2018 US Open (tennis)

2018 US Open
2018 US Open
Date	August 27 – September 9
Edition	138th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw	128S/64D/32X
Prize money	$53,000,000
Surface	Hard
Location	New York City, New York, United States
Venue	USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
2017 Champions
Men's singles
	Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
	Sloane Stephens
Men's doubles
	Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău
Women's doubles
	Latisha Chan / Martina Hingis
Mixed doubles
	Martina Hingis / Jamie Murray
Wheelchair men's singles
	Stéphane Houdet
Wheelchair women's singles
	Yui Kamiji
Wheelchair quad singles
	David Wagner
Wheelchair men's doubles
	Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's doubles
	Marjolein Buis / Diede de Groot
Wheelchair quad doubles
	Andrew Lapthorne / David Wagner
Boys' singles
	Wu Yibing
Girls' singles
	Amanda Anisimova
Boys' doubles
	Hsu Yu-hsiou / Wu Yibing
Girls' doubles
	Olga Danilović / Marta Kostyuk
Men's champions invitational
	John McEnroe / Patrick McEnroe
Women's champions invitational
	Kim Clijsters / Martina Navratilova

The 2018 US Open will be the 138th edition of tennis' US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It will be held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. This will be the last Grand Slam to have 32 seeds with the format reverting to 16 seeds in 2019.^[1]

Rafael Nadal and Sloane Stephens are the previous year's men's and women's singles champions.

Tournament

Arthur Ashe Stadium before the retractable roof was installed and where the finals of the US Open will take place

The 2018 US Open will be the 138th edition of the tournament and will take place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park of Queens in New York City, New York, United States. The tournament will be held on 14 DecoTurf hard courts.

The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2018 ATP World Tour and the 2018 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament will consist of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There are also singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which are part of the Grade A category of tournaments. Additionally, there are singles and doubles wheelchair tennis events for men, women and quads.

The tournament is played on hard courts and takes place over a series of 15 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the two existing main showcourts – Arthur Ashe Stadium and the new Grandstand. The brand new Louis Armstrong Stadium will be ready for the 2018 tournament replaced the temporary stadium on the same site from the 2017 edition.

Broadcast

In the United States, the 2018 US Open will be the fourth year in a row under an 11-year, $825 million contract with ESPN, in which the broadcaster holds exclusive rights to the entire tournament and the US Open Series. This means that the tournament is not available on broadcast television. This also makes ESPN the exclusive U.S. broadcaster for three of the four tennis majors.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's Singles	2000	1200	720	360	180	90	45	10	25	16	8	0
Men's Doubles		1200	720	360	180	90	0	—	—	—	—	—
Women's Singles		1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Women's Doubles		1300	780	430	240	130	10	—	—	—	—	—

Wheelchair

Event	W	F	SF/3rd	QF/4th
Singles	800	500	375	100
Doubles	800	500	100	—
Quad Singles	800	500	375	100
Quad Doubles	800	100	—	—

Junior

Girls' Singles	375	270	180	120	75	30	25	20
Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3
Boys' Singles	375	270	180	120	75	30	25	20
Boys' Doubles	270	180	120	75	45	—	—	—
Girls' Doubles	270	180	120	75	45	—	—	—

Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who have withdrawn from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of August 20, 2018. Rank and points before are as of August 27, 2018.

