US Open Bracket 2026: Full Results, Draw Tree and Printable PDF
The US Open bracket 2026 is complete. Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 to win the men’s title on Sunday, September 13, and Elena Rybakina beat Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 for the women’s title the day before. The tree below is the full record of both draws, every round from the first to the final.
It was a fortnight that took apart the men’s draw. Novak Djokovic lost in the first round, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz went out in the quarterfinals at 3:33 a.m., and only one of the pre-tournament top four reached the semifinals. Rybakina left with the title and the world No. 1 ranking.

- Men’s champion: Alexander Zverev (1), beat Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2
- Women’s champion: Elena Rybakina (2), beat Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
- New world No. 1: Rybakina, ending Sabalenka’s 99 week run
- Biggest upset: Shelton beat defending champion Alcaraz in the quarterfinals
- Earliest exit: Djokovic, beaten in the first round by Mariano Navone
- Prize: $5.5 million each, from a record $108 million pool
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US Open 2026 Finals
| Final | Result |
|---|---|
| Men’s singles, Sunday, September 13 | Alexander Zverev (1) beat Ben Shelton (8) 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 in three hours 33 minutes. |
| Women’s singles, Saturday, September 12 | Elena Rybakina (2) beat Aryna Sabalenka (1) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. |
| Men’s doubles | Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski. |
| Women’s doubles | Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend beat Ashlyn Krueger and Robin Montgomery 5-7, 6-0, 6-2. |
| Mixed doubles, August 26 | Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik beat Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 1-6, 10-6. |
It is Zverev’s second Grand Slam title of 2026 after Roland Garros, making him the fourth man in the Open era to win his first two majors in the same season, and only the second German to win the US Open men’s title after Boris Becker in 1989. Shelton took the third set, the first set won by an American man in a major final since 2009, but could not force a fifth.
Rybakina’s win was her third Grand Slam title and her first at Flushing Meadows. She had already secured the world No. 1 ranking by reaching the semifinals, and took the top spot for the first time in her career when the rankings updated on Monday, September 14.
Men’s Draw: How It Unfolded
Only one of the pre-tournament top four reached the semifinals. Djokovic (4) went in the first round, Auger-Aliassime (3) and de Minaur (6) in the second, Medvedev (7) in the fourth, and Alcaraz (2) in the quarterfinals. Zverev, the top seed only because Jannik Sinner withdrew before the draw, was the one who lasted.
| Quarter | Outcome |
|---|---|
| 1 | Zverev (1) survived five setters against Lorenzo Sonego and Quentin Halys in the first week, then beat Darderi (21), van de Zandschulp and Khachanov to reach the final, and won it. |
| 2 | The most open quarter produced Karen Khachanov. Unseeded and ranked around No. 50, he beat Auger-Aliassime (3), Tien (14) and Blockx (28) to reach his third Grand Slam semifinal. |
| 3 | Djokovic (4) and Medvedev (7) both went early. Frances Tiafoe (11) took the quarter, beating Medvedev and then Alex Michelsen from two sets down. |
| 4 | Alcaraz (2) and Shelton (8) met a round earlier than the draw projected. Shelton won it in five and went on to the final. |
Alex Michelsen was the run of the tournament. The 22 year old, unseeded, became the first unseeded man this century to reach the US Open quarterfinals without dropping a set, then led Tiafoe by two sets before losing a fifth set tiebreak. Five American men reached the round of 16, the first time that had happened at any major since 1995.
Women’s Draw: How It Unfolded
Where the men’s draw fell apart, the women’s held. The top four seeds all reached the semifinals, the first time that had happened here since 1975, and the two highest met in the final.
| Quarter | Outcome |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sabalenka (1) came through a tight quarterfinal against Noskova (6), the Wimbledon champion, winning both a first set and a deciding set tiebreak, then beat Pegula in the semifinal before losing the final. |
| 2 | Muchova (7) and Svitolina (9) went out in the third round. Pegula (3) took the quarter, beating fellow American Emma Navarro (26) in the last eight. |
| 3 | Gauff (4) saved two match points against Andreeva (5) in the quarterfinals, then lost to Rybakina in the semifinals. |
| 4 | Rybakina (2) took it and kept going, beating Osaka (13) in 67 minutes, then Zheng Qinwen, then Gauff, then Sabalenka for the title. Swiatek (8) went out in the fourth round. |
Zheng Qinwen was the story of the women’s draw. The Paris 2024 Olympic champion came through qualifying ranked around No. 121 after an elbow injury, won eight matches in New York, and beat both Madison Keys (22) and Iga Swiatek (8) after trailing 0-5 in a set in each.
