The 2026 US Open entry list has dropped, and it carries a familiar mixture of excitement and concern for Emma Raducanu fans. The British star appears on the Flushing Meadows draw, but her participation is far from guaranteed after a stress fracture in her right shin forced her to withdraw from Nottingham, Eastbourne, and Wimbledon in succession. She was spotted on crutches shortly after pulling out of the All England Club, and she has since been ruled out of both the Canadian Open and the Cincinnati Open as well.
Even if Raducanu does travel to New York, she faces a significant challenge. Unless she enters the Monterrey Open, which runs from August 23 to 29, she will arrive at the final Grand Slam of the year with no hard-court match practice at all. The situation echoes Wimbledon, where she gave a press conference expressing hope to compete, only to withdraw hours before her first match.
The most prominent confirmed absence is world No. 12 Victoria Mboko. The Canadian teenager has been dealing with a knee injury sustained during her opening match at Queen's Club, costing her Wimbledon and now the US Open, her second consecutive major miss. She will also skip her home tournament in Canada.
World No. 34 Hailey Baptiste faces an even longer road back after tearing her ACL and damaging her meniscus in the French Open second round. The injury arrived at the cruelest possible time, just after Baptiste reached the Madrid Open semifinals and climbed to a career-high ranking of No. 25.
Varvara Gracheva also misses out with an ACL injury sustained in training back in March. Aryna Sabalenka headlines the draw as world No. 1. TennisDraw users will want to factor these major absences into their bracket picks before the draw is made.
