Tennis · Hard-court major · Second week
US Open 2026
The US Open 2026 is the last Grand Slam of the year and it is now into its second week on the hard courts of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York. Semi-finals are September 10 and 11, the women's final is September 12 and the men's final is September 13. The champions split a record $108 million prize pool, $5.5 million each.
Carlos Alcaraz is defending the men's title and Aryna Sabalenka the women's, in a draw that lost world No.1 Jannik Sinner to a knee injury before a ball was struck and lost Novak Djokovic in the first round. tail.bet has captured $38.80M across 1,232 tickets on the two singles draws so far. Read the second-week ledger or the Day 1 piece.
Men's · defending champion
Carlos Alcaraz
Women's · defending champion
Aryna Sabalenka
Surface
Hard court
Finals
Sep 12 and Sep 13
The whale money on tennis right now
Biggest recent tennis bets (hard-court warm-ups now; US Open money slots in as it lands).
$89K · Carlos Alcaraz
Tommy Paul - Carlos Alcaraz · ATP Vienna, Austria Men Singles
$50K · Lilli Tagger
Lilli Tagger - Han Shi · WTA Guangzhou, China Women Singles
$41K · Valentin Vacherot
Rune, Holger - Valentin Vacherot · ATP Basel, Switzerland Men Singles
$36K · Arthur Fils
Taylor Fritz - Arthur Fils · ATP Basel, Switzerland Men Singles
$34K · Cash J / Glasspool L
Frantzen C / Haase R - Cash J / Glasspool L · ATP Basel, Switzerland Men Doubles
$30K · Arthur Fils
Taylor Fritz - Arthur Fils · ATP Basel, Switzerland Men Singles
$28K · Diana Shnaider
Alexandra Eala - Diana Shnaider · WTA Tokyo, Japan Women Singles
$23K · Ponchet, Matt
Hignett, Liam - Ponchet, Matt · ITF M25 Sheffield
$22K · Tommy Paul
Tommy Paul - Carlos Alcaraz · ATP Vienna, Austria Men Singles
$22K · Mona Barthel
Alicia Dudeney - Mona Barthel · ITF W75 Glasgow
The Championships
The US Open is the fourth and final Grand Slam of the tennis year, played on hard courts at Flushing Meadows in New York. 128 players in each singles draw, best-of-five sets for the men, best-of-three for the women, over a fortnight of day and night sessions under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The women's final is scheduled for 12 September and the men's final for 13 September 2026.