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
Champions
Men's singles
	Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
	Naomi Osaka
Men's doubles
	Mike Bryan / Jack Sock
Women's doubles
	Ashleigh Barty / CoCo Vandeweghe
Mixed doubles
	Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Jamie Murray
Wheelchair men's singles
	Alfie Hewett
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 / Yui Kamiji
Wheelchair quad doubles
	Andrew Lapthorne / David Wagner
Boys' singles
	Thiago Seyboth Wild
Girls' singles
	Wang Xiyu
Boys' doubles
	Adrian Andreev / Anton Matusevich
Girls' doubles
	Coco Gauff / Caty McNally

The 2018 US Open was the 138th edition of tennis' US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It was held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City.

Rafael Nadal and Sloane Stephens were the defending champions in the men's and women's singles events, however both failed to defend their titles. Nadal retired during his semifinal match against Juan Martín del Potro. Stephens was defeated in the quarterfinals by Anastasija Sevastova, whom Stephens had beaten at the same stage the previous year.

Novak Djokovic won the men's singles title, defeating del Potro in the final, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3. It was his third US Open title and 14th Grand Slam, tying Pete Sampras' record to become equal third among all-time Grand Slam champions. In women's singles, Naomi Osaka defeated Serena Williams in the final, 6–2, 6–4, becoming Japan's first ever able-bodied Grand Slam singles champion.

Tournament

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

The 2018 US Open was the 138th edition of the tournament and took 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 was held on 17 DecoTurf hard courts.

The tournament was 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 consisted 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 was played on hard courts and takes place on a series of 17 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the three existing main showcourts – Arthur Ashe Stadium, the newly renovated Louis Armstrong Stadium, and the new Grandstand.

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	—	—

Girls' Singles	1000	600	370	200	100	45	30	20
Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3
Boys' Singles	1000	600	370	200	100	45	30	20
Boys' Doubles	750	450	275	150	75	—	—	—
Girls' Doubles	750	450	275	150	75	—	—	—

Prize money

The total prize-money compensation for the 2018 US Open is $53 million, a more than 5% increase on the same total last year. Of that total, a record $3.8 million goes to both the men's and women's singles champions, which is increased by 2.7% from last year. This makes the US Open the most lucrative and highest paying tennis grand slam in the world, leapfrogging the French Open in total prize money fund. Prize money for the US Open qualifying tournament is also up 10.3%, to $3.2 million.[1] The prize money for the wheelchair draw amounts to a total of US$350,000. The singles winners of the men and women draws receive US$31,200 and the winner of the quad singles receives US$23,400.^[1]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$3,800,000	$1,850,000	$925,000	$475,000	$266,000	$156,000	$93,000	$54,000	$30,000	$16,000	$8,000
Doubles	$700,000	$350,000	$166,400	$85,275	$46,563	$27,876	$16,500	—	—	—	—
Mixed Doubles	$155,000	$70,000	$30,000	$15,000	$10,000	$5,000	—	—	—	—	—

Notable stories

Women's Singles final

Naomi Osaka defeated Serena Williams in the final, 6–2, 6–4. During the final, Williams received three code violations, the second coming with a point penalty and the third with a game penalty.^[2] The issue started during the second set when chair umpire Carlos Ramos cited Serena for a signal that was sent from her coach. Serena said she was unaware of the signal and verbally sparred with Ramos, saying "I don't cheat to win. I'd rather lose." and "You owe me an apology. I have never cheated in my life." After a mistake later in the second set, Serena smashed her racket into the court. This led to her second code violation, which Serena found out about upon attempting to serve and which increased the dispute between Serena and Ramos. During the change at the 3–4 mark, a discussion between Serena and Ramos broke down leading Serena to call Ramos both "a liar" and "a thief." As both players were concluding the changeover and getting set, Ramos issued Serena her third code violation.^[3] This led to confusion from both players who did not appear to hear the announcement, which Ramos explained to both after summoning them over to his seat.^[4] At this point, US Open referee, Brian Earley, and WTA supervisor, Donna Kelso, were summoned to the court due to the dispute.^[5] A four-minute delay occurred due to a discussion between Serena, Earley, and Kelso regarding the issues. After the delay, Serena won the next game before Osaka won the set and match.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Day-by-day summaries