Biggest Upsets of the Tournament
| Result | Round | Why it mattered |
|---|---|---|
| Shelton (8) d. Alcaraz (2) 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(10-7) | Men, QF | The defending champion out. The match finished at 3:33 a.m., the latest finish in US Open history, and drew heavy criticism of the night scheduling. Shelton went on to the final. |
| Navone d. Djokovic (4) 7-6(5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 | Men, R1 | Djokovic’s first opening round loss at a major since 2006 and his earliest ever exit here. He was ill on court and won one game in the fifth. |
| Zheng Qinwen d. Swiatek (8) 7-5, 6-3 | Women, R16 | A qualifier ranked outside the top 100 beat Swiatek after going 0-5 down in the first set, then won seven games in a row. |
| Bu Yunchaokete d. Jodar (12) 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 | Men, R1 | A lucky loser, in the draw only because Joao Fonseca withdrew, dismantled the No. 12 seed. |
| Khachanov d. Auger-Aliassime (3) 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 | Men, R2 | The No. 3 seed gone. Khachanov went on to reach the semifinals unseeded. |
| Cerundolo (24) d. Fritz (9) 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 | Men, R3 | The 2024 finalist let a two set lead go and finished with 54 unforced errors. |
| Zheng Qinwen d. Keys (22) 1-6, 7-6(3), 7-5 | Women, R3 | Keys led 5-0 in the third set and lost seven games in a row. |
| Navarro (26) d. Muchova (7) 6-3, 7-5 | Women, R3 | The Wimbledon finalist out, and Navarro went on to the quarterfinals. |
Every Seed Out of the US Open Bracket 2026
The 32 seeds in each draw came from the rankings published on Monday, August 24. Three of the four men’s semifinalists were seeded and one was not; on the women’s side the top four seeds filled the semifinals.
| Round | Men’s seeds out | Women’s seeds out |
|---|---|---|
| First | Djokovic (4), Fils (10), Jodar (12), Norrie (29), Arnaldi (30) | Bencic (12), Chwalinska (20), Krejcikova (27), Bejlek (28), Ostapenko (30) |
| Second | Auger-Aliassime (3), de Minaur (6), Nakashima (16), Rublev (23), Buse (32) | Sakkari (32) |
| Third | Cobolli (5), Fritz (9), Musetti (13), Bublik (15), Mensik (17), Lehecka (18), Vacherot (22), Tabilo (25), Rinderknech (26), Bergs (31) | Muchova (7), Svitolina (9), Anisimova (10), Shnaider (15), Eala (17), Alexandrova (18), Paolini (19), Keys (22), Mertens (23), Bouzkova (25), Li (29), Fernandez (31) |
| Round of 16 | Medvedev (7), Tien (14), Paul (20), Darderi (21), Cerundolo (24), Etcheverry (27) | Swiatek (8), Kostyuk (11), Osaka (13), Jovic (14), Cirstea (16), Kalinskaya (21), Potapova (24) |
| Quarterfinals | Alcaraz (2), Blockx (28) | Andreeva (5), Noskova (6), Navarro (26) |
| Semifinals | Tiafoe (11) | Pegula (3), Gauff (4) |
| Final | Shelton (8) | Sabalenka (1) |
| Champion | Zverev (1) | Rybakina (2) |
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner never started, withdrawing with a right knee injury before the draw, which moved Zverev up to top seed and Alcaraz to No. 2. Casper Ruud (19) also pulled out before playing, with a back injury. Ranking movement sits on live ATP and WTA rankings.
US Open 2026 Round Dates
| Round | Dates (2026) |
|---|---|
| Qualifying | Monday, August 24 to Friday, August 28 |
| First round | Sunday, August 30 to Tuesday, September 1 |
| Second round | Wednesday, September 2 to Thursday, September 3 |
| Third round | Friday, September 4 to Saturday, September 5 |
| Round of 16 | Sunday, September 6 to Monday, September 7 |
| Quarterfinals | Tuesday, September 8 to Wednesday, September 9 |
| Semifinals | Thursday, September 10 (women), Friday, September 11 (men) |
| Finals | Saturday, September 12 (women), Sunday, September 13 (men) |
How the US Open Bracket 2026 Worked
Each singles draw held 128 players: 104 direct entrants who got in on ranking, 16 qualifiers and 8 wildcards from the tournament. Qualifying ran August 24 to 28, with 128 men and 128 women playing three rounds for those last 16 places. Rain washed out the final round on the Thursday and pushed it back a day, so the draw was made on August 27 with the qualifier slots still marked as placeholders.
