On Thursday, 16 men punched their ticket into the main draw of the 2024 US Open after winning three straight matches over the course of the US Open Qualifying Tournament during Fan Week.
Here’s what you need to know about these players before the main draw kicks off on Monday.
Eliot Spizzirri
Growing up in nearby Greenwich, Conn. and training at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Eliot Spizzirri (pictured above) has spent years dreaming about playing his home Grand Slam.
On the brink of it on Thursday, leading 7-6(8), 5-2, the former Texas Longhorn lost the second set after failing to convert on four match points. But the 2019 US Open boys’ doubles champion stayed in it to beat Joao Fonseca, last year’s boys’ singles titlist.
He recently won his first tour-level match at Newport, defeating fellow US Open qualifier Li Tu in the first round.
Diego Schwartzman
Diego Schwartzman, 32, is perhaps the qualifier with the most name recognition. The former Top 10 player has competed in 10 previous US Open main draws, reaching the quarterfinals in 2017 and 2019.
In his last US Open before he retires in early 2025, the Argentinian rolled through qualifying without dropping a set, making sure his last run on American soil lasts as long as possible.
Hamad Medjedovic
Young Serbian Hamad Medjedovic was the 2023 ATP Next Gen Finals champion and has remained a player on the rise this year, particularly in the clay-court swing. He made both his Masters 1000-level (Madrid) and Grand Slam main-draw (Roland Garros) debuts.
He also defeated this summer's Montreal champ, Alexei Popyrin, and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina to reach the third round at Rome before falling to Daniil Medvedev.
This will be his Queens debut after he survived three three-set matches in qualifying.
Quentin Halys
Former US Open junior finalist Quentin Halys made his US Open main draw debut in 2021 after falling in qualifying on his four previous attempts.
He reached the third round of Wimbledon this year, then made a run to the final at Gstaad, where he fell to Matteo Berrettini.
Kyrian Jacquet
Come next week, 23-year-old Kyrian Jacquet will make his tour-level main draw debut here in Flushing.
The Frenchman won his first ATP Challenger title in October, defeating Flavio Cobolli in the final, and reached his third final at that level last month, launching him into the Top 200 for the first time.
Welcome to the big leagues: Jacquet's first match will be against No. 9 seed Grigor Dimitrov on Day 1.
Li Tu
Since his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Australian Open, Li Tu hasn’t played in the main draw of a major. But now just two spots from his career high ranking of No. 186, he'll play in his first US Open.
After two straight-sets wins, the Australian defeated No. 6 seed Jesper de Jong in the final round of qualifying, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5.
Radu Albot
Radu Albot, the first Moldovan to win an ATP singles title, survived three three-setters throughout qualifying to make the US Open main draw for the ninth time: the third time Albot has had to qualify to earn his New York City spot.
When the 2018 US Open men’s doubles semifinalist takes the court next week, he will be making his 28th main draw appearance at a major, although he has never reached the singles second week.
Timofey Skatov
Kazakh No. 5 Timofey Skatov sits at No. 188 in the ATP rankings, has lifted two ATP Challenger trophies, reached the final of three more Challenger events.
At ATP level, he reached the quarterfinals at Bastad in July, and will be making his fourth main draw appearance at a major after three three-setters during qualifying.
Gabriel Diallo
Gabriel Diallo, currently No. 144, was part of the victorious 2022 Canadian Davis Cup Finals team, and upset No. 18 Lorenzo Musetti in straight sets to clinch a victory over Italy during a group stage tie. He played at the University of Kentucky and helped his team to the NCAA Division I team final in 2022.
Bu Yunchaokete
Bu Yunchaokete only dropped one set during the qualifying tournament, when he came back from a set down to beat former world No. 14 Aslan Karatsev in the final round, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Following two ATP Challenger titles earlier this summer, he sits at a career-high No. 123 in the ATP rankings and is the youngest Chinese player to claim multiple titles at this level.
Maks Kasnikowski
Maks Kasnikowski, 21, is the third-highest ranking Polish man, and claimed his first two ATP Challenger titles in 2024.
The first was in Oeiras, Portugal, where the then-20-year-old became the second-youngest Polish man to win an ATP Challenger title, and the second in his home country, six years after his compatriot Hubert Hurkacz lifted the trophy.
Otto Virtanen
Finland's Otto Virtanen claimed two ATP Challenger titles earlier this year, and is coming off his first major win at Wimbledon, where he defeated Max Purcell in straight sets before losing to Tommy Paul in a tough five-setter.
Mitchell Krueger
Four years ago, Texas native Mitchell Krueger earned his first career Grand Slam main-draw win at the US Open.
Now 30, and ranked No. 179, he had an impressive campaign to get back into Queens' big show. He beat two seeded players, and came from a set down to beat history-making Jordanian Abdullah Shelbayh in between to return to the NYC main draw for a third time.
Hugo Grenier
One of four Frenchman who made it through qualifying, Hugo Grenier might've been the most impressive: He didn’t drop a set across his three matches, and dished out a 6-0 set to two of his opponents.
He made his US Open debut in 2022, and has a 3-4 record across his four previous major main-draw appearances.
Mattia Bellucci
The 23-year-old Mattia Bellucci sits on the precipice of the world's Top 100 (literally, he'll be ranked No. 101 when the US Open begins on Monday) following a second-round showing in Washington, D.C. and a run to the final at the ATP Challenger in Cary, N.C.
The Italian is making his US Open debut and has now qualified for all four majors.
Jan Choinski
Brit Jan Choinski played one of the toughest final-round qualifying matches against American Maxime Cressy, though it started anything but when Choinski won a 6-0 first set against the serve-and-volleyer.
Choinski eventually saved a match point in a dramatic final set tiebreak, before wrapping things up well past the traditional 10 points to seal his US Open debut.
This will be his first time playing a major besides his home major, Wimbledon, where he has received wild cards the past two years.
