Grand Slam tennis is back for one last instalment of the year, and there is something very different about the feel of this one. <\/p>\n
The world\u2019s elite converge on New York, New York for the US Open<\/a>, but many of the top-ranked players across the men\u2019s and women\u2019s game have arrived a week early. <\/p>\n Why? For the revamped mixed doubles event, that has attracted the biggest names in the sport to join forces in a brand new format designed to excite fans with all-star teams and matches ahead of the calendar year\u2019s last major tournament. <\/p>\n That has not been without controversy, however, with the defending champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori putting out a joint statement back in February that called the new format a \u201cprofound injustice\u201d, before saying, “Making decisions just following the logic of profit is profoundly wrong in some situations.\u201d<\/p>\n British No1s Jack Draper<\/a> and Emma Raducanu<\/a> faced on in the first round on Thursday with the former cruising to a straight-set win alongside American partner Jessica Pegula to send Carlos Alcaraz home early.<\/p>\n Draper and Pegula returned to book their place in the semi-finals as they thrashed Daniil Medvedev and Mirra Andreeva – conquerors of Novak Djokovic and Olga Danilovic – 4-1 4-1. The pair will face Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud in Wednesday’s semi-final, with the final to be played later the same day.<\/p>\n US Open 2025 mixed doubles order of play<\/strong><\/p>\n Arthur Arthur Stadium (12am BST start)<\/p>\n Semi-final 1:<\/strong> Pegula (USA) and Draper (GBR) vs Swiatek (POL) and Ruud (NOR)<\/p>\n Semi-final 2: <\/strong>Collins (USA) and Harrison (USA) vs Errani (ITA) and Vavassori (ITA)<\/p>\n When is Jack Draper playing? <\/strong><\/p>\n Draper and Pegula will take to the court in their semi-final match on Wednesday, August 19, 2025. <\/p>\n They face Swiatek and Ruud, who brushed aside Madison Keys and Frances Tiafoe before defeating Caty McNally and Lorenzo Musetti to reach the last four.<\/p>\n That semi-final is scheduled first on Arthur Ashe Stadium, with a start time of 7pm ET (midnight BST into Thursday).<\/p>\n Should Draper and Pegula get through the third seeds, they could face either defending champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori or American duo Danielle Collins and Christian Harrison, who replaced Jannik Sinner and Katerina Siniakova at the last minute, in the final later on Wednesday evening. <\/p>\n What is the match format? <\/strong><\/p>\n The layout of the matches will be slightly different than a traditional best-of-three, first to six games encounter. <\/p>\n Here, while the match will still be best-of-three, the sets will be shorter, played to four games rather than the usual six, with no advantages (sudden-death deuce), and a tiebreak if scores are tied at 4-4. <\/p>\n A ten-point championship tiebreak will be played if the pairs are level at one set all. <\/p>\n The winning pair will receive $1million (\u00a3736,880), while the beaten finalists will take home $400,000 (\u00a3294,729). <\/p>\n Semi-finalists will receive $200,000 (\u00a3147,364), and those that make it to the last eight will pocket $100,000 (\u00a373,682). <\/p>\n A first-round exit will generate $20,000 (\u00a314,736) per pair. <\/p>\n US Open mixed doubles 2025 pairings <\/strong><\/p>\n Which stars joined forces? Any surprise duos? <\/p>\n Jessica Pegula & Jack Draper<\/p>\n Iga Swiatek & Casper Ruud<\/p>\n Elena Rybakina & Taylor Fritz<\/p>\n Amanda Anisimova & Holger Rune<\/p>\n Belinda Bencic & Alexander Zverev<\/p>\n Mirra Andreeva & Daniil Medvedev<\/p>\n Caty McNally & Lorenzo Musetti<\/p>\n Emma Raducanu & Carlos Alcaraz<\/p>\n Madison Keys & Frances Tiafoe<\/p>\n Olga Danilovic & Novak Djokovic<\/p>\n Taylor Townsend & Ben Shelton<\/p>\n Sara Errani & Andrea Vavassori<\/p>\n Venus Williams & Reilly Opelka<\/p>\n Karolina Muchova & Andrey Rublev<\/p>\n Naomi Osaka & Gael Monfils<\/p>\n Danielle Collins & Christian Harrison<\/p>\n Who is seeded? How did they decide who was seeded? <\/p>\n There are four top seeds in the draw, with the seedings decided upon combined singles\u2019 ranking. <\/p>\n Draper and Pegula are the top seeds – with the Briton ranked world No5, and Pegula sitting at world No4. <\/p>\n Second was home favourite Taylor Fritz, last year\u2019s beaten men\u2019s singles finalist, and he partnered Elena Rybakina, the former Wimbledon champion.<\/p>\n Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud are the third seeds, while Holger Rune and Amanada Anisimova completed the top four. <\/p>\n Full US Open mixed doubles first round results<\/strong><\/p>\n Jack Draper (GBR) & Jessica Pegula (USA) bt Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) & Emma Raducanu (GBR) – 4-2, 4-2 <\/p>\n Mirra Andreeva & Daniil Medvedev bt Olga Danilovic & Novak Djokovic (Srb) – 4-2, 5-3<\/p>\n Casper Ruud (Nor) & Iga Swiatek (Pol) bt Madison Keys & Frances Tiafoe (USA) – 4-1, 4-2<\/p>\n Caty McNally (USA) & Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) bt Gael Monfils (Fra) & Naomi Osaka (Jpn) – 5-3, 4-2<\/p>\n Danielle Collins (USA) & Christian Harrison (USA) bt Belinda Bencic (Sui) & Alexander Zverev (Ger) – 4-0, 5-3<\/p>\n Ben Shelton & Taylor Townsend (USA) bt Amanda Anisimova (USA) & Holger Rune (Den) – 4-2, 5-4(2)<\/p>\n Karolina Muchova (Cze) & Andrey Rublev bt Reilly Opelka & Venus Williams (USA) – 4-2, 5-4(4)<\/p>\n Sara Errani & Andrea Vavassori (Ita) bt Taylor Fritz (USA) & Elena Rybakina (Kaz) – 4-2, 4-2 <\/p>\n Jack Draper (GBR) & Jessica Pegula (USA) bt Mirra Andreeva & Daniil Medvedev – 4-1, 4-1 <\/p>\n Casper Ruud (Nor) & Iga Swiatek (Pol) bt Caty McNally (USA) & Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) – 4-1, 4-2 <\/p>\n Sara Errani & Andrea Vavassori (Ita) bt Karolina Muchova (Cze) & Andrey Rublev – 4-1, 5-4(4)<\/p>\n Danielle Collins (USA) & Christian Harrison (USA) bt Ben Shelton & Taylor Townsend (USA) – 4-1, 5-4(2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grand Slam tennis is back for one last instalment of the year, and there is something very different…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[6359,1070,5005,79,1068,16,15,5067],"class_list":{"0":"post-359065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","9":"tag-emma-raducanu","10":"tag-jack-draper","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-us-open"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115060358047277276","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359065","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=359065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}