By Richard Pagliaro | Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Photo credit: Jon Buckle/ROLEX
Icons, Idols and innovation are all on tap for ESPN’s US Open coverage.
Main draw coverage begins on Sunday, August 30th on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and streaming over the ESPN App for ESPN Unlimited subscribers.
Led by Rece Davis hosting, ABC will broadcast all three Sundays including: US Open first round coverage on Sunday, August 30th; Round of 16 on Sunday, September 6th; and the Men’s Championship Preview and Championship on Sunday, September 13th.
Coverage culminates with the US Open Women’s Championship on Saturday, September 12th, at 4 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and the Men’s Championship preview on Sunday, September 13th, at 1 p.m. on ABC followed by the Men’s Championship at 2 p.m. on ABC and ESPN Deportes with an encore presentation of the Men’s Championship at 9 p.m. on ESPN2.
ESPN’s 2026 US Open TV Schedule
ESPN’s 2026 US Open TV Commentary Team
Top row (L-R): Rece Davis, Genie Bouchard, Jason Goodall, John Isner, Caroline Wozniacki, Malika Andrews, Chris Eubanks, Mike Monaco, CoCo Vandeweghe, Jeff Darlington, Katie George, Sam Gore, Jay Alter.
Bottom row (L-R): Sam Querrey, Chris McKendry, Chris Fowler, Patrick McEnroe, Mary Joe Fernandez, John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, James Blake, Kris Budden, Luke Jensen
Genie Bouchard joins ESPN as a tennis analyst for the 2026 US Open coverage, bringing the perspective of a former Wimbledon finalist and top five player.
The ESPN Deportes Tennis Team
Juan Martin del Potro, the 2009 US Open champion and former World. No. 3, joins ESPN Deportes as a tennis analyst for the quarterfinals through the championship. Del Potro famously made history at the 2009 US Open defeating Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer back-to-back, denying the Swiss Maestro his shot at at a sixth consecutive US Open championship.
ESPN Deportes analysts including former World No. 4 Jose Luis Clerc, 2016 Roland Garros Men’s Doubles Champion Feliciano Lopez, Mónica Puig, Daniel Orsanic and play-by-play commentators Luis Alfredo Álvarez, Eduardo Varela will call matches in Spanish, with Carolina Guillén as host and Pilar Pérez and Agostina Larroca reporting.
Billy Idol with Steve Stevens and ESPN Turn Up Heat
ESPN is collaborating with 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Billy Idol and guitarist Steve Stevens for this year’s US Open.
A special US Open-themed edition of Idol’s song Hot in the City will be featured on ESPN throughout the tournament, as will his hit Dancing With Myself.
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