How to watch the US Open 2022 tennis tournament

Frances Tiafoe at the 2022 US Open
Frances Tiafoe at the 2022 US Open (Image credit: Diego Souto/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)

The US Open 2022 tennis tournament marks the end of the tennis majors for this calendar year. The tournament has been filled with big storylines, including a magical run from Serena Williams as she ends her tennis career, upsets and just great tennis from the men's, women's and doubles draws.

Here is everything you need to know about the US Open 2022 tennis tournament, from how to watch all the action to the daily schedules.

2022 US Open tennis tournament schedule

We have reached the finals for the 2022 US Open. Here are the match ups for all the finals over the last two days of the tournament:

September 10

  • Mixed Doubles: S. Sanders/J. Peers vs K. Flipkens/E. Roger-Vasselin (noon ET/5 pm UK)
  • Women's Singles: I. Swiatek vs O. Jabeur (not before 4 pm ET/9 pm UK)

September 11

  • Women's Doubles: K. Siniakova/B. Krejcikova vs C. McNally/T. Townsend (1 pm ET/6 pm UK)
  • Men's Singles: C. Ruud vs C. Alcaraz Garfia (not before 4 pm ET/9 pm UK)

Here are the dates for each round of the 2022 US Open tennis tournament:

  • Round 1 (128): August 29-30
  • Round 2 (64): August 31-September 1
  • Round 3 (32): September 2-3
  • Round 4 (16): September 4-5
  • Quarterfinals: September 6-7
  • Women’s Semifinals: September 8
  • Men’s Semifinals: September 9
  • Women’s Finals: September 10
  • Men’s Finals: September 11

When is the US Open 2022? What are the dates?

The 2022 US Open takes place from Monday, 29 August to Sunday, 11 September. Qualifiers to determine the final draws take place prior to the official start of the tournament.

Where is the 2022 US Open?

The US Open takes place in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, in Flushing Meadows, New York City. It's a massive complex with 22 tennis courts that are used throughout the tournament, with the Arthur Ashe Stadium the site of most of the tournament’s top matches.

How to watch the US Open tennis tournament 2022

How to watch the US Open 2022 in the US

ESPN is covering almost all of the US Open tennis tournament this year. The sports cable network’s daily coverage runs across multiple channels, including ESPN, ESPN2 and its streaming platform ESPN Plus. Another cable network, the Tennis Channel, has special coverage most mornings of the tournament.

Most traditional pay-TV providers include ESPN as part of their basic cable packages. If you’ve made the switch to a live TV streaming service, ESPN and ESPN2 are included as part of the basic packages for FuboTV, Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV, as well as Sling TV, though specifically Sling TV Orange.

ESPN Plus is a standalone streaming service that you can sign up for giving you live streams of sporting events and original sports-based content. You can also get access to ESPN Plus in the Disney Bundle, where it's bundled with Disney Plus and Hulu. It comes as standard when you subscribe to Hulu with Live TV.

The Tennis Channel is available as a cable channel on traditional broadcast subscriptions and you can also get it with live TV streaming services like FuboTV and Sling TV.

How to watch the US Open in the UK

If you're a tennis fan in the UK Prime Video has you covered. Prime Video subscribers can watch all of the action from the 2022 US Open as part of their Amazon Prime subscription. 

If you don't have a Prime Video subscription, remember there's a 30-day free trial that will cover you for the course of the tournament. (Remember, though, you’ll automatically be charged 7.99 per month if you don't cancel before the free trial ends).

If you’re OK with just catching the highlights, the US Open’s YouTube channel will feature extended recaps of the days’ matches.

For more information, visit the US Open website.

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