Singles players

Men's Singles

Champion		Runner-up
Novak Djokovic [6]		Juan Martín del Potro [3]
Semifinals out
Rafael Nadal [1]		Kei Nishikori [21]
Quarterfinals out
Dominic Thiem [9]	John Isner [11]	Marin Čilić [7]	John Millman
4th round out
Nikoloz Basilashvili	Kevin Anderson [5]	Borna Ćorić [20]	Milos Raonic [25]
David Goffin [10]	Philipp Kohlschreiber	João Sousa	Roger Federer [2]
3rd round out
Karen Khachanov [27]	Guido Pella	Taylor Fritz	Denis Shapovalov [28]
Fernando Verdasco [31]	Daniil Medvedev	Dušan Lajović	Stan Wawrinka (WC)
Alex de Minaur	Jan-Lennard Struff	Diego Schwartzman [13]	Alexander Zverev [4]
Richard Gasquet [26]	Lucas Pouille [17]	Mikhail Kukushkin	Nick Kyrgios [30]
2nd round out
Vasek Pospisil	Lorenzo Sonego (LL)	Jack Sock [18]	Paolo Lorenzi
Steve Johnson	Jason Kubler (WC)	Andreas Seppi	Jérémy Chardy
Denis Kudla	Andy Murray (PR)	Roberto Carballés Baena	Stefanos Tsitsipas [15]
Nicolás Jarry	Cameron Norrie	Gilles Simon	Ugo Humbert (Q)
Hubert Hurkacz (Q)	Frances Tiafoe	Julien Benneteau	Robin Haase
Jaume Munar	Gaël Monfils	Matthew Ebden	Nicolas Mahut (LL)
Tennys Sandgren	Laslo Đere	Marcos Baghdatis	Pablo Carreño Busta [12]
Fabio Fognini [14]	Chung Hyeon [23]	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Benoît Paire
1st round out
David Ferrer	Lukáš Lacko	Gilles Müller	Albert Ramos Viñolas
Guido Andreozzi	Aljaž Bedene	Casper Ruud (Q)	Kyle Edmund [16]
Mirza Bašić	Denis Istomin	Mischa Zverev	Roberto Bautista Agut [19]
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Q)	Sam Querrey	Andrey Rublev	Ryan Harrison
Donald Young (Q)	Matteo Berrettini	James Duckworth (PR)	Feliciano López
Florian Mayer	Mitchell Krueger (Q)	Evgeny Donskoy	Tommy Robredo (Q)
Bradley Klahn (WC)	Peter Gojowczyk	Jordan Thompson	Damir Džumhur [24]
Carlos Berlocq (Q)	Lloyd Harris (Q)	Collin Altamirano (Q)	Grigor Dimitrov [8]
Marius Copil	Stefano Travaglia (Q)	Taro Daniel	Adrian Mannarino [29]
Marco Cecchinato [22]	Tim Smyczek (WC)	Mackenzie McDonald	Federico Gaio (Q)
Federico Delbonis	Ruben Bemelmans (LL)	Facundo Bagnis (Q)	Maximilian Marterer
Filip Krajinović [32]	Yannick Hanfmann	Corentin Moutet (WC)	Peter Polansky (LL)
Márton Fucsovics	Viktor Troicki	Leonardo Mayer	Yūichi Sugita
Yannick Maden (Q)	Mikhail Youzhny	Marcel Granollers (Q)	Malek Jaziri
Michael Mmoh (WC)	Jenson Brooksby (WC)	Noah Rubin (WC)	Ričardas Berankis
Radu Albot	Yuki Bhambri	Dennis Novak (Q)	Yoshihito Nishioka (PR)

