Six Canadians to Compete in the Main Draw at 2025 US Open
Mboko and Diallo seeded for first time at a major; Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov, and
Fernandez also among the seeds
[TORONTO, ON] August 21, 2025 – The official US Open draws were held on Thursday, with at least six Canadians set to compete on the hardcourts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York. The final Grand Slam of the year will take place from August 24 to September 7.
Fresh off winning her first WTA title at the 2025 National Bank Open presented by Rogers in Montreal, QC, Victoria Mboko (Burlington, ON) is the top-seeded Canadian (No. 22) at the year’s final Grand Slam.
It also marks the first time the 18-year-old is seeded at one of the calendar’s four majors. Along with Mboko, Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC) will compete in the women’s draw, while Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC), Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON.) and Gabriel Diallo (Montreal, QC), are all seeded in the men’s draw. Meanwhile, Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON), with her partner Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, is leading the way among the Canadian contingent in the doubles events.
Rebecca Marino (Vancouver, BC), Cadence Brace (Oakville, ON) and Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON) remain in the women’s qualifying draw and are vying for a spot in the main draw.
Mboko will look to continue her rapid rise in the rankings this summer in her first-ever main-draw appearance at the US Open. As the No. 22 seed, Mboko will face two-time Grand Slam winner Barbora Krejcikova in her first-round match in Flushing Meadows. Should she advance, she could face Americans Emma Navarro in the third round and Jessica Pegula in the quarter-final.
Fernandez, seeded 31st, arrives in Queens after reaching the round of 16 at the Monterrey Open. Earlier this summer, the 22-year-old won the WTA 500 Mubadala Citi DC Open, the fourth WTA title of her career. Fernandez, the 2021 US Open finalist, is set to play a qualifier in the first round. Her path to the final could include a matchup against top seed Aryna Sabalenka in the third round.
In the men’s draw, Auger-Aliassime, the No. 25 seed, is hoping to build off his quarter-final run at the Cincinnati Open. The 25-year-old from Montreal will play a qualifier or lucky loser in his opening-round match. His route through the draw could include potential matchups against Alexander Zverev in the third round and Alexander de Minaur in the quarter-final. Auger-Aliassime’s career-best result at the US Open came in 2021, when he advanced to the semifinal.
Shapovalov will be seeded 27th in New York. The 26-year-old has won two hard-court titles this season (Dallas, Los Cabos) and will be looking to better his career-best result at the US Open in 2020, when he reached the quarter-final. Shapovalov will face Marton Fucsovics in the first round, and he could meet top seed Jannik Sinner in the third round.
Like Mboko, Diallo is among the top 32 seeds for the first time at a Grand Slam event. As the No. 31. seed, he’ll play Damir Dzumhur in the first round. Last year, Diallo qualified for the US Open for the first time before reaching the third round, a career-best result at a major that kick-started his ascension up the world rankings. Diallo’s path through the draw could include potential opponents Jack Draper in the third round and Lorenzo Musetti in the round of 16.
Meanwhile, in New York, Dabrowski and Routliffe will hope to carry over the momentum from winning the Cincinnati Open title last week. It was the pair’s first WTA 1000 title and their second overall this year.
The women’s doubles draw will be held on August 26, while the men’s doubles draw will occur on August 27. In the wheelchair event, Rob Shaw (North Bay, ON) will compete in the quad division. In the juniors, Nicolas Arseneault (Richmond Hill, ON) will be in the boys’ singles main draw, while Nadia Lagaev (Vaughan, ON) will be in the girls’ singles. Volodymyr Gurenko (Montreal, QC) will compete in the boys’ singles qualifying event.
