NCAA Singles Champs Giron and Collins to Take Part in Inaugural American Collegiate Invitational

August 6, 2014 | By New York Tennis Magazine Staff
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The USTA has announced that 2014 NCAA singles champions Marcos Giron of UCLA (21, Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and Danielle Collins of the University of Virginia (20, St. Petersburg, Fla.) will headline the American collegians competing in the inaugural American Collegiate Invitational Sept. 4-6 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., with possible 2015 U.S. Open main draw wild cards at stake.

Eight men’s and women’s college players will compete in a singles tournament during the second week of the US Open, with the champions coming back to compete in the 2015 U.S. Open. If the men’s champion is ranked 250th or better and the women’s champion 150th or better, they’ll compete in the singles main draw. Otherwise, they’ll compete in Qualifying. The champions will also get wild cards into two USTA Pro Circuit events, while each runner-up will get one.

“The American Collegiate Invitational demonstrates the USTA’s commitment to college tennis by awarding the men’s and women’s champions a wild card into next year’s US Open, providing the additional opportunity for collegians to develop in the professional game,” said USTA chairman, CEO and president Dave Haggerty.

Giron (who turned pro this summer after his junior year at UCLA) and Collins (who just completed her sophomore season at the University of Virginia) also received wild cards into this year’s U.S. Open Singles Main Draws as American NCAA champions. The full Invitational fields will be announced along with the complete USTA Collegiate Team on Aug. 11.


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