US Open WTA 2026: Results, Preview, Draw, Entry List, History and Predictions

Friday, 11 September 2026 at 16:14

The US Open is due to take place between August 30 - September 13, 2026 and on the WTA side, it is led by Aryna Sabalenka who will attempt to defend her title again in New York. It is the culmination of the major season and will see big names aplenty in action.

Sabalenka is one of four former champions entered this year, along with Coco Gauff (2024), Iga Swiatek (2022), Naomi Osaka (2018, 2020). Five further Grand Slam winners will be bidding for their first in Elena Rybakina, Mirra Andreeva, Linda Noskova, Barbora Krejcikova and Jelena Ostapenko.

While other top names such as Jessica Pegula, Amanda Anisimova, Karolina Muchova, Iva Jovic among others are also involved in proceedings among the top names. Follow it all here.

Preview Day Fourteen

128 players entered the WTA US Open. It is only fitting that the top two seeds in the tournament remain to battle it out for the title! In a repeat of the Australian Open final earlier this year, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina will go head to head for glory in New York.

Sabalenka has once again shown her true colours on court after what has been a tricky season in parts. Dropping just one set throughout the tournament, she demolished Jessica Pegula in a fine display that sent a statement through the WTA Tour that she is back to her best. This is a fourth consecutive US Open final for the Belarusian, who has won the last two. If she can make it three in a row, she joins a prestigious and coveted group featuring some of the greats.

While being the number one seed, her time as World No.1 will soon come to an end as Rybakina has finally strung a consistent number of positive results to usurp her rival at the top of the order. She has been forced to come back from a set deficit in both her quarter-final and semi-final contests against Zheng Qinwen and Coco Gauff to set up this tantalising clash against Sabalenka.

Three times they have met this season. Rybakina backed up the WTA Finals triumph with victory in Melbourne before Sabalenka found her groove in the Sunshine swing, defeating her twice en route to the Indian Wells and Miami Open titles, her most recent successes. Will Sabalenka make it a hat-trick of US Open titles, or can Rybakina break new ground at Flushing Meadows?

Draw/Results

Final

Player 1	v	Player 2
Aryna Sabalenka [1]	v	Elena Rybakina [2]

Semi-finals

Player 1	v	Player 2
Aryna Sabalenka [1]	7-5, 6-2	Jessica Pegula [3]
Coco Gauff [4]	6-3, 4-6, 4-6	Elena Rybakina [2]

Quarter-finals

Player 1	v	Player 2
Aryna Sabalenka [1]	7-6, 3-6, 7-6	Linda Noskova [6]
Jessica Pegula [3]	3-6, 6-4, 6-3	Emma Navarro [26]
Mirra Andreeva [5]	6-2, 6-7, 2-6	Coco Gauff [4]
Qinwen Zheng [Q]	6-3, 1-6, 4-6	Elena Rybakina [2]

Round of 16

Player 1	v	Player 2
Aryna Sabalenka [1]	6-4, 6-3	Taylor Townsend [20]
Marta Kostyuk [11]	5-7, 7-5, 4-6	Linda Noskova [6]
Jessica Pegula [3]	6-3, 6-4	Sorana Cirstea [16]
Anna Kalinskaya	4-6, 2-6	Emma Navarro [26]
Mirra Andreeva [5]	5-7, 6-4, 6-3	Anastasia Potapova [24]
Iva Jovic [14]	1-6, 4-6	Coco Gauff [4]
Iga Swiatek [8]	5-7, 3-6	Qinwen Zheng [Q]
Naomi Osaka [13]	1-6, 4-6	Elena Rybakina [2]

