Monfils and Andreescu Among 2026 Wild Cards
Andreescu, who stormed to the title on the age of 18 in 2019, will make her fourth look on the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, and first since 2023.
The former World No. 4 and 2019 US Open champion just lately gained a title in Vero Beach, Florida, and hopes to proceed her ascent subsequent week, as she seeks her first tour-level win of the season.
2024 Olympic Silver Medalist Donna Vekic additionally acquired a major draw wild card, together with 2021 Australian Open runner-up Jennifer Brady2025 Roland Garros Junior Champion Lilli Taggerand Americans Alicia Parks and Katie Volynets.
Additionally, seven-time main champion Venus Williamswho at 45 will develop into the oldest participant to ever contest a major draw match in Tennis Paradise, acquired her major draw wild card final week.
Jagger Leach, Darwin Blanch Join Qualifying Field
Qualifying wild playing cards had been additionally handed out to Jagger Leachthe son of two-time ladies’s singles champion Lindsay Davenport, Elizabeth Mandlikdaughter of four-time Grand Slam champion Hana Mandlikova and former junior No.4 Darwin Blanch.
18-year-old Leach already has a successful expertise beneath his belt in Tennis Paradise. He claimed the Boys’ singles and doubles titles on the third annual FILA International Junior Championships.
The Laguna Beach, California native is at present a Freshman at Stanford.
Blanch, who trains on the Juan Carlos Ferrero Tennis Academy in Villena, Spain, earned his first ATP Tour win in Winston-Salem final yr, the place he grew to become the youngest American man to file an ATP Tour win since Frances Tiafoe in 2015.
Trevor SvajdaAndrew Johnson, and Izyan Zizou Ahmadadditionally acquired qualifying wild playing cards on the boys’s aspect, whereas 2025 FILA International Junior Champion Juliet Couple acquired a ladies’s qualifying draw wild card, together with Emerson Jones, Mary Stoiana, Elvina Kalieva, Elizabeth Mandlikand Akasha Urhobo.
