaments at that point after a good, if not especially stand out junior career.
Today, she has 15 professional singles titles to her name, a Grand Slam match-win under her belt, has written her name into the Indonesian tennis history books, and sits at a sky-high No. 53 in the world.
Her rise has been prolific. Jet-powered, no less. She has won an incredible 77 matches (to just 15 defeats) in 2025, collecting eight titles since May and finishing runner-up at four further events.
And the ITF World Tennis Tour has been integral to that journey, providing the platform for Tjen to hone and develop her court craft and become, to put it bluntly, a winning machine.
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