ORLANDO, Fla., April 30, 2025 (USTA Press Release)

Heading into its final week, the Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge has a new women’s leader and a tight race between the men’s top two.

Seventeen-year-old rising star Iva Jovic now leads the women’s Challenge as the race heads into its final week. The 17-year-old reigning USTA Girls’ 18s national champion is now competing, among several other late contenders, at the USTA Pro Circuit W100 in Bonita Springs, Fla., while Varvara Lepchenko remains in contention at the WTA 125 in Saint Malo, France. Jovic shot to the top of the standings by winning the USTA Pro Circuit W100 last week in Charlottesville, Va., her first pro title at the W100-level. She’s aiming to compete in her third straight Grand Slam event via wild card, after playing in the 2024 US Open as the Girls’ 18s winner and this year’s Australian Open after winning the Australian Open Wild Card Challenge.

Former NCAA singles champion Ethan Quinn, meanwhile, closed the gap on leader Emilio Nava by qualifying and reaching the second round at the ATP Masters 1000 in Madrid, and could overtake Nava with a deep run at the ATP Challenger 175 in Estoril, Portugal. Since the Challenge only counts a player’s best three events during the Challenge’s five-week window, Quinn would need to make the semifinals in Estoril to leapfrog into first place.

Standings after Week 4 of 5:

Women’s Standings: 

(Player’s current ranking in parentheses)

1. Iva Jovic (141) — 130
2. Julieta Pareja (335) — 116
3. Caty McNally (287) — 102
4. Louisa Chirico (151) — 79
5. Varvara Lepchenko (120) — 70

Men’s Standings:

(Player’s current ranking in parentheses)

1. Emilio Nava (132) — 119
2. Ethan Quinn (119) — 100
3. Colton Smith (161) — 63
4. Chris Eubanks (108) — 50
5. Eliot Spizzirri (125) — 44

Both the men’s and women’s wild cards will be awarded to the American players with the most ranking points earned — including qualifying and main draw points — at a maximum of three clay-court tournaments during a five-week window: March 31 through May 4. All red-clay and Har-Tru events at the W35 level and above for the women and the M25 level and above for the men, including WTA and ATP Tour events, will be included in the Challenge.

Americans who otherwise earn direct entry into the French Open, including those who enter with a protected ranking, are not eligible. Should the player with the highest number of challenge points earn direct entry into the French 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, May 5, will earn the wild card.

The USTA and FFT have a reciprocal agreement in which main draw wild cards for the 2025 French Open and US Open will be exchanged. The USTA utilizes this Challenge format to award wild cards into the Australian, French and US Opens.