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Soleil Cordell Won 6-2, 6-0. Ohio Played Eight Tennis Finals.
Soleil Cordell of Olentangy Berlin won the Ohio Division I girls singles final, 6-2, 6-0. The state played eight tennis finals at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.
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Soleil Cordell won the Ohio Division I girls singles final, 6-2, 6-0. On October 15 and 16, 2026, at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, the Olentangy Berlin senior beat Cincinnati Oak Hills junior Renee Harper. The Division I singles bracket is the score sheet. The OHSAA girls tournament page is the weekend’s front door.
That Friday had three more girls finals. Genevieve Hayden of Pepper Pike Orange won Division II singles, 6-1, 6-0. Mason’s Emma Wagner and Saanvi Reddy won Division I doubles, 7-5, 6-1. Gilmour Academy’s Grier Peckham and Abigail Lynch won Division II doubles, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Four girls titles on one site, two days after the draws opened.
The boys titles were already on the same courts. On May 28 and 29, 2026, the OHSAA boys recap called it the 106th annual tournament. Mason’s Greg Bernadsky won singles, 6-0, 7-6. Eight finals, one address. A Mason tennis family driving to a junior match needs the court number the way Cordell’s draw posted a champion.
Who won the Ohio girls singles final?
Soleil Cordell, a senior at Delaware Olentangy Berlin, 6-2, 6-0 over Renee Harper of Cincinnati Oak Hills.
The bracket gives Cordell the semifinal, 6-0, 6-2, over Makayla Malone of Cincinnati Turpin. Harper reached the final with a 6-2, 6-2 win. Malone, a sophomore, then beat Katelyn Bussard of Amherst Steele 6-2, 6-1 for third. Cordell’s earlier line on the sheet is a 6-1, 6-2 win. The championship line is the 6-2, 6-0. A rec director can publish a court and a winner the same way the state printed both scores. Cincinnati tennis families already know Oak Hills and Turpin can meet on a Mason court.
Who won the other girls singles title?
Genevieve Hayden of Pepper Pike Orange, 6-1, 6-0 over Rida Tahir of Shaker Heights Laurel.
Hayden is a junior. Tahir is a senior. The Division II singles bracket gives Hayden a 6-0, 6-1 semifinal and Tahir a 6-3, 6-3 semifinal before the 6-1, 6-0 final. Mila Gelbart of Dayton Oakwood took third, 6-0, 6-0, over Nina Myatt of Cincinnati Wyoming. Gelbart is a junior. Myatt is a senior. Two singles champions, two third-place matches, one facility. Cleveland tennis and Dayton tennis both had a player on that sheet.
Who won the girls doubles titles?
Mason’s Emma Wagner and Saanvi Reddy won 7-5, 6-1. Gilmour’s Grier Peckham and Abigail Lynch won 6-2, 7-6 (5).
Wagner and Reddy are seniors. The Division I doubles bracket has them beating Helena Finley and Elle Finley of Cincinnati Seton. Both Finleys are freshmen. Mason’s other pair, Harine Karthikeyan and Megha Soundar, took third, 6-2, 6-3. Karthikeyan is a freshman and Soundar is a sophomore. In Division II, Peckham is a junior and Lynch is a senior at Gates Mills Gilmour Academy. They beat Anna Mills and Ava Kamensky of Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown. Both are seniors. The Division II doubles bracket gives Valeria Kislyansky and Emery Grossman of Gates Mills Hawken third place, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1. Mason left with the Division I title and a third-place pair. Gilmour left with the Division II title.
Who won the boys titles in May?
Greg Bernadsky beat Landon Vens 6-0, 7-6. Cooper Grim beat Levi Brumbaugh 6-3, 6-1. Both finals were May 28-29 at Lindner.
The OHSAA recap says the weekend was the 106th annual boys tournament. Bernadsky, a Mason senior, won his second singles title in his third trip to the championship match. He is the third singles champion from Mason, and the win was the school’s fourth singles title. The recap says he joined 31 other two-time state singles champions. Vens is a junior at Sylvania Southview. In doubles, senior Carson Dwyer and junior Nihal Narisetty won Cincinnati St. Xavier its sixth doubles title, 6-1, 6-4, over junior Enrique Isaev and senior Jerrel Rayen of North Royalton. In Division II, Columbiana Heartland Christian junior Cooper Grim won the school’s first tennis title, 6-3, 6-1, over West Milton Milton-Union junior Levi Brumbaugh. Junior Neelan Ghandi and sophomore Gareth Kurowski won Cincinnati Indian Hill its sixth doubles title, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, over junior Henry Lessard and senior Adrian Schiff of Bexley.