Men's Singles

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Rafael Nadal	10,040	2,000	10	8,050	First round vs. David Ferrer
2	2	Roger Federer	7,080	360	10	6,730	First round vs. Yoshihito Nishioka [PR]
3	3	Juan Martín del Potro	5,500	720	10	4,790	First round vs. [Q]
4	4	Alexander Zverev	4,845	45	10	4,810	First round vs. [Q]
5	5	Kevin Anderson	4,615	1,200	10	3,425	First round vs. Ryan Harrison
6	6	Novak Djokovic	4,445	0	10	4,455	First round vs. Márton Fucsovics
7	7	Marin Čilić	4,445	90	10	4,365	First round vs. Marius Copil
8	8	Grigor Dimitrov	3,790	45	10	3,755	First round vs. Stan Wawrinka [WC]
9	9	Dominic Thiem	3,485	180	10	3,315	First round vs. Mirza Bašić
10	10	David Goffin	3,435	180	10	3,265	First round vs. [Q]
11	11	John Isner	3,200	90	10	3,120	First round vs. Bradley Klahn [WC]
12	12	Pablo Carreño Busta		720	10		First round vs. Malek Jaziri
13	13	Diego Schwartzman	2,380	360	10	2,030	First round vs. Federico Delbonis
14	14	Fabio Fognini	2,190	10	10	2,190	First round vs. Michael Mmoh [WC]
15	15	Stefanos Tsitsipas	2,042	(125)^†	10	1,927	First round vs. [Q]
16	16	Kyle Edmund	1,935	90	10	1,855	First round vs. Paolo Lorenzi
17	17	Lucas Pouille	1,915	180	10	1,745	First round vs. [Q]
18	18	Jack Sock	1,815	10	10	1,815	First round vs. Guido Andreozzi
19	22	Roberto Bautista Agut	1,650	90	10	1,570	First round vs. Jason Kubler [WC]
20	20	Borna Ćorić	1,735	90	10	1,655	First round vs. Florian Mayer
21	19	Kei Nishikori	1,755	0	10	1,765	First round vs. Maximilian Marterer
22	21	Marco Cecchinato	1,734	(48)^†	10	1,696	First round vs. Julien Benneteau
23	23	Chung Hyeon	1,630	45	10	1,595	First round vs. Ričardas Berankis
24	27	Damir Džumhur	1,475	90	10	1,395	First round vs. Dušan Lajović
25	24	Milos Raonic	1,575	0	10	1,585	First round vs. Jared Donaldson
26	25	Richard Gasquet	1,535	10	10	1,535	First round vs. Yūichi Sugita
27	26	Karen Khachanov	1,525	10	10	1,525	First round vs. Albert Ramos Viñolas
28		Denis Shapovalov	1,385	205	10	1,190	First round vs. [Q]
29		Adrian Mannarino	1,365	90	10	1,285	First round vs. Frances Tiafoe
30		Nick Kyrgios	1,345	10	10	1,345	First round vs. Radu Albot
31		Fernando Verdasco	1,330	45	10	1,295	First round vs. Feliciano López
32		Filip Krajinović	1,314	(29)+(33)^†	10+20	1,282	First round vs. Matthew Ebden

†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017, but is defending points from one or more 2017 ATP Challenger Tour tournaments.