Women's Singles

Champion		Runner-up
Naomi Osaka [20]		Serena Williams [17]
Semifinals out
Anastasija Sevastova [19]		Madison Keys [14]
Quarterfinals out
Karolína Plíšková [8]	Sloane Stephens [3]	Carla Suárez Navarro [30]	Lesia Tsurenko
4th round out
Kaia Kanepi	Ashleigh Barty [18]	Elise Mertens [15]	Elina Svitolina [7]
Maria Sharapova [22]	Dominika Cibulková [29]	Aryna Sabalenka [26]	Markéta Vondroušová
3rd round out
Rebecca Peterson	Venus Williams [16]	Karolína Muchová (Q)	Sofia Kenin
Victoria Azarenka (WC)	Barbora Strýcová [23]	Ekaterina Makarova	Wang Qiang
Caroline Garcia [6]	Jeļena Ostapenko [10]	Aleksandra Krunić	Angelique Kerber [4]
Petra Kvitová [5]	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	Kiki Bertens [13]	Kateřina Siniaková
2nd round out
Jil Teichmann (Q)	Vania King (PR)	Carina Witthöft	Camila Giorgi
Garbiñe Muguruza [12]	Lucie Šafářová	Maria Sakkari [31]	Ana Bogdan
Anhelina Kalinina (Q)	Daria Gavrilova [25]	Lara Arruabarrena	Vera Lapko
Julia Görges [9]	Claire Liu (WC)	Irina-Camelia Begu	Tatjana Maria
Monica Puig	Kristina Mladenovic	Sorana Cîrstea	Taylor Townsend
Bernarda Pera	Kirsten Flipkens	Hsieh Su-wei	Johanna Larsson
Wang Yafan	Vera Zvonareva (Q)	Julia Glushko (Q)	Daria Kasatkina [11]
Francesca Di Lorenzo (Q)	Eugenie Bouchard (Q)	Ajla Tomljanović	Caroline Wozniacki [2]
1st round out
Simona Halep [1]	Dalila Jakupović	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [27]
Magda Linette	Caroline Dolehide	Whitney Osuigwe (WC)	Svetlana Kuznetsova (WC)
Zhang Shuai	Dayana Yastremska	Petra Martić	Ons Jabeur (Q)
Asia Muhammad (WC)	Madison Brengle (LL)	Marie Bouzková (Q)	Zarina Diyas
Evgeniya Rodina	Kathinka von Deichmann (Q)	Viktória Kužmová	Sara Sorribes Tormo
Danielle Lao (Q)	Kateryna Kozlova	Kateryna Bondarenko	Kurumi Nara
Anna Kalinskaya (Q)	Heather Watson (Q)	Polona Hercog	Donna Vekić
Magdaléna Rybáriková [31]	Jennifer Brady	Agnieszka Radwańska	Sachia Vickery
Johanna Konta	Stefanie Vögele	Tamara Zidanšek	Nicole Gibbs (Q)
Patty Schnyder (Q)	Alison Riske	Amanda Anisimova (WC)	Andrea Petkovic
Pauline Parmentier	Yulia Putintseva	Timea Bacsinszky (PR)	CoCo Vandeweghe [24]
Arantxa Rus (Q)	Ekaterina Alexandrova	Alizé Cornet	Margarita Gasparyan (PR)
Yanina Wickmayer	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Anna Blinkova	Danielle Collins
Laura Siegemund (PR)	Monica Niculescu	Belinda Bencic	Tímea Babos
Kristýna Plíšková	Christina McHale	Harmony Tan (WC)	Mona Barthel (LL)
Anett Kontaveit [28]	Lizette Cabrera (WC)	Alison Van Uytvanck	Samantha Stosur

