# 2021 US Open (tennis)

The 2021 US Open was the 141st edition of tennis's US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It was held on outdoor hardcourts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York City.
Daniil Medvedev won the men's singles title. Emma Raducanu won the women's singles title, becoming the first qualifier, male or female, to reach a major final and win a major title.
Dominic Thiem and Naomi Osaka were the men's and women's singles defending champions. However, Thiem withdrew from the tournament due to a wrist injury causing him to end his season early. Osaka lost in the third round to Leylah Fernandez.
Both Dylan Alcott and Diede de Groot achieved the Golden Slam in wheelchair quad singles and wheelchair women's singles, respectively, by winning all four majors and the Paralympics in 2021. Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid also achieved the Grand Slam in wheelchair men's doubles by winning all four majors in 2021. Novak Djokovic was attempting to be the first man to complete a calendar Grand Slam in men's singles since Rod Laver in 1969, having won the men's singles tournaments at the 2021 Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon, but unlike Alcott and de Groot, who also won the Olympic gold medal (Djokovic lost to Alexander Zverev in the semifinal for the gold medal match at the Olympics in 2021), he lost to Medvedev in the final.
This was the first Major tournament since the 1997 Australian Open not to feature Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, or Venus Williams in the main singles draw.
The United States Tennis Association allowed the return of spectators after the 2020 tournament was held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York. Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases resulting from the delta variant of the virus, spectators had to present a negative COVID-19 test or proof of vaccination in order to be allowed to enter the grounds.

## Tournament

The 2021 US Open was the 141st edition of the tournament and took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park of Queens in New York City, United States.
The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and part of the 2021 ATP Tour and the 2021 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws, as both doubles draws returned to the standard 64 players, and singles players remained in standard 128-person format in each category. There were also singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18).
The tournament was played on hard courts and took place over a series of 17 courts with Laykold surface, including the three existing main showcourts—Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium and Grandstand.
Wheelchair events were held on September 9 as scheduled. Unlike previous events on scheduling conflicts with the tournament and the Summer Paralympic Games, the 2020 Summer Paralympics (which was delayed from 2020 due to the pandemic) were held during the first week of the tournament.

