Particle.news

Download on the App Store

US Open Introduces Star-Studded Mixed Doubles With Shortened Format and $1 Million Prize

Scheduled for August 19–20 during Fan Week, the tournament will feature 16 teams playing short-form sets to four games with a 10-point decider for a $1 million champion prize.

Image
Image

Overview

  • Sixteen-team field includes the top eight pairs by combined singles ranking and eight wildcards following a July 28 entry deadline.
  • Star pairings feature nine of the world’s top-10 men and women, including Emma Raducanu with Carlos Alcaraz and Naomi Osaka with Nick Kyrgios.
  • The $1 million winner’s purse represents an $800,000 increase over last year’s mixed doubles prize.
  • Matches will use no-ad scoring, best-of-three short sets to four games, tiebreaks at 4-4 and a 10-point match tiebreak in lieu of a third set.
  • Defending champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori and other doubles specialists have criticized the event as a “pseudo-exhibition” prioritizing entertainment.