How to watch the 2026 US Open Tennis Championships

An ESPN Unlimited subscription seems like the easiest way to get into all the tennis action.

With summer winding down and Wimbledon in the books, it's finally time for the 2026 US Open Tennis Championships . The US Open starts on Sunday, August 30 and runs through Sunday, September 13, bringing some of tennis' best and brightest to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York for the final Grand Slam of the season.

While the whole tournament will be viewable on broadcast TV, with matches primarily airing on ESPN, ABC and The Tennis Channel, the easiest way to watch is with an ESPN subscription and the ESPN app. If you're looking to keep up with the US Open, here's what you need to know heading into the championships and how to watch.

Qualifying rounds for the US Open started on Monday, August 24 and continued through Thursday, August 27, according to the US Open TV schedule . Once the tournament starts in earnest on August 30, multiple matches, on some days including both singles and doubles, will run every day until Sunday, September 13.

Depending on your commitment, there should be interesting matches to watch each day, but here are the dates and times for matches that will likely be necessary to understand the narrative arc, as it were, of the 2026 US Open:

Sunday, August 30: First-round matches start, with matches beginning running from 12PM ET to 11PM ET.

Tuesday, September 8: Men's and Women's Singles Quarterfinals run from 11:30AM ET to 11PM ET.

Wednesday, September 9: Men's and Women's Singles Quarterfinals continue from 11:30AM ET to 11PM ET.