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 Singles
Ozan Baris (Michigan State)
Stefan Dostanic (Wake Forest)
Aidan Kim (Ohio State)
Michael Zheng (Columbia)
Women’s Singles
DJ Bennett (Auburn)
Valerie Glozman (Stanford)
Amelia Honer (UCSB)
Mary Stoiana (Texas A&M)
Men’s Doubles
Nico 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 Doubles
DJ 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:
MONDAY
5pm matches
Team USA 1 – (1) Mary Stoiana vs. DJ Bennett
Team USA 2 – (2) Michael Zheng vs. Aidan Kim
Followed by matches
Team USA 1 – (1) Stefan Dostanic vs. Ozan Baris
Team USA 2 – (2) Amelia Honer vs. Valerie Glozman
TUESDAY
5pm matches
Team USA 1 – (1) N. Kotzen/Zheng vs. Godsick/Rivera
Team USA 2- (1) Bennett/Hrastar vs. Carnicella/Hamner
Followed by matches
Team USA 1 – (2) Center/Fakih vs. Brantmeier/Hamilton
Team 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.