Third Round

Player 1	v	Player 2
Aryna Sabalenka [1]	6-3, 6-4	Kamilla Rakhimova
Taylor Townsend [20]	6-2, 6-7, 6-3	Diana Shnaider [15]
Marta Kostyuk [11]	6-3, 6-2	Ekaterina Alexandrova [18]
Ann Li [29]	2-6, 7-6, 2-6	Linda Noskova [6]
Jessica Pegula [3]	1-6, 6-4, 6-3	Leylah Fernandez [31]
Jasmine Paolini [19]	3-6, 3-6	Sorana Cirstea [16]
Elina Svitolina [9]	3-6, 6-2, 3-6	Anna Kalinskaya
Emma Navarro [26]	6-3, 7-5	Karolina Muchova [7]
Mirra Andreeva [5]	6-2, 7-6	Nikola Bartunkova
Anastasia Potapova [24]	6-2, 7-5	Amanda Anisimova [10]
Iva Jovic [14]	7-5, 3-6, 7-5	Alexandra Eala [17]
Cristina Bucsa	3-6, 4-6	Coco Gauff [4]
Iga Swiatek [8]	7-6, 7-6	Marie Bouzkova [25]
Madison Keys [22]	6-1, 6-7, 5-7	Qinwen Zheng [Q]
Naomi Osaka [13]	6-3, 3-6, 7-5	Elise Mertens [23]
Yuliia Starodubtseva	6-7, 3-6	Elena Rybakina [2]

Second Round

Player 1	v	Player 2
Aryna Sabalenka [1]	6-1, 6-1	Polina Iatcenko [Q]
Oksana Selekhmeteva	3-6, 0-6	Kamilla Rakhimova
Taylor Townsend [20]	6-1, 6-1	Taylah Preston [WC]
Karolina Pliskova	1-6, 6-7	Diana Shnaider [15]
Marta Kostyuk [11]	6-1, 7-5	Sloane Stephens [WC]
Kimberly Birrell	1-6, 6-2, 3-6	Ekaterina Alexandrova [18]
Ann Li [29]	5-7, 7-6, 6-4	Donna Vekic
Lanlana Tararudee	4-6, 2-6	Linda Noskova [6]
Jessica Pegula [3]	6-3, 6-1	Sofia Kenin [WC]
Mananchaya Sawangkaew	4-6, 1-6	Leylah Fernandez [31]
Jasmine Paolini [19]	6-4, 6-1	Lucrezia Stefanini [Q]
Diane Parry	2-6, 5-7	Sorana Cirstea [16]
Elina Svitolina [9]	6-2, 6-7, 6-4	Maya Joint
Xinyu Wang	5-7, 6-2, 3-6	Anna Kalinskaya [21]
Emma Navarro [26]	3-6, 6-2, 6-3	Caty McNally
Katie Boulter	1-6, 0-6	Karolina Muchova [7]
Mirra Andreeva [5]	6-0, 6-2	Eva Lys
Nikola Bartunkova	6-7, 6-2, 6-3	Tatjana Maria
Anastasia Potapova [24]	6-4, 2-6, 6-3	Leolia Jeanjean [WC]
Lilli Tagger	3-6, 6-3, 1-6	Amanda Anisimova [10]
Iva Jovic [14]	6-4, 6-4	Francesca Jones [Q]
Oleksandra Oliynykova	1-6, 4-6	Alexandra Eala [17]
Cristina Bucsa	7-6, 6-7, 7-6	Himeno Sakatsume [Q]
Paula Badosa	4-6, 6-7	Coco Gauff [4]
Iga Swiatek [8]	6-3, 6-2	Nadia Podoroska
Harriet Dart [Q]	2-6, 2-6	Marie Bouzkova [25]
Madison Keys [22]	5-7, 6-4, 7-6	Anna Bondar
Qinwen Zheng [Q]	6-4, 2-6, 6-1	Yulia Putintseva
Naomi Osaka [13]	6-2, 5-7, 6-1	Kateřina Siniaková
Maria Timofeeva	2-6, 6-7	Elise Mertens [23]
Maria Sakkari [32]	6-1, 6-7, 2-6	Yulia Starodubtseva
Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	2-6, 4-6	Elena Rybakina [2]

