While the new-look mixed doubles tournament continues to divide opinion, the main event is just a few days away, as the 2025 US Open will soon conclude this year’s Grand Slam action.
Flushing Meadows in New York City is once again the location for the prestigious hard-court event, which the world’s best have been warming up for in Masters tournaments in Canada and most recently Cincinnati; the latter was won by Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek in the men’s and women’s singles respectively.
However, neither Cincinnati champion comes into the last major of the calendar year with a title to defend from 2024, where the current world number ones reigned supreme, although the door is certainly ajar for a new king and queen of New York to be crowned this time around.
Here, Sports Mole rounds up everything you need to know about the 2025 US Open.
When and where is the 2025 US Open?
The 2025 US Open main draw takes place between August 24 and September 7, concluding with the men’s singles final on the latter date, although qualifying is already underway.
The event is being held at its usual venue of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, which houses 22 outdoor courts including the 23,771-seater Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest tennis arena on earth.
2025 US Open singles schedule
Sunday, August 24
- Men’s and Women’s singles first round (from 4pm UK time | 11am local time)
Monday, August 25
- Men’s and Women’s singles first round (from 4pm UK time | 11am local time)
Tuesday, August 26
- Men’s and Women’s singles first round (from 4pm UK time | 11am local time)
Wednesday, August 27
- Men’s and Women’s singles second round (from 4pm UK time | 11am local time)
Thursday, August 28
- Men’s and Women’s singles second round (from 4pm UK time | 11am local time)
Friday, August 29
- Men’s and Women’s singles third round (from 4pm UK time | 11am local time)
Saturday, August 30
- Men’s and Women’s singles third round (from 4pm UK time | 11am local time)
Sunday, August 31
- Men’s and Women’s singles fourth round (from 4pm UK time | 11am local time)
Monday, September 1
- Men’s and Women’s singles fourth round (from 4pm UK time | 11am local time)
Tuesday, September 2
- Men’s and Women’s singles quarter-finals (from 4pm UK time | 11am local time)
Wednesday, September 3
- Men’s and Women’s singles quarter-finals (from 4pm UK time | 11am local time)
Thursday, September 4
- Women’s semi-finals (from 12am Friday morning UK time | 7pm local time)
Friday, September 5
- Men’s semi-finals (from 8pm UK time | 3pm local time)
Saturday, September 6
- Women’s final (9pm UK time | 4pm local time)
Sunday, September 7
- Men’s final (7pm UK time | 2pm local time)
How to watch the 2025 US Open
Viewers in the UK can watch the US Open in its entirety via Sky Sports; the event will be shown on the Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+ channels, as well as their respective NOW streaming service.
Meanwhile, ESPN will be broadcasting the competition in the United States, while Eurosport has rights to the US Open for several nations in Europe, and beIN Sports in the Middle East and North Africa.
A full list of global broadcasters for the 2025 US Open can be found here.
When is the draw for the 2025 US Open?
The draw for the 2025 US Open will take place on Thursday, August 21 at 5pm UK time (12pm local time) and will be streamed live on the US Open website.
2025 US Open prize money
Male and female players receive equal prize money at the US Open, where the pot has risen by 20% from the 2024 edition to a total of $90m (£66.9m).
Both senior singles champions will receive a cheque for an astronomical $5m (£3.7m), which represents a near 40% increase from last year’s competition.
2025 US Open prize money
- Winner: $5m (£3.7m)
- Finalist: $2.5m (£1.9m)
- Semi-finalist: $1.26m (£940,000)
- Quarter-finalist: $660k (£490,347)
- Fourth round: $400k (£297,362)
- Third round: $237k (£176,190)
- Second round: $154k (£114,484)
- First round: $110k (£81,774)
- Qualifying round three: $57,200 (£42,522)
- Qualifying round two: $41,800 (£31,074)
- Qualifying round one: $27,500 (£20,443)
Exchange rates correct as of August 20
Who won the 2024 US Open?
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Current world number ones Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka prevailed at the most recent US Open, as the former sank home favourite Taylor Fritz in the men’s final while the Belarusian prevailed against another U.S. native in Jessica Pegula in the corresponding women’s event.
Sinner’s 6-3 6-4 7-5 victory over Fritz saw the Italian trailblazer write yet another page of history, as he became the youngest man to win both the Australian Open and US Open titles in the same year; he has since defended his Melbourne honour and ripped the Wimbledon crown out of Carlos Alcaraz’s grasp.
Prior to Sinner’s success, Sabalenka overcame Pegula 7-5 7-5 to conquer New York for the very first time, while collecting her third major honour after back-to-back triumphs at the Australian Open in 2023 and 2024.
The fire in the 27-year-old’s belly will no doubt be burning brighter than ever, as she enters the 2025 US Open without a Grand Slam title to her name in the current season, while she also suffered a chastening 1-6 4-6 loss to Elena Rybakina in the Cincinnati quarter-finals last week.
Who is and is not playing at the 2025 US Open?
Once again, Alcaraz, Fritz and Alexander Zverev present the main threats to Sinner’s hopes of successive titles, while British number one Jack Draper enters as the fifth seed – one above Novak Djokovic – following his recovery from an arm injury.
Cameron Norrie and Jacob Fearnley will also fly the flag high for Great Britain in the men’s main draw, while Nick Kyrgios is due to enter with a protected ranking of 21 for what would be just his second major appearance since the 2022 US Open; he exited this year’s Australian Open in the first round.
However, Grigor Dimitrov has been forced to withdraw owing to the pectoral injury he sustained against Sinner at Wimbledon, while Arthur Fils, Matteo Berrettini and Hubert Hurkacz have also pulled out of the last major of the year.
Meanwhile, the women’s singles tournament has already seen two high-profile withdrawals in Qinwen Zheng (elbow) and Paula Badosa (back), depriving Flushing Meadows of two top-10 players on the entry list.
Swiatek, Pegula, Coco Gauff, Mirra Andreeva, Emma Navarro, Australian Open winner Madison Keys and Wimbledon runner-up Amanda Anisimova are all in, though, as are British trio Emma Raducanu, Sonay Kartal and Katie Boulter; Fran Jones is the number one-ranked qualifier and one of the top alternates.
Elsewhere, two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova will make her final professional appearance before retirement, but a fellow veteran with no plans to put the racquet down – 45-year-old Venus Williams – has been awarded a wild card and will be the oldest competitor at the US Open since 1981.
Who has won the most US Open titles?
Long before the days of the Open Era, three Americans by the names of Bill Tilden, William Larned and Richard Sears dominated the US Open surface from the 1880s to the 1930s, winning a joint-record seven titles apiece.
That feat will remain unparalleled for some time, although Roger Federer, Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors each took home five crowns – the former doing so five years running from 2004 to 2008 – while Djokovic has a quartet of honours to his name.
However, the outright record-holder for US Open titles is the late Molly Mallory, the Norwegian-American sensation who won eight tournaments from 1915 to 1926, having already taken a bronze medal at the 1912 Olympics.
Chris Evert and Serena Williams lead the way when it comes to Open Era women’s singles titles with six triumphs each, closely followed by Steffi Graf’s five and Martina Navratilova’s four; wild card Venus Williams has won the event twice in 2000 and 2001.
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