Two July Title Winners Among ATP Wild Cards

American Marcos Giron and Italy’s Matteo Berrettini combined to win three titles in July and will hope to carry that momentum forward with wild card entries into the Cincinnati Open main draw. They will be joined in the main draw by American Reilly Opelka and Australia’s Max Purcell, while Cincinnati’s JJ Wolf has received a qualifying wild card along with fellow Americans Mackenzie McDonald, Zachary Svajda and Brandon Holt.  

The main draw wild cards will join a men’s field headlined by World No. 1 Jannik Sinner, No. 2 and Cincinnati Open defending champion Novak Djokovic and last year’s Cincinnati runner-up, No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz. 

Giron has reached a career high ranking after winning his first career title last month at Newport, R.I. He was also runner-up in Dallas earlier this season and in San Diego in 2022. The Californian was the 2014 NCAA singles champion while playing at UCLA and is representing Team USA at the Paris Olympics.  

Berrettini missed the opening two months of the season with an injury but has quickly become one of the most in-form players on tour, compiling a 21-5 record and winning three titles from four finals. He has won his last 10 matches while claiming back-to-back trophies in Gstaad, Switzerland, and Kitzbuhel, Austria. The Italian joins Jannik Sinner (4) and Carlos Alcaraz (3) as the only players with three titles this season.  

Purcell returns to Cincinnati after reaching the quarterfinals last year as a qualifier. Last month in Eastbourne, Great Britain, he reached his first career ATP singles final, and last week was a quarterfinalist in Atlanta. In doubles, he has three titles in 2024 and earlier this month reached the Wimbledon final. 

Opelka returned to the Tour after a nearly two-year injury absence and promptly reached the semifinals in Newport earlier this month. The 26-year-old who was born in Michigan owns four career titles and has been ranked as high as No. 17.  

All four qualifying wild cards were awarded to American players.  

Wolf reached his first career final in 2022 at Florence, Italy. Last season he advanced to the semifinals in Dallas and Atlanta while also reaching a pair of quarterfinals. The 25-year-old Cincinnatian earned Big Ten Player of the Year and All-American honors during his career at Ohio State.  

McDonald was named the ATP’s Comeback Player of the Year in 2021 after reaching his first career ATP final following hamstring surgery. The 29-year-old Californian made his ATP Tour debut as a qualifier at the Cincinnati Open in 2013. He was NCAA singles and doubles champion at UCLA in 2016. 

Svajda won the USTA 18s junior title in 2019 and 2021. The 21-year-old Californian has won four Challenger titles in his career, including three during the 2023 season.  

Holt has claimed one ITF title in 2024 after winning five last season. The 26-year-old Californian was a four-time All-American at the University of Southern California and was the 2019 Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year.  

The women’s field of initial entrants includes World No. 1 Iga Swiatek and No. 2 Coco Gauff, the Cincinnati Open defending champion.