2021 US Open (tennis)

2021 US Open
2021 US Open
Date	August 30 – September 12
Edition	141st
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw	128S/64D/32X
Prize money	US$57.5 million
Surface	Hard
Location	New York City, United States
Venue	USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
	Daniil Medvedev
Women's singles
	Emma Raducanu
Men's doubles
	Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury
Women's doubles
	Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai
Mixed doubles
	Desirae Krawczyk / Joe Salisbury
Wheelchair men's singles
	Shingo Kunieda
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 / Aniek van Koot
Wheelchair quad doubles
	Sam Schröder / Niels Vink
Boys' singles
	Daniel Rincón
Girls' singles
	Robin Montgomery
Boys' doubles
	Max Westphal / Coleman Wong
Girls' doubles
	Ashlyn Krueger / Robin Montgomery

Last updated June 29, 2025

The 2021 US Open was the 141st edition of tennis's US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It was held on outdoor hardcourts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York City.

Both Dylan Alcott and Diede de Groot achieved the Golden Slam in wheelchair quad singles and wheelchair women's singles, respectively, by winning all four majors and the Paralympics in 2021.^[3]^[4] Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid also achieved the Grand Slam in wheelchair men's doubles by winning all four majors in 2021.^[5] Novak Djokovic was attempting to be the first man to complete a calendar Grand Slam in men's singles since Rod Laver in 1969, having won the men's singles tournaments at the 2021 Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon, but unlike Alcott and de Groot, who also won the Olympic gold medal (Djokovic lost to Alexander Zverev in the semifinal for the gold medal match at the Olympics in 2021), he lost to Medvedev in the final.

This was the first Major tournament since the 1997 Australian Open not to feature Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, or Venus Williams in the main singles draw.^[6]

The United States Tennis Association allowed the return of spectators after the 2020 tournament was held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York. Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases resulting from the delta variant of the virus, spectators had to present a negative COVID-19 test or proof of vaccination in order to be allowed to enter the grounds.^[7]

Tournament

The 2021 US Open was the 141st 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, United States.

The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and part of the 2021 ATP Tour and the 2021 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws, as both doubles draws returned to the standard 64 players, and singles players remained in standard 128-person format in each category. There were also singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18).

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

Wheelchair events were held on September 9 as scheduled. Unlike previous events on scheduling conflicts with the tournament and the Summer Paralympic Games, the 2020 Summer Paralympics (which was delayed from 2020 due to the pandemic) were held during the first week of the tournament.^[8]

