Aug. 22 (UPI) — The 2025 U.S. Open draw revealed several potential high-profile quarterfinals, including between Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz and Coco Gauff and Madison Keys.
Flushing, N.Y., will welcome fans for the first-round of the main draw Sunday, with matches set to be held though Sept. 7 to decide the final Grand Slam of the tennis season. The tournament will air on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+.
The men’s and women’s singles circuits will feature 128 players apiece, competing for U.S. Open Championship Trophies and respective $31.6 million purses. The winners will receive $5 million apiece. Full singles draws are available here.
Men’s world No. 1 — and defending champion — Jannik Sinner of Italy and No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain are well ahead of the field in odds to win the men’s title. Djokovic (No. 7), No. 5 Jack Draper of Great Britain, No. 6 Ben Shelton of the United States and No. 3 Alexander Zverev of Germany are among the other Top-5 expected contenders.
No. 2 Iga Swiatek of Poland and No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, the defending champion, have nearly even odds to win the women’s title. Gauff (No. 3), No. 10 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan and No. 5 Mirra Andreeva of Russia are among the other women’s favorites.
Sinner is looking to become the first man to win consecutive U.S. Open crowns since Roger Federer in 2008. Sabalenka hopes to be the first woman since Serena Williams in 2014 to accomplish that.
Sinner will start that quest against No. 87 Vit Kopriva of the Czech Republic. The winner will meet No. 37 Alexei Popyrin of Australia or No. 749 Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland in the second round. Sinner could meet No. 29 Denis Shapovalov of Canada if both players win their first two matches.
No. 24 Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan and No. 14 Tommy Paul of the United States are among the top players who could meet Sinner in the fourth round.
No. 10 Lucas Musetti of Italy and Draper are among the players she could meet in the quarterfinals.
Sinner is looking to win his third major of the season. He also won four of the last seven Grand Slam singles titles contested. Alcaraz won the three other titles. No men’s player other than Sinner, Alcaraz or Djokovic has won a Grand Slam crown since Rafael Nadal captured the 2022 French Open — a span of 13 tournaments.
Alcaraz will face No. 66 Reilly Opelka of the United States in his opener. No. 13 Daniil Medvedev of Russia is the top player the Spaniard could meet in the fourth round. Shelton and No. 12 Casper Ruud of Norway are among the top players Alcaraz could see in the quarterfinals.
Djokovic, still in search of his 25th Grand Slam title, which would set a record for the most overall men’s or women’s crowns, will see No. 48 Learner Tien of the United States in his first match. No. 11 Holger Rune of Denmark and No. 17 Frances Tiafoe of the United States are among the top-ranked players the Serbian could meet in the fourth round.
Fritz and No. 17 Jakub Mensik are the top players Djokovic could meet in the quarterfinals. Fritz will start his run against countryman Emilio Nava (No. 101). The top ranked (No. 4) American lost to Sinner in the 2024 men’s singles final.
The winner of the potential Fritz-Djokovic quarterfinal could meet Alcaraz or Shelton in a blockbuster semifinal. Zverev and No. 8 Alex de Minaur of Australia are the top players Sinner could face in the semifinals.
Sabalenka will face No. 109 Rebeka Masarova of Switzerland in her first-round match. Rybakina and No. 8 Jasmine Paolini of Italy are among the top players the top-ranked Belarusian could face in the quarterfinals.
Swiatek will battle No. 81 Emiliana Arango of Colombia in her opener. No. 9 Amanda Anisimova of the United States, No. 13 Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, No. 20 Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil and No. 28 Sofia Kenin of the United States are among the tennis stars who could face Swiatek in the quarterfinals.
Gauff will meet No. 84 Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia in her first U.S. Open match. No. 17 Daria Kasatkina of Australia and No. 25 Naomi Osaka of Japan are among the players she could face in the fourth round.
Keys (No. 6), No. 12 Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic and No. 610 Venus Williams of the United States are among the notable players Gauff could battle in the quarterfinals.
The winner of that quarterfinal could meet Swiatek or Anisimova, among others in the bottom half of the draw, in the semifinals. Sabalenka could face Pegula, Navarro or Andreeva, among other notable players, in the other semifinal. She beat Pegula in the 2024 women’s singles final to secure her third major title.
The 2025 women’s singles final will air at 4 p.m. EDT Sept. 6 on ESPN. The men’s final will air at 2 p.m. Sept. 7 on ABC, with an encore set for 8 p.m. on ESPN2.
Daily streaming coverage will be available from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+.
U.S. Open
All times EDT
Sunday
First-round coverage from noon to 3 p.m. on ABC and 3 to 11 p.m. on ESPN2; stream from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+
Monday
First-round coverage from 11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on ESPN and 7 to 11:30 p.m. on ESPN2; stream from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+
Tuesday
Second-round coverage from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN and 7 to 11 p.m. on ESPN2; stream from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+
Wednesday
Second-round coverage from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN; stream from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+
Thursday
Second-round coverage from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on ESPN and 5 to 11 p.m. on ESPN2; stream from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+
Aug. 29
Third-round coverage from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on ESPN and 6 to 11 p.m. on ESPN2; stream from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+
Aug. 30
Third-round coverage from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN2; stream from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+
Aug. 31
Round of 16 coverage from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on ESPN, 3 to 6 p.m. on ABC and 6 to 11 p.m. on ESPN2; stream from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+
Sept. 1
Round of 16 coverage from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on ESPN and 7 to 11 p.m. on ESPN2; stream from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+
Sept. 2
Quarterfinal coverage from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 7 to 11 p.m. on ESPN; stream from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+
Sept. 3
Quarterfinal coverage from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 7 to 11 p.m. on ESPN; stream from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+
Sept. 4
Semifinal coverage from 7 to 11 p.m. on ESPN; stream from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+
Sept. 5
Semifinal coverage from 3 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. on ESPN; stream from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+
Sept. 6
Women’s final at 4 p.m. on ESPN; stream from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+
Sept. 7
Men’s final at 2 p.m. on ABC, encore at 8 p.m. on ESPN2; stream from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on ESPN+
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