USTA announces participants for American Collegiate Player Wild Card Playoffs
The USTA has announced the participants that will be competing in the American Collegiate Player Wild Card Playoffs, set to be held at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla., 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 men’s singles field is headlined by Columbia’s Michael Zheng, who won the NCAA men’s singles title last November, and Michigan State’s Ozan Baris, who lost to Zheng in the NCAA men’s singles final. The women’s singles field will feature Auburn’s DJ Bennett, who was the NCAA women’s singles runner-up in November. All three players automatically qualified for the event based upon their NCAA performance, while the remainder of the field is made up of players selected by a committee of USTA staff, college coaches and an ITA representative.
Ozan Baris of Michigan State University reacts during the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship. Photo by Conor Kvatek/USTA.
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
Benjamin Kittay/Gavin Young (Michigan)
Alex Kotzen/Alejandro Moreno (Tennessee)
Nicolas Kotzen/Michael Zheng (Columbia)
Cooper Williams/Theo Winegar (Duke)
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)
Arizona’s Colton Smith was originally included in the field for men’s singles but he declined the invitation.
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.
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