2019 US Open (tennis)

The 2019 US Open was the 139th 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.

Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka were the men's and women's singles defending champions. Neither managed to defend their title, with Djokovic retiring in the fourth round due to a shoulder injury after losing the first two sets against Stan Wawrinka, and Osaka losing in the fourth round against Belinda Bencic.

Serena Williams set an Open Era record by reaching 10 US Open finals.

It was the first time since the 2017 Australian Open and fourth time in the Open Era that both the men's and women's number one seeds were defeated before the quarterfinals.

In a repeat of the 2019 Rogers Cup, Rafael Nadal won the men's singles title, defeating first time Grand Slam finalist Daniil Medvedev in a 5-set thriller for his 19th Grand Slam singles title. Bianca Andreescu won the women's singles title, defeating Serena Williams in straight sets in the final, becoming the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title.

Tournament
The 2019 US Open was the 139th 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 2019 ATP Tour and the 2019 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 were also singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which were part of the Grade A category of tournaments. Additionally, there were singles and doubles wheelchair tennis events for men, women and quads.

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

Broadcast
In the United States, the 2019 US Open was the fifth year in a row under an 11-year, $825 million contract with ESPN, in which the broadcaster held exclusive rights to the entire tournament and the US Open Series. This meant that the tournament was not available on broadcast television. This also made ESPN the exclusive U.S. broadcaster for three of the four tennis majors.

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

Prize money
The US Open has the richest prize purse of all Grand Slams. The total prize money compensation for the 2019 US Open is $57,238,700, a more than 13.2% increase on the same total last year.

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 19, 2019. Rank and points before are as of August 26, 2019.

Men's singles
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018, but is defending points from two 2018 ATP Challenger Tour tournaments (Como and Genoa).

The following player would have been seeded, but withdrew before the event.

Women's singles
The following player would have been seeded, but withdrew before the event.

Men's doubles
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Women's doubles
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Mixed doubles
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Men's singles

 * 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal def. 🇷🇺 Daniil Medvedev, 7–5, 6–3, 5–7, 4–6, 6–4

Women's singles

 * 🇨🇦 Bianca Andreescu def. 🇺🇸 Serena Williams, 6–3, 7–5

Men's doubles

 * 🇨🇴 Juan Sebastián Cabal / 🇨🇴 Robert Farah def. 🇪🇸 Marcel Granollers / 🇦🇷 Horacio Zeballos, 6–4, 7–5

Women's doubles

 * 🇧🇪Elise Mertens / 🇧🇾 Aryna Sabalenka def. 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka / 🇦🇺 Ashleigh Barty, 7–5, 7–5

Mixed doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 🇬🇧 Jamie Murray def. Chan Hao-ching / 🇳🇿 Michael Venus, 6–2, 6–3

Junior boys' singles

 * 🇨🇿 Jonáš Forejtek def. 🇺🇸 Emilio Nava, 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–2

Junior girls' singles

 * 🇨🇴 Camila Osorio def. 🇺🇸 Alexandra Yepifanova, 6–1, 6–0

Junior boys' doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Eliot Spizzirri / 🇺🇸 Tyler Zink def. 🇨🇿 Andrew Paulson / 🇧🇾 Alexander Zgirovsky, 7–6(7–4), 6–4

Junior girls' doubles

 * Kamilla Bartone / 🇷🇺 Oksana Selekhmeteva def. 🇫🇷 Aubane Droguet / 🇫🇷 Séléna Janicijevic, 7–5, 7–6(8–6)

Wheelchair men's singles

 * 🇬🇧 Alfie Hewett def. 🇫🇷 Stéphane Houdet, 7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–5)

Wheelchair women's singles

 * Diede de Groot def. 🇯🇵 Yui Kamiji, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Wheelchair quad singles

 * 🇬🇧 Andrew Lapthorne def. 🇦🇺 Dylan Alcott, 6–1, 6–0

Wheelchair men's doubles

 * 🇬🇧 Alfie Hewett / 🇬🇧 Gordon Reid def. 🇦🇷 Gustavo Fernández / 🇯🇵 Shingo Kunieda, 1–6, 6–4, [11–9]

Wheelchair women's doubles

 * Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot def. 🇩🇪 Sabine Ellerbrock /  Kgothatso Montjane, 6–2, 6–0

Wheelchair quad doubles

 * 🇦🇺 Dylan Alcott / 🇬🇧 Andrew Lapthorne def. 🇺🇸 Bryan Barten / 🇺🇸 David Wagner, 6–7(5–7), 6–1, [10–6]

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

Men's singles

 * 🇺🇸 Ernesto Escobedo
 * 🇺🇸 Christopher Eubanks
 * 🇺🇸 Bjorn Fratangelo
 * 🇺🇸 Marcos Giron
 * 🇫🇷 Antoine Hoang
 * 🇦🇺 Thanasi Kokkinakis
 * 🇺🇸 Jack Sock
 * 🇺🇸 Zachary Svajda

Women's singles

 * 🇺🇸 Kristie Ahn
 * 🇺🇸 Francesca Di Lorenzo
 * 🇺🇸 Cori Gauff
 * 🇺🇸 Caty McNally
 * 🇺🇸 Whitney Osuigwe
 * 🇫🇷 Diane Parry
 * 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur
 * 🇺🇸 Katie Volynets

Men's doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Maxime Cressy / 🇺🇸 Keegan Smith
 * 🇺🇸 Martin Damm / 🇺🇸 Toby Kodat
 * 🇺🇸 Robert Galloway / 🇺🇸 Nathaniel Lammons
 * 🇺🇸 Evan King / 🇺🇸 Hunter Reese
 * 🇺🇸 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski / 🇺🇸 Noah Rubin
 * 🇺🇸 Mitchell Krueger / 🇺🇸 Tim Smyczek
 * 🇺🇸 Nicholas Monroe / 🇺🇸 Tennys Sandgren