## Singles players
### Men's singles

| Champion | Champion | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Daniil Medvedev [2] | Daniil Medvedev [2] | Novak Djokovic [1] | Novak Djokovic [1] |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Alexander Zverev [4] | Alexander Zverev [4] | Félix Auger-Aliassime [12] | Félix Auger-Aliassime [12] |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Matteo Berrettini [6] | Lloyd Harris | Carlos Alcaraz | Botic van de Zandschulp (Q) |
| 4th round out ||||
| Jenson Brooksby (WC) | Oscar Otte (Q) | Jannik Sinner [13] | Reilly Opelka [22] |
| Frances Tiafoe | Peter Gojowczyk (Q) | Diego Schwartzman [11] | Dan Evans [24] |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Kei Nishikori | Aslan Karatsev [21] | Andreas Seppi | Ilya Ivashka |
| Jack Sock (WC) | Gaël Monfils [17] | Nikoloz Basilashvili | Denis Shapovalov [7] |
| Andrey Rublev [5] | Roberto Bautista Agut [18] | Henri Laaksonen (Q) | Stefanos Tsitsipas [3] |
| Facundo Bagnis | Alex Molčan (Q) | Alexei Popyrin | Pablo Andújar |
| 2nd round out ||||
| Tallon Griekspoor | Mackenzie McDonald | Jordan Thompson | Taylor Fritz |
| Hubert Hurkacz [10] | Denis Kudla | Vasek Pospisil | Corentin Moutet |
| Albert Ramos Viñolas | Alexander Bublik [31] | Steve Johnson | Zachary Svajda (WC) |
| Maxime Cressy (Q) | Lorenzo Musetti | Ernesto Escobedo (WC) | Roberto Carballés Baena |
| Pedro Martínez | Guido Pella | Emil Ruusuvuori | Bernabé Zapata Miralles (LL) |
| Cristian Garín [16] | Dušan Lajović | Arthur Rinderknech | Adrian Mannarino |
| Casper Ruud [8] | Marco Trungelliti (Q) | Brandon Nakashima (WC) | Kevin Anderson |
| Grigor Dimitrov [15] | Marcos Giron | Philipp Kohlschreiber (PR) | Dominik Koepfer |
| 1st round out ||||
| Holger Rune (Q) | Jan-Lennard Struff | Salvatore Caruso | David Goffin [27] |
| Jaume Munar | Gianluca Mager | Mikael Ymer | Alex de Minaur [14] |
| Egor Gerasimov | Márton Fucsovics | Laslo Đere | Lorenzo Sonego [20] |
| Fabio Fognini [28] | Tennys Sandgren | Stefano Travaglia | Jérémy Chardy |
| Sam Querrey | Lucas Pouille | Yoshihito Nishioka | Yannick Hanfmann |
| Federico Coria | Maximilian Marterer (Q) | Marco Cecchinato | Max Purcell (WC) |
| Pablo Carreño Busta [9] | Sebastian Korda | Emilio Nava (WC) | Kwon Soon-woo |
| Karen Khachanov [25] | Pablo Cuevas | Tommy Paul | Federico Delbonis |
| Ivo Karlović (Q) | James Duckworth | Christopher Eubanks (Q) | Filip Krajinović [32] |
| Nick Kyrgios | Kamil Majchrzak (Q) | Feliciano López | Evgeny Donskoy (Q) |
| Norbert Gombos | John Millman | Benoît Paire | Ugo Humbert [23] |
| Cameron Norrie [28] | Miomir Kecmanović | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | Andy Murray |
| Yūichi Sugita (LL) | Carlos Taberner | Taro Daniel | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina [29] |
| John Isner [19] | Cem İlkel (Q) | Jiří Veselý | Ričardas Berankis |
| Sam Riffice (WC) | Radu Albot | Antoine Hoang (Q) | Thiago Monteiro |
| Marin Čilić [30] | Mikhail Kukushkin (LL) | Quentin Halys (Q) | Richard Gasquet |

### Women's singles

| Champion | Champion | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Emma Raducanu (Q) | Emma Raducanu (Q) | Leylah Fernandez | Leylah Fernandez |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Maria Sakkari [17] | Maria Sakkari [17] | Aryna Sabalenka [2] | Aryna Sabalenka [2] |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Belinda Bencic [11] | Karolína Plíšková [4] | Elina Svitolina [5] | Barbora Krejčíková [8] |
| 4th round out ||||
| Shelby Rogers | Iga Świątek [7] | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [14] | Bianca Andreescu [6] |
| Simona Halep [12] | Angelique Kerber [16] | Garbiñe Muguruza [9] | Elise Mertens [15] |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Ashleigh Barty [1] | Sara Sorribes Tormo | Jessica Pegula [23] | Anett Kontaveit [28] |
| Ajla Tomljanović | Varvara Gracheva | Petra Kvitová [10] | Greet Minnen (LL) |
| Daria Kasatkina [25] | Elena Rybakina [19] | Sloane Stephens | Naomi Osaka [3] |
| Kamilla Rakhimova (LL) | Victoria Azarenka [18] | Ons Jabeur [20] | Danielle Collins [26] |
| 2nd round out ||||
| Clara Tauson | Sorana Cîrstea | Hsieh Su-wei | Zhang Shuai |
| Martina Trevisan | Misaki Doi | Jil Teichmann | Fiona Ferro |
| Amanda Anisimova | Petra Martić [30] | Paula Badosa [24] | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (Q) |
| Kristýna Plíšková (Q) | Kateřina Siniaková | Liudmila Samsonova | Lauren Davis |
| Rebeka Masarova (Q) | Markéta Vondroušová | Caroline Garcia | Kristína Kučová (LL) |
| Anhelina Kalinina | Coco Gauff [21] | Kaia Kanepi | Olga Danilović (Q) |
| Christina McHale | Ekaterina Alexandrova [32] | Jasmine Paolini | Andrea Petkovic |
| Valentini Grammatikopoulou (Q) | Camila Osorio | Kaja Juvan | Tamara Zidanšek |
| 1st round out ||||
| Vera Zvonareva | Clara Burel | Madison Brengle | Veronika Kudermetova [29] |
| Karolína Muchová [22] | Claire Liu | Hailey Baptiste (WC) | Stefanie Vögele (LL) |
| Arantxa Rus | CoCo Vandeweghe (WC) | Storm Sanders (WC) | Anastasia Potapova |
| Samantha Stosur (PR) | Cristina Bucșa (Q) | Nao Hibino | Jamie Loeb (Q) |
| Caty McNally (WC) | Zarina Diyas | Katie Volynets (WC) | Dalma Gálfi (Q) |
| Alison Van Uytvanck | Nuria Párrizas Díaz (Q) | Ashlyn Krueger (WC) | Alison Riske |
| Polona Hercog | Danka Kovinić | Anastasija Sevastova | Marta Kostyuk |
| Nadia Podoroska | Katie Boulter (Q) | Viktoriya Tomova (LL) | Viktorija Golubic |
| Rebecca Marino (Q) | Ana Bogdan | Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) | Tsvetana Pironkova |
| Aliaksandra Sasnovich | Harriet Dart (Q) | Ann Li | Camila Giorgi |
| Dayana Yastremska | Mayar Sherif (LL) | Madison Keys | Magda Linette |
| Yulia Putintseva [31] | Ana Konjuh (Q) | Alycia Parks (WC) | Marie Bouzková |
| Astra Sharma (Q) | Emma Navarro (WC) | Kristina Mladenovic | Sara Errani |
| Tereza Martincová | Yaroslava Shvedova (PR) | Irina-Camelia Begu | Donna Vekić |
| Rebecca Peterson | Anna Blinkova | Ivana Jorović (PR) | Alizé Cornet |
| Carla Suárez Navarro (PR) | Heather Watson | Bernarda Pera | Nina Stojanović |

