Jones begins US Open qualifiers with win

US Open 2025

Dates: August 24 through September 7 in Flushing Meadows, New York

Heather Watson was one of four Britons who lost on Tuesday, but top seed Francesca Jones won her opening qualifier, making it the first step toward the US Open main draw.

Viktoria Hruncakova of Slovakia defeated by British number four Jones 6-3, 6-4. On Wednesday, she will face Georgian Ekaterina Gorgodze in the US Open main draw for the first time in her career.

The 86-year-old is the top seed in qualifying because she has never been granted direct entry to a Grand Slam before. She squandered this opportunity.

The 24-year-old scored six aces on her first six assises in a one-hour, 22-minute contest that had an 87% win rate.

As a result of her unsuccessful fourth consecutive year in the main draw, former British number one Watson was defeated by Gorgodze 6-3, 33-6, 4-6.

Romanian Anca Todoni, who is 112 places above her in the rankings, came in second, beating British women’s number seven Harriet Dart (7-5, 7-7) 7-6 (10-6).

Jan Choinski, the fifth-ranked British man, lost to Andrea Collarini of Argentina 7-6 (7-4) 6-4, but Oliver Crawford defeated Australian Alex Bolt 7-56-46-46-4.

George Loffhagen was beaten 4-6 5-7 by Jason Kubler, while 22-year-old Jack Pinnington Jones lost 6-3 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (14-12).

Dan Evans was eliminated, Jodie Burrage, and Jodie Burrage, who won the first Grand Slam championship match since 2018, was eliminated.

On Wednesday, the second qualifying round will feature six Brits:

To be eligible for the tournament’s main singles draw, which begins on Sunday, players must have won three matches in qualifying.