Former Top 10 player John Isner hasn't missed a US Open main draw since his debut in 2007, and the 38-year-old veteran won't see his streak end this year: The two-time US Open quarterfinalist will make his 17th career main-draw appearance in Queens as one of the eight wild cards for the 2023 US Open.
Alongside Isner, a stalwart of U.S. tennis, youth is set to be served; three of the eight wild cards have gone to U.S. tennis' top teenagers: Alex Michelsen, Ethan Quinn and Learner Tien. These future stars will be joined in the field by Steve Johnson, 33, a former world No. 21 who was the winner of the US Open Wild Card Challenge; and 25-year-old Michael Mmoh, who this year reached the third round of the Australian Open as a lucky loser for his best-ever Grand Slam result.
Rounding out the group are Australia's Rinky Hijikata, one-half of the 2023 Australian Open men's doubles-winning team, and France's Benjamin Bonzi, who've received the reciprocal wild cards in agreement with Tennis Australia and the French tennis federation.
Main draw play for the 2023 US Open begins on Monday, Aug. 28.
Eighteen-year-old Michelsen in the youngest player in the ATP's Top 150, and just last week, announced his decision to forgo his commitment to play college tennis at the University of Georgia and instead turn professional. The Californian burst onto the scene earlier this summer when, in just his second ATP main draw, he reached the final of the Infosys Hall of Fame Open in Newport, R.I., shortly after winning his first ATP Challenger tournament in Chicago.
Expected to be a teammate of Michelsen's in Athens, Quinn will instead join him in the US Open main draw after winning the men's singles title at the Division I NCAA Championships in May, which awarded him the wild card customarily given to an American collegiate champion. The Fresno, Calif. native also turned pro in the months following his feat, and will make his singles main-draw debut at Flushing Meadows after playing in the doubles main draw 12 months ago.
Tien, 17, will make his second straight US Open main-draw appearance after winning the USTA Boys' 18s National Championship in Kalamazoo, Mich. last weekend.
Amongst the veterans, Johnson's resurgent post-Wimbledon summer saw him win two ATP Challenger titles in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. and Lexington, Ky., earning him enough points to top the USTA's US Open Wild Card Challenge standings. In New York, he'll be playing his first Grand Slam main draw of 2023, and his 13th straight at the US Open.
Back inside the Top 100 this week after reached a career-high of No. 82 in February, Mmoh will make his first US Open main-draw appearance in three years, completing the boxed set of majors played this year for the first time. In addition to his third-round effort in Melbourne, Mmoh also upset Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first round at Wimbledon last month.
Nine American men received wild cards into the US Open Qualifying Tournament, which takes place from Aug. 22-25, and is free to attend as a part of US Open Fan Week.
- Brandon Holt, 25, the former all-American at USC who qualified and reached the second round at the 2022 US Open
- Zachary Svajda, 20, a two-time USTA Boys’ 18s national champion
- Patrick Kypson, 23, who won the Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge earlier this year to earn a spot in the French Open main draw
- Eliot Spizzirri, 21, the 2023 ITA National Player of the Year
- Tristan Boyer, 22, who played college tennis at Stanford and reached one ATP Challenger Tour singles final this year
- Aidan Mayo, 20, who has reached three ITF World Tennis Tour singles finals this year
- Martin Damm, 19, who in 2019 was part of the youngest-ever men’s doubles team to win a match at the US Open
- Darwin Blanch, 15, the No. 8-ranked junior in the world
- Trevor Svajda, 17, the USTA Boys’ 18s national singles runner-up and younger brother of Zachary
