Alexander Zverev is the top seed at the 2026 US Open, the world No. 2, and the reigning French Open champion. He is also 29 years old with one major title, having lost finals at three of the four Slams, and he has spent more than nine hours on court already in New York getting … Read more
Carlos Alcaraz first reached world No. 1 on September 12, 2022, at 19 years and four months, the youngest man ever to hold the top ranking. He has spent 66 weeks there across three separate stints and finished two seasons as year end No. 1. He is currently ranked third behind Jannik Sinner and Alexander … Read more
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia is a 23 year old Spanish tennis player who has won seven Grand Slam titles, spent 66 weeks at world No. 1 and completed the career Grand Slam at 22, younger than any man before him. He is the defending US Open champion and is in the quarterfinals in New York this … Read more
Carlos Alcaraz leads Jannik Sinner 10-7 at tour level, or 11-7 counting the Challenger match they played as teenagers in 2019. Between them they have won every Grand Slam title from the 2024 Australian Open through the 2026 Australian Open, and in 2025 they became the first two men in the Open Era to meet … Read more
Carlos Alcaraz has won seven Grand Slam singles titles, starting with the 2022 US Open at age 19 and completing the career Grand Slam at the 2026 Australian Open, where at 22 he became the youngest man in history to win all four majors. He is at the US Open again this week as the … Read more
Every US Open singles champion of the Open era, 1968 through 2025, in one table, plus the players with the most titles and what to watch in the 2026 final.
Saturday, September 12 at the US Open: the men’s doubles final at noon, then No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka vs. No. 2 Elena Rybakina in the women’s final at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN. Plus Friday’s men’s semifinal results and Sunday’s Shelton vs. Zverev final.
The current ATP singles rankings — Jannik Sinner holds a commanding lead over Alexander Zverev, with Carlos Alcaraz slipping to third ahead of the US Open.
Men play best-of-five at the US Open, women play best-of-three, and the final set is decided by a 10-point tiebreak. Here’s how every format at the tournament works.
Every way to watch the 2026 US Open: which matches are on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2, how to stream all 16 courts, cord-cutter options and what the new RedZone feed does.