Following more than two weeks of intense tennis action, the 2026 US Open has reached the final weekend.
The tournament began with Czechia’s Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik winning the mixed doubles final before American Taylor Townsend and Czechia’s Katerina Siniakova captured the women’s doubles final Friday, Sept. 11 to complete the career Grand Slam. The men’s doubles final – which sees Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski take on Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz – will be contested Saturday, Sept. 12.
But the main events will also occur this weekend with the women’s singles final on Saturday and the men’s singles final on Sunday, Sept. 13.
The women’s final will feature a heavyweight battle between the top two women in the world when No. 1 seed
Aryna Sabalenka faces No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina. Sabalenka is aiming for her fifth career Grand Slam title and will try to become the first woman since Serena Williams in 2012-2014 to win three consecutive US Opens. Rybakina, the reigning Australian Open champion, is looking to celebrate her first US Open title and third major after first winning Wimbledon in 2022. And regardless of the winner Saturday, Rybakina will also vault past Sabalenka as the No. 1 player in the WTA when the new rankings come out Monday, Sept. 14.
On the men’s side, Americans will have a U.S. player to root for in the final when No. 8 Ben Shelton takes on No. 1 Alexander Zverev Sunday. Zverev, who reached the US Open final for the second time (2020), is looking to add to the French Open championship he won in June. He also reached the final of Wimbledon in July.
Shelton has already made history, becoming the first Black American man to reach a US Open singles final since Arthur Ashe in 1972 and the first Black American man to reach any Grand Slam singles final since MaliVai Washington at Wimbledon in 1996. And should Shelton win Sunday, he would become the first American man to win any Grand Slam title since 2003, when Andy Roddick won the US Open.
Who is favored to win each of the singles finals? Here are the latest odds from BetMGM:
US Open women's singles final odds
Via BetMGM as of 12:45 a.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 12
Odds to win final
- Aryna Sabalenka -140
- Elena Rybakina +118
Odds to win first set
- Aryna Sabalenka -140
- Elena Rybakina +105
US Open men's singles final odds
Via BetMGM as of 12:45 a.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 12:
Odds to win final
- Alexander Zverev -155
- Ben Shelton +130
Odds to win first set
- Alexander Zverev -150
- Ben Shelton +110
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: US Open championship odds: Who is favored to win women's, men's finals?
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