Women's Singles

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Simona Halep	8,061	10	10	8,061	First round vs. Kaia Kanepi
2	2	Caroline Wozniacki	5,975	70	10	5,915	First round vs. Samantha Stosur
3	3	Sloane Stephens	5,482	2,000	10	3,492	First round vs. Evgeniya Rodina
4	4	Angelique Kerber	5,305	10	10	5,305	First round vs. Margarita Gasparyan [PR]
5	5	Petra Kvitová		430	10		First round vs. Yanina Wickmayer
6	6	Caroline Garcia	4,725	240	10	4,495	First round vs. Johanna Konta
7	7	Elina Svitolina	4,555	240	10	4,325	First round vs. Sachia Vickery
8		Karolína Plíšková	4,105	430	10	3,685	First round vs. Zarina Diyas
9		Julia Görges		240	10		First round vs. TBD [Q]
10	10	Jeļena Ostapenko	3,787	130	10	3,667	First round vs. Andrea Petkovic
11	11	Daria Kasatkina	3,525	240	10	3,295	First round vs. Tímea Babos
12	12	Garbiñe Muguruza	3,500	240	10	3,270	First round vs. Zhang Shuai
13	13	Kiki Bertens	3,260	10	10	3,260	First round vs. Kristýna Plíšková
14	14	Madison Keys	3,212	1,300	10	1,922	First round vs. Pauline Parmentier
15	15	Elise Mertens	2,940	10	10	2,940	First round vs. Kurumi Nara
16	16	Venus Williams	2,841	780	10	2,071	First round vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova [WC]
17^†		Serena Williams	1,676	0	10	1,686	First round vs. Magda Linette
18	17	Ashleigh Barty	2,740	130	10	2,620	First round vs. TBD [Q]
19	18	Anastasija Sevastova	2,250	430	10	1,830	First round vs. Donna Vekić
20	19	Naomi Osaka	2,245	130	10	2,125	First round vs. Laura Siegemund [PR]
21		Mihaela Buzărnescu	2,068	40	10	2,038	First round vs. Markéta Vondroušová
22		Maria Sharapova	2,003	240	10	1,773	First round vs. TBD [Q]
23		Barbora Strýcová	1,930	70	10	1,870	First round vs. TBD [Q]
24		CoCo Vandeweghe	1,878	780	10	1,108	First round vs. Kirsten Flipkens
25	32	Daria Gavrilova	1,435	70	10	1,375	First round vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
26		Aryna Sabalenka		(60)^‡	10		First round vs. Danielle Collins
27	28	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1,585	10	10	1,585	First round vs. Rebecca Peterson
28	27	Anett Kontaveit	1,665	10	10	1,665	First round vs. Kateřina Siniaková
29	35	Dominika Cibulková	1,390	70	10	1,330	First round vs. TBD [Q]
30		Carla Suárez Navarro		240	10		First round vs. TBD [Q]
31	29	Magdaléna Rybáriková	1,540	130	10	1,420	First round vs. Wang Qiang
32	30	Maria Sakkari	1,514	130	10	1,394	First round vs. Asia Muhammad [WC]

† Serena Williams was ranked 26 on the day when seeds were announced. Nevertheless she was deemed a special case and seeded 17th by the organizers because she missed a significant portion of the last 12-month period due to pregnancy and maternity.
‡ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

Doubles seeds

Men's doubles

Team		Rank¹	Seed
Oliver Marach	Mate Pavić	5	1
Henri Kontinen	John Peers	9	2
Mike Bryan	Jack Sock	13	3
Jamie Murray	Bruno Soares	15	4
Juan Sebastián Cabal	Robert Farah	21	5
Jean-Julien Rojer	Horia Tecău	24	6
Łukasz Kubot	Marcelo Melo	27	7
Nikola Mektić	Alexander Peya	34	8
Raven Klaasen	Michael Venus	36	9
Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Nicolas Mahut	42	10
Feliciano López	Marc López	44	11
Ivan Dodig	Marcel Granollers	51	12
Ben McLachlan	Jan-Lennard Struff	53	13
Julio Peralta	Horacio Zeballos	63	14
Robin Haase	Matwé Middelkoop	63	15
Rohan Bopanna	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	64	16

¹Rankings as of August 20, 2018.

Women's doubles

Team		Rank¹	Seed
Barbora Krejčíková	Kateřina Siniaková	7	1
Tímea Babos	Kristina Mladenovic	9	2
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	Barbora Strýcová	17	3
Gabriela Dabrowski	Xu Yifan	21	4
Andreja Klepač	María José Martínez Sánchez	28	5
Lucie Hradecká	Ekaterina Makarova	32	6
Elise Mertens	Demi Schuurs	32	7
Nicole Melichar	Květa Peschke	33	8
Kiki Bertens	Johanna Larsson	39	9
Chan Hao-ching	Yang Zhaoxuan	43	10
Vania King	Katarina Srebotnik	64	11
Alicja Rosolska	Abigail Spears	64	12
Ashleigh Barty	CoCo Vandeweghe	66	13
Raquel Atawo	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	66	14
Irina-Camelia Begu	Monica Niculescu	70	15
Miyu Kato	Makoto Ninomiya	81	16

¹Rankings as of August 20, 2018.

Mixed doubles

Team		Rank¹	Seed
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			4
			5
			6
			7
			8

¹Rankings as of August 20, 2018.

