What Is The Prize Money For US Open Mixed Doubles

The US Open will be different this year as the mixed doubles event will be held prior to the main singles and doubles events.

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The tournament will be played from the 19th to 20th August, a week before the US Open main draw gets officially underway, during fan week. A total of 16 teams take part in the tournament on the two show courts – Arthur Ashe Stadium and Louis Armstrong Stadium.

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The teams are fewer than last year, with 32 pairs now being halved to 16. The qualification process has been altered, with eight of the teams being qualified based on their singles ranking over their doubles ranking. The pair’s seedings will be added, and the eight pairs with the lowest ranking will be automatically put in. The remaining eight will be wildcard selections.

How does the score system work?

Like mixed doubles, there will be three sets and that is the only scoring similarity. Sets will now go up to four games, and advantage points have been removed. The third and deciding set will not follow this format, but will be a tiebreak up to 10 points. The final will be played up to six games, but still have the 10-point tiebreak if they find themselves in a third set.

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Best-of-three-set matches with short sets to four games, no-ad scoring, tiebreakers at four-all and a 10-point match tiebreak in lieu of a third set.
The final will be a best-of-three set match to six games, no-ad scoring, with tiebreakers at six-all and a 10-point match tiebreaker in lieu of a third set.

What is the prize money for US Open mixed doubles?

The prize money has increased to $1million (£750,000) on offer to the winner. This is a massive increase from the $200,000 (£150,000) that was offered last year.