Atptour.com highlights five players from the ATP Challenger Tour to view during the US Open.
Zachary Svajda
The 22-year-old qualifying match has had a summer to remember. Svajda won 10 consecutive challengers competitions to lift two trophies, in Newport, Rhode Island and in Lexington, Kentucky. The American dedicated his Newport title to his father, Tom, who fights cancer and then dedicated his Lexington crown to his mother, Anita -“The hardest working person I know”, he he, he wrote on Instagram.
Svajda will appear his fifth head traw at his home slam, where he starts against fellow qualification Zsombor Piros. With an ultra-consistent backhand and his body language, rarely allow him to reveal or loses, Svajda could meet big champion Novak Djokovic in a second round showdown.
Dino Prizmic
#NEXTGENTP STAR PRIZMIC has a striking 27-9 seasonal record at the level of Challenger. After a wrist injury hindered the 2024 of Prizmic, this year the Croatian won two Challenger titles (Zagreb, Bratislava). In his last three outings, the 20-year-old has reached the champion competition on every occasion.
“It is a good start to try to become a top player and also try to play against very good players,” said Prizmic about his early success of challengers. “It’s a good feeling, but I think it’s something that in the beginning it is what I have to pass to be a good player.”
Prizmic makes his US open debut as a qualification and will strive for 15th seed Andrey Rublev in the opening round. Fourth in the PIF ATP Live Race to Jeddah, Prizmic is in good position to qualify for his first trip to the next genes of Gen ATP, presented by PIF, which runs from December 17-21.
Emilio Nava
It is about to make his top 100 debut, the American against last year of last year, who defeated Nava in Cincinnati just two weeks ago. Nava is in second place this season on the Challenger Match-Wins Leaderboard with 35 wins. The three trophies of the 23-year-old this year, a title that came in the midst of Nava’s impressive 19-match win-streak in five weeks, are most among all Americans.
Brandon Holt
One of the highlights of Holt came to Flushing Meadows in 2022, when he surprised the then sowing Fritz, outside the top 300. Holt, 27, now makes his first US Open Main Draw appearance since that memorable victory. At that time, Holt had to win a Challenger title, but his first two triumphs came to that level this year, in Nonthaburi, Thailand and Bengaluru, India. Holt broke the top 100 for the first time on 30 June. The son of former WTA No. 1 Tracy Austin, Holt plays Nuno Borges in the first round.
Kamil Majchrzak
The Paal has a split time this season between the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP tour and is currently number 76 in the PIF ATP rankings, a place on his career high, which he reached in 2022. Majchrzak, who has won two challenge titles this season, reached the fourth round of Wimbledon, his career-best slam result. He earned victories against Nicolas Jarry and Nuno Borges last week in Winston-Salem to reach the third round on the ATP 250. Majchrzak starts his American open against Hugo Dellien.
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