## Events
### Men's singles

* Daniil Medvedev def. Novak Djokovic, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4

### Women's singles

* Emma Raducanu def. Leylah Fernandez, 6–4, 6–3

### Men's doubles

* Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury def. Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2

### Women's doubles

* Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai def. Coco Gauff / Caty McNally, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3

### Mixed doubles

* Desirae Krawczyk / Joe Salisbury def. Giuliana Olmos / Marcelo Arévalo, 7–5, 6–2

### Wheelchair men's singles

* Shingo Kunieda def. Alfie Hewett, 6–1, 6–4

### Wheelchair women's singles

* Diede de Groot def. Yui Kamiji, 6–3, 6–2

### Wheelchair quad singles

* Dylan Alcott def. Niels Vink, 7–5, 6–2

### Wheelchair men's doubles

* Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def. Gustavo Fernández / Shingo Kunieda, 6–2, 6–1

### Wheelchair women's doubles

* Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot def. Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley, 6–1, 6–2

### Wheelchair quad doubles

* Sam Schröder / Niels Vink def. Dylan Alcott / Heath Davidson, 6–3, 6–2

### Boys' singles

* Daniel Rincón def. Shang Juncheng, 6–2, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$

### Girls' singles

* Robin Montgomery def. Kristina Dmitruk, 6–2, 6–4

### Boys' doubles

* Max Westphal / Coleman Wong def. Viacheslav Bielinskyi / Petr Nesterov, 6–3, 5–7, [10–1]

### Girls' doubles

* Ashlyn Krueger / Robin Montgomery def. Reese Brantmeier / Elvina Kalieva, 5–7, 6–3, [10–4]

## 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 | R4 | R3 | R2 | R1 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| Men's doubles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 |
| Women's doubles | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |

#### Prize money

The US Open has the richest prize purse of all Grand Slams. The total prize money compensation for the 2021 US Open is $57.5 million.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $2,500,000 | $1,250,000 | $675,000 | $425,000 | $265,000 | $180,000 | $115,000 | $75,000 | $42,000 | $32,000 | $20,000 |
| Doubles | $660,000 | $330,000 | $164,000 | $93,000 | $54,000 | $34,000 | $20,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Mixed doubles | $160,000 | $78,000 | $40,000 | $22,000 | $13,400 | $7,800 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |