{"id":846152,"date":"2026-08-04T20:34:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/846152\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T20:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:34:40","slug":"us-open-mixed-doubles-adds-couples-still-no-alcaraz-or-sinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/846152\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open Mixed Doubles Adds Couples, Still No Alcaraz or Sinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The US Open added a wave of new pairings to its 2026 Mixed Doubles Championship entry list, expanding the field well beyond the 16 marquee teams first unveiled in late July \u2013 but Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner remain absent from the event altogether.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new entries include two genuine off-court couples for the first time in the event\u2019s revamped era: married pair Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils, and Alex de Minaur with wife Katie Boulter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They join a fresh batch of pairings that includes :<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Venus Williams with Alexander Bublik<br \/>\u2022 Karolina Muchova with Jakub Mensik<br \/>\u2022 Jelena Ostapenko with Marcelo Arevalo<br \/>\u2022 Maria Sakkari with Karen Khachanov<br \/>\u2022 Emma Navarro with Tommy Paul<br \/>\u2022 Tatjana Maria with Valentin Vacherot<br \/>\u2022 Anna Kalinskaya with Lorenzo Musetti<br \/>\u2022 Reese Brantmeier with Michael Zheng<br \/>\u2022 And three doubles-specialist pairings in Gabriela Dabrowski with Harri Heliovaara, Demi Schuurs with Julian Cash, and Caty McNally with Robert Cash.<\/p>\n<p>Eala debut with Auger-Aliassime<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The expanded list also brings Alexandra Eala her tournament debut, pairing with Felix Auger-Aliassime, while Kei Nishikori plays the event for the first time in what he has said will be his final season on tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They add to the group of marquee pairings already confirmed, headlined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennismajors.com\/others-news\/djokovic-and-sabalenka-headline-us-open-mixed-doubles-but-the-2026-cast-is-missing-its-biggest-names-857137.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the blockbuster of Novak Djokovic and world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka<\/a>, alongside 2025 finalists Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud, Jack Draper and Jessica Pegula, and Elena Rybakina with Taylor Fritz. Defending champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori are also back to defend their title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the expanded field, neither Alcaraz nor Sinner appear anywhere on the list, continuing a theme from the initial announcement. Both were regulars in the star-studded 2025 edition \u2013 Alcaraz played alongside Emma Raducanu, while Sinner had entered with Katerina Siniakova before withdrawing \u2013 but neither has been paired for 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sinner\u2019s absence follows his decision to skip the Canadian Masters in Montreal to manage his schedule ahead of the US Open singles event, while Alcaraz continues his build-up from a long-term wrist injury toward a planned singles return at Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event\u2019s growing appeal is also financial: last year\u2019s winning team collected a record $1 million, a 400 percent jump on previous years that put the mixed doubles champions level with the men\u2019s and women\u2019s doubles winners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mixed Doubles Championship again runs inside Fan Week at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, from August 24 to 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US Open added a wave of new pairings to its 2026 Mixed Doubles Championship entry list, expanding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-846152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}