Cloud, Svajda earn U.S. Open American Collegiate berths
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:43 amFrom SMUMustangs.com:
Cloud, Svajda earn U.S. Open American Collegiate wild card playoffs bid
ORLANDO, Fla. (USTA/SMU) — SMU Men's Tennis sophomore Trevor Svajda and senior Louis Cloud earned a bid to compete at the inaugural US Open American Collegiate Playoffs in the doubles bracket as announced Friday by the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
The Mustang pair will face Duke's Cooper Williams and Theo Winegar in the first round at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday.
The new event featuring the top American collegiate players, which was announced in May, will more than double the average number of American collegiate players that earn US Open wild cards this year, with six guaranteed US Open wild card entries up for grabs. The winners of the singles and doubles competitions will earn US Open main draw singles and doubles wild cards, respectively, while the men's and women's singles finalists will earn US Open qualifying wild cards.
Svajda and Cloud posted a 12-6 record as a pair for SMU in the 2024-25 season and were ranked No. 33 in the final ITA doubles rankings. They earned a spot in the US Open American Collegiate Playoffs following the withdrawal of Tennessee pair, Alex Kotzen and Alejandro Moreno.
Prior to last season, Svajda and Cloud also played as a tandem in the 2023-24 season, posting a record of 9-4.
Duke's Williams and Winegar were ranked No. 3 in the final ITA doubles rankings with an 11-2 record.
The complete draw for the first two days of play are below:
MONDAY
4 p.m. CT matches
Team USA 1 – (1) Mary Stoiana vs. DJ Bennett
Team USA 2 – (2) Michael Zheng vs. Aidan Kim
Followed by matches
Team USA 1 – (1) Stefan Dostanic vs. Ozan Baris
Team USA 2 – (2) Amelia Honer vs. Valerie Glozman
TUESDAY
4 p.m. matches
Team USA 1 – (1) N. Kotzen/Zheng vs. Godsick/Rivera
Team USA 2- (1) Bennett/Hrastar vs. Carnicella/Hamner
Followed by matches
Team USA 1 – (2) Center/Fakih vs. Brantmeier/Hamilton
Team USA 2 – (2) Williams/Winegar vs. Cloud/Svajda
Cloud, Svajda earn U.S. Open American Collegiate wild card playoffs bid
ORLANDO, Fla. (USTA/SMU) — SMU Men's Tennis sophomore Trevor Svajda and senior Louis Cloud earned a bid to compete at the inaugural US Open American Collegiate Playoffs in the doubles bracket as announced Friday by the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
The Mustang pair will face Duke's Cooper Williams and Theo Winegar in the first round at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday.
The new event featuring the top American collegiate players, which was announced in May, will more than double the average number of American collegiate players that earn US Open wild cards this year, with six guaranteed US Open wild card entries up for grabs. The winners of the singles and doubles competitions will earn US Open main draw singles and doubles wild cards, respectively, while the men's and women's singles finalists will earn US Open qualifying wild cards.
Svajda and Cloud posted a 12-6 record as a pair for SMU in the 2024-25 season and were ranked No. 33 in the final ITA doubles rankings. They earned a spot in the US Open American Collegiate Playoffs following the withdrawal of Tennessee pair, Alex Kotzen and Alejandro Moreno.
Prior to last season, Svajda and Cloud also played as a tandem in the 2023-24 season, posting a record of 9-4.
Duke's Williams and Winegar were ranked No. 3 in the final ITA doubles rankings with an 11-2 record.
The complete draw for the first two days of play are below:
MONDAY
4 p.m. CT matches
Team USA 1 – (1) Mary Stoiana vs. DJ Bennett
Team USA 2 – (2) Michael Zheng vs. Aidan Kim
Followed by matches
Team USA 1 – (1) Stefan Dostanic vs. Ozan Baris
Team USA 2 – (2) Amelia Honer vs. Valerie Glozman
TUESDAY
4 p.m. matches
Team USA 1 – (1) N. Kotzen/Zheng vs. Godsick/Rivera
Team USA 2- (1) Bennett/Hrastar vs. Carnicella/Hamner
Followed by matches
Team USA 1 – (2) Center/Fakih vs. Brantmeier/Hamilton
Team USA 2 – (2) Williams/Winegar vs. Cloud/Svajda