Reese Brantmeier (born October 5, 2004) is an American tennis player. She played college tennis for the North Carolina Tar Heels, winning NCAA team (2023) and singles championships (2026).
Brantmeier has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 411, achieved on August 1, 2022. On October 3, 2022, she peaked at No. 236 in the doubles rankings.
Early life and junior tour Brantmeier was born to Scott and Becky Brantmeier and raised near Whitewater, Wisconsin. Her father is a doctor and she has two brothers. She began online schooling and living out of a hotel room with her mother while training at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida.
Brantmeier won the 2019 United States 16s national title. She finished second at the 2021 United States 18s national championship, losing to Ashlyn Krueger.
At the 2022 US Open, she and Clervie Ngounoue received a wildcard to the women's doubles tournament.
College Brantmeier began playing college tennis for the North Carolina Tar Heels in the spring of 2023. She did not play in the fall of 2022 to avoid being ruled ineligible by the NCAA for collecting prize money during high school; she later filed suit against the NCAA over the rule. In that year's NCAA Championships, she helped North Carolina win their first national team title. She played on the team's No. 3 court in place of Fiona Crawley, beating multiple ranked players during their run including Georgia's national No. 3 Lea Ma in the semifinals. Though she lost to North Carolina State standout Diana Shnaider in the final, she and Reilly Tran had won the deciding doubles match that gave North Carolina an early lead. Brantmeier also reached the NCAA doubles tournament final with Elizabeth Scotty, losing to North Carolina teammates Crawley and Carson Tanguilig.
Brantmeier swept the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Fall National Championships in the fall of 2023, winning national titles in singles and doubles with Scotty. In the spring of 2024, she tore her meniscus during the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, ruling her out for the season.
In the fall of 2025, Brantmeier won the NCAA singles title."Reese Brantmeier captures NCAA women’s tennis singles title," UNC.edu, November 23, 2025.
Career
In September 2026, Brantmeier reached her first singles WTA 125 final at the 2026 Porto Open, as a qualifier, but lost to Maria Timofeeva.
WTA 125 finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Porto Open, PortugalHard Maria Timofeeva6–7(8–10), 2–6
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (0–1)W25/35 tournaments (1–2)W15 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1ITF Daytona Beach, USW25Clay Katrina Scott2–6, 4–6Loss0–2Oct 2022ITF Fort Worth, United StatesW25Hard Liv Hovde6–7(1–7), 4–6Win1–2Jul 2023ITF Lakewood, United StatesW15Hard Haley Giavara6–4, 6–4 Win 2–2 May 2026ITF Wichita, United StatesW35 Hard Sahaja Yamalapalli 6–4, 6–0Loss 2–3 Palmetto Pro Open, USW100 Hard Kristina Liutova 4–6, 3–6
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW60 tournaments (0–1)W25/35 tournaments (3–0)W15 tournaments (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (1–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1ITF Naples, USW15Clay Kimmi Hance Mara Schmidt Belinda Woolcock3–6, 7–5, [6–10]Loss0–2May 2022Pelham Pro Classic, USW60Clay Elvina Kalieva Carolyn Ansari Ariana Arseneault5–7, 1–6Win1–2Jan 2023ITF Naples, USW25Clay Makenna Jones Emily Appleton Quinn Gleason6–4, 6–2Win2–2Jun 2023ITF Wichita, USW25Hard Maria Mateas Ava Markham Alina Shcherbinina6–2, 6–4Loss2–3Jul 2023ITF Lakewood, USW15Hard Fiona Crawley Anita Sahdiieva Savannah Broadus3–6, 3–6Win 3–3 May 2026ITF Wichita, USW35 Hard Maria Sholokhova Maya Iyengar Ekaterina Khayrutdinova 6–3, 6–1Win 4–3 Sep 2026The Campus Open, PortugalW75 Hard Ayana Akli Kylie Collins Carson Tanguilig 7–5, 6–4
Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2021US OpenHard Elvina Kalieva Ashlyn Krueger Robin Montgomery7–5, 3–6, [4–10]
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