The first Us Open Tickets for the 2026 tournament went on sale Tuesday at 9 a.m. ET, and the face-value batch disappeared quickly, leaving only pricier resale seats in the market hours later.
By Tuesday afternoon, one X user said a screenshot showed 430,298 people ahead of them in line for the men’s singles final at Arthur Ashe Stadium, which holds about 23,000 people. On Ticketmaster, verified resale seats were listed from roughly $235 to $450 before taxes and fees, while tickets for the men’s singles final on Sept. 13 were listed for as much as $30,000.
The rush fits a familiar pattern for the tournament, but the numbers still land hard. A one-day grounds pass at face value ranges from $65 to $135 depending on the day, and this year’s average ticket price is running at $617 so far. For the full 2025 US Open, the average ticket price was $529, up 18% from 2024.
The USTA said the majority of Amex Presale tickets sold out within the first few hours of going on sale for the third year in a row. It also said fans who see tickets in the resale market during the presale period may be looking at seats being resold by full-series tournament subscribers, adding that it is legal in New York State for those holders to resell their tickets.
The price climb comes after last year’s US Open drew a tournament-record 1.14 million attendees, up 9% from 2024. The event now offers 10 ticket plans, ranging from three-day options early in the tournament to two-week tickets for the main draw at Arthur Ashe Stadium. There will also be free grounds admission for eight days of the tournament, including the seven days of qualifying week from Aug. 23 to Aug. 29 and Open for All Day on Sept. 10.
The gap between the face-value sale and the resale market is where the story now sits. Ticketmaster said it was blocking 20 billion bots a month to try to stop automated reselling, but that has not kept premium seats from racing out of reach for many fans before the general public sale begins Thursday at 12 p.m. ET.
The USTA said it wants to “evaluate how to optimize fan access to the US Open,” but the presale results suggest demand is still outrunning supply by a wide margin. For now, the same seats that vanished in minutes are the ones setting the tone for the market ahead of Thursday’s sale.
