The new-look US Open<\/a> mixed doubles event starts on Tuesday, with Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> set to feature alongside Emma Raducanu<\/a> amongst a star-studded list of pairs. <\/p>\n New for 2025, the mixed doubles in New York<\/a> will be staged on the two biggest courts \u2013 Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong \u2013 over Tuesday 19 August and Wednesday 20 August. <\/p>\n As well as five-time Grand Slam winner Alcaraz and 2021 US Open<\/a> champion Raducanu, a host of other top names are competing alongside one another for the $1m champion prize – an increase of $800,000 from 2024. <\/p>\n The top-seeded pair features British No 1 Jack Draper<\/a> alongside Jessica Pegula \u2013 they face Alcaraz and Raducanu in the round-of-16. Novak Djokovic is also playing with Serbian compatriot Olga Danilovic, while Jannik Sinner<\/a> is due to play with Katerina Siniakova, less than a day after he withdrew from the Cincinnati Open final<\/a> against Alcaraz with illness. <\/p>\n Here’s all the key info ahead of the mixed doubles at the US Open:<\/strong><\/p>\n What is the order of play on Tuesday? <\/strong><\/p>\n ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM – 4pm BST start (11am local) <\/strong><\/p>\n Naomi Osaka\/Gael Monfils vs Caty McNally\/Lorenzo Musetti <\/p>\n Not before 5pm BST<\/strong><\/p>\n Iga Swiatek\/Casper Ruud (3) vs Madison Keys\/Frances Tiafoe <\/p>\n R2: TBC <\/p>\n Not before 7pm BST<\/strong><\/p>\n Jessica Pegula\/Jack Draper (1) vs Emma Raducanu\/Carlos Alcaraz <\/p>\n Olga Danilovic\/Novak Djokovic vs Mirra Andreeva\/Daniil Medvedev <\/p>\n R2: TBC <\/p>\n LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM – 4pm BST start (11am local) <\/strong><\/p>\n Sara Errani\/Andrea Vavassori vs Elena Rybakina\/Taylor Fritz (2) <\/p>\n Venus Williams\/Reilly Opelka vs Karolina Muchova\/Andrey Rublev <\/p>\n R2: TBC <\/p>\n Not before 6:30pm BST<\/strong><\/p>\n Taylor Townsend\/Ben Shelton vs Amanda Anisimova\/Holger Rune (4)<\/p>\n Katerina Siniakova\/Jannik Sinner vs Belinda Bencic\/Alexander Zverev <\/p>\n R2 TBC<\/p>\n When is the US Open mixed doubles event?<\/strong><\/p>\n The mixed doubles event takes place on Tuesday 19 August and Wednesday 20 August on the two biggest show courts at Flushing Meadows, Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong. <\/p>\n Matches start at 11am local time, that\u2019s 4pm BST<\/strong>. <\/p>\n Alcaraz and Raducanu\u2019s match against Draper and Pegula is scheduled third on Arthur Ashe on Tuesday, around 2pm local time – 7pm BST<\/strong>. <\/p>\n What is the format? <\/strong><\/p>\n Sixteen pairs will compete in the event, resulting in four rounds of competition. <\/p>\n The scoring system, until the final, will be best-of-three sets played to four games with sudden death deuce and a tie-break at 4-4, with a 10-point tiebreak instead of the third set if necessary. <\/p>\n The final will be the same, but with normal six-game sets instead. <\/p>\n How can I watch it? <\/strong><\/p>\n Viewers in the UK can watch the mixed doubles at the US Open live on Sky Sports Tennis. <\/p>\n The event is being streamed on ESPN in the United States. <\/p>\n What is the draw? <\/strong><\/p>\n The full 16-team field was decided by the top-8 singles rankings combined, and eight wildcard picks. <\/p>\n The draw is as follows: <\/p>\n Jessica Pegula\/Jack Draper (1) vs Emma Raducanu\/Carlos Alcaraz <\/p>\n Olga Danilovic\/Novak Djokovic vs Mirra Andreeva\/Daniil Medvedev <\/p>\n Iga Swiatek\/Casper Ruud (3) vs Madison Keys\/Frances Tiafoe <\/p>\n Naomi Osaka\/Gael Monfils vs Caty McNally\/Lorenzo Musetti <\/p>\n Katerina Siniakova\/Jannik Sinner vs Belinda Bencic\/Alexander Zverev <\/p>\n Taylor Townsend\/Ben Shelton vs Amanda Anisimova\/Holger Rune (4)<\/p>\n Venus Williams\/Reilly Opelka vs Karolina Muchova\/Andrey Rublev <\/p>\n Sara Errani\/Andrea Vavassori vs Elena Rybakina\/Taylor Fritz (2) <\/p>\n What is the prize money per team? <\/strong><\/p>\n Winners – $1m <\/p>\n Runner-up – $400,000<\/p>\n Semi-finals \u2013 $200,000<\/p>\n Quarter-finals – $100,000<\/p>\n Round-of-16 – $20,000<\/p>\n TOTAL: $2.36m<\/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":3,"featured_media":158300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[62,1464,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-158299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115055273189817624","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Carlos](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/17223815-df4c3c40-525c-499a-b03d-639ed01fdb12.jpg\")
Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu will pair up in New York (PA)<\/p>\n