These are the most notable withdrawals from the US Open 2026: Sinner, Fonseca, Raducanu, Davidovich

The US Open is about to begin, but not everyone who should be there is. The last Grand Slam of the season featured one of the biggest news items of the year in the tennis world: Carlos Alcaraz was coming back after four and a half months out due to a wrist injury. However, the day after, news of equal importance but of a negative nature emerged: Jannik Sinner, the world number one, would not participate due to some knee problems.

However, the Italian has not been the only significant absence in a Grand Slam where many players arrive with the gas tank empty, dragging discomfort and injuries from the entire year, and mentally exhausted after nine months of intense competition with little rest. The tournaments keep coming, along with surface changes, and coupled with the Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 of two weeks, a player's body cannot arrive at 100% of its condition in New York.

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These are the most notable absences from the US Open 2026

The most prominent and sensitive absence is that of Jannik Sinner. The world number one, a finalist in the previous edition and champion in 2024, and the reigning titleholder at Wimbledon, began his preparatory training for the North American hard court swing with some minor discomfort, which escalated into a knee injury that forced him to stop completely.

Another notable and, unfortunately, recurrent absence in recent months has been that of Jack Draper. In fact, the former world number 4 last year has not been able to play in any Grand Slam this season. Between his recovery from shoulder surgery, his knee injury at the beginning of the clay court swing, and his shoulder relapse, it has made his participation in New York unfeasible.

A last-minute absence that nobody expected was that of Joao Fonseca. The great Brazilian promise has been the last player to announce his withdrawal due to an abdominal injury sustained just days ago in Cincinnati. After shining at Roland Garros, where he eliminated Novak Djokovic and reached the quarter-finals, he will not be able to compete on the hard courts of New York, a missed opportunity for the Carioca in one of the US Opens with the most potential for surprises.

Even though I have been working hard with my team and my medical staff, we have now had to make the difficult decision that I will not be able to compete at the US Open this year. We have been back on court in Monte Carlo over the last couple of days and have realised that I… pic.twitter.com/9eoYS29jpO

— Jannik Sinner (@janniksin) August 21, 2026

Emma Raducanu has been struggling for a long time to meet expectations that her mind, tennis, and body have not allowed. Although she has been showing more consistent tennis for two years, and in 2026 she has reached two finals (Cluj-Napoca, Queen’s), her ankle gave up before Wimbledon started. An injury that has not healed and will prevent her from returning to the place where she became famous in 2021 when she lifted the title at just 18 years old.

Victoria Mboko was one of the surprises last year. In fact, at 19, she won the WTA 1000 in Canada last year. She has burst into the Top 10 of the WTA rankings and has shown that her hard court tennis is very difficult to counter. However, a fall at the WTA Queen’s prior to Wimbledon injured her knee, which has not yet recovered. Therefore, we will have to wait for her first victory in New York, as last year she lost in the first round.

In terms of Spanish players, we should lament the absence of Alejandro Davidovich. After reaching the round of 16 at Wimbledon and winning his first ATP title in Mallorca, the Malagueño began to suffer from back pain at the Umag tournament, which caused him to progressively withdraw from the North American hard court swing until he had to deliver the bad news of his withdrawal from the last Grand Slam of the season.

In addition to these mentioned players, the following will also not be at the US Open 2026: Ethan Quinn, Sebastian Korda, Emilio Nava, Gabriel Diallo, Patrick Kypson, Holger Rune, Hailey Baptiste, Jaqueline Cristian, Irina-Camelia Begu, Jil Teichmann, Ajla Tomljanovic, Laura Siegemund, and Varvara Gracheva.

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