Women's doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Kristie Ahn / 🇺🇸 Christina McHale
 * 🇺🇸 Usue Maitane Arconada / 🇺🇸 Hayley Carter
 * 🇺🇸 Hailey Baptiste / 🇺🇸 Emma Navarro
 * 🇺🇸 Francesca Di Lorenzo / 🇺🇸 Ann Li
 * 🇺🇸 Abigail Forbes / 🇺🇸 Alexa Noel
 * 🇺🇸 Cori Gauff / 🇺🇸 Caty McNally
 * 🇺🇸 Whitney Osuigwe / 🇺🇸 Taylor Townsend

Mixed doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Hailey Baptiste / 🇺🇸 Jenson Brooksby
 * 🇺🇸 Jennifer Brady / 🇺🇸 Denis Kudla
 * 🇺🇸 Hayley Carter / 🇺🇸 Jackson Withrow
 * 🇺🇸 Kaitlyn Christian / 🇺🇸 James Cerretani
 * 🇺🇸 Danielle Collins / 🇺🇸 Nicholas Monroe
 * 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 🇬🇧 Jamie Murray
 * 🇺🇸 Christina McHale / 🇺🇸 Ryan Harrison
 * 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe / 🇺🇸 Maxime Cressy

Qualifier entries
The qualifying competitions took place at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center was scheduled on August 19 – 23, 2019.

Men's singles

 * 1) 🇫🇷 Elliot Benchetrit
 * 2) 🇨🇴 Santiago Giraldo
 * 3) 🇰🇷 Kwon Soon-woo
 * 4) 🇧🇾 Ilya Ivashka
 * 5) 🇷🇺 Evgeny Donskoy
 * 6) 🇧🇾 Egor Gerasimov
 * 7) 🇩🇪 Tobias Kamke
 * 8) 🇫🇷 Grégoire Barrère
 * 9) 🇰🇷 Chung Hyeon
 * 10) 🇺🇸 Jenson Brooksby
 * 11) 🇩🇪 Dominik Köpfer
 * 12) 🇪🇸 Guillermo García López
 * 13) 🇮🇳 Sumit Nagal
 * 14) 🇮🇹 Jannik Sinner
 * 15) 🇨🇿 Jiří Veselý
 * 16) 🇦🇷 Marco Trungelliti


 * Lucky losers
 * 1) 🇮🇹 Paolo Lorenzi
 * 2) 🇵🇱 Kamil Majchrzak

Women's singles

 * 1) 🇰🇿 Elena Rybakina
 * 2) 🇵🇱 Magdalena Fręch
 * 3) 🇸🇰 Jana Čepelová
 * 4) 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai
 * 5) 🇸🇪 Johanna Larsson
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Caroline Dolehide
 * 7) 🇷🇴 Ana Bogdan
 * 8)  Mariam Bolkvadze
 * 9) 🇨🇿 Denisa Allertová
 * 10) 🇬🇧 Harriet Dart
 * 11) 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos
 * 12)  Richèl Hogenkamp
 * 13) 🇺🇸 Taylor Townsend
 * 14) 🇨🇳 Wang Xinyu
 * 15) 🇨🇿 Tereza Martincová
 * 16) 🇷🇺 Anna Kalinskaya


 * Lucky losers
 * 1) 🇪🇸 Paula Badosa
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Varvara Lepchenko
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Nicole Gibbs
 * 4) 🇦🇺 Priscilla Hon
 * 5) 🇧🇪 Kirsten Flipkens
 * 6) 🇨🇳 Wang Xiyu

Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


 * Men's singles
 * 🇨🇿 Tomáš Berdych (PR 57)
 * 🇧🇪 Steve Darcis (PR 90)
 * 🇸🇰 Jozef Kovalík (PR 85)
 * 🇨🇦 Vasek Pospisil (PR 73)
 * 🇩🇪 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (PR 95)
 * 🇷🇸 Janko Tipsarević (PR 88)


 * Women's singles
 * 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova (PR 102)
 * 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe (PR 100)

Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew due to injury, suspension, or personal reasons:


 * Men's Singles
 * Before the tournament
 * Kevin Anderson → replaced by 🇮🇹 Paolo Lorenzi
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro → replaced by 🇺🇸 Denis Kudla
 * 🇺🇸 Mackenzie McDonald → replaced by 🇪🇸 Albert Ramos Viñolas
 * 🇨🇦 Milos Raonic → replaced by 🇵🇱 Kamil Majchrzak


 * During the tournament
 * Borna Ćorić
 * 🇦🇺 Thanasi Kokkinakis


 * Women's Singles
 * Before the tournament
 * 🇺🇸 Amanda Anisimova → replaced by 🇺🇸 Varvara Lepchenko
 * 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel → replaced by 🇧🇪 Kirsten Flipkens
 * 🇺🇸 Catherine Bellis → replaced by 🇨🇳 Zhu Lin
 * 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková → replaced by 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova
 * 🇧🇷 Beatriz Haddad Maia → replaced by 🇨🇿 Marie Bouzková
 * 🇸🇰 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová → replaced by 🇪🇸 Paula Badosa
 * 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by 🇨🇳 Wang Xiyu
 * 🇨🇿 Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by 🇦🇺 Priscilla Hon
 * 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva → replaced by 🇺🇸 Nicole Gibbs


 * During the tournament
 * 🇪🇪 Anett Kontaveit