by Randy Walker
@Tennsblsher
The USTA announced the field of standout American collegiate players that will compete for entry into the US Open at the second annual 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.
Trevor Svajda of SMU, the NCAA singles runner-up at Lake Nona in November, and Reese Brantmeier of North Carolina, the NCAA singles champion from Lake Nona in November, lead the respective men’s and women’s fields. Michael Zheng, the NCAA champion from November from Columbia University, is not in the field, declining the invitation. However, Zheng, who lost to Stefan Dostanic of Wake Forest in the final of last year’s American Collegiate Wild Card event, is ranked No. 146 on the ATP Tour and will very likely already qualify for at least the U.S. Open qualifying tournament with his own ranking and could qualify for the main draw if he is able to move up about 40 spots in the ATP rankings before the July 20 US Open tournament entry deadline.
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.
The Entire 2026 American Collegiate Player Wildcard Playoffs Field
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.
Watch Dostanic clinch the wild card from 2025 here . and discuss his win here https://youtu.be/Cw_czlC47TE?si=bMjg7dCWVUq4LHJj
Valerie Glozman of Stanford won the event last year defeating Mary Stoiana of Texas A&M in the final and spoke about her win here https://youtu.be/pr4x0H5HkNo?si=HS18g1ybpQcq-jCH
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.*
