Darwin Blanch, 17 and Alyssa Ahn, 18, won this year’s USTA 18s championships to earn main draw wild cards at the 2025 US Open.
Here’s more on the pair from the USTA
Blanch, who was the tournament’s top seed, did not drop a set en route to the final, where he defeated No. 8 seed Jack Satterfield (18; Tampa, Fla.), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, Sunday in Kalamazoo, Mich. The Florida native has predominantly been playing on the ITF World Tennis Tour recently, winning his first professional singles title at a M15 event in Spain in February. Blanch also became only the second player this century to win both the boys’ 16s and 18s titles in Kalamazoo, having won the 16-and-under title in 2022 at the age of 14.
Ahn, meanwhile, also completed the 16s and 18s sweep of the USTA Billie Jean King Girls’ National Championships in San Diego, having also won the 16-and-under title in 2022. This year, though, the San Diego native and No. 7 seed handily defeated No. 17 seed Maya Iyengar (18; Paradise Valley, Ariz.), 6-1, 6-2, in Sunday’s singles final. Ahn is committed to play college tennis next season at Stanford.
US Open main draw action begins on Sunday August 24.
