One of the premier Grand Slam tournaments continues this week. The US Open will complete the qualifying rounds and advance to the next stage of the tournament. Furthermore, the Men’s Singles event began with the qualifying rounds, followed by the first round. The Women’s Singles also followed the same format. In mixed doubles, the qualifying rounds, round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals have been completed. Moreover, the Mixed Doubles event also concluded with the final match. The final featured Karolína Muchová and Jakub Menšík, who defeated Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli.
Previous US Open Title Challengers
Men’s Singles
August 24, 2026
Round
Match
Results
Qualifiers
Kyrian Jacquet vs Lautaro Midon
6-4, 6-3
Qualifiers
Joel Schwaerzler vs Gustavo Heide
2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Qualifiers
Guy Den Ouden vs Genaro Alberto Olivieri
7-5, 4-6, 5-7
Qualifiers
Federico Agustin Gomez vs Aziz Dougaz
4-6, 2-6
Qualifiers
Spencer Johnson vs Cristian Garín
6(5)-7(7), 6-4, 6(9)-7(11)
Qualifiers
Juan Carlos Prado Angelo vs Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera
2-6, 7-5, 0-6
Qualifiers
Luka Pavlovic vs Juan Pablo Varillas
6-3, 6(3)-7(7), 7-5
Qualifiers
Mark Lajal vs Jordan Lee
6-4, 3-6, 3-6
Qualifiers
Titouan Droguet vs Daniel Rincon
6-2, 4-6, 6(1)-7(10)
Qualifiers
Diego Dedura vs Frederico Ferreira Silva
5-7, 2-6
August 25, 2026
Round
Match
Results
Qualifiers
Henrique Rocha vs Michael Mmoh
7-5, 6-4
Qualifiers
Clement Chidekh vs Federico Coria
6-2, 6-2
Qualifiers
Arthur Gea vs Sumit Nagal
6-3, 7(7)-6(4)
Qualifiers
Alex Bolt vs Pablo Llamas Ruiz
6(3)-7(7), 5-7
Qualifiers
Bernard Tomic vs Lloyd Harris
2-6, 7-5, 2-6
Qualifiers
Luka Mikrut vs Nikolas Sánchez Izquierdo
6-3, 6-4
Qualifiers
Shintaro Mochizuki vs Daniel Milavsky
7(7)-6(5), 6-4
Qualifiers
Laslo Djere vs Alexandre Müller
5-7, 0-6
Qualifiers
Jay Clarke vs Rei Sakamoto
6-4, 3-6, 4-6
Qualifiers
Pol Martin Tiffon vs Tom Gentzsch
5-7, 3-6
Qualifiers
Stefano Napolitano vs Mackenzie McDonald
4-6, 5-7
Qualifiers
Otto Virtanen vs Ugo Blanchet
6-4, 6-4
Qualifiers
Coleman Wong vs Elmer Møller
5-7, 6-3, 6-4
Qualifiers
Lukas Neumayer vs James Mccabe
6-1, 6-4
Qualifiers
Francesco Passaro vs Felix Gill
7(7)-6(3), 6-2
Qualifiers
Gonzalo Bueno vs Billy Harris
1-6, 3-6
Qualifiers
Toby Samuel vs Francesco Maestrelli
6(2)-7(7), 6-3, 6-1
Qualifiers
Remy Bertola vs Alejandro Moro Canas
6-3, 6-4
Qualifiers
Andrea Guerrieri vs August Holmgren
6-3, 6(4)-7(7), 6-2
Qualifiers
Franco Roncadelli vs Elias Ymer
4-6, 3-6
August 26, 2026
Round
Match
Results
Qualifiers
Nicolás Mejía vs Liam Draxl
4-6, 7(7)-6(5), 4-6
Qualifiers
Secord, Jack vs Tristan Schoolkate
3-6, 2-6
Qualifiers
Hong Seong-chan vs Nikoloz Basilashvili
6-3, 7(7)-6(1)
Qualifiers
Taro Daniel vs Andrew Johnson
6-2, 2-6, 4-6
Qualifiers
Luca Nardi vs Federico Cinà
4-6, 0-3
Qualifiers
Kolar, Zdenek vs Borna Gojo
1-6, 4-6
Qualifiers
Stefanos Sakellaridis vs Christopher O’Connell
3-6, 3-6
Qualifiers
Zsombor Piros vs Max Alcala Gurri
6-2, 6-1
Qualifiers
Frederico Ferreira Silva vs Jurij Rodionov
2-6, 6-3, 1-6
Qualifiers
Jacob Fearnley vs Luka Pavlovic
