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Florida's Delic, Evans, Levine Receive US Open Wildcards
Posted on August 14, 2008
Florida players Amer Delic (Jacksonville), Brendan Evans (Key Biscayne), and Jesse Levine (Boca Raton) were announced Thursday as wildcard recipients for the 2008 US Open.
Also receiving wildcards were Scoville Jenkins (Atlanta), Austin Krajicek (Bryan, Texas), Sam Warburg (Sacramento, Calif.), and international players Carsten Ball (Australia) and Laurent Recouderc (France).
Delic, 26, of Jacksonville, Fla., a former NCAA singles champion, is ranked No. 128. In 2008, Delic qualified for the Australian Open and reached the second round, and he also qualified for ATP events in Delray Beach (reaching the round of 16) and Las Vegas (reaching the quarterfinals). On this year's USTA Pro Circuit, he has won two events -- $50,000 Carson, Calif., in June and $50,000 Dallas in January -- and reached the semifinals at $50,000 Baton Rouge, La. He is currently one of the USTA Pro Circuit's top prize money leaders for 2008.
Evans, 22, of Key Biscayne, Fla., is ranked No. 188. He advanced to the second round of an ATP event in Newport. This summer on the USTA Pro Circuit, he reached the quarterfinals at $50,000 Binghamton, N.Y., and $50,000 Winnetka, Ill. Earlier this year, Evans reached the semifinals at $50,000 Dallas and the final in singles and doubles (with partner Mustafa Ghouse) at the New Delhi Challenger in India. He holds five career doubles titles and two USTA Pro Circuit singles titles.
Levine, 20, of Boca Raton, Fla., is ranked No. 106. He reached the second round of the Australian Open in January and followed that by reaching the round of 16 at the ATP event in San Jose. He won his first singles title of the year on the USTA Pro Circuit at $50,000 Bradenton, Fla. in May. In 2007, he qualified for the ATP event in Newport and won $75,000 Nashville, Tenn. (as a qualifier) and $50,000 Champaign, Ill. on the USTA Pro Circuit. As a freshman at the University at Florida, Levine went 24-1 (his only loss coming to John Isner in the NCAA quarterfinals) and turned pro after the season.
Players receiving US Open qualifying wild cards are: Jean Yves Aubone (20, Miami), Ricardas Berankis (18, Lithuania), Chase Buchanan (17, Columbus, OH), Alex Clayton (20, Bradenton, Fla.), Ryan Harrison (16, New Braunfels, Tex.), Travis Helgeson (22, Overland Park, Kan.), Bryan Koniecko (21, Syosset, N.Y.), Michael McClune (18, Irvine, Calif.) and Tim Smyczek (20, Hales Corners, Wis.).
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