Singles players

Men's singles

Champion		Runner-up
Daniil Medvedev [2]		Novak Djokovic [1]
Semifinals out
Alexander Zverev [4]		Félix Auger-Aliassime [12]
Quarterfinals out
Matteo Berrettini [6]	Lloyd Harris	Carlos Alcaraz	Botic van de Zandschulp (Q)
4th round out
Jenson Brooksby (WC)	Oscar Otte (Q)	Jannik Sinner [13]	Reilly Opelka [22]
Frances Tiafoe	Peter Gojowczyk (Q)	Diego Schwartzman [11]	Dan Evans [24]
3rd round out
Kei Nishikori	Aslan Karatsev [21]	Andreas Seppi	Ilya Ivashka
Jack Sock (WC)	Gaël Monfils [17]	Nikoloz Basilashvili	Denis Shapovalov [7]
Andrey Rublev [5]	Roberto Bautista Agut [18]	Henri Laaksonen (Q)	Stefanos Tsitsipas [3]
Facundo Bagnis	Alex Molčan (Q)	Alexei Popyrin	Pablo Andújar
2nd round out
Tallon Griekspoor	Mackenzie McDonald	Jordan Thompson	Taylor Fritz
Hubert Hurkacz [10]	Denis Kudla	Vasek Pospisil	Corentin Moutet
Albert Ramos Viñolas	Alexander Bublik [31]	Steve Johnson	Zachary Svajda (WC)
Maxime Cressy (Q)	Lorenzo Musetti	Ernesto Escobedo (WC)	Roberto Carballés Baena
Pedro Martínez	Guido Pella	Emil Ruusuvuori	Bernabé Zapata Miralles (LL)
Cristian Garín [16]	Dušan Lajović	Arthur Rinderknech	Adrian Mannarino
Casper Ruud [8]	Marco Trungelliti (Q)	Brandon Nakashima (WC)	Kevin Anderson
Grigor Dimitrov [15]	Marcos Giron	Philipp Kohlschreiber (PR)	Dominik Koepfer
1st round out
Holger Rune (Q)	Jan-Lennard Struff	Salvatore Caruso	David Goffin [27]
Jaume Munar	Gianluca Mager	Mikael Ymer	Alex de Minaur [14]
Egor Gerasimov	Márton Fucsovics	Laslo Đere	Lorenzo Sonego [20]
Fabio Fognini [28]	Tennys Sandgren	Stefano Travaglia	Jérémy Chardy
Sam Querrey	Lucas Pouille	Yoshihito Nishioka	Yannick Hanfmann
Federico Coria	Maximilian Marterer (Q)	Marco Cecchinato	Max Purcell (WC)
Pablo Carreño Busta [9]	Sebastian Korda	Emilio Nava (WC)	Kwon Soon-woo
Karen Khachanov [25]	Pablo Cuevas	Tommy Paul	Federico Delbonis
Ivo Karlović (Q)	James Duckworth	Christopher Eubanks (Q)	Filip Krajinović [32]
Nick Kyrgios	Kamil Majchrzak (Q)	Feliciano López	Evgeny Donskoy (Q)
Norbert Gombos	John Millman	Benoît Paire	Ugo Humbert [23]
Cameron Norrie [28]	Miomir Kecmanović	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Andy Murray
Yūichi Sugita (LL)	Carlos Taberner	Taro Daniel	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina [29]
John Isner [19]	Cem İlkel (Q)	Jiří Veselý	Ričardas Berankis
Sam Riffice (WC)	Radu Albot	Antoine Hoang (Q)	Thiago Monteiro
Marin Čilić [30]	Mikhail Kukushkin (LL)	Quentin Halys (Q)	Richard Gasquet

Women's singles

Champion		Runner-up
Emma Raducanu (Q)		Leylah Fernandez
Semifinals out
Maria Sakkari [17]		Aryna Sabalenka [2]
Quarterfinals out
Belinda Bencic [11]	Karolína Plíšková [4]	Elina Svitolina [5]	Barbora Krejčíková [8]
4th round out
Shelby Rogers	Iga Świątek [7]	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [14]	Bianca Andreescu [6]
Simona Halep [12]	Angelique Kerber [16]	Garbiñe Muguruza [9]	Elise Mertens [15]
3rd round out
Ashleigh Barty [1]	Sara Sorribes Tormo	Jessica Pegula [23]	Anett Kontaveit [28]
Ajla Tomljanović	Varvara Gracheva	Petra Kvitová [10]	Greet Minnen (LL)
Daria Kasatkina [25]	Elena Rybakina [19]	Sloane Stephens	Naomi Osaka [3]
Kamilla Rakhimova (LL)	Victoria Azarenka [18]	Ons Jabeur [20]	Danielle Collins [26]
2nd round out
Clara Tauson	Sorana Cîrstea	Hsieh Su-wei	Zhang Shuai
Martina Trevisan	Misaki Doi	Jil Teichmann	Fiona Ferro
Amanda Anisimova	Petra Martić [30]	Paula Badosa [24]	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (Q)
Kristýna Plíšková (Q)	Kateřina Siniaková	Liudmila Samsonova	Lauren Davis
Rebeka Masarova (Q)	Markéta Vondroušová	Caroline Garcia	Kristína Kučová (LL)
Anhelina Kalinina	Coco Gauff [21]	Kaia Kanepi	Olga Danilović (Q)
Christina McHale	Ekaterina Alexandrova [32]	Jasmine Paolini	Andrea Petkovic
Valentini Grammatikopoulou (Q)	Camila Osorio	Kaja Juvan	Tamara Zidanšek
1st round out
Vera Zvonareva	Clara Burel	Madison Brengle	Veronika Kudermetova [29]
Karolína Muchová [22]	Claire Liu	Hailey Baptiste (WC)	Stefanie Vögele (LL)
Arantxa Rus	CoCo Vandeweghe (WC)	Storm Sanders (WC)	Anastasia Potapova
Samantha Stosur (PR)	Cristina Bucșa (Q)	Nao Hibino	Jamie Loeb (Q)
Caty McNally (WC)	Zarina Diyas	Katie Volynets (WC)	Dalma Gálfi (Q)
Alison Van Uytvanck	Nuria Párrizas Díaz (Q)	Ashlyn Krueger (WC)	Alison Riske
Polona Hercog	Danka Kovinić	Anastasija Sevastova	Marta Kostyuk
Nadia Podoroska	Katie Boulter (Q)	Viktoriya Tomova (LL)	Viktorija Golubic
Rebecca Marino (Q)	Ana Bogdan	Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q)	Tsvetana Pironkova
Aliaksandra Sasnovich	Harriet Dart (Q)	Ann Li	Camila Giorgi
Dayana Yastremska	Mayar Sherif (LL)	Madison Keys	Magda Linette
Yulia Putintseva [31]	Ana Konjuh (Q)	Alycia Parks (WC)	Marie Bouzková
Astra Sharma (Q)	Emma Navarro (WC)	Kristina Mladenovic	Sara Errani
Tereza Martincová	Yaroslava Shvedova (PR)	Irina-Camelia Begu	Donna Vekić
Rebecca Peterson	Anna Blinkova	Ivana Jorović (PR)	Alizé Cornet
Carla Suárez Navarro (PR)	Heather Watson	Bernarda Pera	Nina Stojanović

