The American men, in order of ranking:
Mackenzie McDonald
Brandon Holt
Michael Mmoh
Zachary Svajda
Colton Smith
Nishesh Basavareddy
Martin Dam
Tristan Boyer
Michael Zheng
Nicolas Moreno de Alboran
Mitchell Krueger
Murphy Cassone
The qualifying wild cards include reigning Australian Open champion Henry Bernet of Switzerland, Pepperdine junior Edward Winter and 17-year-old Cruz Hewitt, currently 70 in the ITF junior rankings and 734 in the ATP rankings.
The American women, in order of ranking:
Madison Brengle
Taylor Townsend
Sloane Stephens
Varvara Lepchenko
Bernarda Pera
Whitney Osuigwe
Luisa Chirico
Elvina Kalieva
Claire Liu
Carol Lee
Sachia Vickery
Jennifer Brady
Maria Stoiana
Wildcards include Alana Subasic, 18, formerly ITF junior No. 31;
Tahlia Kokkinis 17, currently ITF No. 35; Renee Alame 16, currently ITF No. 44; and in a reciprocal agreement with the French federation, Ksenia Efremova, 16, current ITF No. 9.
Roland Garros girls champion Lilli Tagger of Austria received entry based on her WTA ranking of 159; Wakana Sonobe, the 2025 Australian Open girls champion, is not among the qualifying wildcards.
Qualifying starts Monday, January 12 in Melbourne, and that’s Sunday, January 11 here in the United States.
There are still three wildcards for men and one for women to be won, but the first batch has been announcedwith Patrick Kypson and Elli Mandlik receiving USTA mutual wildcards after winning the annual race in the fall.
The ITF has completed its annual review of the Junior Circuitwith a record number of tournaments and participants reaching 2025 highs. Tanishk Konduri is recognized as the male player with the biggest improvement in the rankings, with the 16-year-old improving from 2076 to 56 in 2025.
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