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, respectively. Both were defeated in the fourth round, with Djokovic retiring due to a shoulder injury after losing the first two sets against Stan Wawrinka, and Osaka losing against Belinda Bencic.
Both singles finals were rematches of the singles finals at the 2019 Canadian Open four weeks prior. Rafael Nadal won the men's singles title, defeating first time major finalist Daniil Medvedev in a five-set thriller for his 19th major 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 major singles title. Williams set an Open Era record by reaching her tenth US Open final.
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 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 EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ3Q2Q1Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0 — — — — —13007804302401307010403020210 — — — — —
Wheelchair EventWFSF/3rdQF/4thSingles800500375100Doubles800500100—Quad singles800500375100800100——
Junior EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Boys' singles1000600370200100453020Girls' singlesBoys' doubles75045027515075Girls' doubles
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.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q3Q2Q1Singles$3,850,000$1,900,000$960,000$500,000$280,000$163,000$100,000$58,000$32,000$18,000$11,000Doubles$740,000$370,000$175,000$91,000$50,000$30,000$17,000N/AN/AN/AN/AMixed doubles$160,000$76,000$38,000$19,975$11,400$5,900N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Singles players
Men's singles
Champion Runner-up Rafael Nadal Daniil Medvedev Semifinals out Grigor Dimitrov Matteo Berrettini Quarterfinals out Stan Wawrinka Roger Federer Gaël Monfils Diego Schwartzman 4th round out Novak Djokovic Dominik Köpfer (Q) David Goffin Alex de Minaur Andrey Rublev Pablo Andújar Alexander Zverev Marin Čilić 3rd round out Denis Kudla Paolo Lorenzi (LL) Nikoloz Basilashvili Feliciano López Dan Evans Pablo Carreño Busta Kamil Majchrzak (LL) Kei Nishikori Nick Kyrgios Alexei Popyrin Denis Shapovalov Alexander Bublik Aljaž Bedene Tennys Sandgren John Isner Chung Hyeon (Q) 2nd round out Juan Ignacio Londero Dušan Lajović Jérémy Chardy Miomir Kecmanović Reilly Opelka Jenson Brooksby (Q) Yoshihito Nishioka Hugo Dellien Damir Džumhur Lucas Pouille Ričardas Berankis Grégoire Barrère (Q) Borna Ćorić Pablo Cuevas Cristian Garín Bradley Klahn Gilles Simon Antoine Hoang (WC) Jordan Thompson Mikhail Kukushkin Marius Copil Henri Laaksonen Lorenzo Sonego Thomas Fabbiano Frances Tiafoe Benoît Paire Egor Gerasimov (Q) Vasek Pospisil (PR) Jan-Lennard Struff Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (PR) Fernando Verdasco Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) 1st round out Roberto Carballés Baena Sam Querrey Janko Tipsarević (PR) Steve Darcis (PR) Jannik Sinner (Q) Hubert Hurkacz Laslo Đere Zachary Svajda (WC) Fabio Fognini Jaume Munar Tomáš Berdych (PR) Márton Fucsovics Taylor Fritz Marcos Giron (WC) Kwon Soon-woo (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran Sumit Nagal (Q) Elliot Benchetrit (Q) Adrian Mannarino Philipp Kohlschreiber Guido Pella Jiří Veselý (Q) Cameron Norrie Corentin Moutet Evgeny Donskoy (Q) Andreas Seppi Jack Sock (WC) Nicolás Jarry Christopher Eubanks (WC) Pierre-Hugues Herbert Thiago Monteiro Marco Trungelliti (Q) Stefanos Tsitsipas Bjorn Fratangelo (WC) Leonardo Mayer Steve Johnson Richard Gasquet João Sousa Federico Delbonis Roberto Bautista Agut Albert Ramos Viñolas Ugo Humbert Marco Cecchinato Félix Auger-Aliassime Kyle Edmund Marcel Granollers Santiago Giraldo (Q) Dominic Thiem Radu Albot Ivo Karlović Jozef Kovalík (PR) Brayden Schnur Robin Haase Lloyd Harris Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Karen Khachanov Guillermo García López (Q) Casper Ruud Filip Krajinović Martin Kližan Tobias Kamke (Q) Ernesto Escobedo (WC) Ilya Ivashka (Q) John Millman
Women's singles
