2017 US Open (tennis)

2017 US Open
Date	August 28 – September 10
Edition	137th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw	128S/64D/32X
Prize money	$50,400,000
Surface	Hard
Location	New York City, New York, United States
Venue	USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
2016 Champions
Men's Singles
Stan Wawrinka
Women's Singles
Angelique Kerber
Men's Doubles
Bruno Soares / Jamie Murray
Women's Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová
Mixed Doubles
Laura Siegemund / Mate Pavić
Boys' Singles
Félix Auger-Aliassime
Girls' Singles
Kayla Day
Boys' Doubles
Juan Carlos Aguilar / Felipe Meligeni Alves
Girls' Doubles
Jada Hart / Ena Shibahara
Men's Champions Invitational
Pat Cash / Mark Philippoussis
Women's Champions Invitational
Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández

The 2017 US Open will be the 137th edition of tennis' US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It will be held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. Experimental rules will feature in qualifying for the main draw as well as in the junior, wheelchair and exhibition events.

Stan Wawrinka and Angelique Kerber are the reigning men's and women's singles champions. Wawrinka withdrew before the start of the tournament due to a knee injury and decided to end his season.

Tournament

Arthur Ashe Stadium before the retractable roof was installed

The 2017 US Open will be the 137th edition of the tournament and will take 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 is held on 14 DecoTurf hard courts.

The tournament will be an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and will be part of the 2017 ATP World Tour and the 2017 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There are also singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments.

The 2017 tournament will see the USTA try out two experimental rules. Firstly, the USTA are introducing a shot clock to combat slow play and to address players going over the allotted time for warm ups and medical time outs. Secondly, coaching will be allowed from the side of the court. Whilst a player is at the same end as their box they can verbally communicate if they are at the opposite end then sign language would be allowed. Meaning that coaching incidents involving Victoria Azarenka and Caroline Garcia at Wimbledon would be allowed.^[1]^[2]^[3] The rules will only apply in qualifying matches for the main draw, junior, wheelchair and legends matches.^[4]

The tournament will be played on hard courts and takes place over a series of 15 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the two existing main showcourts – Arthur Ashe Stadium and the new Grandstand. Louis Armstrong Stadium, one of the main stadiums used in the previous tournament, was demolished after the 2016 tournament and will be replaced by a temporary stadium located next to parking lot B near Arthur Ashe Stadium for the 2017 edition.

Broadcast

In the United States, the 2017 US Open will be the third year in a row under an 11-year, $825 million contract with ESPN, in which the broadcaster holds exclusive rights to the entire tournament and the US Open Series. This means that the tournament is not available on broadcast television. This also makes 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

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	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	375	270	180	120	75	30	25	20
Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3
Boys' Singles	375	270	180	120	75	30	25	20
Boys' Doubles	270	180	120	75	45	—	—	—
Girls' Doubles	270	180	120	75	45	—	—	—

Prize money

The total prize-money compensation for the 2017 US Open is $50.4 million, a 3.7% increase on the same total last year. Of that total, a record $3.7 million goes to both the men's and women's singles champions, which is increased to 7.5 percent from last year. This made the US Open the most lucrative and highest paying tennis grand slam in the world, leapfrogging Wimbledon in total prize money fund. Prize money for the US Open qualifying tournament is also up 49.2 percent, to $2.9 million.^[5]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$3,700,000	$1,825,000	$920,000	$470,000	$253,625	$144,000	$86,000	$50,000	$16,350	$10,900	$5,606
Doubles	$675,000	$340,000	$160,000	$82,000	$44,000	$26,500	$16,500	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mixed Doubles	$150,000	$70,000	$30,000	$15,000	$10,000	$5,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Singles seeds

Seeds are based on the ATP and WTA rankings as of August 21, 2017. Rank and points before are as of August 28, 2017.

