North Carolina Tar Heels tennis player Reese Brantmeier on comeback trail again after knee injury. UNC junior will try to qualify again for US Open Tournament.

Brantmeier is not the first college tennis player to dabble in professional play. UNC’s Fiona Crawley confronted NCAA prize money regulations after competing in the 2023 U.S. Open.

However, after the 2021 US Open, Brantmeier was sidelined for a year while the NCAA investigated her expenses at the US Open, and then underwent surgery last month for a meniscus tear in her knee ...

However, I’m playing Junior Wimbledon.” This is a huge honor obviously; Brantmeier played the U.S. Open the past two years before COVID-19 shut down the 2020 season.

Brantmeier earned nearly $50,000 in prize money at the U.S. Open — a tournament she recently qualified for again — prior to coming to UNC in 2022, but forfeited the money in order to maintain ...

"I started playing when I was about 8. A friend of mine got me into it," Brantmeier said. "We had no tennis experience at all until she went," Becky Brantmeier, Reese's mother said. Game, set, match.

One of Brantmeier’s teammates, Fiona Crawley, a reigning NCAA doubles champion, qualified for the main draw at the U.S. Open in September in both singles and doubles and had to turn down roughly ...

UNC tennis player Reese Brantmeier’s comeback leads to US Open qualifier — again Caroline Wills Fri, Jun 13, 2025 · 11 min read ...

North Carolina Tar Heels tennis player Reese Brantmeier on comeback trail again after knee injury. UNC junior will try to qualify again for US Open Tournament.

Andnow, as the 20-year-old Brantmeier works to come back from a second meniscus injury and earn a U.S. Open doubles wild card at a playoff in Orlando on Tuesday, the thought of those courts has ...

Reese Brantmeier rebounded from knee injuries to lead UNC to an ACC title in 2025. She is suing the NCAA over outdated prize money rules amid evolving NIL policies. Brantmeier’s fundraising ...

Reese Brantmeier rebounded from knee injuries to lead UNC to an ACC title in 2025. She is suing the NCAA over outdated prize money rules amid evolving NIL policies. Brantmeier’s fundraising ...