Men’s and women’s singles action at the 2025 US Open kicked off on Sunday, Aug. 24.
Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, Arnya Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula were among the top stars to play first-round matches on opening day.
Novak Djokovic continues his quest for another US Open title following an opening night victory over 19-year-old American Learner Tien on Sunday, Aug. 24.
Djokovic, who is the No. 7 seed in the tournament, appeared to be in some pain during the match. As he was being looked at by an athletic trainer during a break between sets, ESPN’s camera zoomed in during the broadcast on what appeared to be a blister on his toe.
Djokovic improved to 19-0 in first-round matches at the event. He won the event on four different occasions, with the latest coming in 2023. Djokovic has won 24 Grand Slam titles in his legendary career, and another championship in New York would set the all-time tennis record for men or women.
Djokovic will take on Zachary Svajda of the United States in the second round on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Svajda earned a convincing victory over Zsombor Piros.
American Ben Shelton also cruised on to the second round after picking up a victory over Ignacio Buse.
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka swept Rebeka Masarova in the first round of women’s singles. She will play Polina Kudermetova on Wednesday. Kudermetova beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz in what ended up being a quick first-round match. Parrizas-Diaz pulled out of the match after she fell and twisted her ankle.
USA TODAY has everything you need to know about the US Open Day 1 action and a look ahead at the Day 2 order of play for Monday, Aug. 25:
2025 US Open Day 1 results for Sunday
Men’s singles
No. 7 Novak Djokovic def. Learner Tien 6-1, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
No. 30 Brandon Nakashima def. Jesper De Jong 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (10-7)
Marcos Giron def. Mariano Navone 6-0, 7-5, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4
Benjamin Bonzi def. No. 13 Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 0-6, 6-4
No. 4 Taylor Fritz def. Emilio Nava 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 Ben Shelton def. Ignacio Buse 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
No. 16 Jakub Mensik def. Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, 6-4
No. 18 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina def. Alexander Shevchenko 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
No. 20 Jiri Lehecka def. Borna Coric 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
No. 21 Tomas Machac def. Luca Nardi 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
Adrian Mannarino def. No. 29 Tallon Griekspoor 7-5, 6-4, 6-0
No. 32 Luciano Darderi def. Rinky Hijikata 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
Jordan Thompson def. Corentin Moutet 6-2, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
Tomas Martin Etcheverry def. Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-3, 6-2, 6-0
Pablo Carreno Busta def. Pablo Llamas Ruiz 7-6 (9-7), 6-4, 6-2
Jerome Kym def. Ethan Quinn 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5)
Zachary Svajda def. Zsombor Piros 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
Eliot Spizzirri def. Stefan Dostanic 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
Ugo Blanchet def. Fabian Marozsan 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-2
Arthur Rinderknech def. Roberto Carballes Baena 7-6 (7-2), 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
Women’s singles
No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka def. Rebeka Masarova 7-5, 6-1
No. 4 Jessica Pegula def. Mayar Sherif 6-0, 6-4
No. 7 Jamine Paolini def. Destanee Aiava 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
No. 10 Emma Navarro def. Wang Yafan 7-6 (11-9), 6-3
Alexandra Eala def. No. 14 Clara Tauson 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (13-11)
No. 16 Belinda Bencic def. Zhang Shuai 6-3, 6-3
Janice Tjen def. No. 24 Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
No. 25 Jelena Ostapenko def. Wang Xiyu 6-4, 6-3
No. 31 Leylah Fernandez def. Rebecca Marino 6-2, 6-1
No. 32 McCartney Kessler def. Magda Linette 7-5, 7-5
Anna Blinkova def. Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-3, 6-1
Anastasia Potapova def. Zhu Lin 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Lulu Sun def. Camila Osorio 6-4, 2-6, 6-0
Catherine McNally def. Jil Teichmann 6-2, 6-2
Moyuka Uchijima def. Olga Danilovic 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 7-6 (11-9)
Marketa Vondrousova def. Oksana Selekhmeteva 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
Emma Raducanu def. Ena Shibahara 6-1, 6-2
Polina Kudermetova def. Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 2-2 (retired)
Tereza Valentova def. Lucia Bronzetti 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Victoria Azarenka def. Hina Inoue 7-6 (7-0), 6-4
US Open Day 2 schedule: Ranked players in action Monday
* All Times Eastern
Women’s singles
No. 5 Mirra Andreeva vs. Alycia Parks, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Madison Keys vs. Renata Zarazua, 11:30 a.m.
No. 9 Elena Rybakina vs. Julieta Pareja, 11 a.m.
No. 11 Karolina Muchova vs. Venus Williams, 7 p.m.
No. 12 Elina Svitolina vs. Anna Bondar, TBA
No. 15 Daria Kasatkina vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse, TBA
No. 17 Liudmila Samsonova vs. Yue Yuan, 11 a.m.
No. 19 Elise Mertens vs. Alyssa Ahn, 11 a.m.
No. 22 Victoria Mboko vs. Barbora Krejcikova, 11 a.m.
No. 28 Magdalena Frech vs. Talia Gibson, TBA
No. 29 Anna Kalinskaya vs. Clervie Ngounoue, 11 a.m.
No. 30 Dayana Yastremska vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 11 a.m.
Men’s singles
No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz vs. Reilly Opelka 7 p.m.
No. 5 Jack Draper vs. Federico Agustin Gomez, 11 a.m.
No. 9 Karen Khachanov vs. Nishesh Basavareddy, TBA
No. 11 Holger Rune vs. Botic van de Zandschulp, TBA
No. 12 Casper Ruud vs. Sebastian Ofner, 7 p.m.
No. 15 Andrey Rublev vs. Dino Prizmic, TBA
No. 17 Frances Tiafoe vs. Yoshihito Nishioka, 11:30 a.m.
No. 22 Ugo Humbert vs. Adam Walton, 11 a.m.
No. 24 Flavio Coblli vs. Francesco Passaro, TBA
No. 28 Alex Michelsen vs. Francisco Comesana, 11 a.m.
No. 31 Gabriel Diallo vs. Damir Dzumhur, TBA
How to watch 2025 US Open: Dates, TV, streaming
Dates: Sunday, Aug. 24-Sunday, Sept. 7
Location: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (New York)
TV channels: ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes (Spanish language)
Streaming: ESPN+ and Fubo (free trial)
2025 US Open key dates
Men’s and women’s singles competition: Monday, Aug. 24 through Sunday, Sept. 7
Doubles and mixed doubles competition: Begins Monday, Aug. 18, through Saturday, Sept. 6
Mixed doubles final: Wednesday, Aug. 20
Women’s doubles final: Friday, Sept. 5
Men’s doubles final: Saturday, Sept. 6
Women’s singles final: Saturday, Sept. 6
Men’s singles final: Sunday, Sept. 7
