If the fourth and last Grand Slam tournament of the tennis year increases from August 24th to September 7th with the US Open 2025, sport could be a real revolution in the house. The first title could be awarded before the start of the first individual match.
As tennis insider Parsa Nemati spreads on the short message service X, the organizers of the US Open 2025 are planning a drastic innovation that quickly caused negative response.
The mixed competition in Flushing Meadows should be affected. The title in mixed is to be held during the qualification and, instead of only under 32, can only be played under 16 pairings, it is said. This would increase the final before the first main round single.
But that’s not all: Eight doubles are said to be given a place in the starter field due to the placement of the two double partners in the individual world rankings, eight more by wildcard.
Specifically, a not small proportion of the best double players would have to wait for one of the wildcards, a whole series would inevitably go empty.
Double specialist reacts to rumors
The former double world-listed Kristina Mladenovic, who was able to celebrate a total of three Grand Slam successes in the mixed, reacted horrified to the rumors: “These are terrible, shocking news! This is only done to do more money in the first week of the event To make the mixed competition.
Top coach Sven Groeneveld referred to the importance of the Professional Tennis Players Association, which represents the interests of the professionals on the tour.
And the organizer? The US Open should hope that a number of top players will try their luck in mixed in the week before the start of the actually start. Especially since the supposedly short way to the title (four victories) should be tempting.
So you could also market the competition, which is otherwise more of a shadowy existence, especially in the first rounds.