2016 US Open champion Stan Wawrinka and multiple time grand slam champion Victoria Azarenka are amongst the US Open wildcards.
The wildcards were announced today as the tournament starts in just under two weeks at Flushing Meadows. Amongst the wildcards is 2016 champion Stan Wawrinka, who is ranked outside the world’s top 100 and is still recovering from his knee surgery that he had this time last year.
As well as Wawrinka, there is wildcards for two time champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova who recently won Washington by beating talented Croatian, Donna Vekic in the final. The Russian is joined by multiple time grand slam champion, Victoria Azarenka who has returned to the tour following her custody battle.
Also joining the main draw wildcards list are talented Americans, Amanda Anisimova and Noah Rubin, who beat John Isner in Atlanta. Here is the full list of main draw and qualifying wildcards:
Men’s Singles
- Stan Wawrinka
- Bradley Klahn
- Michael Mmoh
- Jason Kubler
- Noah Rubin
- Corentin Moutet
- Tim Smyczek
- Jenson Brooksby
Women’s Singles
- Victoria Azarenka
- Svetlana Kuznetsova
- Amanda Anisimova
- Claire Liu
- Asia Muhammad
- Whitney Osuigwe
- Harmony Tan
- TBD (Australian)
Men’s Qualifying Singles
- Brandon Nakashima
- Tom Fawcett
- Donald Young
- Chris Eubanks
- Ulises Blanch
- Michael Redlicki
- JC Aragone
- Sebastian Korda
- Dennis Novikov.
Women’s Qualifying Singles
- Kayla Day
- Coco Gauff
- Caty McNally
- Ashley Kratzer
- Ann Li
- Bethanie Mattek-Sands
- Jessica Pegula
- Danielle Lao
- Gail Brodsky
The US Open starts on Monday 27th of August, with the draw taking place on the Thursday before the US Open at 2pm local time.
