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Marie Bouzkova vs Harriet Dart — 6-2 6-2
 Marie Bouzkova✓ | 6 | 6 |
 Harriet Dart | 2 | 2 |
Final · Thursday, September 3, 2026 · Round of 64
Result
Harriet Dart did not earn a single break point in sixteen games. That is the match. Marie Bouzkova landed 73% of her first serves and won 85% of those points, served one double fault to Dart's eight, and was pushed to deuce only once — in the fifth game of the second set, which Dart held to prevent a bagel. Level at 1-1, Dart was then broken three times in four games; three of her eight double faults came in one game, the seventh of the first set, and the second break of the second set went the same way. It took Bouzkova 77 minutes, and she repeated her first-round score exactly: 6-2 6-2 for the second match running. She won the girls' title on these courts in 2014 and has never been past the third round of the senior event in ten visits. Dart, ranked 131, had come through three qualifying rounds all of which went to a third set, then beaten Peyton Stearns from a set and a break down for her first Slam main-draw win in nineteen months — four wins and close to nine hours on court before she walked out here.
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At this Stage
The Round of 64 halves the draw again: 32 women's matches across Wednesday and Thursday, every one of them between players who have already won here this week. The seeds who came through the opening round now meet opponents with form behind them rather than a ranking.
Round of 128
What we know now
What I said beforehand
The preview, frozen before the first serve. Clearly dated, never rewritten — that's the deal that makes the pick worth anything.
Bouzkova had the most straightforward day of anyone in this section — 6-2 6-2 over Elsa Jacquemot in 1 hour 26 minutes, eleven unforced errors, five breaks from eight, no double faults — and she is the 25th seed at No. 26 against a qualifier at No. 131. But Dart won their only previous meeting, 7-5 6-7(7) 6-4 at Eastbourne in 2024, and has just ended a nineteen-month wait for a main-draw win at a major, beating Peyton Stearns 3-6 6-3 6-2 on her fourth match point. She got here through three qualifying rounds that all went three sets, so this will be her fifth match of the fortnight against Bouzkova's second. The ratings put it near 75–25, and that is mostly a statement about volume: Bouzkova is 158–112 on hard courts, Dart 89–83, and the Czech has been to the third round here.
The case for Marie Bouzkova
75% to winBouzkova has spent 86 minutes on court to Dart's 144 plus three qualifying matches, and she spent them making eleven unforced errors and no double faults. She is ranked 105 places higher, is 158–112 on hard courts, and has been to the third round here — a round further than Dart has ever gone. Dart's win over her was two years ago on grass, in the third set, and Dart is 10–9 for the season.
The case for Harriet Dart
25% to winDart has beaten Bouzkova before, in three sets on grass in 2024, and arrives with more match play than anyone in the round — three qualifying wins, all in three sets, and then a comeback from a set down against Peyton Stearns. She converted five of fourteen break points on Monday and won 105 points to 94 while being out-hit on winners 40 to 24, which is a player finding ways rather than shots. Bouzkova's 29–20 season is good rather than intimidating.
Both cases written 2026-08-31, 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.
My locked pick: Marie Bouzkova to advance ✓ RIGHT
“A seed who has played half as much tennis to get here and made eleven unforced errors doing it.”
Locked 2026-08-31 20:50 UTC — rendered verbatim from the pick ledger; never a fresher, hedged version
Tale of the tape
Marie BouzkovaHarriet DartPlayer vitals: US Open official player feed (usopen.org) and Tennis Abstract career match logs · as of 2026-09-02.
Career head-to-head: Tennis Abstract career match logs (tour-level) · as of 2026-08-31.
Storylines
- Bouzkova beat Elsa Jacquemot 6-2 6-2 in 1 hour 26 minutes with eleven unforced errors and no double faults.
- Dart beat Peyton Stearns 3-6 6-3 6-2 on her fourth match point, ending a nineteen-month wait for a main-draw win at a major.
- Dart came through three qualifying rounds, all of them in three sets — this will be her fifth match of the fortnight.
- Dart won their only meeting, 7-5 6-7(7) 6-4 at Eastbourne in 2024.
- Career hard-court records: Bouzkova 158–112, Dart 89–83.
Head to head
Dart leads 1-0, winning their only meeting 7-5 6-7(7) 6-4 at Eastbourne in 2024.
Source: Tennis Abstract career match logs (tour-level) · as of 2026-08-31.
Court & schedule: Court 11, Thursday 3 September. The US Open posts each day's order of play the evening before; this one is on the board. (Official US Open order of play, as of 2026-09-02)
Weather: Sunday — the men's final, and the last match of the fortnight — is 78°F with showers and thunderstorms 95% likely, the wettest day of the two weeks and the one day that cannot be pushed back. Ashe closes its roof and plays on. It clears overnight: 20% Sunday night, 20% Monday, then dry and sunny from Tuesday. (National Weather Service New York forecast, as of 2026-09-13)
Venue: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York — hard.