The U.S. Open awards the largest prize purse in tennis, and 2025 was record-breaking for the sport. The overall pool started with a $90 million purse, up 20% from the $75 million awarded in 2024.

Looking at the 2025 US Open prize money breakdown for Men's & Women's Singles winners, as well as Men's & Women's Doubles.

Historically, Sabalenka has the edge over Pegula in their previous meetings, with a 9-2 record over the American – the pair are also practice partners. Their last three meetings have all been in finals in the US, with Sabalenka winning all of them in straight sets at the 2024 Cincinnati Open, the 2024 US Open and the 2025 Miami Open.

Thanks to the US Open's $90 million purse in 2025, the New York tournament currently holds the title for the highest payout in tennis. The other Grand Slam tournaments — Wimbledon, the French Open and the Australian Open — offer substantial prize money as well, but none have reached the US Open's level this year.

Sabalenka and Anisimova met in the U.S. Open final. Earlier this year, they gave losing speeches that showed how difficult the art can be.

For decades, U.S. Open women's singles champions received a replica trophy that was much smaller than the ones the men's title winners were allowed to take home

Two Grand Slam champions and two Americans make up the 2025 US Open women's singles semifinals field. Top seed Aryna Sabalenka will go head-to-head with No. 4 seed Jessica Pegula in a rematch of last year's US Open final.

Aryna Sabalenka and Amanda Anisimova exchange early breaks on each other as their US Open championship match gets off to a hot start.

Prior to 1968, the United States National Championships was an amateur event. It became the U.S. Open in 1968 when the tournament was open to professionals.