Events

Men's singles

Daniil Medvedev def. Novak Djokovic, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4

Wheelchair quad singles

Dylan Alcott def. Niels Vink, 7–5, 6–2

Wheelchair men's doubles

Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def. Gustavo Fernández / Shingo Kunieda, 6–2, 6–1

Wheelchair women's doubles

Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot def. Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley, 6–1, 6–2

Wheelchair quad doubles

Sam Schröder / Niels Vink def. Dylan Alcott / Heath Davidson, 6–3, 6–2

Boys' singles

Daniel Rincón def. Shang Juncheng, 6–2, 7–6^(8–6)

Girls' singles

Robin Montgomery def. Kristina Dmitruk, 6–2, 6–4

Boys' doubles

Max Westphal / Coleman Wong def. Viacheslav Bielinskyi / Petr Nesterov, 6–3, 5–7, [10–1]

Girls' doubles

Ashlyn Krueger / Robin Montgomery def. Reese Brantmeier / Elvina Kalieva, 5–7, 6–3, [10–4]

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	R4	R3	R2	R1	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	—	—

Junior

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 US Open has the richest prize purse of all Grand Slams. The total prize money compensation for the 2021 US Open is $57.5 million.^[9]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$2,500,000	$1,250,000	$675,000	$425,000	$265,000	$180,000	$115,000	$75,000	$42,000	$32,000	$20,000
Doubles	$660,000	$330,000	$164,000	$93,000	$54,000	$34,000	$20,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mixed doubles	$160,000	$78,000	$40,000	$22,000	$13,400	$7,800	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

References

↑ "Defending champion Dominic Thiem to miss US Open tennis tournament with wrist injury". ESPN. The Associated Press. August 18, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
↑ Clarey, Christopher (September 4, 2021). "Naomi Osaka Loses at the U.S. Open and May Take a Break from Tennis". The New York Times. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
↑ Bevan, Emily (September 12, 2021). "Alcott, De Groot seal Golden Slam as Kunieda retains US Open title". International Tennis Federation.
↑ "Two for two: Dylan Alcott follows de Groot in winning Golden Slam". US Open. Victoria Chiesa. September 12, 2021. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
↑ Bevan, Emily (September 12, 2021). "Alcott to meet Vink, Hewett-Reid secure calendar Grand Slam". International Tennis Federation.
↑ @BleacherReport (August 25, 2021). "Venus Williams withdraws from the US..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
↑ Waldstein, David (August 27, 2021). "U.S. Open Tightens Protocols, Fans Must Provide Proof of Covid Vaccination". The New York Times . Retrieved August 29, 2021.
↑ Kapetanakis, Arthur (August 3, 2021). "2021 US Open Series Interview: Rafael Nadal". USOpen.org. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
↑ "2021 US Open offers record prize money, $57.5 million in total player compensation". US Open. August 23, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.

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[1] "Defending champion Dominic Thiem to miss US Open tennis tournament with wrist injury". ESPN. The Associated Press. August 18, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2024.

[The_New_York_Times_2021-2] Clarey, Christopher (September 4, 2021). "Naomi Osaka Loses at the U.S. Open and May Take a Break from Tennis". The New York Times. Retrieved September 11, 2021.

[3] Bevan, Emily (September 12, 2021). "Alcott, De Groot seal Golden Slam as Kunieda retains US Open title". International Tennis Federation.

[4] "Two for two: Dylan Alcott follows de Groot in winning Golden Slam". US Open. Victoria Chiesa. September 12, 2021. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.

[5] Bevan, Emily (September 12, 2021). "Alcott to meet Vink, Hewett-Reid secure calendar Grand Slam". International Tennis Federation.

[6] @BleacherReport (August 25, 2021). "Venus Williams withdraws from the US..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[7] Waldstein, David (August 27, 2021). "U.S. Open Tightens Protocols, Fans Must Provide Proof of Covid Vaccination". The New York Times . Retrieved August 29, 2021.

[8] Kapetanakis, Arthur (August 3, 2021). "2021 US Open Series Interview: Rafael Nadal". USOpen.org. Retrieved September 5, 2021.

[9] "2021 US Open offers record prize money, $57.5 million in total player compensation". US Open. August 23, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.

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ATP Tour 250	Delray Beach (S, D)^† Antalya (S, D)^† Melbourne 1 (S, D)* Melbourne 2 (S, D)* Montpellier (S, D) Córdoba (S, D) Singapore (S, D)* Buenos Aires (S, D) Doha (S, D) Marseille (S, D) Santiago (S, D) Marbella (S, D)* Cagliari (S, D)* Belgrade 1 (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Munich (S, D) Geneva (S, D) Lyon (S, D) Belgrade 2 (S, D)* Parma (S, D)* Stuttgart (S, D) ~~Rosmalen~~ ^† Eastbourne (S, D) Mallorca (S, D) Newport (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Los Cabos (S, D) Umag (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Kitzbühel (S, D) Atlanta (S, D) Winston-Salem (S, D) Metz (S, D) Nur-Sultan (S, D)* San Diego (S, D)* Sofia (S, D) Moscow (S, D) Antwerp (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Stockholm (S, D)
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Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X)^† French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
WTA 1000 tournaments	Dubai (S, D) Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) ~~Wuhan~~ ^† ~~Beijing~~ ^† Indian Wells (S, D)^†
WTA 500 tournaments	Abu Dhabi (S, D)* Melbourne 1 (S, D)* Melbourne 2 (S, D)* Melbourne 3 (S)* Adelaide (S, D) Doha (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Charleston 1 (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Berlin (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) San Jose (S, D) ~~Zhengzhou~~ ^† Ostrava (S, D) ~~Tokyo~~ ^† Chicago 2 (S, D)* Moscow (S, D)
WTA 250 tournaments	Melbourne 4 (S, D)* Lyon (S, D) Guadalajara (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Charleston 2 (S, D)* İstanbul (S, D) Belgrade (S, D) Parma (S, D)* Strasbourg (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) ~~Rosmalen~~ ^† Birmingham (S, D) Bad Homburg (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Lausanne (S, D) Prague (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Gdynia (S, D) Cluj-Napoca 1 (S, D) Chicago 1 (S, D)* Cleveland (S, D) Luxembourg (S, D) Portorož (S, D)* Nur-Sultan (S, D)* Tenerife (S, D)* Courmayeur (S, D)* Cluj-Napoca 2 (S, D)* Linz (S, D)
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