Ahead of the US Open, U.S. players get glammed up in Vanity Fair spread

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My memory has just been sold—U.S. tennis is the centerfold! With two weeks to go until American tennis players take center stage at the US Open, they're already a focal point in Vanity Fair magazine.

Some of the red, white and blue's best players, from Top 10 stalwarts and beyond, got glammed up in a new spread for the fashion magazine, aptly entitled "American Tennis Has Never Been Hotter."

The players featured in the spread, which was shot this spring at Roland Garros, include established stars like Danielle Collins, Madison Keys, Frances Tiafoe and Jessica Pegula, but also younger players like Sebastian Korda, Ben Shelton and Alycia Parks.

"The current field of American pro tennis players is the most exciting, talented, and varied we’ve seen in decades—men and women alike," writer Caitlin Thompson declares.

"This new crop’s swagger makes them stand out: their feeling that American tennis history is just that—history—and their determination to write themselves into it. They’re alchemists, blending the best of what has come before and sloughing off weighty expectations that have burdened past generations. They’re activists, leading the conversations around equality, inclusivity, and mental health that push the game to be better. And they’re inventors, making the game their own."

The group was styled by Nicole Chapoteau, and photographed by Dana Scruggs. In the piece, the players are praised for everything from their backgrounds and diversity—"There aren’t many stories more American than that of Frances Tiafoe," Thompson writes—to their off-court advocacy. ("But it’s her anti-bullying initiative that’s perhaps most impressive—and one that she uses to champion women and girls in classrooms and on the sports field," Thompson writes of Keys.)

The spread can be found on Vanity Fair's website, as well as in the September print issue.