U.S. Open Announces Men’s Singles Wild Card Recipients
The USTA today announced the men’s Singles Main Draw and Qualifying wild card recipients for the 2026 US Open. The Singles Main Draw will be played August 30-September 13 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
The Qualifying tournament will be played August 24-27 on the National Tennis Center’s field courts, with all matches free to attend during Fan Week.
US Open Men’s Singles Wild Cards:
MAIN DRAW
→Martin Damm, 22, current world No. 94
→Michael Zheng, 22, two-time reigning NCAA men’s singles champion
→J.J. Wolf, 27, US Open Wild Card Challenge Winner
→Sebastian Gorzny, 22, American Collegiate Player Wild Card Playoff Winner
→Jack Kennedy, 18, USTA Boys’ 18s National Champion
→Gael Monfils, 39, awarded via reciprocal agreement with FFT
→Alexei Popyrin, 27, awarded via reciprocal agreement with Tennis Australia
→To Be Announced
QUALIFYING
→Jordan Lee, 16, USTA Boys’ 18s singles finalist, Wimbledon boys’ champion
→Trevor Svajda, 20, American Collegiate Player Wild Card Playoff finalist
→Kei Nishikori, 36, 2014 US Open men’s singles finalist
→Andre Ilagan, 25, current world No. 210, US Open Wild Card Challenge runner-up
→Spencer Johnson, 23, current world No. 445
→Michael Antonius, 16, Roland Garros boys’ singles finalist, current junior world No. 3
→Andrew Johnson, 16, USTA Boys’ 18s singles semifinalist, current junior No. 12
→Daniel Milavsky, 24, current world No. 310
US Open Qualifying Wild Card Challenge Winner
The US Open Qualifying Wild Card Challenge is a new competition featuring rising American men and women competing for a wild card in the US Open Qualifying Tournament. The Challenge will feature four men and four women competing in six total matches – men’s and women’s semifinals and finals – with the winners receiving a wild card into Qualifying August 24-27. Matches will begin at 10 a.m. on August 23 and will be played on Courts 4-7 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
US Open Qualifying Wild Card Challenge Men’s Field:
→Keaton Hance, 18, Top-5 junior, 2026 Australian Open boys’ singles finalist
→Jack Secord, 17, USTA Boys’ 18s singles semifinalist
→Ozan Baris, 22, former top-ranked collegiate singles player
→Dali Blanch, 23, former world junior No. 4