6-4, 6(4)-7(7), 6-4
Qualifiers
Kyrian Jacquet vs Aziz Dougaz
4-6, 6-4, 4-6
Qualifiers
Daniel Rincon vs Jordan Lee
6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Qualifiers
Genaro Alberto Olivieri vs Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera
3-6, 1-6
Qualifiers
Andrea Guerrieri vs Joel Schwaerzler
3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Qualifiers
Vilius Gaubas vs Marco Cecchinato
6-4, 6-3
Qualifiers
Coleman Wong vs Lukas Neumayer
6-3, 6-3
Qualifiers
Timofey Skatov vs Grigor Dimitrov
6(5)-7(7), 4-6
Qualifiers
Remy Bertola vs Harry Wendelken
7-5, 6(4)-7(7), 4-6
Qualifiers
Thiago Seyboth Wild vs Mackenzie McDonald
4-6, 4-6
August 27, 2026
Round
Match
Results
Qualifiers
Vitaliy Sachko vs Pablo Llamas Ruiz
2-6, 6-4, 6(11)-7(13)
Qualifiers
Hugo Gaston vs Andre Ilagan
6-1, 6-3
Qualifiers
Kei Nishikori vs Michael Antonius
6-4, 6-4
Qualifiers
Henrique Rocha vs Lloyd Harris
6-2, 2-6, 6(10)-7(12)
Qualifiers
Zsombor Piros vs Daniil Glinka
6-3, 5-7, 6-4
Qualifiers
Rei Sakamoto vs Alexandre Müller
6-3, 6-3
Qualifiers
Tristan Schoolkate vs Hong Seong-chan
6-4, 7(8)-6(6)
Qualifiers
Yunchaokete Bu vs Borna Gojo
6-4, 6-4
Qualifiers
Luka Mikrut vs Nishesh Basavareddy
2-6, 4-6
Qualifiers
Francesco Passaro vs Tom Gentzsch
7(7)-6(4), 6-4
Qualifiers
Shintaro Mochizuki vs Braden Shick
6-4, 6-1
Qualifiers
Dalibor Svrcina vs Alexis Galarneau
7(7)-6(3), 6-2
Qualifiers
Arthur Gea vs Clement Chidekh
6-4, 6(4)-7(7), 6-2
Women’s Singles
August 24, 2026
Round
Match
Results
Qualifiers
Mia Ristic vs Ayana Akli
6-3, 1-6, 6-4
Qualifiers
Anouk Koevermans vs Carole Monnet
6-4, 7(7)-6(4)
Qualifiers
Linda Klimovicova vs Lisa Pigato
6-3, 6-3
Qualifiers
Madison Brengle vs Anastasia Gasanova
6-4, 6-1
Qualifiers
Elina Avanesyan vs Andrea Lazaro Garcia
3-6, 6(3)-7(7)
Qualifiers
Kayla Day vs Julieta Pareja
3-6, 1-6
Qualifiers
Rebecca Marino vs Fiona Ferro
6-1, 6-4
Qualifiers
Rebecca Šramková vs Alevtina Ibragimova
2-6, 4-6
Qualifiers
Erika Andreeva vs Mariam Bolkvadze
4-6, 6(5)-7(7)
Qualifiers
Qinwen Zheng vs You Xiaodi
6-3, 6-2
Qualifiers
Clara Burel vs YeXin Ma
6-4, 6-2
August 25, 2026
Round
Match
Results
Qualifiers
Martyna Kubka vs Annika Penickova
6(5)-7(7), 6-4, 6-2
Qualifiers
Anna Sisková vs Noma Noha Akugue
1-6, 6-4, 7-5
Qualifiers
Viktória Hrunčáková vs Julia Riera
6-3, 6-4
Qualifiers
Elizabeth Mandlik vs Kristina Penickova
5-7, 2-6
Qualifiers
Jodie Anna Burrage vs Guiomar Maristany
6(1)-7(7), 4-6
Qualifiers
Lucie Havlickova vs Elizara Yaneva
6-2, 7-5
Qualifiers
Laura Samson vs Tamara Zidanšek
7(7)-6(5), 4-6, 5-7
Qualifiers
Eva Vedder vs Bianca Andreescu
1-6, 2-6
Qualifiers
Gabriela Andrea Knutson vs Varvara Lepchenko
6-1, 7-5
Qualifiers
Ekaterine Gorgodze vs Katarzyna Kawa
3-6, 7(7)-6(2), 6-2
Qualifiers
Laura Pigossi vs Despina Papamichail
5-7, 2-6
Qualifiers
Savannah Broadus vs Tyra Caterina Grant
2-6, 4-6
Qualifiers
Carson Branstine vs Clervie Ngounoue
6-2, 7(7)-6(3)
Qualifiers
Polina Kudermetova vs Linda Fruhvirtova
1-6, 3-6
Qualifiers
Robin Montgomery vs Kayla Cross
6-1, 6-1
Qualifiers
Jazmin Ortenzi vs Himeno Sakatsume
3-6, 1-6
Qualifiers
Greet Minnen vs Jeline Vandromme
1-6, 3-6
Qualifiers
Angela Fita Boluda vs Zhu Lin
