A star-studded field of elite wheelchair tennis athletes will be gracing the courts of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center this year for the 2025 US Open Wheelchair Championships presented by Deloitte, returning to the US Open after a hiatus last year due to the timing of the Paralympic Games in Paris.
Click to view the full wheelchair entry lists: Men's Singles | Women's Singles | Quad Singles
The Netherlands leads all nations with nine players earning direct entry. The United States has six players in the field, three via direct entry and three via wild cards.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of wheelchair tennis at the US Open. The first US Open Wheelchair Championships was held in 2005, and the event has expanded significantly over the years, starting with the addition of the quad division in 2007. In 2022, the US Open became the first of tennis’ four majors to have junior wheelchair tennis, adding a junior division with distinct boys’ and girls’ singles and doubles draws.
The growing popularity and increased depth of talent in the field of international wheelchair tennis have necessitated growth in the US Open Wheelchair Championships beyond just the divisions of play. In 2022, the size of the women’s and men’s singles and doubles draws doubled, from eight singles players and four doubles teams for each gender to 16 women and 16 men in singles, with eight doubles teams in each draw. The quad division, which also features both singles and doubles play, has expanded twice since 2020, doubling from four competitors to eight in 2021, and doubling again in 2023 for a field of 16 players. The junior division maintains draws of eight girls and eight boys in singles and four doubles teams each.
In the men’s singles draw, Alfie Hewett of Great Britain will be attempting to win his third consecutive US Open title, but world No. 1 Tokito Oda has his sights on hoisting the men’s wheelchair singles trophy in Queens after winning Wimbledon. If Oda wins the title in Flushing Meadows, the 19-year-old would become the fourth player to complete the career Golden Slam in wheelchair tennis singles, joining countryman Shingo Kunieda, Diede de Groot and Dylan Alcott. The career Golden Slam constitutes titles at all four Grand Slams and a gold medal at the Paralympic Games.
The women’s field will also have a truly remarkable storyline, too, as Diede de Groot from the Netherlands will be looking to claim her seventh consecutive singles title, which would make her the winningest women’s champion at the US Open. Diede is tied with fellow countrywoman Esther Vergeer, who also won six consecutive titles before retiring in 2013. Known as the greatest player in women’s wheelchair tennis history, the Hall of Famer won the first-ever US Open title in 2005.
The quad division will also be front and center, with three different players— the Netherlands’ Sam Schröder, countryman Niels Vink and Israel’s Guy Sasson—each claiming one of the 2025 Grand Slam titles, leaving the final trophy of the year up for grabs.
The United States will see six homegrown athletes competing at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The men’s division will feature Casey Ratzlaff, Conner Stroud and Charlie Cooper, while the women’s division will include Maylee Phelps. Eight-time Paralympic medalist David Wagner and Andrew Bogdanov will compete in the quad division, rounding out the American contingent.
Both the men's and women's entries were based on the July 21 rankings.
The 2025 US Open Wheelchair Championships take place Tuesday, Sept. 2, to Saturday, Sept. 6, while the 2025 US Open singles main draw runs Sunday, Aug. 24, to Sunday, Sept. 7, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. Fan Week, which features the US Open Qualifying Tournament, begins on Monday, Aug. 18.
