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2026 US Open – Day-by-day summaries
2026 US Open, Flushing Meadows, August 23-September 13, 2026. Zverev beat Shelton for the men's title; Rybakina beat Sabalenka for the women's; record 1.2 million attendance and 3:33 a.m. quarterfinal finish.
2026 US Open – Men's singles
2026 US Open men's singles (Aug 23-Sep 13, 2026, New York): top seed Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 for his second major; Shelton had upset defending champion Alcaraz.
2026 US Open – Mixed doubles
2026 US Open Mixed Doubles Championship: second edition of the revamped Fan Week stand-alone event; Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik beat Bencic/Cobolli 6-3, 1-6, [10-6] in the Arthur Ashe final.
2026 US Open – Women's singles qualifying
2026 US Open women's singles qualifying: 128-player, three-round event August 24–28 in New York, won by Zheng Qinwen, Liutova, Montgomery, Kalieva and 12 others for 16 main-draw spots.
2026 Wimbledon Championships
2026 Wimbledon Championships, 29 June-12 July 2026 at the All England Club, London. Jannik Sinner defended the men's singles title beating Alexander Zverev 6-7(7), 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-4; video review debuted; prize money £64.2 million.
2026 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles
2026 Wimbledon boys' singles, junior event 4-12 July 2026 on grass; American qualifier Jordan Lee, 16, beat Cruz Hewitt 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the final, the first qualifier to win a junior major since Noah Rubin in 2014.
2026 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles
2026 Wimbledon mixed doubles, won July 9, 2026 by second seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Jelena Ostapenko, who beat Storm Hunter and Marc Polmans 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; Arevalo's first Wimbledon title and Ostapenko's singles-doubles-mixed set.
2026 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
2026 Wimbledon women's singles: Linda Noskova (seed 9) beat Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in an all-Czech final on 11 July 2026 for her first Grand Slam; defending champion Swiatek lost to Eala in round 3.
2026 WTA 125 tournaments
2026 WTA 125 tournaments: second-tier WTA women's tennis events between the ITF World Tennis Tour and WTA 250/500/1000; over 60 events from Canberra in January to Limoges in December.
2026 WTA Finals
The 2026 WTA Finals is the season-ending tennis championship for the top eight singles players and doubles teams, held November 8-15, 2026 in Indian Wells, California.
2026 WTA Tour
2026 WTA Tour, the Women's Tennis Association's professional women's tennis season (WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz), January 5 to WTA Finals Indian Wells; Elena Rybakina became world No.1, Memphis returned, and mandatory gene testing was introduced.
7 Days in Hell
7 Days in Hell: 2015 HBO mockumentary (also styled a sports comedy special) by Jake Szymanski and Murray Miller, starring Andy Samberg and Kit Harington in a fictional seven-day Wimbledon match inspired by the 2010 Isner–Mahut marathon.
Aaron Krickstein
Aaron Krickstein (born 1967) is an American former tennis player, ATP Tour 1983-1996. Youngest ever tour champion (Tel Aviv 1983, age 16) and youngest top-10 entrant; career-high No. 6 in 1990, nine titles, 1989 US Open semifinalist.
Adidas Stan Smith
Adidas Stan Smith: white leather tennis-turned-lifestyle sneaker, originally the mid-1960s 'Haillet' for Robert Haillet, renamed for Stan Smith (1973, Haillet dropped 1978); 22 million pairs by 1989, withdrawn 2011, relaunched 2013, adidas's all-time bestseller.
Adrian Mannarino
Adrian Mannarino, born 1988 in Soisy-sous-Montmorency, French left-handed tennis pro; five ATP titles, career-high No. 17 in 2024 as oldest man to reach the Top 20, flat counterpunching style.
Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Radwanska (Agnieszka Radwańska), Polish tennis player, world No. 2 in 2012, 2012 Wimbledon finalist, 2015 WTA Finals champion, 20 WTA singles titles, retired November 2018.
Ajla Tomljanović
Ajla Tomljanović, born 1993 in Zagreb, is an Australian tennis player, career-high WTA No. 32, three-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist (Wimbledon 2021, 2022; US Open 2022) who beat Serena Williams in her final match.
Alcaraz–Sinner rivalry
Alcaraz–Sinner rivalry: Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner, men's tennis' leading post-Big Three matchup since 2021; Alcaraz led the head-to-head 10-6 after 16 matches through the 2025 ATP Finals.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Spanish tennis player born 1999 in Malaga; 2017 Wimbledon junior champion, 2021 Roland Garros quarterfinalist, career-high ATP No. 14, and winner of the 2026 Mallorca and Chengdu titles after five lost finals.
Alex de Minaur
Alex de Minaur, Australian tennis player born 1999 in Sydney, nicknamed Demon; career-high ATP No. 5 (July 2026), 11 titles, first Australian Nitto ATP Finals singles qualifier since Hewitt 2004.
Alex Eala
Alexandra "Alex" Eala, Filipino tennis player born 2005; 2022 US Open girls' champion, 2025 Miami semifinalist, 2026 Washington WTA 500 winner, career-high WTA No. 18.
Alex Olmedo
Alex Olmedo (Alejandro Olmedo, 1936-2020), Peruvian-born tennis player; won Wimbledon and the Australian Championships in 1959, first Latin American man with a Grand Slam singles title, and led the U.S. to the 1958 Davis Cup.
Alexander Bublik
Alexander Bublik (Александр Бублик), born 1997 in Gatchina, Russia, is a Kazakhstani tennis player, nine-time ATP titlist (Halle 2023, 2025), former Russia junior, career-high No. 10, first Kazakh in the ATP top 10, known for underarm serves and drop shots.
Alexander Vasilev (tennis)
Alexander Vasilev is a Bulgarian tennis player who reached a career-high ranking of No. 564 in 2026. He has played singles for Bulgaria in the Davis Cup with a 2–1 record.
Alexander Zverev
Alexander Zverev, German tennis player born 1997 in Hamburg; two-time Grand Slam champion (Roland Garros 2026, US Open 2026), Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist, two-time ATP Finals champion, career-high ranking No. 2.
Alexander Zverev Sr.
Alexander Zverev Sr., former Soviet tennis player (ATP No. 175 in 1985, USSR Davis Cup team) and coach of sons Alexander Zverev, Roland Garros 2026 champion, and Mischa Zverev; constant head coach despite Ferrero, Lendl, Bruguera stints.
Alexandra Eala career statistics
Alexandra (Alex) Eala, Filipino tennis player; career stats: WTA career-high No. 18 (Aug 24, 2026), 1 WTA title (Washington 2026), Miami 2025 WTA 1000 semifinalist, 2022 US Open junior champion, career W/L 40/22.
Alexandra Stevenson
Alexandra Stevenson (born 1980, La Jolla, California), American tennis player, daughter of Julius Erving; first woman qualifier to reach the Wimbledon semifinals (1999), career-high No. 18 in 2002, later an ESPN analyst.
Alexei Popyrin
Alexei Popyrin, Australian tennis player (born 1999, Sydney), 2017 Roland Garros junior champion, three ATP titles including 2024 Montreal Masters 1000, career-high No. 19, beat Djokovic at 2024 US Open.
Alfie Hewett
Alfie Hewett (born 1997, Cantley, Norfolk) is a British wheelchair tennis player, world No. 1 in singles, with nine Grand Slam singles and 21 doubles titles, a 2024 career Grand Slam, and Paralympic gold in doubles with Gordon Reid.