First Round

Player 1	v	Player 2
Aryna Sabalenka [1]	6-2, 6-4	Camila Osorio
Renata Zarazua	6-4, 4-6, 6-7	Polina Iatcenko [Q]
Ito Aoi	2-6, 4-6	Oksana Selekhmeteva
Kamilla Rakhimova	7-6, 6-2	Barbora Krejcikova [27]
Maja Chwalinska	2-6, 3-6	Taylor Townsend [20]
Taylah Preston [WC]	6-3, 6-3	Alycia Parks
Hanne Vandewinkel	6-2, 5-7, 3-6	Karolina Pliskova
Daria Snigur	0-6, 4-6	Diana Shnaider [15]
Marta Kostyuk [11]	6-4, 6-1	Storm Hunter [Q]
Sloane Stephens [WC]	6-4, 6-1	Clara Tauson
Kimberly Birrell	3-6, 7-6, 6-3	Petra Marcinko
McCartney Kessler	2-6, 2-6	Ekaterina Alexandrova [18]
Ann Li	7-5, 6-1	Antonia Ruzic
Tara Gibson	2-6, 6-4, 3-6	Donna Vekic
Elvina Kalieva [Q]	3-6, 7-6, 2-6	Lanlana Tararudee
Katie Volynets	5-7, 1-6	Linda Noskova [6]
Jessica Pegula [3]	6-3, 6-2	Elena Ruse
Venus Williams [WC]	2-6, 6-7	Sofia Kenin
Mananchaya Sawangkaew	6-4, 6-3	Panna Udvardy
Shuai Zhang	3-6, 2-6	Leylah Fernandez [31]
Jasmine Paolini [19]	6-3, 3-6, 6-4	Veronika Erjavec
Lucrezia Stefanini [Q]	6-3, 4-6, 6-1	Dayana Yastremska
Viktoriia Golubic	5-7, 4-6	Diane Parry
Julia Grabher	3-6, 0-6	Sorana Cirstea [16]
Elina Svitolina [9]	6-1, 6-2	Solana Sierra
Maya Joint	3-6, 6-2, 6-2	Ludmila Samsonova
Emiliana Arango	4-6, 2-6	Xinyu Wang
Anna Blinkova	4-6, 3-6	Anna Kalinskaya [21]
Emma Navarro [26]	7-6, 6-7, 6-3	Lois Boisson
Anouk Koevermans [Q]	5-7, 1-6	Caty McNally
Carol Lee [WC]	4-6, 6-3, 0-6	Katie Boulter
Sinja Kraus	3-6, 0-6	Karolina Muchova [7]
Mirra Andreeva [5]	6-2, 6-2	Janice Tjen
Gabriela Knutson [Q]	3-6, 3-6	Eva Lys
Nikola Bartunkova	6-1, 6-2	Mayar Sherif
Tatjana Maria	4-6, 6-1, 6-2	Jelena Ostapenko [30]
Anastasia Potapova [24]	6-2, 6-2	Tereza Valentova
Arantxa Rus [Q]	6-7, 2-6	Leolia Jeanjean [WC]
Lilli Tagger	6-0, 7-6	Tamara Korpatsch
Ashlyn Krueger	1-6, 3-6	Amanda Anisimova [10]
Iva Jovic	7-5, 6-3	Magdalena Frech
Magda Linette	4-6, 6-1, 3-6	Francesca Jones [Q]
Oleksandra Oliynykova	6-4, 6-4	Reese Brantmeier [WC]
Mary Stoiana [Q]	1-6, 2-6	Alexandra Eala [17]
Sara Bejlek [28]	5-7, 6-4, 1-6	Cristina Bucsa
Anhelina Kalinina	3-6, 3-6	Himeno Sakatsume [Q]
Daria Kasatkina	1-6, 4-6	Paula Badosa
Zeynep Sonmez	3-6, 4-6	Coco Gauff [4]
Iga Swiatek [8]	6-2, 6-3	Xiyu Wang
Nadia Podoroska	4-6, 7-6, 6-3	Simona Waltert
Harriet Dart [Q]	3-6, 6-3, 6-2	Peyton Stearns
Elsa Jacquemot	2-6, 2-6	Marie Bouzkova [25]
Madison Keys [22]	7-5, 6-4	Alina Korneeva
Lucie Havlickova [Q]	3-6, 3-6	Anna Bondar
Qinwen Zheng [Q]	4-6, 6-3, 6-1	Kristina Liutova [Q]
Yulia Putintseva	4-6, 7-5, 6-3	Belinda Bencic [12]
Naomi Osaka [13]	7-6, 7-6	Anastasia Zakharova
Elisabetta Cocciaretto	3-6, 2-6	Katerina Siniakova
Tamara Zidansek [Q]	3-6, 5-7	Maria Timofeeva
Kaitlin Quevedo	4-6, 4-6	Elise Mertens [23]
Maria Sakkari [32]	2-6, 7-5, 6-2	Robin Montgomery
Yuliia Starodubtseva	6-2, 6-2	Ella Seidel
Darja Vidmanova	3-6, 4-6	Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Thea Frodin [WC]	3-6, 2-6	Elena Rybakina [2]

