How to follow the US Open on BBC Sport

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22 August 2025

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US Open 2025

Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 24 August-7 September

Coverage: Live radio commentaries across 5 Live Sport and BBC Sounds, plus live text commentaries on the BBC Sport website and app

World number ones Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner have begun their US Open title defences.

Sabalenka is bidding for her first major title of the year, having suffered heartbreaking defeats in the Australian Open and French Open showpieces.

Sinner, meanwhile, bounced back from losing the French Open final to win Wimbledon and is bidding for a fourth hard-court major trophy.

Carlos Alcaraz, who beat Sinner in Paris before the Italian gained his revenge at SW19, is one of his main challengers.

There is comprehensive coverage of the tournament across the BBC – here are all the key details.

How to follow on the BBC

You can tune in to live radio commentaries across BBC Radio 5 Live Sport and BBC Sounds.

Live text commentaries can be found on the BBC Sport website and app, along with match reports and all the latest news from the tournament.

When is the US Open 2025?

The US Open takes place from Sunday, 24 August to Sunday, 7 September at Flushing Meadows in New York.

The women’s singles final takes place on 6 September, with the men’s on 7 September.

Qualifying – where players need to win three matches to reach the main draw – took place from 18-21 August.

When is the US Open draw?

The draw for the first round took place on Thursday, 21 August.

Jannik Sinner holds the US Open trophy aloft after his victory in 2024

Which British players are taking part?

Emma Raducanu, Katie Boulter, Sonay Kartal, Jack Draper, Cameron Norrie and Jacob Fearnley all qualified for the main draw as Britain’s top three women’s and men’s players.

They were joined by Francesca Jones, who came through qualifying, and Billy Harris, who lost in the final round of qualifying but reached the main draw as a lucky loser.

Raducanu was the only British woman to get through the first round but exited in the third round in a brutal straight-set defeat by former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.

Draper also beat a qualifier in Federico Gomez but ultimately withdrew from the tournament with an arm injury, while Norrie was beaten in the third round by Djokovic.

Kartal took 18th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia to three sets before bowing out, while Boulter lost to 27th seed Marta Kostyuk, and Jones was beaten by Eva Lys.

Harris lost in three tight sets on his US Open main-draw debut against 25th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime.

What is the prize money this year?

In August, the United States Tennis Association announced a 20% increase in prize money for the US Open, creating what is claims is “the largest purse in tennis history”.

The total prize pot is $90m (£67.4m), with the champions of the men’s and women’s singles event each receiving $5m (£3.75m).

The winners of the mixed doubles event – Italian doubles specialists Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori – took home $1m, while runners-up Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud won $400,000.

What is the doubles schedule?

The mixed doubles began on Tuesday, 19 August with the first round and quarter-finals, and concluded on Wednesday, 20 August with the semi-finals and final.

Errani and Vavassori defended their title by defeating singles stars Swiatek and Ruud 6-3 5-7 10-6 in a thrilling match that finished just before midnight.

The women’s doubles event – featuring two-time champion Venus Williams – began on Thursday, 28 August, while the men’s doubles started the following day.

The women’s doubles final is scheduled for Friday, 5 September from 17:00 BST, with the men’s on Saturday, 6 September from 17:00 BST.

The quad wheelchair doubles final will take place on Friday, 5 September.