Winning the title took seven matches. Men played best of five sets, women best of three, and every event used a 10 point tiebreak at six games all in the deciding set. Seeds were spread across the tree rather than drawn at random: no seed could meet another before the third round, seeds 1 to 8 were kept apart until the quarterfinals, and the top two could only meet in the final.
The 2026 US Open carried a record $108 million in player compensation, with $5.5 million to each singles champion and $140,000 for a first round loss. Every round is broken down on the prize money page.
Free Printable US Open Bracket 2026 PDF
Both singles draws are available as free printable bracket PDFs, five pages each, sized for US Letter and printing cleanly on A4. The first round names and all 32 seeds from the August 27 draw are already printed, so you can fill in the rest from the tree above and keep the whole fortnight on five pages.
Each sheet gives you four quarter pages carrying 32 first round slots apiece, then a finals page that picks up at the quarterfinals and ends with a My Picks panel. The split is practical. Squeeze 128 slots onto one sheet and you get roughly 3 mm per line, which nobody can write a surname on. Across quarter pages you get 7.2 mm, matching college ruled paper.
Last Majors and Long Goodbyes
Three careers ended in the first week. Stan Wawrinka, the 2016 champion here, took a late wildcard and lost his final Grand Slam match to Matteo Berrettini in the first round. Gael Monfils won on his 40th birthday, becoming the oldest man to win a US Open match since Jimmy Connors in 1992, then lost to Learner Tien in the second round.
Venus Williams, 46 and the oldest woman in the singles main draw here since 1981, lost to Sofia Kenin in a match that started at 12:13 a.m., the latest start in tournament history. She held seven set points in the second set before losing the tiebreak. She and Serena went out in the first round of the doubles.
The US Open Bracket 2026 in Full
The US Open bracket 2026 was set on August 27, ran from August 30, and closed on September 13 with Zverev and Rybakina as champions. The tree on this page stays as the complete record of the 146th US Open, every match and every score, and the printable sheets are yours to keep. The 2027 tournament returns to Flushing Meadows next August.
US Open Bracket 2026 FAQ
Who won the US Open 2026?
Alexander Zverev won the men’s singles, beating Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 on Sunday, September 13. Elena Rybakina won the women’s singles, beating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 on Saturday, September 12. Each champion earned $5.5 million.
Was this Alexander Zverev’s first Grand Slam title?
No, it was his second, and his second of 2026. He won Roland Garros in June and added the US Open in September, making him the fourth man in the Open era to win his first two Grand Slam titles in the same season. He is also the second German to win the US Open men’s title, after Boris Becker in 1989.
Who is the new world No. 1 in women’s tennis?
Elena Rybakina. She clinched the WTA No. 1 ranking by reaching the US Open semifinals, then won the title. She took the top spot for the first time in her career when the rankings updated on Monday, September 14, ending Aryna Sabalenka’s run of 99 consecutive weeks at No. 1.
Why did Carlos Alcaraz lose the US Open 2026?
The defending champion was beaten by Ben Shelton 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(10-7) in the quarterfinals. The match finished at 3:33 a.m., the latest finish in US Open history, and prompted widespread criticism of the tournament’s night scheduling. It was Alcaraz’s first event back after four months out with a wrist injury.
What happened to Novak Djokovic at the US Open 2026?
He lost in the first round to Mariano Navone 7-6(5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 on August 30. It was Djokovic’s first opening round loss at a Grand Slam since 2006 and his earliest exit in 20 appearances at Flushing Meadows. He was visibly ill during the match and won only one game in the deciding set.
Did an American win the US Open 2026?
No. Ben Shelton reached his first Grand Slam final and took a set off Zverev, the first set won by an American man in a major final since 2009, but lost in four. No American man has won the US Open since Andy Roddick in 2003. Five American men did reach the round of 16, the first time at any major since 1995.
Who won the US Open 2026 doubles titles?
Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski won the men’s doubles. Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend won the women’s doubles, beating Ashlyn Krueger and Robin Montgomery 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 to complete a career Grand Slam as a team. Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik won the mixed doubles in August.
Is there a free printable US Open bracket 2026?
Yes. Printable bracket PDFs for both singles draws are on this page. Each is five pages on US Letter, prints cleanly on A4, and carries the first round names and all 32 seed numbers from the August 27 draw, so you can fill in the completed rounds from the tree and keep the fortnight as a record.