Entry List US Open WTA 2026

#	Player	Ctry
1	Aryna Sabalenka	BLR
2	Elena Rybakina	KAZ
3	Jessica Pegula	USA
4	Coco Gauff	USA
5	Mirra Andreeva	RUS
6	Karolína Muchová	CZE
7	Linda Nosková	CZE
8	Iga Świątek	POL
9	Amanda Anisimova	USA
10	Elina Svitolina	UKR
11	Marta Kostyuk	UKR
13	Naomi Osaka	JPN
14	Belinda Bencic	SUI
15	Jasmine Paolini	ITA
16	Iva Jovic	USA
17	Sorana Cîrstea	ROU
18	Diana Shnaider	RUS
19	Ekaterina Alexandrova	RUS
20	Anna Kalinskaya	RUS
21	Marie Bouzková	CZE
22	Maja Chwalińska	POL
23	Madison Keys	USA
24	Elise Mertens	BEL
25	Leylah Fernandez	CAN
26	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE
27	Emma Navarro	USA
28	Anastasia Potapova	AUT
29	Alexandra Eala	PHI
30	Clara Tauson	DEN
31	Jeļena Ostapenko	LAT
32	Ann Li	USA
33	Maria Sakkari	GRE
35	Kateřina Siniaková	CZE
36	Donna Vekić	CRO
37	Emma Raducanu	GBR
38	Janice Tjen	INA
38	Loïs Boisson (PR)	FRA
39	Xinyu Wang	CHN
40	Sára Bejlek	CZE
41	Jaqueline Cristian	ROU
42	Cristina Bucșa	ESP
43	Magdalena Fręch	POL
44	Nikola Bartůňková	CZE
45	Oleksandra Oliynykova	UKR
46	Mccartney Kessler	USA
47	Viktorija Golubic	SUI
48	Zeynep Sönmez	TUR
49	Petra Marčinko	CRO
50	Antonia Ružić	CRO
51	Magda Linette	POL
52	Camila Osorio	COL
53	Caty McNally	USA
54	Daria Snigur	UKR
55	Mayar Sherif	EGY
56	Shuai Zhang	CHN
57	Anhelina Kalinina	UKR
58	Peyton Stearns	USA
59	Yuliia Starodubtseva	UKR
60	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	ESP
61	Diane Parry	FRA
62	Daria Kasatkina	AUS
63	Karolína Plíšková	CZE
64	Tereza Valentová	CZE
65	Kimberly Birrell	AUS
66	Ashlyn Krueger	USA
67	Alycia Parks	USA
68	Katie Boulter	GBR
69	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	ITA
70	Liudmila Samsonova
71	Talia Gibson	AUS
72	Panna Udvardy	HUN
73	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	ROU
74	Lilli Tagger	AUT
75	Alina Korneeva	RUS
76	Tatjana Maria	GER
77	Maya Joint	AUS
78	Kamilla Rakhimova	UZB
79	Yulia Putintseva	KAZ
80	Sinja Kraus	AUT
81	Tamara Korpatsch	GER
82	Lanlana Tararudee	THA
82	Irina-Camelia Begu (PR)	ROU
83	Taylor Townsend	USA
84	Maria Timofeeva	UZB
85	Renata Zarazúa	MEX
86	Eva Lys	GER
87	Solana Sierra	ARG
87	Aoi Ito (PR)	JPN
88	Dayana Yastremska	UKR
89	Laura Siegemund	GER
89	Jil Teichmann (PR)	SUI
90	Xiyu Wang	CHN
91	Simona Waltert	SUI
92	Hanne Vandewinkel	BEL
93	Paula Badosa	ESP
95	Katie Volynets	USA
96	Emiliana Arango	COL
97	Anna Bondár	HUN
98	Oksana Selekhmeteva	ESP
100	Veronika Erjavec	SLO
100	Mananchaya Sawangkaew (PR)	THA
101	Kaitlin Quevedo	ESP
102	Anastasia Zakharova	RUS
103	Ella Seidel	GER

When is the draw confirmed?

The 2026 US Open draw will typically be revealed the week before the main tournament kicks off. It is expected on Thursday, August 27, 2026, ahead of main draw matches starting on Sunday, August 30, 2026.

Aryna Sabalenka defends her US Open title.

When is the schedule confirmed?

