Draws, Times for Next Week's USTA American Collegiate US Open Wild Card Playoffs; Six Women, 23 Men Qualify for ITA Accelerator Programs; Tennis Europe's Grass Tournament for Entry into Wimbledon 14U Event Underway

The draws are out for the USTA's American Collegiate Wild Card Playoffs, with six wild cards into this year's US Open on the line. The playoffs begin Tuesday, June 16th with the singles semifinals, with all four matches starting at 6:30 p.m. at the USTA's National Campus in Lake Nona. The doubles semifinals are scheduled for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and the finals for both singles and doubles will be Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

NCAA singles champion Reese Brantmeier of North Carolina is the women's top singles seed, and she is also the top seed in doubles, with Alanis Hamilton. Brantmeier and Hamilton earned the wild card in last year's event and won their first round match at the US Open. 

NCAA singles finalist Trevor Svajda of SMU is the top seed in men's singles. NCAA singles champion Michael Zheng of Columbia declined his invitation.

The winners of all four draws receive US Open main draw wild cards; the singles finalists receive qualifying wild cards.

The draws, with all matches beginning at 6:30 p.m. Cracked Racquets will be providing streaming coverage.

Tuesday, June 16

Men's Singles Semifinals

[1] Trevor Svajda (SMU) vs. [3] Aidan Kim (Ohio State)

[4] *Matthew Forbes (Michigan State) vs. [2] Sebastian Gorzny (Texas)

Women's Singles Semifinals

[1] Reese Brantmeier (North Carolina) vs. [3] Piper Charney (Michigan)

[4] Luciana Perry (Ohio State) vs. [2] Katrina Scott (Tennessee)

 

Wednesday, June 17

Men's Doubles Semifinals

[1] Brandon Carpico/Nikita Filin (Ohio State) vs. [4] Greyson Casey/Carter Pate (Northwestern)

[3] Michael Andre/Matteo Antonescu (Indiana) vs. [2] Alex Chang/Alex Razeghi (Stanford)

Women's Doubles Semifinals

[1] Reese Brantmeier/Alanis Hamilton (North Carolina) vs. [3] Valeria Ray/Bridget Stammel (Vanderbilt)

[4] *Jessica Bernales/Lily Jones (Michigan) vs. [2] DJ Bennett/Ava Esposito (Auburn)

 

Thursday, June 18

Men’s Singles Final

Women’s Singles Final

Men’s Doubles Final

Women’s Doubles Final

 

* Indicates player has transferred schools for the 2026-27 season; Forbes to Ohio State and Bernales to UCLA.

 

More news on the college tennis front was released today, with the ITA announcing the Division I collegians who will benefit from the Accelerator Programs. As has been the case for three years now, the ATP's Accelerator Program for the men is much more generous than the ITF's Accelerator Program for the women; this year 23 men have status allowing them up to eight spots in Challenger 50 and 75 qualifying (ranking of 11-20) or main draws(1-10). The six women receive entries into three or five W35s, W50s or W75s, depending on whether they are returning to school or not. The disparity is stark and reflects poorly on the ITF, which has not made any effort to improve or expand the program since it began in September of 2023.

As Reese Brantmeier demonstrated recently in winning the W35 in Wichita and reaching the final of the W100 in Sumter the following week, the top collegiate women are competitive at the ITF's highest levels and should be given more opportunities to prove it via a more equitable Accelerator Program.

The full explanation of the women's program is here, with Brantmeier, Lucciana Perez(Texas A&M), Luciana Perry(Ohio State), Carmen Herea(Texas), Teah Chavez(Ohio State) and Berta Passola Folch(Cal) those benefitting in this edition.

The full list and explanation of the men's program is here.

The grass season has begun for the pros and also for those 14-and-under players who hope to receive an invitation to Wimbledon's annual competition for that age group that is held during the final four days of the Championships. 

The winners of the Tennis Europe Category 1 event this week in London's Raynes Park will receive invitations to the 16-player Wimbledon tournament, which was introduced in 2022. After three round robin matches, the four group winners advance to the semifinals.

This year's players from the United States, who do not participate in a qualifying event, are Isha Manchala, Anna Kapanadze and David Bender. 

The entry lists for the 14U event will be posted on the Wimbledon website when they are finalized.