The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women's Tennis' Peyton Stearns claims doubles main draw wild card for the US Open
08.28.2022 | Women's Tennis
Former Longhorn to compete with partner Ashlyn Krueger in the Round of 64 which begins play on Wednesday.
FLUSHING, N.Y. — Former University of Texas Women's Tennis star Peyton Stearns and partner Ashlyn Krueger are one of seven duos to receive main draw wild cards for the women's doubles draw at the 2022 US Open. Stearns previously earned a wild card into the singles main draw as the 2022 NCAA Singles Champion. The US Open will be played for Aug. 29 through Sept. 11 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
Stearns will face WTA No. 28 Ekaterina Alexandrova in the main draw singles Round of 128 on Tuesday, Aug. 30. Stearns and Alexandrova will be the fourth and final match of the day scheduled on court 7, with an expected first serve in the late afternoon or early evening.
Stearns and Krueger will begin the doubles competition in the Round of 64 on Wednesday, Aug. 31. Stearns and Krueger will face the fifth-seeded tandem of Gabriela Dabrowski and Giuliana Olmos in the Round of 64.
The USTA also gave doubles wild cards to the pairs of Serena Williams and Venus Williams, Sophie Chang and Angela Kulikov, Robin Montgomery and CoCo Vandeweghe, Katrina Scott and Elizabeth Mandlik, Hailey Baptiste and Whitney Osuigwe, and Clervie Ngounoue and Reese Brantmeier.
A three-time Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-American (Singles in 2021 and 2022, Doubles in 2022), Stearns led the Longhorns to back-to-back NCAA team championships in 2021 and 2022 and became the first player in program history to claim the NCAA Singles title. This past season, Stearns became the first player in program history to win the Honda Sport Award for Tennis and the first Longhorn in any sport to be recognized as a Honda Sport Award recipient since Courtney Okolo (Track and Field) in 2016. Stearns also was named the ITA National Player of the Year, an honor given annually to the Men's and Women's players who end the season ranked No. 1 in the final National Singles rankings.
Stearns concluded the 2022 season with a 33-2 overall record in singles play. She paired with partner Allura Zamarripa on the doubles court and earned ITA Doubles All-America honors this season. The duo advanced to the NCAA Doubles quarterfinals and was No. 10 in the final ITA National Doubles rankings. Stearns was also tabbed the 2022 Big 12 Player of the Year, the Big 12 Championship Most Outstanding Player and the Big 12 Individual Champion at No. 1 Singles.
As a freshman in 2021, Stearns earned ITA Singles All-America honors. She completed the season with an 18-8 singles mark, including a 13-4 mark in dual-match play at the No. 1 singles spot, and was tabbed No. 13 in the final ITA National Singles rankings. While leading Texas to the 2021 NCAA team title, Stearns was named the Most Outstanding Player at the 2021 NCAA Women's Team Championship and the 2021 Big 12 Freshman of the Year. During her two seasons at Texas, Stearns compiled a 51-10 overall record in singles and a 42-17 mark in doubles.
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