US Open Entry List Features 25 Americans; Defending USTA 18s Champions Tien and Ngounoue Among 2024 Entrants; Cozad, Clarke and Pareja Claim ITF J100 Titles

The US Open entry list was released today, with 15 US women and 10 US men securing their places in the main draw. As has been the case for many majors lately, a Top 100 ranking no longer guarantees a place in the main draw, at least initially, with 96 the cutoff for women and 98 for the men. Mackenzie McDonald, at 99, will be in with the first withdrawal. 

The American women:

Coco Gauff

Jessica Pegula

Danielle Collins

Madison Keys

Emma Navarro

Sloane Stephens

Caroline Dolehide

Shelby Rogers

Peyton Stearns

Sofia Kenin

Katie Volynets

Lauren Davis

Bernarda Pera

Ashlyn Krueger

Taylor Townsend

The American men:

Taylor Fritz

Tommy Paul

Ben Shelton

Sebastian Korda

Frances Tiafoe

Reilly Opelka

Marcos Giron

Brandon Nakashima

Alex Michelsen

Aleks Kovacevic

The complete men's list, with alternates, is here. The complete women's list, with many more alternates than the men's list, is here. It will be a couple of weeks before the entries for qualifying are determined.

The entry lists for next month's USTA National Championships have been released.

The acceptances for the girls 18s and 16s in San Diego CA, can be found here. 2023 champion Clervie Ngounoue has entered San Diego, as have Valerie Glozman, Iva Jovic, Tyra Grant, Aspen Schuman, Akasha Urhobo and the Penickova twins. Rising Texas freshman Ashton Bowers, currently No. 2 in the TRN 2024 recruiting class, will need a wild card.  Easter Bowl 16s champion Bella Payne and Clay Court 16s champion Olivia Traynor have entered that division for the Nationals as well.

The Kalamazoo 18s field is led by two-time champion Learner Tien, now up to 255 in the ATP live rankings after five consecutive titles on the Challenger and ITF circuit. 2023 finalist Trevor Svajda will return, with Roland Garros boys champion Kaylan Bigun, 2022 16s Kalamazo champion Darwin Blanch and Rudy Quan also among the entires this year.  2023 doubles champions Alexander Frusina and Adhithya Ganesan are both eligible to return due to their fall birthdays, and are on the acceptance list. 

Easter Bowl champion Gavin Goode, Clay Courts champion Gus Grumet and Eddie Herr champion Jack Secord are among the top 16s entries.

The Kalamazoo entry lists can be found here.

The entry lists for the boys 12s and 14s in Mobile AL are here.

The entry list for the girls 12s in Peachtree Corners GA is here.

The entry list for the girls 14s in Rome GA is here.

A google doc of all eight entry lists (with tabs) can be found here.

Jordan Lee, Michael Antonius, Izyan Ahmad are not in the boys 14s draws, and Welles Newman, Maggie Sohns and Raya Kotseva are not in the girls 14s draws, which is a clue that they have been selected to represent the US in the 14U ITF World Junior Tennis competition in the Czech Republic that same week, although the teams have not been officially announced.

I didn't have an opportunity last week to highlight the ITF Junior Circuit titles won by Americans, but I did want to catch up with an abbreviated version tonight.

Fifteen-year-old Ryan Cozad won the singles title at last week's ITF J100 in the Dominican Republic, with the No. 9 seed beating fellow American Nischal Spurling, the No. 13 seed, 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 for his first singles title on the ITF Junior Circuit.

Spurling defeated Yannik Alvarez, who represents Puerto Rico on the ITF Circuit but is eligible for all the USTA events, in the semifinals, but Alvarez won the doubles title in the Dominican Republic, a week after sweeping the titles at the J100 Central and Caribbean Closed event two weeks ago.

Fourteen-year-old Chukwumelije Clarke won the girls title in the Dominican Republic, with the No. 2 seed claiming her fifth and biggest ITF Junior Circuit title with a 6-2, 6-3 decision over No. 5 seed Addison Comiskey of Canada. 

Fifteen-year-old Julieta Pareja won the J100 in Colombia, with the No. 5 seed dropping just 13 games in her five victories. She defeated No. 7 seed Elizaveta Castillo of Peru 6-0, 6-1 in the final, for her first ITF Junior Circuit singles title. She has moved to 149 in the ITF junior rankings.

At the J60 in Orlando two weeks ago, wild card Gus Grumet won his first ITF Junior title in his first tournament on the circuit, defeating unseeded Andrew Johnson 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the final. Grumet went on to win the 16s Clay Courts title last week in Delray Beach. 

Fifteen-year-old Zaire Clarke won the girls title in Orlando, with the No. 2 seed beating wild card Allison Wang 6-1, 6-3 in the final for her second title. Wang went on to win the 14s Clay Courts last week.

Izyan Ahmad swept the titles at the J30 in El Salvador for his second and third ITF Junior Circuit titles. The 14-year-old from New York, seeded No. 2, defeated No. 6 seed Rodrigo Garza of Mexico 6-2, 6-3 in the final.

At J30s in Aruba, Jerald Carroll won his first two singles titles on the Junior Circuit in consecutive weeks. In the first, the 15-year-old, seeded No. 6, beat top seed Felipe Mamede of Brazil 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the final. As the No. 7 seed last week, Carroll defeated No. 2 seed Rafael Brown of Canada 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the final. 

American girls won both singles titles in Aruba, with 17-year-old Madison McLeod winning her first titles last week. The No. 7 seed beat No. 3 seed Abigail Gordon 6-2, 6-0 in the final, after partnering with Gordon for the doubles title. 

The week before in Aruba, 16-year-old Chloe Fouhety won her first two titles, also partnering with Gordon for the doubles title. The unseeded Fouhety defeated unseeded Juliana Bastidas Tamayo of Ecuador 6-0, 6-3 in the final.