ESPN & the 2021 US Open
| Date | Time (ET) | Event | Network(s) |
| Sun Aug 29 | Noon | SportsCenter at the US Open | ESPN2 |
| Mon Aug 30 – Wed Sep 8 | 11 a.m. | US Open – up to 16 courts | ESPN+, ESPN3 |
| Sep 9 – 12 | Noon | US Open – 12 courts in action | ESPN+, ESPN3 |
| Mon Aug 30 | 11 a.m. | US Open First Round | ESPN Deportes |
| Noon | US Open First Round | ESPN | |
| 6 p.m. | US Open First Round | ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Primetime at the US Open presented by IBM – First Round | ESPN2 | |
| Tue Aug 31 | 11 a.m. | US Open First Round | ESPN Deportes |
| Noon | US Open First Round | ESPN | |
| 7 p.m. | Primetime at the US Open presented by IBM – First Round | ESPN ESPN Deportes | |
| Wed Sep 1 | 11 a.m. | US Open Second Round | ESPN Deportes |
| Noon | US Open Second Round | ESPN | |
| 6 p.m. | US Open Second Round | ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Primetime at the US Open presented by IBM – Second Round | ESPN2 ESPN Deportes | |
| Thu Sep 2 | 11 a.m. | US Open Second Round | ESPN Deportes |
| Noon | US Open Second Round | ESPN | |
| 6 p.m. | US Open Second Round | ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Primetime at the US Open presented by IBM — Second Round | ESPN2 ESPN Deportes | |
| Fri Sep 3 | 11 a.m. | US Open Third Round | ESPN Deportes |
| Noon | US Open Third Round | ESPN | |
| 6 p.m. | US Open Third Round | ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Primetime at the US Open presented by IBM – Third Round | ESPN2 ESPN Deportes | |
| Sat Sep 4 | 11 a.m. | US Open Third Round | ESPN2 ESPN Deportes |
| 7 p.m. | Primetime at the US Open presented by IBM – Third Round | ESPN2 ESPN Deportes | |
| Sun Sep 4 | 11 a.m. | US Open Round of 16 | ESPN ESPN Deportes |
| 7 p.m. | Primetime at the US Open presented by IBM – Round of 16 | ESPN2 | |
| Mon Sep 6 | 11 a.m. | US Open Round of 16 | ESPN2 |
| 7 p.m. | Primetime at the US Open presented by IBM – Round of 16 | ESPN2 | |
| Tue Sep 7 | Noon | US Open – US Open Quarterfinals | ESPN ESPN Deportes |
| 7 p.m. | Primetime at the US Open presented by IBM – Quarterfinals | ESPN ESPN Deportes | |
| Wed Sep 8 | Noon | US Open – US Open Quarterfinals | ESPN ESPN Deportes |
| 7 p.m. | Primetime at the US Open presented by IBM – Quarterfinals | ESPN2 | |
| Thu Sep 9 | 7 p.m. | US Open Women’s Semifinals | ESPN ESPN Deportes |
| Fri Sep 10 | Noon | US Open Men’s Doubles Championship | ESPN2 |
| 3 p.m. | US Open Men’s Semifinals | ESPN ESPN Deportes | |
| 7 p.m. | US Open Men’s Semifinals | ESPN ESPN Deportes | |
| Sat Sep 11 | Noon | US Open Mixed Doubles Championship | ESPN3 |
| 3:45 p.m. | US Open Women’s Championship | ESPN Deportes | |
| 4 p.m. | US Open Women’s Championship | ESPN | |
| Sun Sep 12 | 1 p.m. | US Open Women’s Doubles Championship | ESPN2 |
| 3 p.m. | US Open Men’s Championship Preview Special | ESPN | |
| 3:30 p.m. | US Open Men’s Championship Preview Special | ESPN Deportes | |
| 4 p.m. | US Open Men’s Championship | ESPN ESPN Deportes |
Highlights
- From the start of the tournament to Wednesday, Sept. 8, ESPN’s coverage will start each day with the first ball across TV and the ESPN App, including ESPN+, generally at 11 a.m. and continuing 12 or more hours until play concludes.
- ESPN will air the women’s semifinals Thursday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. and Women’s Championship Saturday, Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. The men’s semis will air Friday, Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., with the Men’s Championship on Sunday, Sept. 12 at 4 p.m., preceded by a one-hour preview show before the Men’s Championship at 3 p.m.
- ESPN+ will present live hundreds of exclusive matches, including singles, doubles, juniors and wheelchair action with multiple court feeds each day. In addition, it’s video-on-demand offering houses 50 of the greatest US Open matches.
- ESPN Deportes will carry 75 hours of TV coverage with more on the ESPN App and ESPN+, including semifinals, both singles championships and a 30-minute preview show before the men’s final.
- ESPN2 will televise two doubles championships: Men’s on Friday, Sept. 10, at noon, and the Women’s on Sunday, Sept. 12, at 1 p.m. ESPN3 will carry the Mixed Doubles championship on Saturday, Sept. 11, at noon.
