USTA Australian Open Wild Card Challenge

Australian Open Wild Card Challenge Gets Underway

USTA Press Release, October 19, 2021 Eighteen-year-old Elvina Kalieva leads the USTA’s Australian Open Wild Card Challenge after Week 1, after qualifying and reaching the singles final of the USTA Pro Circuit ITF World Tennis Tour W60 in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. […]

Lepchenko Leads Australian Open Wild Card Challenge After Week 1

USTA Press Release, October 30, 2018 Former world No. 19 Varvara Lepchenko won her first singles title since 2011 on Sunday to take a big first step toward her 10th-straight main draw appearance at the Australian Open this January. The 32-year old […]

Smyczek Clinches Men’s USTA Australian Open Wild Card Challenge

USTA Press Release, November 16, 2017 Tim Smyczek is headed back to the main draw of the Australian Open, where three years ago he earned international acclaim for his sportsmanship in a match with Rafael Nadal, after clinching the men’s […]

Smyczek Takes Early Lead In USTA Australian Open Wild Card Challenge

USTA Press Release, November 7, 2017 The men’s Australian Open Wild Card Challenge presented by the USTA kicked off this week with Tim Smyczek taking the early lead by winning the $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Charlottesville, Va. Smyczek claimed 80 points […]

USTA Australian Open Wild Card Challenge Kicks Off October 23

WHITE PLAINS, October 13, 2017 (Press Release) The USTA announced on Thursday the return of the Australian Open Wild Card Challenge presented by the USTA, which utilizes indoor and outdoor hard-court pro tournaments to award wild cards into the 2018 Australian […]

Laaksonen Defends Champaign Challenger Title

CHAMPAIGN, November 21, 2016 Henri Laaksonen successfully defended his title at the 21st edition of the $50,000 JSM Challenger of Champaign-Urbana, one of the longest-running men’s events on the USTA Pro Circuit. The second seed from Switzerland defeated Rubens Bemelmans of […]

Rubin takes the lead in USTA Australian Open Wild Card Challenge

CHARLOTTESVILLE, November 10, 2015 Nicole Gibbs and Anna Tatishvili are now tied for first place in the women’s standings after the second week of the 2015 USTA Pro Circuit Australian Open Wild Card Challenge. Gibbs reached the final of the Bush’s $50,000 Waco Showdown in […]