Men's Singles

Seed	Rank^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Andy Murray	7,150	360	10	6,800	First round vs.
2	2	Rafael Nadal		180	10		First round vs.
3	3	Roger Federer		0	10		First round vs.
4	6	Marin Čilić	4,155	90	10	4,075	First round vs.
5	7	Dominic Thiem		180	10		First round vs.
6	8	Alexander Zverev		45	10		First round vs.
7	9	Kei Nishikori		720	10		First round vs.
8	10	Milos Raonic		45	10		First round vs.
9	11	Grigor Dimitrov		180	10		First round vs.
10	12	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		360	10		First round vs.
11	13	David Goffin		10	10		First round vs.
12	14	Roberto Bautista Agut		90	10		First round vs.
13	15	Tomáš Berdych		0	10		First round vs.
14	16	Jack Sock		180	10		First round vs.
15	17	Pablo Carreño Busta		90	10		First round vs.
16	18	Lucas Pouille	2,210	360	10	1,860	First round vs.
17	19	John Isner		90	10		First round vs.
18	20	Sam Querrey		10	10		First round vs.
19	21	Gaël Monfils		720	10		First round vs.
20	22	Gilles Müller		10	10		First round vs.
21	23	Nick Kyrgios		90	10		First round vs.
22	24	Albert Ramos Viñolas		45	10		First round vs.
23	25	Fabio Fognini		45	10		First round vs.
24	26	Mischa Zverev		70	10		First round vs.
25	27	Kevin Anderson		90	10		First round vs.
26	28	Pablo Cuevas		45	10		First round vs.
27	29	Richard Gasquet		10	10		First round vs.
28	30	Juan Martín del Potro		360	10		First round vs.
29	31	David Ferrer		90	10		First round vs.
30	32	Karen Khachanov		70	10		First round vs.
31	33	Diego Schwartzman		180	10		First round vs.
32	34	Feliciano López		45	10		First round vs.

Withdrawn players

Rank^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
4	Stan Wawrinka	5,690	2,000	3,690	Knee injury^[6]
5	Novak Djokovic	5,325	1,200	4,125	Elbow injury^[7]

Women's Singles

Seed	Rank^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Player	Points defending	Points won	Status
1	1	Karolína Plíšková	1,300	10	First round vs.
2	2	Simona Halep	430	10	First round vs.
3	3	Angelique Kerber	2,000	10	First round vs.
4	4	Garbiñe Muguruza	70	10	First round vs.
5	5	Caroline Wozniacki	780	10	First round vs.
6	6	Elina Svitolina	130	10	First round vs.
7	7	Johanna Konta	240	10	First round vs.
8	8	Svetlana Kuznetsova	70	10	First round vs.
9	9	Venus Williams	240	10	First round vs.
10	10	Agnieszka Radwańska	240	10	First round vs.
11	11	Dominika Cibulková	130	10	First round vs.
12	12	Jeļena Ostapenko	10	10	First round vs.
13	13	Kristina Mladenovic	70	10	First round vs.
14	14	Petra Kvitová	240	10	First round vs.
15	16	Anastasija Sevastova	430	10	First round vs.
16	17	Madison Keys	240	10	First round vs.
17	18	Caroline Garcia	130	10	First round vs.
18	19	Elena Vesnina	130	10	First round vs.
19	20	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	130	10	First round vs.
20	21	Coco Vandeweghe	10	10	First round vs.
21	22	Ana Konjuh	430	10	First round vs.
22	23	Barbora Strýcová	10	10	First round vs.
23	24	Timea Bacsinszky	70	10	First round vs.
24	25	Peng Shuai	10	10	First round vs.
25	26	Daria Gavrilova	10	10	First round vs.
26	27	Kiki Bertens	10	10	First round vs.
27	28	Anett Kontaveit	10	10	First round vs.
28	29	Zhang Shuai	130	10	First round vs.
29	30	Lesia Tsurenko	240	10	First round vs.
30	31	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	70	10	First round vs.
31	32	Carla Suárez Navarro	240	10	First round vs.
32	33	Magdaléna Rybáriková	0	10	First round vs.

Withdrawn players

Rank^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
15	Serena Williams	2,810	780	2,030	Pregnancy^[8]

1 2 3 4 These rankings (both ATP and WTA) are as of August 14, 2017, this is a projected group of seedings that is not final and is subject to change.

Doubles seeds

Men's Doubles

Team		Rank¹	Seed
			1
			2
			3
			4
			5
			6
			7
			8
			9
			10
			11
			12
			13
			14
			15
			16

¹Rankings as of August 21, 2017.

Women's Doubles

Team		Rank¹	Seed
			1
			2
			3
			4
			5
			6
			7
			8
			9
			10
			11
			12
			13
			14
			15
			16

¹Rankings as of August 21, 2017.

Mixed Doubles

Team		Rank¹	Seed
			1
			2
			3
			4
			5
			6
			7
			8

¹Rankings as of August 21, 2017.