Saturday hosts the championship matches in women’s singles and men’s doubles.
In a rematch from this past January’s Australian Open final, Aryna Sabalenka faces Elena Rybakina for the women’s singles championship. In Melbourne, Rybakina defeated Sabalenka in straight sets to earn her second Major title, in what was considered a slight upset at the time. But with Rybakina now set to become the new World No.1 on Monday, this feels like a very even matchup. It’s a huge Major final between the top two players in the world, and the WTA’s biggest ball strikers.
Earlier in the day, the men’s doubles championship match will be staged.
Here’s a rundown of the most notable matches on Day 14 (in chronological order, all times local):
Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski (5) vs. Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz (6)– 12:00pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium
Like Rybakina, Harrison and Skupski won this year’s Australian Open. However, they haven’t won a title since, or even reached a final. They defeated both the fourth-seeded team of Bolelli and Vavassori, as well as the top-seeded team of Heliovaara and Patten, in the last two rounds.
Krawietz and Puetz were the runners-up here two years ago, losing the final in straight sets to Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson. Krawietz has won two prior Majors alongside Andreas Miles, but Puetz is still looking to win his first Major title.
At the beginning of this season in Adelaide, Krawietz and Puetz defeated Harrison and Skupski in a deciding-set tiebreak.
Aryna Sabalenka (1) vs. Elena Rybakina (2) – Not Before 4:00pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium
Sabalenka is 46-8 on the year, but until this fortnight, you could divide her season into two distinctive eras. For the first three months of 2026, she went 23-1 on hard courts, with the only loss coming at the hands of Rybakina in the Australian Open final. Sabalenka would avenge that loss twice: in the Indian Wells final, as well as in the Miami semifinals, on her way to winning both those tournaments. But once the clay court season began, she suffered some startling losses, often times after holding a big lead. This is her first final since Miami.
During this event, Sabalenka won her first four rounds in straights, before narrowly escaping defeat against Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova in a third-set tiebreak. In the semifinals, she played what her opponent, Jessica Pegula, described as Sabalenka’s highest level of the entire year, defeating Pegula in straights. She holds a record of 24-20 in tour finals overall, and 4-4 in Major finals.
Before this tournament began, there were questions regarding whether Rybakina would even compete, after retiring in Cincinnati with an ankle injury. However, she’s looked extremely sharp through six rounds, at a tournament where she had never before advanced beyond the round of 16. Like Sabalenka, Rybakina won her first four rounds in straights, which included a decisive victory over Naomi Osaka. And she came back from a set down in the last two rounds, against Qinwen Zheng and Coco Gauff.
Rybakina is 48-13 this season, and this will be her fifth final of the year, with wins in Melbourne and Stuttgart. In her career, she is 2-1 in Major finals, and 13-13 in finals overall.
Their head-to-head stands at 10-7 in Sabalenka’s favor. On hard courts, they’re tied at 7-7. At Majors, Sabalenka leads 2-1. Last November in the championship match of the WTA Finals, Rybakina defeated Sabalenka in straights, just two months before defeating her again in Melbourne. This past March at Indian Wells, Sabalenka saved championship to outlast Rybakina in a third-set tiebreak. Two weeks later, she against beat Rybakina in the Miami semifinals, this time in straights.
Sabalenka is vying for her third consecutive US Open title. The last time she played for her third consecutive Major title was last year at the Australian Open, when she was upset by Madison Keys. And based on both players’ recent form, I give the slight edge to Rybakina on Saturday. She’s been the better server of the two during this event, and Sabalenka has struggled to close out matches for the last five months. However, a Sabalenka victory would also not be shocking, and I’m sure she’ll be eager to notch a big victory over Rybakina just two days before she loses the No.1 ranking to her.
Saturday’s full Order of Play is here.