The schedule will be confirmed the days prior to the tournament starting. Albeit the top half will start the tournament and the bottom half the day after.

History US Open WTA

Year[d]	Champion	Runner-up	Score[14]
1968	Virginia Wade	Billie Jean King	6–4, 6–2
1969	Margaret Court (3)	Nancy Richey	6–2, 6–2
1970	Margaret Court (4)	Rosemary Casals	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
1971	Billie Jean King (2)	Rosemary Casals	6–4, 7–6(5–2)
1972	Billie Jean King (3)	Kerry Melville	6–3, 7–5
1973	Margaret Court (5)	Evonne Goolagong	7–6(5–2), 5–7, 6–2
1974	Billie Jean King (4)	Evonne Goolagong	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1975	Chris Evert	Evonne Goolagong	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1976	Chris Evert (2)	Evonne Goolagong	6–3, 6–0
1977	Chris Evert (3)	Wendy Turnbull	7–6(7–3), 6–2
1978	Chris Evert (4)	Pam Shriver	7–5, 6–4
1979	Tracy Austin	Chris Evert	6–4, 6–3
1980	Chris Evert (5)	Hana Mandlíková	5–7, 6–1, 6–1
1981	Tracy Austin (2)	Martina Navratilova[g]	1–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–1)
1982	Chris Evert (6)	Hana Mandlíková	6–3, 6–1
1983	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert	6–1, 6–3
1984	Martina Navratilova (2)	Chris Evert	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1985	Hana Mandlíková	Martina Navratilova	7–6(7–3), 1–6, 7–6(7–2)
1986	Martina Navratilova (3)	Helena Suková	6–3, 6–2
1987	Martina Navratilova (4)	Steffi Graf	7–6(7–4), 6–1
1988	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
1989	Steffi Graf (2)	Martina Navratilova	3–6, 7–5, 6–1
1990	Gabriela Sabatini	Steffi Graf	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
1991	Monica Seles	Martina Navratilova	7–6(7–1), 6–1
1992	Monica Seles (2)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–3
1993	Steffi Graf (3)	Helena Suková	6–3, 6–3
1994	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Steffi Graf	1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
1995	Steffi Graf (4)	Monica Seles	7–6(8–6), 0–6, 6–3
1996	Steffi Graf (5)	Monica Seles	7–5, 6–4
1997	Martina Hingis	Venus Williams	6–0, 6–4
1998	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	6–3, 7–5
1999	Serena Williams	Martina Hingis	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2000	Venus Williams	Lindsay Davenport	6–4, 7–5
2001	Venus Williams (2)	Serena Williams	6–2, 6–4
2002	Serena Williams (2)	Venus Williams	6–4, 6–3
2003	Justine Henin	Kim Clijsters	7–5, 6–1
2004	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Elena Dementieva	6–3, 7–5
2005	Kim Clijsters	Mary Pierce	6–3, 6–1
2006	Maria Sharapova	Justine Henin	6–4, 6–4
2007	Justine Henin (2)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–1, 6–3
2008	Serena Williams (3)	Jelena Janković	6–4, 7–5
2009	Kim Clijsters (2)	Caroline Wozniacki	7–5, 6–3
2010	Kim Clijsters (3)	Vera Zvonareva	6–2, 6–1
2011	Samantha Stosur	Serena Williams	6–2, 6–3
2012	Serena Williams (4)	Victoria Azarenka	6–2, 2–6, 7–5
2013	Serena Williams (5)	Victoria Azarenka	7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–1
2014	Serena Williams (6)	Caroline Wozniacki	6–3, 6–3
2015	Flavia Pennetta	Roberta Vinci	7–6(7–4), 6–2
2016	Angelique Kerber	Karolína Plíšková	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2017	Sloane Stephens	Madison Keys	6–3, 6–0
2018	Naomi Osaka	Serena Williams	6–2, 6–4
2019	Bianca Andreescu	Serena Williams	6–3, 7–5
2020	Naomi Osaka (2)	Victoria Azarenka	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
2021	Emma Raducanu	Leylah Fernandez	6–4, 6–3
2022	Iga Świątek	Ons Jabeur	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
2023	Coco Gauff	Aryna Sabalenka	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
2024	Aryna Sabalenka	Jessica Pegula	7–5, 7–5
2025	Aryna Sabalenka (2)	Amanda Anisimova	6–3, 7–6(7–3)

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