Where did Ohio play the eight finals?
The Lindner Family Tennis Center, 5460 Courseview Drive, Mason, OH 45040. Girls played October 15-16. Boys played May 28-29.
The girls bracket prints the day. A coaches meeting at 8 a.m. Thursday, October 15. Play at 9 a.m., Division II singles and Division I singles, then Division II doubles, then Division I doubles. Semifinals and finals on Friday, October 16. Tickets are $10 for students and $16 general admission per day. Children 5 and under are free. Enter at the North Gate. Parking is in the East Lot. The boys bracket printed the same $10 and $16 prices for May 28 and 29. The October 1 NFHS release counted 203,927 girls tennis participants in 2025-26, in the same survey that put flag football at 102,360. The flag count and this court count are two lines in one report. A Columbus tennis weekend can hold a junior draw on the same kind of numbered courts.
- Girls Division I singles: Cordell beat Harper, 6-2, 6-0.
- Girls Division II singles: Hayden beat Tahir, 6-1, 6-0.
- Girls Division I doubles: Wagner and Reddy beat the Finleys, 7-5, 6-1.
- Girls Division II doubles: Peckham and Lynch beat Mills and Kamensky, 6-2, 7-6 (5).
- Boys Division I singles: Bernadsky beat Vens, 6-0, 7-6.
- Boys Division II singles: Grim beat Brumbaugh, 6-3, 6-1.
- Boys Division I doubles: Dwyer and Narisetty beat Isaev and Rayen, 6-1, 6-4.
- Boys Division II doubles: Ghandi and Kurowski beat Lessard and Schiff, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6.
What should a rec court copy from Lindner?
The court, the start, and which draw is singles versus doubles. Lindner posted 9 a.m. and a gate before anyone parked.
Eight finals still used one address and a printed order of play. A house program can do the same with a shorter card: Court 1 at 9:00 a.m. for the younger singles, Court 4 at 9:00 a.m. for doubles, and a rain note when the hard court is wet. Put that line in the league dashboard before a coach texts a court change from the parking lot. The court-number post is the weekday version. A pickleball night often wants the next court over. State tickets told students $10 and adults $16 before they reached the North Gate. A rec note can tell a family which court and which gate.
Which cities should post the court before the drive?
Any city whose park already stacks a junior tennis hour and a pickleball hour on the same courts.
Mason had Lindner for the girls weekend in October and the boys weekend in May. Cincinnati had Oak Hills in the singles final, Turpin in third, Seton in the doubles final, St. Xavier’s sixth doubles title, and Indian Hill’s sixth doubles title. Cleveland had Laurel in the Division II singles final, Hathaway Brown in the doubles final, and Orange’s champion. Columbus had Olentangy Berlin’s champion and Bexley in the May doubles final. Dayton had Oakwood’s third-place singles player. A Toledo tennis Saturday can hold the same overlap: one park, two start times, a court number in the message.
What should a director check before a Friday final?
The match has a court, a start, and a rain line. A 6-2, 6-0 final and a 7-6 third set still need two different courts.
- Singles and doubles are separate lines, even when they share a park.
- The court number is visible before the parking lot.
- A rain delay replaces the original end time the same day.
- Tennis and pickleball are separate lines when they share the fence.
- A family with two players can tell which whistle is which.
- If you cite the weekend, cite the source: the OHSAA brackets for 6-2, 6-0, and the boys recap for 6-0, 7-6.
Cordell’s title was 6-2, 6-0. Hayden’s title was 6-1, 6-0. Wagner and Reddy’s title was 7-5, 6-1. Bernadsky’s title was 6-0, 7-6, and a second championship. The state wrote all of them down. A rec league can write the court down. Brands that want to be on that court can sponsor a game. Directors can request a demo. Coaches Pick stays free for league owners, including the home page families already use to find a league.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2026 Ohio Division I girls tennis singles title?
Soleil Cordell of Delaware Olentangy Berlin, 6-2, 6-0 over Cincinnati Oak Hills’ Renee Harper, on October 16 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason.
Who won the Division II girls singles final?
Genevieve Hayden of Pepper Pike Orange, 6-1, 6-0 over Shaker Heights Laurel’s Rida Tahir. Mila Gelbart of Dayton Oakwood took third, 6-0, 6-0.
Who won the boys tennis titles in May?
Mason’s Greg Bernadsky beat Sylvania Southview’s Landon Vens 6-0, 7-6. Cooper Grim of Columbiana Heartland Christian beat Levi Brumbaugh 6-3, 6-1.
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