2022 US Open (tennis)
| 2022 US Open | |
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| Date | August 29 – September 11 |
| Edition | 142nd |
| Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
| Draw | 128S/32D |
| Prize money | $60,102,000 |
| Surface | Hard |
| Location | New York City, New York, United States |
| Venue | USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center |
| 2021 Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Daniil Medvedev | |
| Women's singles | |
 Emma Raducanu | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Samantha Stosur /  Zhang Shuai | |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Desirae Krawczyk / Joe Salisbury | |
| Wheelchair men's singles | |
 Shingo Kunieda | |
| Wheelchair women's singles | |
 Diede de Groot | |
| Wheelchair quad singles | |
| Dylan Alcott | |
| Wheelchair men's doubles | |
| Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid | |
| Wheelchair women's doubles | |
| Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot | |
| Wheelchair quad doubles | |
| Sam Schröder / Niels Vink | |
| Boys' singles | |
 Daniel Rincón | |
| Girls' singles | |
| Robin Montgomery | |
| Boys' doubles | |
 Max Westphal /  Coleman Wong | |
| Girls' doubles | |
| Ashlyn Krueger / Robin Montgomery | |
The 2022 US Open will be the 142nd 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.
Daniil Medvedev and Emma Raducanu are the men's and women's singles defending champions.[1][2]
Tournament
The 2022 US Open will be the 142nd consecutive 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 is part of the 2022 ATP Tour and the 2022 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament will consist of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws, as both doubles draws will return to standard 64 players, as singles players will remain in standard 128 person format in each category. 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.
The tournament is played on hard courts and takes place over a series of 15 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the three existing main showcourts – Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium and Grandstand.
Broadcast
In the United States, the 2022 US Open will be the eighth 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. ESPN is also the exclusive U.S. broadcaster for the majors.
Tennis Plays for Peace
On August 10, the tournament announced they would host an exhibition to support Ukraine during the the Russian invasion. The exhibiton matches took place on August 24, with all proceeds going to GlobalGiving, the international non-profit identified by Tennis Plays for Peace. Brothers John and Patrick McEnroe hosted and served as chair umpires, with John playing one match. [3][4]
The matches were as follows:
Rafael Nadal / 
Iga Świątek vs. John McEnroe / Coco Gauff
Ben Shelton / Jessica Pegula vs. 
Félix Auger-Aliassime / Leylah Fernandez
Stefanos Tsitsipas / Maria Sakkari vs. 
Matteo Berrettini / 
Katarina Zavatska
Tommy Paul / Taylor Fritz vs. Frances Tiafoe / Carlos Alcaraz
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus had planned to attend, but the tournament ultimately uninvited her for her country's support of Russia.[5]
Point and prize money distribution
Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each competition showing each event's ranking points on offer.
Senior
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | R4 | R3 | R2 | R1 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
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| Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Women's singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women's doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Prize money
The total prize money for the 2022 US Open topped $60 million ($60,102,000) for the first time, 4.59% more than the 2021 edition and maintained the tournament's status as having the richest prize purse of all Grand Slams.[6]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $2,600,000 | $1,300,000 | $705,000 | $445,000 | $278,000 | $188,000 | $121,000 | $80,000 | $44,000 | $33,600 | $21,100 |
| Doubles | $688,000 | $344,000 | $172,000 | $97,500 | $56,400 | $35,800 | $21,300 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Mixed doubles | $163,000 | $81,500 | $42,000 | $23,000 | $14,200 | $8,300 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Men's singles
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- Rankings are as of August 22, 2022.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
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Seeds
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Elise Mertens | 6 | 1 |
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Coco Gauff | USA
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Jessica Pegula | 7 | 2 |
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Barbora Krejčiková | CZE
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Kateřina Siniaková | 11 | 3 |
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Lyudmyla Kichenok |  LAT
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Jeļena Ostapenko | 19 | 4 |
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Gabriela Dabrowski |  MEX
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Giuliana Olmos | 20 | 5 |
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Desirae Krawczyk | NED
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Demi Schuurs | 27 | 6 |
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Xu Yifan | CHN
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Yang Zhaoxuan | 32 | 7 |
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Beatriz Haddad Maia | 44 | 8 |
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Ena Shibahara | 45 | 9 |
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Ellen Perez | 49 | 10 |
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Zhang Shuai | 51 | 11 |
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Storm Sanders | 54 | 12 |
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Andreja Klepač | 57 | 13 |
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Kristina Mladenovic | 60 | 14 |
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Chan Hao-ching | 65 | 15 |
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- Rankings are as of August 22, 2022.
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Sofia Kenin / 
Ajla Tomljanović
Nadia Podoroska / 
Mayar Sherif
Yulia Putintseva / 
Yanina Wickmayer
Rosalie van der Hoek / Alison Van Uytvanck
References
- ^ "Daniil Medvedev ends Novak Djokovic's Grand Slam dreams". Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Emma Raducanu: British 18-year-old makes tennis history with US Open final win". The Guardian. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "US Open on Instagram: "Stars unite for the Tennis Plays for Peace Exhibition match! 🤩"". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ Archive (2022-08-20). "US Open tennis stars set to raise relief funds for Ukraine". New York Post. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ Futterman, Matthew (2022-08-24). "Victoria Azarenka Dropped From Ukraine Aid Event Before U.S. Open". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ "US Open Prize Money 2022". 2022-08-23. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
