It’s time to bust out your best tennis skirts and collared shirts: The 2025 U.S. Open is upon us, with singles play beginning Sunday, August 24.

The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in Queens, New York, is the place to be for tennis fans. If you can’t get there in person, never fear—we’ll get into how to tune in.

Fans should stretch their necks, to prepare to follow all the action swiftly moving back and forth across the court. Let’s take a look at how the tournament breaks down, and who’s favored to win it all in the singles categories.

The U.S. Open is two weeks of tennis competition, a sort of Olympic-type event for one specific sport.

Leading up to week one is fan week, which kicked off on August 18 and featured the mixed doubles tournament, qualifying matches, and lots of practice. There were also........

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