Former champions Wawrinka, Thiem receive US Open wild cards

Former US Open champions Dominic Thiem and Stan Wawrinka will receive wild card spots in the US Open main draw this year, the USTA announced Wednesday.

Thiem, who has announced that the 2024 season will be his last, claimed his lone Grand Slam title at the 2020 US Open, where he rallied back from two sets down to defeat Alexander Zverev 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(6). The Austrian, who has 348 career match wins according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, is hoping to reach the 350-wins mark before calling time on his career. 

Wawrinka captured his third Grand Slam and first US Open title in 2016, overcoming defending champion and then-No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings Novak Djokovic 6-7(1), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3. That win was one of just six in 27 career Lexus ATP Head2Head meetings with the seven-time Nitto ATP Finals champion.

The former champions will be joined by fellow wild cards Christopher Eubanks, Zachary Svajda, Learner Tien and Matthew Forbes. Alexandre Muller and Tristan Schoolkate have also received wild cards as part of reciprocal agreements with other Grand Slam nations.

Both Svajda and Eubanks have previously reached the second round of the US Open; Tien has twice played in the main draw. Forbes will make his Grand Slam singles debut after winning the singles title at the USTA Boys’ 18s National Championships.

Brandon Holt, Ethan Quinn, Nishesh Basavareddy, Kaylan Bigun, Eliot Spizzirri, Aidan Mayo, Bruno Kuzuhara, Michael Zheng and Jack Kennedy have all received a US Open qualifying wild card.