{"id":829656,"date":"2026-07-28T19:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/829656\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T19:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:11:12","slug":"darderi-fery-brooksby-lead-winston-salem-field-tennis-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/829656\/","title":{"rendered":"Darderi, Fery, Brooksby Lead Winston-Salem Field \u2013 Tennis Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thirteen of the world’s Top 50-ranked men will play Winston-Salem ahead of the US Open.<\/p>\n

By Richard Pagliaro | Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Photo credit: Chile Open Facebook<\/p>\n

Rising stars and former champions highlight the 2026 Winston-Salem field.<\/p>\n

The 2026 Winston-Salem Open will be contested at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex from August 22-29th. The initial 2026 entry list features 13 current Top 50 ranked players and four former Winston-Salem Open champions.<\/p>\n

Italian powerhouse and world No. 23\u00a0Luciano Darderi\u00a0headlines the field, returning to the Winston-Salem Open for the third straight year.<\/p>\n

The 2026 Rome semifinalist has achieved his career-high ranking this season.<\/p>\n

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SW19 resident Arthur Fery lit up the tennis world becoming the first British wild card to reach the Wimbledon men\u2019s semifinals at his hometown event. Fery has entered Winston-Salem along with fellow former Wimbledon semifinalist and No. 10\u00a0Denis Shapovalov, as well as rising stars\u00a0Raphael Collignon\u00a0and\u00a0Ignacio Buse, two of the ATP Tour\u2019s emerging talents this season.<\/p>\n

The Winston-Salem Open will welcome back multiple former champions who will compete to take home a second title at the tournament.<\/p>\n

Past winners appearing in this year\u2019s field include\u00a0Lorenzo Sonego\u00a0(2024),\u00a0Sebastian Baez\u00a0(2023),\u00a0Adrian Mannarino\u00a0(2022), and\u00a0Pablo Carreno Busta\u00a0(2016).<\/p>\n

The full player list can be seen below or by visiting\u00a0www.winstonsalemopen.com\/players<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Winston-Salem, NC, U.S.A. \u2013 Main Draw Player List
(Rankings as of 7\/27\/2026)<\/p>\n

Luciano Darderi (ITA) \u2013 23Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) \u2013 28Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) \u2013 30Ignacio Buse (PER) \u2013 34Arthur Fery (GBR) \u2013 37Raphael Collignon (BEL) \u2013 38Jaume Munar (ESP) \u2013 43Mariano Navone (ARG) \u2013 44Yannick Hanfmann (GER) \u2013 45Ethan Quinn (USA) \u2013 46Adrian Mannarino (FRA) \u2013 47Luca Van Assche (FRA) \u2013 48Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG) \u2013 50Quentin Halys (FRA) \u2013 52Sebastian Baez (ARG) \u2013 53Tomas Machac (CZE) \u2013 54Fabian Marozsan (HUN) \u2013 55Terence Atmane (FRA) \u2013 56Juncheng Shang (CHN) \u2013 56Corentin Moutet (FRA) \u2013 57Roman Andres Burruchaga (ARG) \u2013 58Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) \u2013 60Daniel Altmaier (GER) \u2013 62Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) \u2013 64Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR) \u2013 65Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) \u2013 66Denis Shapovalov (CAN) \u2013 68Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) \u2013 69Vit Kopriva (CZE) \u2013 70Kamil Majchrzak (POL) \u2013 72Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) \u2013 73Alex Molcan (SVK) \u2013 74Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG) \u2013 75Jenson Brooksby (USA) \u2013 77Valentin Royer (FRA) \u2013 78Jaime Faria (POR) \u2013 79Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) \u2013 80<\/p>\n

The initial list contains 37 direct entries and is subject to change, with more spots to be filled in the coming weeks with wild cards. The Winston-Salem Open features a 48-player singles draw and begins Saturday, August 22 with qualifying rounds. The tournament will conclude Saturday, August 29 with the singles and doubles finals.<\/p>\n

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Richard Pagliaro. Richard Pagliaro is Tennis Now Managing Editor. He is a graduate of New York University and has covered pro tennis for more than 35 years. Richard was tennis columnist for Gannett Newspapers in NY, served as Managing Editor for TennisWeek.com and worked as a writer\/editor for Tennis.com. He has been TennisNow.com managing editor since 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thirteen of the world’s Top 50-ranked men will play Winston-Salem ahead of the US Open. By Richard Pagliaro…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-829656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}