By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday August 16, 2023
Former Grand Slam champions and World No.1s Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki have been awarded 2023 US Open wild cards. The pair join a list of eight wild card recipients announced by the tournament on Wednesday.
43-year-old Williams, a seven-time major champion, will make her 24th appearance at Flushing Meadows. She last won a match in Queens in 2019, and last reached the second week in 2017, when she powered to the semis.
Williams is a four-time US Open finalist, and won titles in 2000 and 2001.
Wozniacki, making her 14th appearance, last won a match in Queens in 2019. She reached the US Open final in 2014 and 2019. The Dane recently begun a comeback after two and a half years off the tour that saw her give birth to two children.
Americans Ashlyn Krueger, Robin Montgomery, Kayla Day and Clervie Ngounoue will receive singles main draw wild cards into the 2023 US Open, as will France’s Fiona Ferro and Australian Storm Hunter, as part of reciprocal agreements.
The 2023 US Open will be played August 28-September 10 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.