The 145th Edition of the United States (US) Open Tennis Championships 2025 (US Open 2025), the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year, was held from August 24, 2025, to September 7, 2025, on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York City, United States of America (USA).
- Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz (World no. 2) won the Men’s Singles, defeating Italy’s Jannik Sinner (World No. 1), the defending champion, in the finals held at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, USA.
- Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka (World no.1) won the Women’s Singles by defeating the USA’s Amanda Anisimova (World no.8).
Exam Hints:
- What? 145th Edition of US Open 2025
- Dates: August 24, 2025 – September 07, 2025
- Venue: (Hardcourts) USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York City, USA.
- Men’s Singles Winner: Carlos Alcaraz (Spain); Runner-up: Jannik Sinner (Italy).
- Women’s Singles Winner: Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus); Runner-up: Amanda Anisimova (USA).
- Total Prize Pool: USD 90 million; Singles champions – USD 5 million each
- Unique Record: Alcaraz and Sinner contested 3 Grand Slam finals in 2025 (first in Open Era).
- Notable: Novak Djokovic reached his record 53rd Grand Slam semifinal.
US Open 2025:
Event: The tournament featured matches across 17 courts, including the Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium, and Grandstand.
Prize: The total prize money for the US Open 2025 is USD 90 million (20% higher than 2024), with the men’s and women’s singles champions earning USD 5 million each.
- The doubles winners earn USD 1 million per team, and the mixed doubles winners earn USD 1 million per team.
Men’s Singles: Carlos Alcaraz
Achievements: With this victory, Alcaraz marked his second US Open title, sixth Grand Slam title, and regained the World No. 1 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking.
- At 22 years, 125 days, became the second youngest man to win six Grand Slam titles, behind Björn Borg,
Career Titles: 23 ATP Tour singles titles.
Rivalry: Alcaraz leads Sinner 10–5 in head-to-head; first pair in the Open Era to contest three Grand Slam finals (Australian Open, French Open, and US Open) in one season (2025)
Note: The most singles titles held in the US Open are by Jimmy Connors (5), Roger Federer (5), and Pete Sampras (5).
Women’s Singles: Aryna Sabalenka
Achievements: This victory marks Sabalenka’s 4th Grand Slam title, equalling Naomi Osaka for the third-most titles among active Women’s Tennis Association WTA players.
- She previously won the Australian Open 2024 and the US Open 2024.
- Defend her 2024 US Open title, extending her US Open winning streak to 13 matches.
Ranking: Retained her WTA World No. 1
Titles: She has won 27 career titles, 21 in singles and 6 in doubles.
Men’s Doubles Title:
Winner: Spain’s Marcel Granollers and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos defeated the United Kingdom’s (UK) pair of Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski
- Also won the French Open 2025, defeating the same pair.
- First men’s doubles team to win multiple majors in a season since 2019.
Women’s Doubles Title:
Winners: Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe defeated the Czech Republic’s Kateřina Siniaková and the USA’s Taylor Townsend.
- Their second US Open title as a pair, after 2023.
Mixed Doubles title:
Winners: Italian pair Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori defeated Poland’s Iga Świątek and Norway’s Casper Ruud.
Achievements: This victory marked the winning duo’s second consecutive US Open mixed doubles title, and their third mixed doubles major title together, as they also won the French Open 2025.
- Sara Errani has previously won six Grand Slam women’s doubles titles, five with Roberta Vinci (2012 Roland-Garros, 2012 US Open, 2013 Australian Open, 2014 Australian Open, 2014 Wimbledon), one with Jasmine Paolini (2025 French Open).
Note: Errani and Jasmine Paolini pair won the gold medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s doubles.
Winners of the US Open 2025:
| Category | Winner(s) | Runner(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Singles | Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) | Jannik Sinner (Italy) |
| Women’s Singles | Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) | Amanda Anisimova (USA) |
| Men’s doubles | Marcel Granollers (Spain) and Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) | Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski (UK) |
| Women’s Doubles | Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) and Erin Routliffe (New Zealand) | Kateřina Siniaková (Czech Republic) and Taylor Townsend (USA) |
| Mixed Doubles | Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori (Italy) | Iga Świątek (Poland) and Casper Ruud (Norway) |
Note: Novak Djokovic has reached an all-time record 53rd Grand Slam semifinal appearance.
About US Open:
Organiser: US Open is annually organised by the United States Tennis Association in New York, USA.
- The US Open is also supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the ATP Tour and WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category.
Sequence: This is the 4th and final Grand Slam tennis event, after the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon.
First edition: 1881.
Recent News:
Men’s Singles: Jannik Sinner won his first Wimbledon title (2025), becoming the first Italian man to win the title in the tournament’s history. This also marked his fourth Grand Slam title overall.
Women’s Singles: Iga Świątek won her maiden Wimbledon title (2025) and became the first Polish woman to achieve this feat.
About the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP):
Chairman- Andrea Gaudenzi
Headquarters- London, United Kingdom (UK)
Establishment- 1972
