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Standout field announced for American Collegiate Player Wildcard Playoffs

May 27, 2026


The USTA announced the field of standout American collegiate players that will compete for entry into the US Open at the American Collegiate Player Wildcard Playoffs, set to be held at the USTA National Campus’ Collegiate Center, June 16-18. 

 

Six wild card entries into the 2026 US Open (four singles, two doubles) will be awarded via the second-year playoff event. The winners of the four-player men’s and women’s singles playoff and four-team men’s and women’s doubles playoff 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, listed by the schools with which each player or team competed in 2025-26. Players appearing in bold automatically qualified based on having reached the finals of the NCAA Singles or Doubles Championships in the fall.

 

The remaining selections were made based on a number of criteria, including 2025-26 match record, ITA ranking, ATP/WTA ranking, professional and head-to-head results, and more.

 

All singles and doubles matches will be played with a best-of-three-set format featuring regular scoring, with a 10-point tiebreak at 6-all in the third set. 

 

Admission is free. Cracked Racquets will provide streaming coverage.

Sebastian Gorzny in action during the 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships. Photo by Rhea Nall/USTA.

Men's Singles

Trevor Svajda (SMU)

Sebastian Gorzny (Texas)

Aidan Kim (Ohio State)

*Matthew Forbes (Michigan State)

 

Michael Zheng (Columbia) automatically qualified, but declined his invitation. 

 

Women's Singles

Reese Brantmeier (North Carolina)

Luciana Perry (Ohio State)

Piper Charney (Michigan)

Katrina Scott (Tennessee)

 

Men's Doubles

Brandon Carpico/Nikita Filin (Ohio State)

Alex Chang/Alex Razeghi (Stanford)

Michael Andre/Matteo Antonescu (Indiana)

Greyson Casey/Carter Pate (Northwestern)

 

Women's Doubles 

DJ Bennett/Ava Esposito (Auburn)

Reese Brantmeier/Alanis Hamilton (North Carolina)

Valeria Ray/Bridget Stammel (Vanderbilt)

*Jessica Bernales/Lily Jones (Michigan)

 

* Indicates player has transferred schools for the 2026-27 season; Forbes to Ohio State and Bernales to UCLA.

 

Competition Schedule - 

All matches are scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. each night, subject to change

 

Tuesday, June 16

Men’s and Women’s Singles Semifinals

 

Wednesday, June 17

Men’s and Women’s Doubles Semifinals

 

Thursday, June 18

Men’s and Women’s Singles Finals

Men’s and Women’s Doubles Finals

 

A kids’ clinic is scheduled for 5-6 p.m., prior to the finals.

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