Alanis Hamilton (left) and Reese Brantmeier
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
Brantmeier & Hamilton To Compete In US Open Doubles Wild Card Playoff
May 28, 2025 | Women's Tennis
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The University of North Carolina pair of junior Reese Brantmeier and freshman Alanis Hamilton have earned an at-large bid to next month's US Open Wild Card Playoffs in Orlando, the USTA announced on Wednesday.
Brantmeier and Hamilton finished the year ranked No. 2 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's doubles rankings while helping lead the Tar Heels to their second consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference championship and the NCAA Championship semifinals.
The new event featuring the top American collegiate players, which was announced earlier this month, will more than double the average number of American collegiate players who earn US Open wild cards this year, with six guaranteed US Open wild card entries up for grabs. The winners of the singles and doubles competitions will earn US Open main draw singles and doubles wild cards, respectively, while the men's and women's singles finalists will earn US Open qualifying wild cards.
The men's singles field is headlined by Columbia's Michael Zheng, who won the NCAA men's singles title last November, and Michigan State's Ozan Baris, who lost to Zheng in the NCAA men's singles final. The women's singles field will feature Auburn's DJ Bennett, who was the NCAA women's singles runner-up in November. All three players automatically qualified for the event based upon their NCAA performance, while the remainder of the field is made up of players selected by a committee of USTA staff, college coaches and an ITA representative.
The event will be held from June 16-18 in Orlando at the USTA National Campus. The singles semifinals will be played on Monday June 16, followed by the doubles semifinals on Tuesday June 17Â and all finals will be contested on Wednesday June 18. The event is free and matches will begin each day at 5 p.m. in order to maximize in-person attendance, while all matches will also be streamed on the USTA National Campus website.
The full fields are below (bolded players automatically qualified):
Men's Singles
Ozan Baris (Michigan State)
Stefan Dostanic (Wake Forest)
Aidan Kim (Ohio State)
Michael Zheng (Columbia)
Women's Singles
DJ Bennett (Auburn)
Valerie Glozman (Stanford)
Amelia Honer (UCSB)
Mary Stoiana (Texas A&M)
Men's Doubles
Benjamin Kittay/Gavin Young (Michigan)
Alex Kotzen/Alejandro Moreno (Tennessee)
Nicolas Kotzen/Michael Zheng (Columbia)
Cooper Williams/Theo Winegar (Duke)
Women's Doubles
DJ Bennett/Ava Hrastar (Auburn)
Reese Brantmeier/Alanis Hamilton (North Carolina)
Kaitlyn Carnicella/Sarah Hamner/ (South Carolina)
Olivia Center/Kate Fakih (UCLA)
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Brantmeier and Hamilton finished the year ranked No. 2 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's doubles rankings while helping lead the Tar Heels to their second consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference championship and the NCAA Championship semifinals.
The new event featuring the top American collegiate players, which was announced earlier this month, will more than double the average number of American collegiate players who earn US Open wild cards this year, with six guaranteed US Open wild card entries up for grabs. The winners of the singles and doubles competitions will earn US Open main draw singles and doubles wild cards, respectively, while the men's and women's singles finalists will earn US Open qualifying wild cards.
The men's singles field is headlined by Columbia's Michael Zheng, who won the NCAA men's singles title last November, and Michigan State's Ozan Baris, who lost to Zheng in the NCAA men's singles final. The women's singles field will feature Auburn's DJ Bennett, who was the NCAA women's singles runner-up in November. All three players automatically qualified for the event based upon their NCAA performance, while the remainder of the field is made up of players selected by a committee of USTA staff, college coaches and an ITA representative.
The event will be held from June 16-18 in Orlando at the USTA National Campus. The singles semifinals will be played on Monday June 16, followed by the doubles semifinals on Tuesday June 17Â and all finals will be contested on Wednesday June 18. The event is free and matches will begin each day at 5 p.m. in order to maximize in-person attendance, while all matches will also be streamed on the USTA National Campus website.
The full fields are below (bolded players automatically qualified):
Men's Singles
Ozan Baris (Michigan State)
Stefan Dostanic (Wake Forest)
Aidan Kim (Ohio State)
Michael Zheng (Columbia)
Women's Singles
DJ Bennett (Auburn)
Valerie Glozman (Stanford)
Amelia Honer (UCSB)
Mary Stoiana (Texas A&M)
Men's Doubles
Benjamin Kittay/Gavin Young (Michigan)
Alex Kotzen/Alejandro Moreno (Tennessee)
Nicolas Kotzen/Michael Zheng (Columbia)
Cooper Williams/Theo Winegar (Duke)
Women's Doubles
DJ Bennett/Ava Hrastar (Auburn)
Reese Brantmeier/Alanis Hamilton (North Carolina)
Kaitlyn Carnicella/Sarah Hamner/ (South Carolina)
Olivia Center/Kate Fakih (UCLA)
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