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Harriet Dart vs 
Peyton Stearns
Sunday, August 30, 2026 · Round of 128
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My pick: Peyton Stearns to advance · locked 2026-08-29 01:40 UTCPrediction
The most interesting head-to-head in this batch: 1–1, and the two meetings were five years apart at the same tournament. Dart won US Open qualifying in 2021 6-3 4-6 6-3; Stearns won in Cincinnati this month, 6-1 7-6(6). Stearns is 54th and 21–18 this season with a fourth round here in 2023; Dart is a 131st-ranked qualifier, 7–8. The recent meeting is the one that counts. Stearns in two.
The case for Harriet Dart
33% to winDart has beaten Stearns before, at this tournament, and she arrives with three qualifying wins on these courts. Her career hard-court record (86–82) is a winning one where Stearns's is 53–59, and Cincinnati went to a tiebreak in the second set.
The case for Peyton Stearns
67% to winStearns won the most recent meeting three weeks ago, 6-1 7-6(6), is 77 ranking places higher, and reached the fourth round here in 2023. She has not spent the week playing qualifying, which over three sets in late-August New York is worth something.
Both cases written 2026-08-29, before the first ball — frozen into the record exactly as written, whatever the result. The percentages are mine — opinions with a percent sign on. They add to 100 because tennis has no draw to hide the rounding in.
Tale of the tape
Harriet DartPeyton StearnsPlayer vitals: US Open official player feed (usopen.org) and Tennis Abstract career match logs · as of 2026-08-28.
Career head-to-head: Tennis Abstract career match logs (tour-level) · as of 2026-08-28.
The briefing
Storylines
- They met three weeks ago in Cincinnati — Stearns won 6-1 7-6(6).
- Their other meeting was US Open qualifying in 2021, which Dart won in three.
- Stearns reached the fourth round here in 2023, her best major result.
Head to head
One apiece. Dart won US Open qualifying in 2021, 6-3 4-6 6-3; Stearns won at Cincinnati this month, 6-1 7-6(6).
Source: Tennis Abstract career match logs (tour-level) · as of 2026-08-28.
Watch: Opening-round coverage runs across ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, with ESPN Deportes in Spanish — and every court streams in the ESPN app, including the whip-around channel that only exists in the early rounds. (ESPN press-room release and listings, as of 2026-08-27)
Court & schedule: Not yet assigned. Days one and two of the main draw are on the board; this match falls in the back half of the first round, and the US Open posts each day's order of play the evening before. (Official US Open order-of-play release cadence, as of 2026-08-28)
Weather: The forecast cooled since the draw: Sunday opens partly sunny near 80°F with a slight shower chance after 2 p.m., and a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms arrives with Sunday night. Monday is similar at 81°F, and the storm odds climb through Tuesday and Wednesday. Ashe and Armstrong close their roofs; the field courts wait. (National Weather Service New York forecast, as of 2026-08-28)
Venue: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York — hard.
At this Stage
The Round of 128 is the widest the net ever gets: 64 matches a draw, spread across three days, every seed in action and every qualifier playing the biggest match of the year. This half of the bracket filled in late — qualifying ran a day long after rain pushed the last round to Friday, so these names were still blank slots on draw night. First-round losers leave with $140,000. The winner draws Jacquemot or Bouzková in the Round of 64.