6-4, 7(9)-6(7)
Qualifiers
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva vs Francisca Jorge
3-6, 3-6
Qualifiers
Claire Liu vs Heather Watson
6-4, 2-6, 4-6
Qualifiers
Polina Iatcenko vs Julie Struplova
6-2, 6-1
August 26, 2026
Round
Match
Results
Qualifiers
Dalma Gálfi vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich
6(5)-7(7), 3-6
Qualifiers
Vendula Valdmannova vs María Lourdes Carlé
6-3, 6-3
Qualifiers
Yue Yuan vs Guo Hanyu
6-2, 6-4
Qualifiers
Elvina Kalieva vs Kristina Mladenovic
6-2, 1-6, 6-1
Qualifiers
Sofia Costoulas vs Jennifer Ruggeri
7-5, 6-4
Qualifiers
Darja Semenistaja vs Hayu Kinoshita
6-2, 7-5
Qualifiers
Whitney Osuigwe vs Mona Barthel
3-6, 5-7
Qualifiers
Joanna Garland vs Leyre Romero Gormaz
4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Qualifiers
Darya Astakhova vs Marina Bassols Ribera
6-4, 6(0)-7(7), 3-6
Qualifiers
Kristina Liutova vs Tatiana Prozorova
6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Qualifiers
Lucia Bronzetti vs Polina Iatcenko
2-6, 6-3, 3-6
Qualifiers
Mai Hontama vs Andrea Lazaro Garcia
7-5, 6(6)-7(8), 1-6
Qualifiers
Robin Montgomery vs Jeline Vandromme
7-5, 6-3
Qualifiers
Madison Brengle vs Lucrezia Stefanini
2-6, 3-6
Qualifiers
Dominika Salkova vs Gabriela Andrea Knutson
3-6, 1-6
Qualifiers
Kristina Penickova vs Harriet Dart
7-5, 0-6, 3-6
Qualifiers
Susan Bandecchi vs Viktória Hrunčáková
6-3, 6-2
August 27, 2026
Round
Match
Results
Qualifiers
Katie Swan vs Mary Stoiana
7(7)-6(5), 3-6, 3-6
Qualifiers
Kristina Liutova vs Lola Radivojevic
6-2, 5-7, 6-4
Qualifiers
Yue Yuan vs Julia Avdeeva
6-3, 6-2
Qualifiers
Priscilla Hon vs Joanna Garland
3-6, 4-6
Qualifiers
Francesca Jones vs Mona Barthel
7(7)-6(3), 1-6, 6-2
Qualifiers
Darja Semenistaja vs Alexandra Shubladze
7(7)-6(5), 6-4
Qualifiers
Vendula Valdmannova vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich
5-7, 6-3, 6-1
Qualifiers
Nao Hibino vs Anna Sisková
6-4, 6-2
Qualifiers
Tamara Zidanšek vs Guiomar Maristany
7-5, 6-3
Qualifiers
Heather Watson vs Angela Fita Boluda
6-4, 5-7, 7(10)-6(5)
Qualifiers
Bianca Andreescu vs Veronika Podrez
6-0, 6-3
Qualifiers
Arantxa Rus vs Suzan Lamens
6-3, 6-4
Qualifiers
Moyuka Uchijima vs Lucie Havlickova
2-6, 6-2, 6(6)-7(10)
First Round Selected Match Schedules
Men’s Singles
Match
Date
Time Zone (ET)
Time Zone (PT)
Time Zone (IST)
Location
Félix Auger-Aliassime vs Rinky Hijikata
August 30, 2026
11:00 AM
08:00 AM
08:30 PM
USTA Billie Jean King NTC (New York, NY)
Alexander Zverev vs Lorenzo Sonego
August 30, 2026
11:00 AM
08:00 AM
08:30 PM
USTA Billie Jean King NTC (New York, NY)
Mariano Navone vs Novak Djokovic
August 30, 2026
11:00 AM
08:00 AM
08:30 PM
USTA Billie Jean King NTC (New York, NY)
Roman Safiullin vs Carlos Alcaraz
August 31, 2026
11:00 AM
08:00 AM
08:30 PM
USTA Billie Jean King NTC (New York, NY)
Women’s Singles
Match
Date
Time Zone (ET)
Time Zone (PT)
Time Zone (IST)
Location
Iga Świątek vs Wang Xiyu
August 30 or 31, 2026
11:00 AM
08:00 AM
08:30 PM
USTA Billie Jean King NTC (New York, NY)
Aryna Sabalenka vs Camila Osorio
August 30, 2026
11:00 AM
08:00 AM
08:30 PM
USTA Billie Jean King NTC (New York, NY)
Zeynep Sönmez vs Coco Gauff
August 30 or 31, 2026