Champion Runner-up Bianca Andreescu Serena Williams Semifinals out Belinda Bencic Elina Svitolina Quarterfinals out Donna Vekić Elise Mertens Johanna Konta Wang Qiang 4th round out Naomi Osaka Julia Görges Taylor Townsend (Q) Kristie Ahn (WC) Madison Keys Karolína Plíšková Petra Martić Ashleigh Barty 3rd round out Cori Gauff (WC) Anett Kontaveit Yulia Putintseva Kiki Bertens Sorana Cîrstea Caroline Wozniacki Jeļena Ostapenko Andrea Petkovic Dayana Yastremska Sofia Kenin Zhang Shuai Ons Jabeur Karolína Muchová Anastasija Sevastova Fiona Ferro Maria Sakkari 2nd round out Magda Linette Tímea Babos (Q) Ajla Tomljanović Alizé Cornet Aryna Sabalenka Kaia Kanepi Francesca Di Lorenzo (WC) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Simona Halep Aliona Bolsova Danielle Collins Kirsten Flipkens (LL) Anna Kalinskaya (Q) Alison Riske Kristýna Plíšková Petra Kvitová Venus Williams Rebecca Peterson Laura Siegemund Zhu Lin Margarita Gasparyan Ekaterina Alexandrova Aliaksandra Sasnovich Mariam Bolkvadze (Q) Caty McNally (WC) Hsieh Su-wei Ana Bogdan (Q) Iga Świątek Kristina Mladenovic Alison Van Uytvanck Peng Shuai (Q) Lauren Davis 1st round out Anna Blinkova Astra Sharma Anastasia Potapova Carla Suárez Navarro Sara Sorribes Tormo Marie Bouzková Jessica Pegula Mandy Minella Victoria Azarenka Madison Brengle Tatjana Maria Richèl Hogenkamp (Q) Natalia Vikhlyantseva Veronika Kudermetova Pauline Parmentier Paula Badosa (LL) Nicole Gibbs (LL) Kateryna Kozlova Kateřina Siniaková Barbora Strýcová Wang Yafan Polona Hercog Wang Xiyu (LL) Katie Volynets (WC) Sloane Stephens Svetlana Kuznetsova (PR) Aleksandra Krunić Garbiñe Muguruza Jil Teichmann Diane Parry (WC) Mihaela Buzărnescu Denisa Allertová (Q) Whitney Osuigwe (WC) Zheng Saisai Monica Puig Monica Niculescu CoCo Vandeweghe (PR) Magdalena Fręch (Q) Wang Xinyu (Q) Misaki Doi Daria Kasatkina Priscilla Hon (LL) Samantha Stosur (WC) Viktorija Golubic Caroline Garcia Jennifer Brady Bernarda Pera Tereza Martincová (Q) Maria Sharapova Timea Bacsinszky Elena Rybakina (Q) Jana Čepelová (Q) Tamara Zidanšek Harriet Dart (Q) Ivana Jorović Eugenie Bouchard Angelique Kerber Daria Gavrilova Viktória Kužmová Caroline Dolehide (Q) Camila Giorgi Varvara Lepchenko (LL) Johanna Larsson (Q) Zarina Diyas
Day-by-day summaries
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 SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Novak Djokovic 11,685 2,000 180 9,865Fourth round retired against Stan Wawrinka 2 2 Rafael Nadal 7,945 720 2,000 9,225Champion, defeated Daniil Medvedev 3 3 Roger Federer 6,950 180 360 7,130Quarterfinals lost to Grigor Dimitrov 4 4 Dominic Thiem 4,925 360 10 4,575First round lost to Thomas Fabbiano 5 5 Daniil Medvedev 4,125 90 1,200 5,235Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal 6 6 Alexander Zverev 4,005 90 180 4,095Fourth round lost to Diego Schwartzman 7 7 Kei Nishikori 4,005 720 90 3,375Third round lost to Alex de Minaur 8 8 Stefanos Tsitsipas 3,455 45 10 3,420First round lost to Andrey Rublev 9 9 Karen Khachanov 2,890 90 10 2,810First round lost to Vasek Pospisil [PR] 10 10 2,575 10 10 2,575First round lost to Mikhail Kukushkin 11 11 Fabio Fognini 2,510 45 10 2,475First round lost to Reilly Opelka 12 12 Borna Ćorić 2,160 180 45 2,025Second round withdrew due to lower back strain 13 13 Gaël Monfils 2,140 45 360 2,455Quarterfinals lost to Matteo Berrettini 14 14 John Isner 2,075 360 90 1,805Third round lost to Marin Čilić 15 15 David Goffin 2,055 180 180 2,055Fourth round lost to Roger Federer 16 17 Kevin Anderson 2,050 180 0 1,870Withdrew due to knee injury 17 18 Nikoloz Basilashvili 1,985 180 90 1,895Third round lost to Dominik Köpfer [Q] 18 19 Félix Auger-Aliassime 1,750 35 10 1,725First round lost to Denis Shapovalov 19 20 Guido Pella 1,735 90 10 1,655First round lost to Pablo Carreño Busta 20 21 Diego Schwartzman 1,725 90 360 1,995 Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal 21 22 Milos Raonic 1,630 180 0 1,450 Withdrew due to gluteal injury 22 23 Marin Čilić 1,590 360 180 1,410Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal 23 24 Stan Wawrinka 1,535 90 360 1,805Quarterfinals lost to Daniil Medvedev 24 25 Matteo Berrettini 1,535 10 720 2,245Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal 25 27 Lucas Pouille 1,475 90 45 1,430Second round lost to Dan Evans 26 28 Taylor Fritz 1,465 90 10 1,385First round lost to Feliciano López 27 29 Dušan Lajović 1,441 90 45 1,396Second round lost to Denis Kudla 28 30 Nick Kyrgios 1,430 90 90 1,430Third round lost to Andrey Rublev 29 26 Benoît Paire 1,508 45 45 1,508Second round lost to Aljaž Bedene 30 31 Kyle Edmund 1,325 10 10 1,325First round lost to Pablo Andújar 31 32 Cristian Garín 1,321 (48+25)† 45+6 1,299Second round lost to Alex de Minaur 32 34 Fernando Verdasco 1,310 90 45 1,265Second round lost to Chung Hyeon [Q]
† 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. Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason 16 Juan Martín del Potro 2,050 1,200 850Right knee injury
Women's singles