US Open Moves to 15-day Schedule in 2025
Competition will begin on a Sunday for the first time in history
Posted On: January 30, 2025 By :The U.S. Open tennis tournament will move to a Sunday start for the first time in its history this year, the USTA has announced.
Competition at Flushing Meadows will now run for 15 days instead of 14, beginning on Sunday, August 24, and concluding on Sunday, September 7. The men’s and women’s singles first rounds will be played Sunday to Tuesday in 2025, with the Sunday start offering main-draw access for an additional 70,000-plus attendees.
Opening Sunday will have six new ticketed sessions available — day and night sessions for reserved seats in both Arthur Ashe Stadium and Louis Armstrong Stadium along with day session tickets for grandstand reserved and grounds admission.
In a statement, the USTA said, “No further adjustments to the singles main draw schedule after the first round are planned.” Under the old 14-day format, the tournament completed the opening round across three days until 2015, when it was cut back to two.
Fan Week, featuring six days of free grounds admission prior to the main draw, will begin August 18 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
The extra day puts the US Open on the same time table as the Australian Open, which switched its start from Monday to Sunday a year ago, and the French Open, which was the first tennis major to make the move when it added a 15th day in 2006.
The move leaves Wimbledon as the last Grand Slam event that begins on a Monday and has 14 days of play. The just-concluded Australian Open has set attendance records in both of its 15-day editions.
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