US EditionRevamped Million-Dollar Mixed Doubles Tournament Launches at US Open
The two-day event features 16 teams with a revamped format designed for faster matches and offers a record $1 million prize, a fivefold increase from last year.
- The 2025 US Open mixed doubles tournament will take place on August 19-20 on Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong Stadiums in New York with 16 teams competing.
- This event follows a major format change reducing teams from 32 to 16 and moving mixed doubles before singles to create a standalone, abbreviated tournament.
- The tournament features star singles players teaming up in shorter matches with sets played to four games and tiebreaks at 4-4, offering a $1 million prize to the winners.
- Defending champions Errani and Vavassori criticized the changes as a 'profound injustice', while notable players and officials justified the innovation as a way to grow the game.
- The revamped format aims to generate more fan interest and revenue but has sparked controversy for excluding doubles specialists and emphasizing profit-driven decisions.
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Organizers of (the biggest) sports competitions are constantly looking for innovations that would spice up the event, attract even more (media) attention, and thus generate even more profit. The organizers of the tennis tournament in New York are trying this with mixed doubles.
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Revamped million-dollar mixed doubles tournament launches at US Open
A revamped mixed doubles tournament featuring tennis singles stars such as Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Gael Monfils, Naomi Osaka and Mirra Andreeva will be launched at the 2025 US Open on Tuesday in New York. Matches will be shorter, with a $1 million prize for the winners.
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