Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Świątek won the men's and women's singles titles, respectively. Carlos became the first male player from the 2000s (born in 2003) and Iga became the second female player from the 2000s (born in 2001), to win the tournament's singles titles.
The tournament was run by the United States Tennis Association (USTA), supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), and part of the 2022 ATP Tour (male tennis professionals) and the 2022 WTA Tour (female professional players) calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws, as singles draws remained in standard 128 person format in each category, as both doubles draws returned to standard 64 players. There were also singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which were part of the Grade A category of tournaments.
This was the first time at any tennis major that coaching was allowed from the stands.[3]
Broadcast
In the United States, the 2022 US Open was the eighth year in a row under an 11-year, $825 million contract with ESPN, in which the broadcaster held exclusive rights to the entire tournament and the US Open Series. This meant that the tournament was not available on broadcast television.
All tournament matches not cablecasted by ESPN, which focuses almost exclusively on the singles competitions, were available online on ESPN+.
Below is a series of tables for each competition showing each event's ranking points on offer.
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
0
—
—
—
—
—
Women's singles
1300
780
430
240
130
70
10
40
30
20
2
Women's doubles
10
—
—
—
—
—
Wheelchair
Event
W
F
SF/3rd
QF/4th
Singles
800
500
375
100
Doubles
800
500
100
—
Quad singles
800
500
375
100
Quad doubles
800
100
—
—
Junior
Event
W
F
SF
QF
Round of 16
Round of 32
Q
Q3
Boys' singles
1000
600
370
200
100
45
30
20
Girls' singles
Boys' doubles
750
450
275
150
75
—
—
—
Girls' doubles
—
—
—
Prize money
The total prize money for the 2022 US Open topped $60 million ($60,102,000) for the first time, 4.59% more than the 2021 edition and maintained the tournament's status as having the richest prize purse of all Grand Slams.[4]
Event
W
F
SF
QF
Round of 16
Round of 32
Round of 64
Round of 128
Q3
Q2
Q1
Singles
$2,600,000
$1,300,000
$705,000
$445,000
$278,000
$188,000
$121,000
$80,000
$44,000
$33,600
$21,100
Doubles
$688,000
$344,000
$172,000
$97,500
$56,400
$35,800
$21,300
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Mixed doubles
$163,000
$81,500
$42,000
$23,200
$14,200
$8,300
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Tennis Plays for Peace exhibition
On August 10, the tournament announced it would host an exhibition to support Ukraine during the Russian invasion. The exhibition matches took place on August 24, with all proceeds going to GlobalGiving, the international non-profit identified by Tennis Plays for Peace. Brothers John and Patrick McEnroe hosted and served as chair umpires, with John playing one match.[5][6] The exhibition raised US$1.2 million in proceeds.[7]
The matches, all of which were played by a first-to-ten-points basis, were as follows: