THIS year’s US Open mixed doubles winners are set to be awarded a mouth-watering sum.
The 2025 US Open kick starts with a new mixed doubles championship, with eight duos battling it out for the title.
Organisers have controversially made the event stand-alone this year in an attempt to encourage top singles players to participate in the mixed doubles.
The competition is set to be played between August 19-20 with the US Open Singles tournament getting started on August 24.
Many of the big name singles players will be competing in the competition with seven teams gaining direct entry based on their combined singles rankings.
Emma Raducanu pairs up with Carlos Alcaraz as she faces fellow Brit Jack Draper and his teammate Jessica Pegula in the Round of 16.
Wimbledon winner and last year’s men’s US Open champion Jannik Sinner teams up with experienced doubles player Katerina Siniakova.
Reigning champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori return as they will try to defend their title.
Novak Djokovic is also in the competition and pairs up with Olga Danilovic.
The 24-time Grand Slam winner has only reached the second round of a doubles competition once – at Wimbledon in 2006 – but did make a run to the semi-finals of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
US Open Mixed Doubles 2025 prize money
This year’s prize money has increased significantly from last year with the winning team now being awarded $1million (£736,880).
This is a staggering improvement on the $200,000 (£147,364) given to 2024 champions Errani and Vavassori.
Intent has clearly being shown by organisers significantly increasing the prize pool, upping the stakes and hopefully increasing the suspense and excitement of the games throughout the competition.
Here is a full breakdown of the prize money for the mixed doubles competition:
- Winner: $1,000,000 (£736,880)
- Runner-up: $400,000 (£294,729)
- Semi-Finalist: $200,000 (£147,364)
- Quarter-Finalist: $100,000 (£73,682)
- Round of 16: $20,000 (£14,736)
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