Three American men qualified for the U.S. Open this week, putting a total of 19 U.S. players into the men’s singles draw.

Qualifiers were Ryler De Heart, who won his final round in the qualies in a third-set tiebreaker, Ryan Sweeting and Robert Kendrick.  They join six American wildcards Brendan Evans, Scoville Jenkins, Amer Delic, Jesse Levine, Sam Warburg and Austin Krajicek, and ten American men who were granted direct entry into the tournament based on their rankings. 

Krajicek earned his bid by winning the 18-and-under national championship in Kalamazoo, Mich., earlier.   The teenager from Brandon, Fla., will play for Texas A&M where he will be a freshman this fall.

The highest ranked American not to make the tournament is 30-year-old Kevin Kim, ranked 142 in the world.  He lost in three sets in final round of the qualies to Sweeting.   Alex Kuznetsov also lost in the final round of qualies, going down 6-4 in the third and final set.

Only seven of the American men in the Open are ranked in the top 100.  The ATP World rankings of the U.S. players competing at Flushing Meadows as of Aug. 18 is as follows:

8. Andy Roddick

9. James Blake

35. Mardy Fish

53. Sam Querrey

62. Robby Ginepri

89. Bobby Reynolds

99. Donald Young

103. Vince Spadea

106. Jesse Levine (W)

113. Robert Kendrick (Q)

118. Wayne Odesnik

124. John Isner

133. Amer Delic  (W)

168. Sam Warburg (W)

190. Brendan Evans  (W)

196. Scoville Jenkins (W)

259. Ryler De Heart (Q)

276. Ryan Sweeting (Q)

892. Austin Krajicek (W)