2017 US Open (tennis)


The 2017 US Open was the 137th edition of tennis' US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It was held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. Experimental rules featured in qualifying for the main draw as well as in the junior, wheelchair and exhibition events.
Stan Wawrinka and Angelique Kerber were the previous year's men's and women's singles champions. Neither managed to defend their title as Wawrinka withdrew before the start of the tournament due to a knee injury that ended his season, while Kerber lost in the first round to Naomi Osaka.
The men's singles tournament concluded with Rafael Nadal defeating Kevin Anderson in the final, while the women's singles tournament concluded with Sloane Stephens defeating Madison Keys in the final.

Tournament

The 2017 US Open was the 137th 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, New York, United States. The tournament was held on 15 DecoTurf hard courts.
The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation and was part of the 2017 ATP World Tour and the 2017 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were also singles and doubles events for both boys and girls, which were part of the Grade A category of tournaments. Additionally, there were singles and doubles wheelchair tennis events for men, women and quads.
The 2017 tournament saw the USTA try out two experimental rules. Firstly, the USTA introduced a shot clock to combat slow play and to address players going over the allotted time for warm ups and medical time outs. Secondly, coaching was allowed from the side of the court. Whilst a player was at the same end as their box they could verbally communicate, if they were at the opposite end then sign language would be allowed. This meant that coaching incidents involving Victoria Azarenka and Caroline Garcia at Wimbledon would have been allowed. The rules only applied in qualifying matches for the main draw, junior, wheelchair and legends matches.
The tournament was played on hard courts and took place over a series of 15 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the two existing main showcourts – Arthur Ashe Stadium and the new Grandstand. Louis Armstrong Stadium, one of the main stadiums used in the previous tournament, was demolished after the 2016 tournament and was replaced for the 2017 edition by a temporary stadium located next to parking lot B near the construction of the previous Louis Armstrong Stadium site.

Broadcast

In the United States, the 2017 US Open will be the third year in a row under an 11-year, $825 million contract with ESPN, in which the broadcaster holds exclusive rights to the entire tournament and the US Open Series. This means that the tournament is not available on broadcast television. This also makes ESPN the exclusive U.S. broadcaster for three of the four tennis majors. In Australia, SBS won the rights to broadcast the US Open with the free to air coverage starting from the quarter finals.

Américas

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior

Wheelchair

Junior

Prize money

The total prize-money compensation for the 2017 US Open is $50.4 million, a 3.7% increase on the same total last year. Of that total, a record $3.7 million goes to both the men's and women's singles champions, which is increased to 7.5 percent from last year. This made the US Open the most lucrative and highest paying tennis grand slam in the world, leapfrogging Wimbledon in total prize money fund. Prize money for the US Open qualifying tournament is also up 49.2 percent, to $2.9 million. The total prize money for the wheelchair tennis events was $200,000.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1
Singles$3,700,000$1,825,000$920,000$470,000$253,625$144,000$86,000$50,000$16,350$10,900$5,606
Doubles$675,000$340,000$160,000$82,000$44,000$26,500$16,500
Mixed Doubles$150,000$70,000$30,000$15,000$10,000$5,000

Singles players

;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles

Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

Seeds are based on the ATP and WTA rankings as of August 21, 2017. Rank and points before are as of August 28, 2017.

Men's singles

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints afterWithdrawal reason
4 Stan Wawrinka5,6902,0003,690Knee injury
5 Novak Djokovic5,3251,2004,125Elbow injury
10 Kei Nishikori3,1957202,475Wrist injury
11 Milos Raonic2,870452,825Wrist injury

Women's singles

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints afterWithdrawal reason
15 Serena Williams2,8107802,030Pregnancy
28 Timea Bacsinszky1,658701,588Left thigh and wrist injury

Doubles seeds

Men's doubles

1Rankings as of August 21, 2017.

Women's doubles

1Rankings as of August 21, 2017.

Mixed doubles

1Rankings as of August 21, 2017.

Events

Men's singles

The following players were given wildcards to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.

Men's singles

The qualifying competitions took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on 22 – 25 August 2017.

Men's singles

  1. Maximilian Marterer
  2. Denis Shapovalov
  3. Radu Albot
  4. Václav Šafránek
  5. JC Aragone
  6. Mikhail Kukushkin
  7. Cameron Norrie
  8. Stefano Travaglia
  9. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
  10. Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras
  11. Vincent Millot
  12. John-Patrick Smith
  13. Evan King
  14. Nicolas Mahut
  15. Darian King
  16. Tim Smyczek

    Lucky losers

  17. Leonardo Mayer
  18. Lukáš Lacko

    Women's singles

  19. Kaia Kanepi
  20. Anna Zaja
  21. İpek Soylu
  22. Mihaela Buzărnescu
  23. Rebecca Peterson
  24. Sachia Vickery
  25. Danielle Lao
  26. Claire Liu
  27. Sofya Zhuk
  28. Kateryna Kozlova
  29. Anna Blinkova
  30. Viktória Kužmová
  31. Allie Kiick
  32. Nicole Gibbs
  33. Tereza Martincová
  34. Lesley Kerkhove

    Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
; Men's Singles
; Women's Singles
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or for personal reasons.
;Men's singles
;Women's singles

Men's singles