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	720	8,760	Semifinals retired against Juan Martín del Potro [3]
2	2	Roger Federer	7,080	360	180	6,900	Fourth round lost to John Millman
3	3	Juan Martín del Potro	5,500	720	1,200	5,980	Runner-up, lost to Novak Djokovic [6]
4	4	Alexander Zverev	4,845	45	90	4,890	Third round lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
5	5	Kevin Anderson	4,615	1,200	180	3,595	Fourth round lost to Dominic Thiem [9]
6	6	Novak Djokovic	4,445	0	2,000	6,445	Champion, defeated Juan Martín del Potro [3]
7	7	Marin Čilić	4,445	90	360	4,715	Quarterfinals lost to Kei Nishikori [21]
8	8	Grigor Dimitrov	3,790	45	10	3,755	First round lost to Stan Wawrinka [WC]
9	9	Dominic Thiem	3,485	180	360	3,665	Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
10	10	David Goffin	3,435	180	180	3,435	Fourth round lost to Marin Čilić [7]
11	11	John Isner	3,200	90	360	3,470	Quarterfinals lost to Juan Martín del Potro [3]
12	12	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,425	720	45	1,750	Second round retired against João Sousa
13	13	Diego Schwartzman	2,380	360	90	2,110	Third round lost to Kei Nishikori [21]
14	14	Fabio Fognini	2,190	10	45	2,225	Second round lost to John Millman
15	15	Stefanos Tsitsipas	2,042	(125)^†	45	1,962	Second round lost to Daniil Medvedev
16	16	Kyle Edmund	1,935	90	10	1,855	First round lost to Paolo Lorenzi
17	17	Lucas Pouille	1,915	180	90	1,825	Third round lost to João Sousa
18	18	Jack Sock	1,815	10	45	1,850	Second round lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili
19	22	Roberto Bautista Agut	1,650	90	10	1,570	First round lost to Jason Kubler [WC]
20	20	Borna Ćorić	1,735	90	180	1,825	Fourth round lost to Juan Martin del Potro [3]
21	19	Kei Nishikori	1,755	0	720	2,475	Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [6]
22	21	Marco Cecchinato	1,734	(48)^†	10	1,696	First round lost to Julien Benneteau
23	23	Chung Hyeon	1,630	45	45	1,630	Second round lost to Mikhail Kukushkin
24	27	Damir Džumhur	1,475	90	10	1,395	First round lost to Dušan Lajović
25	24	Milos Raonic	1,575	0	180	1,755	Fourth round lost to John Isner [11]
26	25	Richard Gasquet	1,535	10	90	1,615	Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [6]
27	26	Karen Khachanov	1,525	10	90	1,605	Third round lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
28	28	Denis Shapovalov	1,385	205	90	1,270	Third round lost to Kevin Anderson [5]
29	29	Adrian Mannarino	1,365	90	10	1,285	First round lost to Frances Tiafoe
30	30	Nick Kyrgios	1,345	10	90	1,425	Third round lost to Roger Federer [2]
31	32	Fernando Verdasco	1,330	45	90	1,375	Third round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [3]
32	33	Filip Krajinović	1,314	(29)+(33)^†	10+20	1,282	First round retired against 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 lost to Kaia Kanepi
2	2	Caroline Wozniacki	5,975	70	70	5,975	Second round lost to Lesia Tsurenko
3	3	Sloane Stephens	5,482	2,000	430	3,912	Quarterfinals lost to Anastasija Sevastova [19]
4	4	Angelique Kerber	5,305	10	130	5,425	Third round lost to Dominika Cibulková [29]
5	5	Petra Kvitová	4,885	430	130	4,585	Third round lost to Aryna Sabalenka [26]
6	6	Caroline Garcia	4,725	130	130	4,725	Third round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro [30]
7	7	Elina Svitolina	4,555	240	240	4,555	Fourth round lost to Anastasija Sevastova [19]
8	8	Karolína Plíšková	4,105	430	430	4,105	Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [17]
9	9	Julia Görges	3,900	240	70	3,730	Second round lost to Ekaterina Makarova
10	10	Jeļena Ostapenko	3,787	130	130	3,787	Third round lost to Maria Sharapova [22]
11	11	Daria Kasatkina	3,525	240	70	3,355	Second round lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich
12	12	Garbiñe Muguruza	3,500	240	70	3,330	Second round lost to Karolína Muchová [Q]
13	13	Kiki Bertens	3,260	10	130	3,380	Third round lost to Markéta Vondroušová
14	14	Madison Keys	3,212	1,300	780	2,692	Semifinals lost to Naomi Osaka [20]
15	15	Elise Mertens	2,940	10	240	3,170	Fourth round lost to Sloane Stephens [3]
16	16	Venus Williams	2,841	780	130	2,191	Third round lost to Serena Williams [17]
17^†	26	Serena Williams	1,676	0	1,300	2,976	Runner-up, lost to Naomi Osaka [20]
18	17	Ashleigh Barty	2,740	130	240	2,850	Fourth round lost to Karolína Plíšková [8]
19	18	Anastasija Sevastova	2,250	430	780	2,600	Semifinals lost to Serena Williams [17]
20	19	Naomi Osaka	2,245	130	2,000	4,115	Champion, defeated Serena Williams [17]
21	21	~~Mihaela Buzărnescu~~	2,068	40	0	2,028	Withdrew due to right ankle injury^[10]
22	22	Maria Sharapova	2,003	240	240	2,003	Fourth round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro [30]
23	23	Barbora Strýcová	1,930	70	130	1,990	Third round lost to Elise Mertens [15]
24	25	CoCo Vandeweghe	1,878	780	10	1,108	First round lost to Kirsten Flipkens
25	32	Daria Gavrilova	1,435	70	70	1,435	Second round lost to Victoria Azarenka [WC]
26	20	Aryna Sabalenka	2,140	(60)^‡	240	2,320	Fourth round lost to Naomi Osaka [20]
27	28	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1,585	10	10	1,585	First round lost to Rebecca Peterson
28	27	Anett Kontaveit	1,665	10	10	1,665	First round lost to Kateřina Siniaková
29	35	Dominika Cibulková	1,390	70	240	1,560	Fourth round lost to Madison Keys [14]
30	24	Carla Suárez Navarro	1,879	240	430	2,069	Quarterfinals lost to Madison Keys [14]
31	29	Magdaléna Rybáriková	1,540	130	10	1,420	First round lost to Wang Qiang
32	30	Maria Sakkari	1,514	130	70	1,454	Second round lost to Sofia Kenin

† 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
Raven Klaasen	Michael Venus	36	8
Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Nicolas Mahut	42	9
Feliciano López	Marc López	44	10
Ivan Dodig	Marcel Granollers	51	11
Ben McLachlan	Jan-Lennard Struff	53	12
Julio Peralta	Horacio Zeballos	63	13
Robin Haase	Matwé Middelkoop	63	14
Rohan Bopanna	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	64	15
Dominic Inglot	Franko Škugor	66	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
Gabriela Dabrowski	Mate Pavić	12	1
Nicole Melichar	Oliver Marach	19	2
Chan Hao-ching	Henri Kontinen	28	3
Latisha Chan	Ivan Dodig	29	4
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	34	5
Demi Schuurs	Matwé Middelkoop	41	6
Katarina Srebotnik	Michael Venus	41	7
Abigail Spears	Juan Sebastián Cabal	43	8

¹Rankings as of August 20, 2018.