The US Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament. Since 1987, US Open has been the final Grand Slam tournament of the year.
US Open Tennis 2022: Dates, Schedule, prize money
The US Open starts on the last Monday of August and continues for two weeks, with the middle weekend coinciding with the US Labor Day holiday.
| Founded | 1881 |
|---|---|
| Editions | 141 (2021) |
| Location | New York City United States |
| Venue | USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (since 1978) |
| Surface | Hard – outdoors (since 1978) Clay – outdoors (1975–1977) Grass – outdoors (1881–1974) |
| Prize money | US$57.5 million (2021) |
The tournament is of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, originally known as the U.S. National Championship, for which men’s singles and men’s doubles were first played in August 1881.
Since 1978, the tournament has been played on acrylic hardcourts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City.
The US Open is owned and organized by the United States Tennis Association (USTA), a non-profit organization, and the chairperson of the US Open is Patrick Galbraith. Revenue from ticket sales, sponsorships, and television contracts is used to develop tennis in the United States.
US Open Tennis 2022 Dates
The 2022 US Open begins August 29th to September 11th. View the session times and rounds of the 2022 Tournament Schedule.
The US Open takes place in New York City, in the borough of Queens, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The venue has 22 courts, including Arthur Ashe Stadium and Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Daniil Medvedev and Emma Raducanu are the men’s and women’s defending champions respectively.
Medvedev won his first Grand Slam singles title at Flushing Meadows last year with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win over Novak Djokovic, ending the Serb’s quest for a calendar Grand Slam at the final hurdle.
Raducanu defeated fellow teen Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 to win her first title on the WTA Tour. The Brit, ranked No 150 in the world at the time, created history by becoming the first qualifier, male or female, to win a Grand Slam singles title.
Schedule
The only Grand Slam tournament in America, the US Open is the final Major of the tennis calendar.
| Session | Date | Start Time | Match Schedule | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 29 Aug | Day | 11.00am | Men’s / Women’s 1st Round |
| 2 | Mon 29 Aug | Night | 7.00pm | Men’s / Women’s 1st Round |
| 3 | Tue 30 Aug | Day | 11.00am | Men’s / Women’s 1st Round |
| 4 | Tue 30 Aug | Night | 7.00pm | Men’s / Women’s 1st Round |
| 5 | Wed 31 Aug | Day | 11.00am | Men’s / Women’s 2nd Round |
| 6 | Wed 31 Aug | Night | 7.00pm | Men’s / Women’s 2nd Round |
| 7 | Thu 1 Sep | Day | 11.00am | Men’s / Women’s 2nd Round |
| 8 | Thu 1 Sep | Night | 7.00pm | Men’s / Women’s 2nd Round |
| 9 | Fri 2 Sep | Day | 11.00am | Men’s / Women’s 3rd Round |
| 10 | Fri 2 Sep | Night | 7.00pm | Men’s / Women’s 3rd Round |
| 11 | Sat 3 Sep | Day | 11.00am | Men’s / Women’s 3rd Round |
| 12 | Sat 3 Sep | Night | 7.00pm | Men’s / Women’s 3rd Round |
| 13 | Sun 4 Sep | Day | 11.00am | Men’s / Women’s Round of 16 |
| 14 | Sun 4 Sep | Night | 7.00pm | Men’s / Women’s Round of 16 |
| 15 | Mon 5 Sep | Day | 11.00am | Men’s / Women’s Round of 16 |
| 16 | Mon 5 Sep | Night | 7.00pm | Men’s / Women’s Round of 16 |
| 17 | Tue 6 Sep | Day | 12.00pm | Men’s / Women’s Quarterfinals |
| 18 | Tue 6 Sep | Night | 7.00pm | Men’s / Women’s Quarterfinals |
| 19 | Wed 7 Sep | Day | 12.00pm | Men’s / Women’s Quarterfinals |
| 20 | Wed 7 Sep | Night | 7.00pm | Men’s / Women’s Quarterfinals |
| 21 | Thu 8 Sep | Day | 12.00pm | Women’s Semifinals / Men’s and Women’s Doubles Semifinals |
| 22 | Fri 9 Sep | Day | 12.00pm | Men’s Doubles Final or Mixed Doubles Final / Men’s Semifinal 1 |
| 23 | Fri 9 Sep | Night | 7.00pm | Men’s Semifinal 2 |
| 24 | Sat 10 Sep | Day | 12:00pm | Mixed Doubles Final or Men’s Doubles Final / Women’s Final |
US Open Tennis 2022 prize money
The prize money for each round for the 2022 US Open is yet to be announced. Below is the prize money for the 2021 edition.
The complete prize money for the 2021 singles’ draws:
- Winner : $2.5 million
- Runner-up : $1.25 million
- Semi-finalist : $675,000
- Quarter-finalist : $425,000
- Round of 16 : $265,000
- 3rd round : $180,000
- 2nd round : $115,000
- 1st round : $75,000