Reese Brantmeier

Reese Brantmeier (born October 5, 2004) is an American tennis player. She played college tennis for the North Carolina Tar Heels, winning NCAA team 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. She finished second at the 2021 United States 18s national championship, losing to Ashlyn Krueger.

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.

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)

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)

Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up)