The USTA today announced the 2018 US Open Men’s and Women’s Singles Seeds. The 2018 US Open will be played Aug. 27-Sept. 9 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. 2018 US Open Women’s Singles Seeds 1. Simona Halep, Romania 2. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark 3. Sloane Stephens, United States 4. Angelique Kerber, Germany 5. Petra Kvitova, Czech…
Ticket and badge holders are invited to experience the 7 minute Ashe ’68 Virtual Reality Experience on six VR headsets located in the Chase Center near the East Gate of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The space is produced and designed by Bill Sullivan and was created in partnership with the International Tennis…
The USTA has announced that for the first time, broadcast coverage will be featured from all tournament courts–up to 16. All men’s and women’s singles and doubles matches, as well as mixed doubles matches, during the 2018 U.S. Open are scheduled to be produced from Monday, Aug. 27, through Sunday, Sept. 9. In addition,…
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has withdrawn from the 2018 U.S. Open, citing an ongoing knee injury. Currently ranked 64th in the world, Tsonga has not played since February when he was forced to retire in the semifinals of the Open Sud de France. He has played just six matches total in 2018, with a record…
Novak Djokovic became the first man to win all nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments as he claimed the Western & Southern Open championship in Cincinnati on Sunday. Djokovic continued his late-summer run as he defeated Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 in his sixth attempt in the Cincinnati championship. “Obviously it’s a very special…
Today, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced the lineup for the 2018 Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day powered by Net Generation. The world’s largest single-day, grassroots tennis and entertainment event will feature some of the top tennis players in the world including 23-time Grand Slam Champion Serena Williams, defending US Open Champion and World Number One Rafael Nadal,…
Tickets for the 2019 New York Open will go on sale beginning Friday, as the second year of the tournament is set to hit NYCB LIVE home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum next February. The 2019 New York Open will run from February 9-17, and will once again kick off with the New…
Americans Collin Altamirano and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski received wild card entries into the US Open Qualifying Tournament on Wednesday. Previously selected American Qualifying wild card recipients Donald Young and Chris Eubanks received direct entry into the Qualifying Tournament after a number of players entered into Qualifying received wild card entries into the Main Draw. Altamirano and Kwiatkowski were teammates at the University of…
The USTA today announced that the US Open will once again kick off with Fan Week, a series of events and activations taking place both at the grounds of the US Open, the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, as well as at the US Open Experience at Brookfield Place, in Manhattan. US…
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) approved changes to the Davis Cup format on Thursday, which it says will “secure the long-term status of the competition.” Beginning in 2019, the Davis Cup will feature a qualifying round in February where 24 teams will take part in home and away matches. The 12 winners will then…