The US Open will crown its first champions of the 2025 tennis tournament on Wednesday night as mixed doubles takes center stage in New York.

The new event wanted to use singles stars to put mixed doubles on a pedestal. Two masters of the discipline have stolen the show.

A ten-point championship tiebreak will be played if the pairs are level at one set all. The winning pair will receive $1million (£736,880), while the beaten finalists will take home $400,000 (£294,729).

Some of the biggest stars in men's and women's tennis took the court together at the US Open for reimagined mixed doubles competition.

With the revamped US Open mixed doubles starting on Tuesday, BBC Sport looks at the positives and negatives of the controversial change.

Grand Slam singles champions such as Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Madison Keys will be playing for extra money — $1 million to the winning duo — and trying to get their hands on a trophy in the U.

Jessica Pegula revealed her support for the new format of the US Open Mixed Doubles event after sailing past Daniil Medvedev and Mirra Andreeva in the quarterfinal of the tournament on Wednesday, Augu

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Venus Williams and Reilly Opelka take on Karolina Muchova and Andrey Rublev at 12:30 p.m. ET today, Aug. 19. The first day of the US Open Mixed Doubles tournament is airing on the ESPN+ streaming service. Right now, ESPN+ costs $11.99/month for new subscribers.

With Iga Swiatek by his side in the 2025 US Open mixed doubles, Casper Ruud etched his name into ATP history. The Norwegian is now the only active male player to reach the quarterfinals of singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at a Grand Slam event.