The 2025 edition of the US Open is scheduled to be held between August 24 and September 7. It is the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year.
Defending champions
Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka currently hold the men’s and women’s singles titles.
Italian Sinner won the men’s singles title by defeating Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in front of his home crowd in 2024.
Sabalenka won the women’s singles title by defeating another home favourite, Jessica Pegula, 7-5, 7-5.
Australian duo Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson took home the men’s doubles title after their victory over German pair of Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz.
The women’s doubles title was won by Ukraine’s Lyudmyla Kichenok and Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko, who defeated France’s Kristina Mladenovic and China’s Zhang Shuai.
Prize Money
The total prize money for this year’s U.S. Open is USD 90 million, a 20 per cent rise from 2024.
Both, the men’s singles and women’s singles champions, will get USD 5 million each, as compared to USD 3.6 million from last year.
| Top 10 seeds in men’s singles | Seeding | Top 10 seeds in women’s singles | Seeding |
| Jannik Sinner (Italy) | 1 | Aryna Sabalenka | 1 |
| Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) | 2 | Iga Swiatek (Poland) | 2 |
| Alexander Zverev (Germany) | 3 | Coco Gauff (USA) | 3 |
| Taylor Fritz (USA) | 4 | Jessica Pegula (USA) | 4 |
| Jack Draper (Great Britain) | 5 | Mirra Andreeva | 5 |
| Ben Shelton (USA) | 6 | Madison Keys (USA) | 6 |
| Novak Djokovic (Serbia) | 7 | Jasmine Paolini (Italy) | 7 |
| Alex de Minaur (Australia) | 8 | Amanda Anisimova (USA) | 8 |
| Karen Khachanov | 9 | Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) | 9 |
| Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) | 10 | Emma Navarro (USA) | 10 |
Where to watch?
In India, viewers will be able to watch the live telecast of the US Open on the Star Sports Network and stream the same live on JioHotstar app/website.
History
The governing body of the US Open is the United States Tennis Association (USTA), which was founded as the U.S. National Lawn Tennis Association in 1881. That same year, the first men’s singles championship was held at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island where only those who were members of the club could participate. Richard Sears won the first ever US Open title. Six years later, the first women’s singles championship was held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Pennsylvania which was won by Ellen Hansell.
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The championship took place in various places such as Mountain Station, New Jersey; Boston Massachusetts; and Forest Hills, New York before finally settling on USTA National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in Queens, New York in 1978. The tennis center’s name was changed to USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in 2006 to honour the four-time US Open women’s singles champion and one of the pioneers of the game.
As a result of being played in multiple places since its beginning, the US Open has been played on grass (1881-1974), clay (1975-1977) and hard court (1978-present). Interestingly, Jimmy Connors has the distinction of being the only man to win the US Open on all three surfaces while Chris Evert is the only woman to have won the Major on two surfaces.
Main court of the US Open is the Arthur Ashe Stadium which was completed in 1997. With a seat capacity of 23,200, it is the largest tennis-specific stadium in the world.
Oldest and youngest winners (Since 1968)
Youngest Men’s Singles Champion – Pete Sampras (1990) at the age of 19 years 28 days
Youngest Women’s Singles Champion – Tracy Austin (1979) at the age of 16 years, 8 months and 28 days
Oldest Men’s Singles Champion – Novak Djokovic (2023) at the age of 36 years, 3 months and 19 days
Oldest Women’s Singles Champion – Flavia Pennetta (2015) at the age of 33 years, 6 months and 18 days
Famous Firsts for the US Open
- First Grand Slam to award equal prize money to men’s and women’s singles champion
- First Grand Slam to make the concept of Shot Clock to keep a check on the time taken by players between points applicable
- Althea Gibson became the first African-American to compete at the US Open in 1950
Most successful players at the US Open (Open Era)
Men’s Singles
Roger Federer: 5 titles (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Pete Sampras: 5 titles (1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002)
Jimmy Connors: 5 titles (1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983)
Women’s Singles
Chris Evert: 6 titles (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982)
Serena Williams: 6 titles (1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Steffi Graf: 5 titles (1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996)
Published on Aug 24, 2025
