Where 2025-26 women's tennis players came from
26.2% of 2025-26 college women's tennis players came from outside the U.S. — Spain, Germany and France lead the way.
Out of 5,122 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
1,340 of the 5,122 players we read listed a home town outside the U.S. Shares below are out of those 1,340.
- Spain162 players · 12.1%
- Germany110 players · 8.2%
- France87 players · 6.5%
- Canada78 players · 5.8%
- Brazil76 players · 5.7%
- Australia74 players · 5.5%
- Mexico71 players · 5.3%
- United Kingdom64 players · 4.8%
- Italy54 players · 4.0%
- Sweden46 players · 3.4%
26 more places had fewer players and aren't shown.
Out of 1,340 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
The home-state chart is below, but it's the smaller story for this sport: no U.S. state stands out, and the states at the top are close enough that we don't rank them.
556 schools' 2025-26 women's tennis rosters, 5,122 players. We don't say what share of all programs that is — no authoritative count of programs exists.
Not a ranking. The top states here are within 0.6 of a percentage point of each other — New York, Pennsylvania are effectively level. 29 players separate the top two, and a lead that small would need about 50 players before we'd call anyone first. So read the bars as sizes, not as places 1, 2, 3.
- Outside the U.S.1,340 players · 26.2%
- New York323 players · 6.3%
- Pennsylvania294 players · 5.7%
- California215 players · 4.2%
- New Jersey184 players · 3.6%
- Texas169 players · 3.3%
- Illinois168 players · 3.3%
- Minnesota151 players · 2.9%
- Florida149 players · 2.9%
- Ohio121 players · 2.4%
- Wisconsin109 players · 2.1%
- Georgia95 players · 1.9%
- North Carolina92 players · 1.8%
- Massachusetts86 players · 1.7%
- Indiana69 players · 1.3%
- Home state unknown673 players · 13.1%
These players' roster pages didn't list a readable home town. We count them rather than hide them.
38 more places had fewer players and aren't shown.
Out of 5,122 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
How to read this
Each bar is the number of players on a 2025-26 college women's tennis roster whose listed home town is in that state. It is not a count of recruits, offers, or scholarships, and it says nothing about your own odds — it's simply where the players currently on rosters grew up.
We don't call a state first here. New York, Pennsylvania are within a percentage point of each other, and 29 players separate the top two — a "#1" that a handful of players would overturn isn't a fact, so we don't print one.
The unknown bar matters. 673 women's tennis players (13.1%) are on rosters that didn't list a readable home town. We show them because a chart with no leftovers is usually a chart someone tidied up.
Source: official athletics roster pages, 2025-26 season, read August 4, 2026.