11:00 AM
08:00 AM
08:30 PM
USTA Billie Jean King NTC (New York, NY)
Thea Frodin vs Elena Rybakina
August 30, 2026
11:00 AM
08:00 AM
08:30 PM
USTA Billie Jean King NTC (New York, NY)
Pivotal Players Matches
Men’s Singles
Roman Safiullin vs Carlos Alcaraz
Date: August 31, 2026 (Monday)
Time: 11:00 AM ET|08:00 AM PT|08:30 PM IST
Venue: USTA Billie Jean King NTC (New York, NY)
Grand Slam Titles Won
Roman Safiullin- zero Grand Slam Singles Titles.
Carlos Alcaraz- seven Grand Slam Singles Titles.
Players’ Analysis
This year, Roman Safiullin competed at Wimbledon. Safiullin defeated James McCabe in the Wimbledon qualifiers. He also faced Kimmer Coppejans and Jérôme Kym in the other qualifying rounds. Later, Roman Safiullin advanced through the rounds at Wimbledon. Safiullin claimed a win over Andrey Rublev in the first round of Wimbledon. He advanced to the second and third rounds, defeating Botic van de Zandschulp and Joao Fonseca. Roman Safiullin suffered a defeat to Novak Djokovic in the Round of 16 by a score of 6(6)-7(8), 3-6, 6-3, 3-6. Now, Roman Safiullin will look to challenge Carlos Alcaraz in the upcoming clash.
Conversely, Carlos Alcaraz will return to the US Open. In the US Open Mixed Doubles event, Alcaraz and Serena Williams defeated Lloyd Glasspool and Erin Routliffe. This victory highlights his strong form. Carlos Alcaraz and Serena Williams lost to Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli in the quarter-finals. Carlos Alcaraz will look to earn a victory in the first round of the US Open.
The Pick: Carlos Alcaraz
Women’s Singles
Aryna Sabalenka vs Camila Osorio
Date: August 30, 2026 (Sunday)
Time: 11:00 AM ET|08:00 AM PT|08:30 PM IST
Venue: USTA Billie Jean King NTC (New York, NY)
Grand Slam Titles Won
Aryna Sabalenka – four Grand Slam Singles Titles.
Camila Osorio- zero Grand Slam Singles Titles.
Players’ Analysis
Aryna Sabalenka played in the US Open this year. She has shown mixed form in her recent matches. Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic lost to Henry Patten and Kateřina Siniaková in the US Open Round of 16. The defeat will motivate Sabalenka to improve her serving performance in the upcoming match. Additionally, Sabalenka will aim to make a strong start to her US Open campaign and improve her WTA rankings.
In contrast, Camila Osorio will enter the first round of the 2026 US Open. She is a rising star and competitive challenger on the WTA Tour. This year, Camila Osorio suffered a defeat to Ann Li in the Round of 32 at the Monterrey Open. Osorio has struggled with consistency throughout the year. Camila Osorio will face stronger contender Aryan Sabalenka in the opening round of the US Open.
The Pick: Aryna Sabalenka
Closing Remarks
The US Open 2026 started with plenty of excitement, as it is one of the Grand Slam tournaments. Recently, the Mixed Doubles event ended, and the champion was crowned. Meanwhile, the US Open doubles event will take place in the coming stages of the tournament. The remaining singles events will feature several notable head-to-head clashes in both men’s and women’s draws. The players will aim to reach the second round of the US Open.