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Tempe, AZ – The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has announced the draws for the inaugural American Collegiate Wild Card Playoffs which are set to be held at the USTA National Campus from June 16-18.
The new event featuring the top American collegiate players, which was announced earlier this month, will more than double the average number of American collegiate players that earn US Open wild cards this year, with six guaranteed US Open wild card entries up for grabs. The winners of the singles and doubles competitions will earn US Open main draw singles and doubles wild cards, respectively, while the men’s and women’s singles finalists will earn US Open qualifying wild cards.
The full fields are below (bolded players automatically qualified):
Men’s SinglesOzan Baris (Michigan State)Stefan Dostanic (Wake Forest)Aidan Kim (Ohio State)Michael Zheng (Columbia)
Women’s SinglesDJ Bennett (Auburn)Valerie Glozman (Stanford)Amelia Honer (UCSB)Mary Stoiana (Texas A&M)
Men’s DoublesNico Godsick/Hudson Rivera (Stanford)Louis Cloud/Trevor Svajda (SMU)*Nicolas Kotzen/Michael Zheng (Columbia)Cooper Williams/Theo Winegar (Duke)
*replaced Alex Kotzen and Alejandro Moreno of Tennessee
Women’s DoublesDJ Bennett/Ava Hrastar (Auburn)Reese Brantmeier/Alanis Hamilton (North Carolina)Kaitlyn Carnicella/Sarah Hamner/ (South Carolina)Olivia Center/Kate Fakih (UCLA)
The complete draw for the first two days of play are below:
MONDAY5pm matchesTeam USA 1 – (1) Mary Stoiana vs. DJ BennettTeam USA 2 – (2) Michael Zheng vs. Aidan Kim
Followed by matchesTeam USA 1 – (1) Stefan Dostanic vs. Ozan BarisTeam USA 2 – (2) Amelia Honer vs. Valerie Glozman
TUESDAY5pm matchesTeam USA 1 – (1) N. Kotzen/Zheng vs. Godsick/RiveraTeam USA 2- (1) Bennett/Hrastar vs. Carnicella/Hamner
Followed by matchesTeam USA 1 – (2) Center/Fakih vs. Brantmeier/HamiltonTeam USA 2 – (2) Williams/Winegar vs. Cloud/Svajda
The singles semifinals will be played on Monday followed by the doubles semifinals on Tuesday and all finals will be contested on Wednesday. The event is free and matches will begin each day at 5 p.m. in order to maximize in-person attendance, while all matches will also be streamed on the USTA National Campus website.
