NEW YORK, August 5, 2025 (USTA Press Release)

While Caty McNally is running away with the women’s US Open Wild Card Challenge, a host of American men are still chasing leader Zachary Svajda toward next week’s finish line. 

Svajda, the 22-year-old Californian who was the USTA Boys’ 18s national champion in 2019 and 2021, won his second ATP Challenger singles title of the summer, and his first on a hard court, last week at the USTA Pro Circuit 75 event in Lexington, Ky. Meanwhile McNally, who took the women’s lead last week after her singles title at the USTA Pro Circuit W100 in Evansville, Ind., added points from two match wins at the National Bank Open WTA 1000 in Montreal.

For both the men and the women, results from the first two rounds of the Cincinnati Open will be included if those rounds are completed by the end of the day on Monday, August 11. If second round matches are not completed by that deadline, then only first-round results will be considered.

The full standings with eight days to go:

Women’s Standings:

(Player’s current ranking in parentheses)

1. Caty McNally (116) – 165
2. Venus Williams (643) – 60
3. Fiona Crawley (327) – 44
4. Amelia Honer (722) – 35
5. Varvara Lepchenko (126) – 29

Men’s Standings:

(Player’s current ranking in parentheses)

1. Emilio Nava (114) – 120
2. Zachary Svajda (148) – 116
3. Eliot Spizzirri (124) – 66
4. Andres Martin (275) – 61
5. Govind Nanda (344) – 38

The men’s wild card will go to the American with the highest cumulative total of ATP singles ranking points earned from their best four results over six weeks. The Men’s Challenge counts outdoor and indoor hard-court events at the M25-level and above around the world.

The women’s wild card will go to the American with the highest cumulative total of WTA singles ranking points earned from their best two results over three weeks. The Women’s Challenge counts outdoor and indoor hard-court events at the W35-level and above around the world.

Both main draw and qualifying points earned count toward each player’s Challenge total.

Americans who otherwise earn direct entry into the US Open are not eligible, including those who can enter with a protected ranking. Should the player with the highest number of Challenge points earn direct entry into the US Open, the wild card will go to the next eligible American in the Challenge points standings. In the event of a tie, the player with the best ATP or best WTA singles ranking on Monday, August 11, will earn the wild card.

Previous US Open Wild Card Challenge winners (and how they did at that year’s US Open) are below:

2024: Amanda Anisimova (1R); Learner Tien (1R)

2023: Steve Johnson (1R); Kayla Day (1R)

2022: JJ Wolf (3R), Elizabeth Mandlik (2R)

2019: Ernesto Escobedo (1R), Kristie Ahn (4R)

2018: Bradley Klahn (1R), Asia Muhammad (1R)

2017: Tommy Paul (1R), Sofia Kenin (3R)

2016: Ernesto Escobedo (2R), Sofia Kenin (1R)

2015: Bjorn Fratangelo (1R), Samantha Crawford (1R)

2014: Wayne Odesnik (1R), Nicole Gibbs (3R)

2013: Bradley Klahn (2R), Shelby Rogers (1R)

2012: Steve Johnson (3R), Mallory Burdette (3R)