The 2025 edition of the US Open was the first with a new format for mixed doubles competition. It was moved to the first week of the tournament, Fan Week, which was the same week as pre-tournament qualifying matches. Mixed doubles were played from Tuesday, August 19 to Wednesday, August 20, and the winner's prize was $1 million.
The two days of competition were being held inArthur Ashe Stadium andLouis Armstrong Stadium featuring 16 teams. Eight teams earned direct entry based on their combined singles ranking and eight teams received wild card entries. Mixed doubles did not include players outside of the singles entry list due to scheduling conflicts with qualifying matches the same week. The matches were being played in best-of-three-sets with short sets to four games, no-ad scoring, tiebreakers at four-all, and a 10-point match tiebreak in lieu of a third set. The final was a best-of-three set match to six games, featuring no-ad scoring, with tiebreakers at six-all with a 10-point match tiebreaker in lieu of a third set.[3]
The change was criticized by some players and fans before the start of the tournament.[4][5]
24 teams initially entered the tournament but only 16 were accepted into the draw.[6] The following 8 teams received direct entry based on their combined singles rankings, with four of these teams seeded.[7][8][9]