Basavareddy, Holt, Nava leads the United States to open the men’s universal card – now tennis
Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, August 13, 2025
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Talented young man highlights the 2025 American Open Wildcard Recipient.
USTA announced six American men today –Brandon Holt and Darwin BlanchHas been awarded the main drawing wildcard for the 2025 U.S. Open.
Australian Tristan chillkate and the French Valentin Royer Each was awarded a wildcard as part of a reciprocal agreement with Tennis Australia and the French Tennis Federation.
The main draw for the 2025 U.S. Open will be held on Sunday, August 24-Sun, September 7 at the Usta-Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows.
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Here is Player Bios in the USTA wildcard press release released today:
Holt27, broke into the ATP Top 100 and entered the world’s No. 99 career rankings earlier this summer, after competing in the second round of the ATP 250 event in Mallorca. Currently ranked 106th, he has won two ATP Challenger Tour titles this year.
Basavareddy20 years old, currently ranked 109th. Basavareddy was a former All-American at Stanford, especially the semi-finals of the ATP 250 event in Oakland in January. He will make his U.S. Open debut.
Boye24 years old, currently ranked 116th. He also won two ATP Masters wins in this year’s two ATP Masters and will make his debut in the U.S. Open.
Nava, 23, currently ranked No. 105 in the world and won the US Open Card Challenge to win the wildcard. Click here to view the final U.S. Open Card Challenge Points. Nava’s summer highlighted with the qualifiers in the third round of the ATP Masters 1000 event in Toronto. Nava also made three consecutive ATP Challenger Tour titles this spring, which allowed him to win a spot in the French Open through the Roland Garros Wildcard Challenge, and he entered the second round.
dostanic23, won the wildcard by winning the men’s singles title in the first wildcard playoffs at the American college in June. Dostanic helped lead Wake Forest to the NCAA Men’s Tennis National Championship this spring, where he defeated players of top college players in the new event, aiming to increase the U.S. Open Card assigned to top college tennis players.
Blanche18, will make its debut after the USTA Boys’ 18 national champion won the singles title. Blanch is the former highest junior, mainly competing on the ITF World Tennis Tour and won his first professional singles title in the M15 event in Spain in February.
Roye(24 years old) is currently ranked 104th best in career. He entered Wimbledon’s second round with a qualifier and won two ATP Challenger Tours this season. He obtained wildcards based on a mutual agreement between USTA and FFT, and exchanged wildcards between the U.S. Open and Roland Garros.
School talk24, currently ranked 97th in the best career, won two ATP Challenger Tour titles this year. He obtained wildcards based on a mutual agreement between the USTA and the Australian tennis courts, exchanging wildcards between the U.S. Open and the Australian Open.
USTA also announced that US men received wildcards in the U.S. Open qualifying match held at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center from August 18 to 21:
Andres MartinAt 24, he is currently ranked 275th in his career after reaching the finals on the ATP Challenger Tour last month in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Tyler Zink24, former U.S. Open Boys doubles champion, won a professional singles champion this year; Patrick MaloneyAt the age of 25, he won two professional singles championships this year; Garrett JohnsAt the age of 24, he won three professional singles championships this year; Martin Dum21, reached the second round at the 15-year-old U.S. Open in 2019; Jack Kennedy17 years old, is the highest-ranked Long Island native in the ITF teenager ranking this year. Benjamin Wilt18 years old, reaching the boys’ singles final this year at the Australian Open; Michael Zheng21, he was NCAA men’s singles champion and runner-up in the American college wild card playoffs; and Jack Sutterfieldthe 18-year-old USTA boy is 18-year-old national singles runner-up.
