{"id":2114613,"date":"2026-08-27T13:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2114613"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:10:23","slug":"us-open-withdrawal-list-20-players-and-counting-as-star-to-miss-favourite-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2114613","title":{"rendered":"US Open withdrawal list: 20 players and counting as star to miss &#8216;favourite event&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">US Open withdrawal list: 20 players and counting as star to miss \u2018favourite event\u2019<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/richie-mills\" class=\"text-sm 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!text-content\">\n                                Jannik Sinner is among a lost list of US Open withdrawals                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Ugo Humbert is the latest name to withdraw from this year\u2019s US Open due to injury, while American wildcard Patrick Kypson says he is \u201cgutted\u201d to miss the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s most common thread has arguably been players missing events through injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> returned to action in the US Open mixed doubles this week after being out for more than four months with a wrist problem.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard was unable to play at the French Open or Wimbledon and world No 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\">Jannik Sinner<\/a> will not be appearing in New York due to a knee issue.<\/p>\n<p>Rising Brazilian star Joao Fonseca was forced to miss the year\u2019s final Grand Slam with an abdominal injury, and on the women\u2019s side, former Canadian Open champion Victoria Mboko is still out with the knee problem that ended her Queen\u2019s Club tournament early.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, former world No 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/ugo-humbert\">Humbert<\/a> announced his back was causing him problems again, and he would not be in the draw at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>More US Open News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/novak-djokovic-practises-with-former-top-10-star-ahead-of-the-us-open\"><strong>Novak Djokovic practises with former top 10 star ahead of the US Open<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-injury-usopen-defiant-message\"><strong>Carlos Alcaraz sends out defiant message to his doubters with US Open decision<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram post, he wrote, \u201cUnfortunately, I won\u2019t be able to take part in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/us-open\">US Open<\/a> this year. My back is playing up again and I won\u2019t be able to compete in the year\u2019s final Grand Slam. Time to focus on my recovery \u2013 see you back on the courts very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DciRUMujWpG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p><a style=\"background: #FFFFFF;line-height: 0;padding: 0 0;text-align: center;text-decoration: none;width: 100%\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DciRUMujWpG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px)\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent;transform: translateY(16px)\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px;transform: translateY(-4px)\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent;transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center;white-space: nowrap\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DciRUMujWpG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Ugo Humbert (@ugohumbert)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This came less than a day after Kypson, who was controversially given a wildcard over three-time major winner and former US Open champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/stan-wawrinka\">Stan Wawrinka<\/a>, announced his injury withdrawal, too.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old didn\u2019t specify what the injury was but suggested it had been bugging him for a while.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DchETzTpf-5\/\">Instagram<\/a>, \u201cBeen a rough stretch. Just haven\u2019t been able to get it right, not sure when it will be. Absolutely gutted to miss the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/usopen\/\">@usopen<\/a>\u00a0this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlways my favorite event of the year. Strong enough to be weak. Godspeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His absence has allowed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/stan-wawrinka-statement-us-open-announce-wildcard-u-turn\">Wawrinka to take the final men\u2019s singles wildcard after all<\/a>. Aside from that, here is a list of the male players who have withdrawn through injury.<\/p>\n<h2>2026 US Open ATP withdrawal list<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jannik Sinner<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(world No 1) \u2013 replaced by Carlos Taberner<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joao Fonseca<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(world No 26) \u2013 replaced by a lucky loser<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alejandro Davidovich Fokina<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(world No 27) \u2013 replaced by Alexei Popyrin<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ugo Humbert\u00a0<\/strong>(world No 30) \u2013 TBC<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ethan Quinn<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(world No 45) \u2013 replaced by Martin Damm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sebastian Korda<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(world No 64) \u2013 replaced by Aleksandar Vukic<\/li>\n<li><strong>Holger Rune<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(world No 80) \u2013 replaced by Facundo D\u00edaz Acosta<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gabriel Diallo<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(world No 92) \u2013 replaced by Wu Yibing<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emilio Nava<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(world No 100) \u2013 replaced by Benjamin Bonzi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Patrick Kypson \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>(world No 116) \u2013 replaced by Stan Wawrinka<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jack Draper<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(world No 141) \u2013 replaced by a lucky loser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the women\u2019s side of the draw, Hailey Baptiste remains out with a serious knee injury and 2021 US Open champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/emma-raducanu\">Emma Raducanu<\/a> is still recovering from the lower right leg stress fracture she suffered at Queen\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, below is the list of women who are injured for the final major of the year.<\/p>\n<h2>2026 US Open WTA withdrawal list<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Victoria Mboko<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(world No 15) \u2013 replaced by Mananchaya Sawangkaew<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hailey Baptiste<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(world No 34) \u2013 replaced by Kaitlin Quevedo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jaqueline Cristian<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(world No 41) \u2013 replaced by Darja Vidmanova<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emma Raducanu<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(world No 59) \u2013 replaced by\u00a0Anna Blinkova<\/li>\n<li><strong>Irina-Camelia Begu<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(world No 82 PR) \u2013 replaced by Elsa Jacquemot<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jil Teichmann<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(world No 89 PR) \u2013 replaced by Julia Grabher<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ajla Tomljanovic<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(world No 93) \u2013 replaced by Ella Seidel<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laura Siegemund<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(world No 98) \u2013 replaced by Nadia Podoroska<\/li>\n<li><strong>Varvara Gracheva<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(world No 106) \u2013 replaced by Anastasia Zakharova<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHAT NEXT?\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/when-jannik-sinner-is-expected-to-return-as-hes-told-to-stay-away-from-tennis-by-doctors\"><strong>Jannik Sinner told to stay away from tennis in worrying injury update<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Open withdrawal list: 20 players and counting as star to miss \u2018favourite event\u2019 Richie Mills 27 Aug 2026 2:10 PM Jannik Sinner is among a lost list of US Open withdrawals Ugo Humbert is the latest name to withdraw from this year\u2019s US Open due to injury, while American wildcard Patrick Kypson says he 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