Tennis - The US Open Wild Card challenge will kick off the week of July 8th for the men and women as they compete in hard-court tournaments to earn a wild card into the main draw of the US Open. The series will run for 5 weeks from the week of July 8 to the week of August 5th. This is the eighth year that the USTA has organized the Wild Card Challenge.
The American male and female player with the highest total ATP/ WTA singles rankings points earned from their best three results during the five-week window will earn the wild card. Points earned in the main draw and qualifying draw will add towards the players total.
Those players who are ranked in the Top 50 as of July 8th and are already earning a direct entry into the main draw of the US Open are not eligible for the wild card. The events that are included in the Wild Card Challenge include -
Men’s Events
Week of July 8: ATP Challenger Tour 80s (Winnetka, Ill.; Winnipeg, Canada) Week of July 15: ATP Challenger Tour 110 (Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan) and 80 (Gatineau, Canada) Week of July 22: BB&T Atlanta Open ATP 250; ATP Challenger Tour 90 (Granby, Canada) and 80 (Binghamton, N.Y.) Week of July 29: Citi Open ATP 500 (Washington, D.C.); ATP Tour 250 (Los Cabos, Mexico); ATP Challenger Tour 110 (Chengdu, China), 90 (Segovia, Spain), and 80 (Lexington, Ky.) Week of August 5: Rogers Cup ATP Masters 1000 (Montreal); ATP Challenger Tour 90 (Aptos, Calif.) and 80 (Yokkaichi, Japan)
Women’s Events
Week of July 8: ITF World Tennis Tour W60 (Honolulu, Hawaii) Week of July 15: ITF World Tennis Tour W60 (Berkeley, Calif.) Week of July 22: ITF World Tennis Tour W80 (Granby, Canada); ITF World Tennis Tour W60 (Ashland, Ky.) Week of July 29: Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic WTA Premier (San Jose); Citi Open WTA International (Washington, D.C.); ITF World Tennis Tour W60 (Lexington, Ky.) Week of August 5: Rogers Cup WTA Premier (Toronto); ITF World Tennis Tour W60 (Landisville, Pa.)
Previous winners of the Wild Card challenge include Bradley Klahn (2018, 2013), Tommy Paul (2017), Ernesto Escobedo (2016), Bjorn Fratangelo (2015), Wayne Odnesik (2014), and Steve Johnson (2012) on the men's side. On the women's side, the winners included Asia Muhammad (2018), Sofia Kenin (2017, 2016), Samantha Crawford (2015), Nicole Gibbs (2014), Shelby Rogers (2013) and Mallory Burdette (2012).
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