The high-profile mixed doubles event at the US Open<\/a> begins on Tuesday with several star pairings set to take to the courts at Flushing Meadows. <\/p>\n It was confirmed on Saturday that Serena Williams<\/a>, who returned to tennis in June, will team up<\/a> with defending men\u2019s singles champion Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> in New York<\/a>. <\/p>\n World No 1 women\u2019s player Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic<\/a> are the top seeds, with the all-American pairing of Jessica Pegula and Taylor Fritz the second seeds. <\/p>\n There will also be a qualifying event, made up predominantly of specialist doubles players, before the main draw starts on Tuesday. The defending champions are the Italian doubles pairing of Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori. <\/p>\n Here\u2019s everything you need to know for the US Open mixed doubles event. <\/strong><\/p>\n When is it? <\/p>\n The main draw starts on Tuesday 25 August<\/strong> with the first round and quarter-finals. Play starts at 4pm BST (11am local) on Arthur Ashe Stadium and 3pm BST (10am local) on Louis Armstrong Stadium. <\/p>\n The semi-finals and final will headline a special night session on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday 26 August, starting at midnight BST (7pm local). <\/p>\n The qualifying takes place on Monday 24 August on Grandstand. <\/p>\n What is the draw? <\/p>\n Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic (1) vs Leylah Fernandez and Frances Tiafoe (Arthur Ashe) <\/p>\n Elina Svitolina vs Gael Monfils vs Alexandra Eala and Felix Auger-Aliassime (Louis Armstrong) <\/p>\n Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli (4) vs Taylor Townsend and Alexander Zverev (Arthur Ashe) <\/p>\n Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz vs Qualifer\/Qualifier (Arthur Ashe) <\/p>\n Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik vs Qualifier\/Qualifier (Louis Armstrong) <\/p>\n Emma Navarro and Tommy Paul vs Amanda Anisimova and Learner Tien (3) (Louis Armstrong) <\/p>\n Mirra Andreeva and Andrey Rublev vs Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori (Louis Armstrong) <\/p>\n Diana Shnaider and Casper Ruud vs Jessica Pegula and Taylor Fritz (2) (Louis Armstrong) <\/p>\n Qualifying pairs <\/p>\n Katerina Siniakova and Henry Patten <\/p>\n Gabriela Dabrowski and Harri Heliovaara <\/p>\n Luisa Stefani and Neal Skupski <\/p>\n Aleksandra Krunic and Mate Pavic <\/p>\n Kristina Mladenovic and Marcelo Arevalo <\/p>\n Erin Routliffe and Lloyd Glasspool <\/p>\n Peyton Stearns and Christian Harrison<\/p>\n Tatjana Maria and Valentin Vacherot<\/p>\n What is the format? <\/p>\n For every match up to the final, matches will be best-of-3 sets, with sets to four games and a 10-point tie-break instead of a third set. <\/p>\n For the final, it will be a traditional set to six games and a 10-point tie-break instead of a third set. <\/p>\n All matches will have sudden death deuce. <\/p>\n Prize money <\/p>\n Round 1 (qualifying) <\/strong>– $10,000<\/p>\n Round 2 (qualifying) <\/strong>– $20,000<\/p>\n Round 1 (main draw) <\/strong>– $40,000<\/p>\n Quarter-finals <\/strong>– $120,000<\/p>\n Semi-finals <\/strong>– $250,000<\/p>\n Finalist <\/strong>– \u00a3500,000<\/p>\n Winner <\/strong>– $1,000,000<\/p>\n Where can I watch it? <\/p>\n Matches in the United Kingdom will be broadcast on Sky Sports Tennis<\/strong>. <\/p>\n In the United States, ESPN2 will present live coverage, with the final on ESPN and ESPN+. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1166782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4105],"tags":[244222,26344,47671,46747,44888,23810,185751,2199,125555,316724,8501,1115,273142,457,2249,770,244870,93,79,1068,256049,108655,16,15,315047,659,316723,11911],"class_list":["post-1166781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-andrea-vavassori","tag-casper-ruud","tag-color-image","tag-grand-slam","tag-horizontal","tag-iga-swiatek","tag-international-tennis-federation","tag-italy","tag-mixed-doubles","tag-mixed-gender-sports","tag-new-york-city","tag-norway","tag-open-competition","tag-people","tag-photography","tag-poland","tag-sara-errani","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-three-quarter-length","tag-two-people","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-us-open-tennis-championships","tag-usa","tag-usta-national-tennis-center","tag-wta-tour"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117151065754661931","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1166781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1166782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1166781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1166781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1166781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Carlos](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/22160547-aff37327-1d38-4e86-b215-536db96bc3d6.jpg\")
Carlos Alcaraz, left, will partner Serena Williams at Flushing Meadows (John Walton\/Andrew Matthews\/PA)<\/p>\n![\"Sara](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2231329538...jpeg\")
Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori won last year\u2019s new-look mixed doubles event (Getty)<\/p>\n