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ESPN.com will have extensive previews, reviews, analysis, the latest news, polls, videos and more.
Multi-screen coverage on DirecTV: During ESPN’s telecast through Saturday, Sept. 5, DirecTV will provide a multi-screen mosaic with the ESPN program and matches with commentary from five other courts. On Sunday, Sept. 6, it will be a four-screen mosaic. Sam Gore will host with Luke Jensen, joined by other ESPN tennis experts. The offering includes press conferences, interviews and features during court changeovers and between matches, and interactive social media options, real-time scoring and draws.
ESPN and its affiliated networks around the globe will offer extensive high-definition US Open coverage throughout the Caribbean, Oceania and Latin America including Brazil via its numerous regional media platforms.
- ESPN Caribbean and ESPN in the Pacific Rim will present first-ball-to-last-ball coverage in English totaling more than 130 live hours. Additionally, matches with Australian players or others who resonate in the region will be aired on the ESPN2 network in Australia.
- In Spanish-speaking Latin America, ESPN air more than 180 hours of live action, as well as a preview show leading into the men’s final. Veterans Luis Alfredo Alvarez and Eduardo Varela will provide the Spanish play-by-play alongside analysts Jose Luis Clerc and Daniel Orsanic, both former US Open competitors. Coverage will be enhanced from the site with host Carolina Guillen and reporter Pilar Perez conducting interviews and producing features for SportsCenter and other studio shows. Also, current Puerto Rican tennis pro Monica Puig will join the commentary booth at selected matches.
- In Brazil, ESPN will televise more than 140 live hours along with daily PelasQuadras tennis studio show.
- Online, Latin America’s broadband service, ESPN Play (WatchESPN in Brazil) will offer every match via live streaming across all 16 courts.
- Star – a direct-to-consumer streaming platform set to launch in Latin America on Tuesday, August 31 – will feature US Open coverage as one of the first premier events available on the service.
- In Canada, TSN and RDS will deliver hundreds of hours of live coverage across the nation’s leading sports networks, with TSN’s Mark Roe hosting from New York. Subscribers to TSN, RDS, TSN Direct, and RDS Direct will also have access to extra live streaming content on TSN.ca, RDS.ca, and the networks’ respective apps.
Tennis Channel Coverage of the 2021 US Open
–Tennis Channel’s coverage of the 2021 US Open will feature daily lead-in show Tennis Channel Live at the US Open and more than 150 hours of encore matches during the two-week event. The action gets underway Monday, Aug. 30, the first day of play at tennis’ fourth and final major of the season. Tennis Channel Live at the US Open begins at 10 a.m. ET, an hour before matches start, with match encores airing at 12 a.m. ET Tuesday, Aug. 31. This 10 a.m. live-show/12 a.m. encore-matches schedule will be in place most days of the event.
Tennis Channel Live at the US Open is an hourlong lead in to each day’s play. In addition to highlights from the day before and previews of the matches ahead, the program offers analysis, interviews and special reports. Hall of Famer Lindsay Davenport (@LDavenport76) is part of the team and won the 1998 singles and 1997 doubles titles at the event during her playing days. Award-winning announcer Steve Weissman (@Steve_Weissman) will host Tennis Channel Live at the US Open. Jon Wertheim (@jon_wertheim), of Sports Illustrated and CBS 60 Minutes, will offer his thoughts and provide feature stories during the tournament.
The show will run at 10 a.m. ET from Monday, Aug. 30, through Wednesday, Sept. 8. A championship-weekend edition will take place at 7 p.m. ET Saturday, Sept. 11, and Sunday, Sept. 12, prior to the network’s encore coverage of the women’s and men’s singles finals, respectively.
Matches on Tennis Channel will be called by decorated, longtime network play-by-play voice Brett Haber (@BrettHaber). He will be joined by former player and coach Paul Annacone (@paul_annacone), who reached the US Open doubles final in 1990. Same-day encores begin at 12 a.m. and run up to the 10 a.m. live show from Tuesday, Aug. 31, through Thursday, Sept. 9. Later that same Thursday, at 11 p.m. ET, Tennis Channel will show encores of both women’s singles semifinals. Friday, Sept. 10, at 10 p.m. ET, will see encores of the men’s singles semifinals and doubles final. The women’s singles final will premier on the channel at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, with the men’s singles championship at that same time Sunday, Sept. 12.
Following the conclusion of the women’s and men’s singles finals the network will immediately show each a second time.
Digital Coverage
Tennis Channel’s US Open telecast is available on mobile devices through authenticated streaming on the network’s app. Tennis Channel Plus – the channel’s digital-subscription streaming service – will offer a playlist of “Americans in Action,” as well as matches from this tennis season and classic matches from others.
The recently relaunched Tennis.com website and app will offer highlights, scores, updated tournament information, daily orders of play, live blogs, statistics and stories from the network’s Tennis Magazine reporters. It will also host “FanSlam,” the network’s free US Open fantasy game. Fans can access the new site/app at http://tnns.co/app. Tennis Channel’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts will keep viewers up to date with content throughout the event.