Events

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Wild card entries

The following players will be given wildcards to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

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Qualifier entries

The qualifying competitions will take place at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on 21 – 24 August 2018.

Men's Singles

Women's Singles

Protected ranking

The following players will be accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Men's Singles

Women's Singles

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or for personal reasons.

Men's singles

Tomáš Berdych → replaced by Viktor Troicki
Alexandr Dolgopolov → replaced by Mikhail Youzhny
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe → replaced by Guido Andreozzi
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by James Duckworth

Women's singles

Catherine Bellis → replaced by Vania King
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by Caroline Dolehide
Peng Shuai → replaced by Natalia Vikhlyantseva
Elena Vesnina → replaced by Markéta Vondroušová

Notes

^ Winner of the USTA Boys' under-18 national tournament^[2]
^ Winner of the Men's USTA Wild Card Challenge^[2]^[3]
^ Recipient of the USTA's Grand Slam Reciprocal Wildcard Agreement with the Tennis Australia^[4]
^ ^a ^b Recipient of the USTA's Grand Slam Reciprocal Wildcard Agreement with the French Tennis Federation^[6]
^ Recipient of the USTA's Grand Slam Reciprocal Wildcard Agreement with the Tennis Australia^{[citation needed]}
^ Winner of the Women's USTA Wild Card Challenge^[2]^[7]
^ Winner of the USTA Girls' under-18 national tournament^[2]

References

^ Grand Slams planning to cut seeds from 32 back to 16 in 2019
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Asia Muhammad, Whitney Osuigwe, Jenson Brooksby Earn US Open Wild Cards". Tennis Tour Talk. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
^ "2018 US Open WC Challenge Standings" (PDF). United States Tennis Association. August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
^ "KUBLER AWARDED US OPEN WILDCARD". Tennis Australia. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Stan Wawrinka, Victoria Azarenka awarded 2018 US Open wild cards". US Open. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
^ "Corentin Moutet et Harmony Tan invités à Flushing Meadows" [Corentin Moutet and Harmony Tan invited to Flushing Meadows] (in French). Eurosport. July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
^ "2018 US Open WC Challenge Standings-Women" (PDF). United States Tennis Association. August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.

External links

Official website

Preceded by 2018 Wimbledon Championships	Grand Slams	Succeeded by 2019 Australian Open

[USTABoysU18-3] Winner of the USTA Boys' under-18 national tournament^[2]

[USTAMensWC-5] Winner of the Men's USTA Wild Card Challenge^[2]^[3]

[TennisAustraliaWC-7] Recipient of the USTA's Grand Slam Reciprocal Wildcard Agreement with the Tennis Australia^[4]

[FFTWC-10] Recipient of the USTA's Grand Slam Reciprocal Wildcard Agreement with the French Tennis Federation^[6]

[TennisAustraliaWC2-11] Recipient of the USTA's Grand Slam Reciprocal Wildcard Agreement with the Tennis Australia^{[citation needed]}

[USTAWomensWC-13] Winner of the Women's USTA Wild Card Challenge^[2]^[7]

[USTAGirlsU18-14] Winner of the USTA Girls' under-18 national tournament^[2]

[1] Grand Slams planning to cut seeds from 32 back to 16 in 2019

[Wildcard-2] "Asia Muhammad, Whitney Osuigwe, Jenson Brooksby Earn US Open Wild Cards". Tennis Tour Talk. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

[4] "2018 US Open WC Challenge Standings" (PDF). United States Tennis Association. August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.

[6] "KUBLER AWARDED US OPEN WILDCARD". Tennis Australia. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

[Additional_Wildcards-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Stan Wawrinka, Victoria Azarenka awarded 2018 US Open wild cards". US Open. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

[French_WC-9] "Corentin Moutet et Harmony Tan invités à Flushing Meadows" [Corentin Moutet and Harmony Tan invited to Flushing Meadows] (in French). Eurosport. July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.

[12] "2018 US Open WC Challenge Standings-Women" (PDF). United States Tennis Association. August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.

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