US Open 2026: Watch
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How do I watch the US Open?
It used to be easy: turn on CBS, done. Now it’s ESPN, an antenna, and half a dozen apps — and it’s different in every country. Complicated, but solvable. Pick your country below and I’ll get you set up.
Anywhere in the world
Find your country
The US Open is broadcast in dozens of countries, each by its own official rights-holder. Click your country on the map — or use the picker — for the broadcaster, app and languages where you are.
Pick your country
Watching from…
Choose where you are and jump straight to your official broadcaster, streaming app and languages. Every country’s block is here whether or not you use the picker.
Pick your country and the map highlights your region — or just read the full directory below.
United States
- Broadcaster: ESPN, ESPN2, ABC (finals) & ESPN Deportes
- Stream: The ESPN app — Select or Unlimited
- Language: English, Spanish
Home market — see the US setup below.
United Kingdom & Ireland
- Broadcaster: Sky Sports
- Stream: Sky Go / NOW (day & month passes)
- Language: English
NOW sells a day or month pass if you don’t have Sky.
Canada
- Broadcaster: TSN (English) / RDS (French)
- Stream: TSN+ / RDS app
- Language: English, French
Bilingual coverage — RDS carries the French feed.
Europe (the Eurosport markets)
- Broadcaster: Eurosport / TNT Sports
- Stream: discovery+ / Eurosport app
- Language: Local languages (French, Dutch, Polish, Nordic languages, and more)
Warner Bros. Discovery holds the pan-European rights — but Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain each have their own local holder, below.
Germany & Austria
- Broadcaster: Sky Sport (Germany, Austria) / Puls 4 (Austria)
- Stream: Sky Go / WOW / Joyn
- Language: German
The German-language markets sit outside the Eurosport deal — Sky is the pay-TV home; Puls 4 carries it free-to-air in Austria.
Italy
- Broadcaster: Sky Italia / SuperTennis
- Stream: Sky Go / NOW / SuperTennix
- Language: Italian
SuperTennis is the free-to-air half — Italy is one of the few markets with a free option.
Spain
- Broadcaster: Movistar Plus+ (Telefónica)
- Stream: Movistar Plus+
- Language: Spanish
Telefónica holds the Spanish rights; the pan-European Eurosport feed does not cover Spain.
Latin America (Spanish-speaking)
- Broadcaster: ESPN Latin America
- Stream: Disney+ (with the ESPN plan)
- Language: Spanish
ESPN’s Spanish feeds stream through Disney+ across the region.
Brazil
- Broadcaster: SporTV / ESPN
- Stream: Disney+ (with the ESPN plan)
- Language: Portuguese
Portuguese-language coverage — separate from the Spanish LatAm feed.
Japan
- Broadcaster: WOWOW
- Stream: WOWOW On Demand
- Language: Japanese
WOWOW is the long-time home of the Slams in Japan.
Middle East & North Africa
- Broadcaster: beIN Sports
- Stream: beIN Sports Connect / TOD
- Language: Arabic, English
beIN carries the Slams across the MENA region.
Sub-Saharan Africa
- Broadcaster: SuperSport
- Stream: SuperSport app / DStv Stream
- Language: English & local languages
One holder covers almost the whole continent south of the Sahara.
Southeast Asia
- Broadcaster: SPOTV
- Stream: SPOTV NOW
- Language: English & local languages
SPOTV holds the rights across South-East Asia — but no longer Korea, which now has its own.
South Korea
- Broadcaster: CJ ENM
- Stream: TVING
- Language: Korean
Korea moved off the SPOTV regional deal onto CJ ENM.
China (mainland)
- Broadcaster: CCTV
- Stream: MIGU
- Language: Mandarin
CCTV on TV; MIGU streams in Mandarin — Tencent and iQIYI held it previously.
Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macau
- Broadcaster: Sportcast (Taiwan) / PCCW (Hong Kong) / TDM (Macau)
- Stream: Each broadcaster’s own service
- Language: Mandarin, Cantonese, Portuguese
Three small markets, three separate holders; only Taiwan is big enough to show on this map.
Australia
- Broadcaster: Nine Network (9Now, free-to-air)
- Stream: Stan Sport (every match)
- Language: English
Nine shows featured matches free; Stan Sport streams every court.
New Zealand & the Pacific
- Broadcaster: ESPN / Disney+ (NZ) · Digicel · FBC (Fiji)
- Stream: Disney+ / Digicel’s own service
- Language: English
New Zealand sits on the ESPN international feed, not the Australian deal.
India & the subcontinent
- Broadcaster: Star Sports (JioStar)
- Stream: JioHotstar
- Language: English, Hindi
JioStar holds rights across India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.
In the United States
Your US setup, in three steps
Wherever you are in the country, it comes down to three choices — free, all-access, or nothing new to buy.
Put up an antenna and pull your local ABC affiliate. You get three Sundays free, over the air — opening day, the round of 16, and the men’s final. The women’s final is on ESPN, so an antenna won’t get you that one.
Get the ESPN app and pick ESPN Select ($12.99) for every court and all of qualifying, or ESPN Unlimited ($29.99) to also get the ESPN, ESPN2, ABC and ESPN Deportes telecasts without cable.
Already have cable, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, DirecTV or Spectrum? You’re done — those carry ESPN, ESPN2, ABC and ESPN Deportes, and several now include ESPN Unlimited so you get every court too.
Two things are new in 2026, both from ESPN’s own tournament announcement. RedZone at the US Open is a whip-around feed hopping between all 16 courts through the busy early rounds — August 30 to September 4, 11 AM to 6 PM ET, on the ESPN app, and it needs the Unlimited plan, not Select. And every Disney+ subscriber can watch some of opening day inside that app at no extra cost — day one only, then it stops.
The tournament runs on Eastern Time, and the US spans four-plus zones — a 7 PM ET night session is 4 PM on the West Coast. The time-zone converter below shows every session in your own local time.
When is it on for you?
Match times in your time zone
The Open runs on New York time. Here are the key sessions converted to wherever you are — live, from your own device’s clock, no location sharing.
During the tournament New York is on Eastern Time (UTC−4). Western Europe is about 5–6 hours ahead, and much of East Asia is about 12–13 hours ahead, so night sessions land late at night or early morning abroad.
What it costs
Every US option, by price
From free to full cable-style bundle, and whether each one actually carries every court.
Cheapest to watch everything is ESPN Select at $12.99. The live-TV bundles cost more because you’re buying a whole channel line-up, not just tennis. ESPN has said both plans rise on 17 September 2026 — four days after the men’s final, so the tournament runs entirely on the prices above. Starting monthly prices, verified 2026-08-25; they change constantly — check each service before you subscribe.
Why is this so hard now?
How watching got complicated
It genuinely used to be simpler. Here’s the short history of how the free-and-easy TV era gave way to today’s patchwork.
In your language
Languages, at a glance
Two languages: English on ESPN, and Spanish on ESPN Deportes. Both are carried by the ESPN app and the live-TV bundles.
More than 15 languages across the official broadcasters on the map above — a sample:
Compiled from the official US Open broadcast pages (usopen.org, US and International Broadcast Partners), ESPN’s press room and plan pages, and the listed broadcasters’ own sites. Prices, service names, per-country rights and the commentary roster all change — often yearly, sometimes mid-season — and were verified on 2026-08-25; check each service before you subscribe. This guide points only to legitimate local rights-holders; it does not cover VPNs or ways around regional blocks.
Companion pages: Commentators (who’s calling it, and which channel carries which court), Courts (where it’s played) and Qualifying (how players get in).