Caty McNally, Emilio Nava win 2025 US Open Wild Card Challenge
Americans Caty McNally and Emilio Nava will each compete at their home major after winning the USTA's 2025 US Open Wild Card Challenge and earning their places in the New York singles main draw.
McNally, who is set for her fourth US Open main-draw appearance, won the women's wild card on the strength of her title at the USTA Pro Circuit W100 event in Evansville, Ind., last month and her run to the third round of the Montreal WTA 1000 event two weeks ago. Ranked as high as world No. 54 in 2023, McNally's best US Open singles result is a third-round showing in 2020. The 23-year-old also reached the US Open doubles final in 2021 (with Coco Gauff) and 2022 (with Taylor Townsend).
Nava won the men's Challenge thanks in large part to his quarterfinal showing at the ATP 250 in Los Cabos last month and his run to the third round of the Toronto ATP Masters 1000 event earlier this month. The 23-year-old has competed at the US Open three times before, reaching the second round in 2022. Nava also advanced to the second round at the French Open this year after winning the USTA's Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge.
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Women's Final Standings
1. Caty McNally - 165
2. Venus Williams - 70
3. Ayana Akli - 56
4. Kayla Day - 46
5. Fiona Crawley - 44
Men's Final Standings
1. Emilio Nava - 170
2. Zachary Svajda - 116
3. Michael Zheng - 111
4. Tristan Boyer - 80
5. Colton Smith - 76
- McNally
- Nava
McNally is one of six American women who were granted wild cards for the 2025 US Open on Wednesday, a list that also includes Venus Williams, Clervie Ngounoue, Julieta Pareja, Valerie Glozman and Alyssa Ahn. Nava is also among six American men to be granted wild cards, along with Brandon Holt, Nishesh Basavareddy, Tristan Boyer, Stefan Dostanic and Darwin Blanch.
Blanch and Ahn earned their wild cards by winning the USTA Boys’ and Girls’ 18s National Championships on Sunday.
The 2025 US Open will be held from Aug. 18 to Sept. 7 in New York.
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