Tournament officials have announced Wild Cards for the United States Tennis Association Billie Jean King Girls’ 16s and 18s National Championships scheduled for Aug. 5-13 at Barnes Tennis Center, 4490 W. Point Loma Blvd.
The Wild Card entrants are:
GIRLS’ 18s GIRLS’ 16
Lucia Donnelly – Locust Valley, N.Y. Adla Lopez – Boynton Beach, Fla.
Sophie Llewellyn – Tarpon Springs, Fla. Reagan Mulberry – Marietta, Ga.
Qavia Lopez – Boynton Beach, Fla. Rachael Smith – Naperville, Ill.
Phoebe Peus – Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. Olivia Traynor – Scarsdale, N.Y.
Mia Yamakita – Alpharetta, Ga.
Isabella Chhiv – Irvine, Calif.
The starting times for each day of the tournament will be: Saturday, Aug. 5 through Wednesday, Aug. 9 – 8 a.m.; Thursday, Aug. 10 through Sunday, Aug. 13 – 9 a.m.
The Girls’ 16s event will begin Saturday, Aug. 5 and conclude with singles and doubles finals on Saturday, Aug. 12. The Girls’ 18s tournament will get underway on Sunday, Aug. 6 and conclude with singles and doubles championships on Sunday, Aug. 13. To view the most current tournament player entry list for each division, click aquí. To view tournament draws on the USTA website, click aquí.
Nearly 400 of the top junior tennis players in the country, aged 16 and 18 and under, will compete for the title of National Champion. In addition, the following singles wild cards to the 2023 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., will be awarded to the tournament’s top finishers.
18s Champion – US Open Main Draw and US Open Junior Main Draw
18s Finalist – US Open Qualifying and US Open Junior Main Draw
18s 3rd Place – US Open Junior Main Draw
16s Champion – US Open Junior Main Draw
18s 4th and 5th Place – US Open Junior Qualifying
The 18s doubles champions will be awarded a wild card into the US Open Doubles Main Draw. The 18s singles champion will also receive a wild card into the qualifying draw of the 2023 Cymbiotika San Diego Open presented by ResMed. The WTA 500 tournament is scheduled for September 9-16 at Barnes Tennis Center.
Both divisions feature 256-player singles draws with the top 64 players receiving a first-round bye (192 singles players in each division). There will also be 128-team doubles draws with the top 32 teams getting first-round byes (96 doubles teams in each division).
The Opening Ceremony for the USTA Billie Jean King Girls’ 16s and 18s National Championships will take place at Barnes Tennis Center on Saturday, August 5 at 4:30 p.m. (PDT).
Admission is free each day of the tournament and there is no charge for parking at the Barnes Tennis Center. To view the official tournament website, go to: www.ustagirlsnationals.com.
Early-round tournament matches will also be played at the following sites from Saturday, Aug. 5 through Tuesday, Aug 8 — Balboa Tennis Club, 2221 Morley Field Drive, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, and San Diego State University, 5375 Remington Road.
Admission to view matches is free at all three sites. Parking is free at the Balboa Tennis Club. To view parking information for SDSU and USD, click aquí.
