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FLUSHING MEADOWS, New York – The final day of qualifying at a Grand Slam is low-key the best day of the tournament.

Dreams come true, hearts broken, aspirations dashed. The level of intensity in the matches is hard to match. And even those that don’t come down to the wire or involve major comebacks are … fraught.

And so, a day late because of the near-washout Wednesday, the 16 men and 16 women who will make the main draw – plus some lucky losers – were determined.

Of the 16 men, 13 will be making their US Open debut. Of the 16 women, only seven.

And, of course, the draw gods decreed that qualifier Rebecca Marino will meet … her countrywoman, Leylah Fernandez, in the first round.

Here they are, along with their first-round opponents.

The women

(First-round opponents in brackets)

[1] Francesca Jones (GBR) def. Arianne Hartono (NED) 62 64 (US Open debut) (Eva Lys)

[2] Tereza Valentova (CZE) def. [18] Arantxa Rus (NED) 62 62 (Grand Slam debut) (Lucia Bronzetti)

[4] Dalma Galfi (HUN) def. [29] Panna Udvardy (HUN) 63 64 (3rd US Open, first since 2022) ([21] Linda Noskova)

[7] Katie Volynets (USA) def. Jana Fett (CRO) 57 62 63 (5th US Open) (Zeynep Sonmez)

[9] Zhang Shuai (CHN) def. Wei Sivia (CHN) 61 63 (12th US Open) ([17] Belinda Bencic)

[12] Darja Semenistaja (LAT) def. Linda Klimovicova (POL) 63 76 (0) (Grand Slam debut) (Peyton Stearns)

[17] Rebecca Marino (CAN) def. Dominika Salkova (CZE) 63 26 61 (6th US Open) ([31] Leylah Fernandez)

[20] Ena Shibahara (JPN) def. [5] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 60 64 (2nd US Open and 2nd Grand Slam main draw)(Emma Raducanu)

[28] Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND) def Emerson Jones (AUS) 75 76 (7) (Grand Slam debut) (Maya Joint)

[31] Wang Xiyu (CHN) def. Anastasia Charaeva (RUS) 64 46 62 (5th US Open)([25] Jelena Ostapenko)

 

Destanee Aiava (AUS) def. [21] Ella Seidel (GER) 57 61 76 [10-6] (2nd US Open) ([7] Jasmine Paolini)

Priscilla Hon (AUS) def. Hanne Vandewinkel (BEL) 63 63 (3rd US Open) (Léolia Jeanjean)

Hina Inoue (JPN) def. Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA) 76 (4) 61 (Grand Slam debut) (Victoria Azarenka)

Claire Liu (USA) def [32] Veronika Erjavec (SLO) 75 64 (7th US Open) (Cristina Bucsa)

Oksana Selekhmeteva (RUS) def. [WC] Asha Akli (USA) 75 26 62 (US Open debut) (Marketa Vondrousova)

Janice Tjen (INA) def. [3] Aoi Ito (JPN) 61 62 (Grand Slam debut) ([24] Veronika Kudermetova)

The Men

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[2] Jesper de Jong (NED) def. Mitchell Krueger (USA) 64 61 (US Open debut) ([30] Brandon Nakashima)

[10] Francesco Passaro (ITA) def. Henrique Rocha (POR) 75 63 (US Open debut) ([24] Flavio Cobolli)

[12] Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) def. [32] Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) 64 64 (US Open debut) (Hugo Gaston)

[19] Dino Prizmic (CRO) def. Jason Kubler (AUS) 36 64 61 (Grand Slam debut) ([15] Andrey Rublev)

[22] Zachary Svajda (USA) def Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) 63 62 (5th US Open) ([Q] Zsombor Piros)

[29] Ignacio Buse (PER) def. Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) 63 64 (Grand Slam debut – first match wins at the major level)([6] Ben Shelton)

[31] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) def. [1] Arthur Cazaux (FRA) 76 (4) 63 (10th US Open)(Mackenzie McDonald)

Ugo Blanchet (FRA) def [15] Jaime Faria (POR) 75 64 (US Open debut) (Fabian Maroszan)

Martin Damm (USA) def. Yuta Shimizu (JPN) 76 (10) 64 (Grand Slam debut)([WC] Darwin Blanch)

Federico Agustin Gomez (ARG) def. Hugo Grenier (FRA) 67 (5) 76 (5) 62 (US Open debut) ([5] Jack Draper)

Lloyd Harris (RSA) def. Daniel Merida (ESP) 61 76 (2) (6th US Open) (Sebastian Baez)

Jerôme Kym (SUI) def. Wu Yibing (CHN) 63 62 (Grand Slam Debut) (Ethan Quinn)

Pablo Llamas Ruiz (ESP) def. Marco Trungelliti (ARG) 36 61 62 (US Open debut)(Pablo Carreño Busta)

Zsombor Piros (HUN) def [5] James Duckworth (AUS) 61 46 62 (Grand Slam Debut) ([Q] Zachary Svajda)

Leandro Riedi (SUI) def. Garrett Johns (USA) 76 (5) 64 (US Open debut, 2nd major main draw) (Pedro Martinez)

Coleman Wong (HKG) def. Billy Harris (GBR) 63 64 (Grand Slam Debut) (Aleksandar Kovacevic)

Lucky losers

[LL] Jaime Faria (POR) (Jaume Munar)

[LL] Billy Harris (GBR) ([25] Félix Auger-Aliassime)

[LL] James Duckworth (AUS) ([WC] Tristan Boyer)

 

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