US Open fans forced to pay absurd amount to watch Carlos Alcaraz play Novak Djokovic

US Open tickets to watch Carlos Alcaraz against Novak Djokovic are the most expensive in the tournament's history - with seats starting at around $1,000 for the semifinal clash.

Ticket prices for the marquee tennis competition have continued to soar in recent years, and reached a new high on Thursday as the get-in price for the Alcaraz-Djokovic semifinal was $903 on TickPick at the time of writing.

However, the vast majority of tickets were priced over $1,000, with the ticket reseller saying a day before the match that the cheapest lower level ticket was going for $8,913.

There are even courtside seats going for as much of $23,163 at the time of writing.

The Friday daytime session at Arthur Ashe is set to begin with the women's doubles final at noon, with American Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova taking on Erin Routliffe and Gabriela Dabrowski.

Alcaraz and Djokovic will then take the court around 3pm before Jannik Sinner and Felix Auger-Aliassime play the night session at 7pm.

Tickets for that match are far more reasonable as fans can currently get in for under $300.

The Queens, New York-based tournament has become an enormous business in recent years, and grossed an incredible $559.7million in revenue last year, according to financial statements published by the USTA.

That cash-flow has also been reflected in the purse for the tournament, with the total prize money rising to a record $90million in 2025.

That includes $5million for each of the men's and women's winners and $2.5million for the runners-up.

Semifinalists also take home $1.26million each.

Aside from ticket sales, fans have been known to spend heavily on $23 honeydeuce drinks and merch at the tournament.

The latter stages of the competition will see Djokovic try and win his 25th Grand Slam title at the age of 38.

Of course, he'll have to get by Alcaraz and likely Sinner afterwards if he can get to the final.

The Spaniard has not dropped a set all tournament, while Sinner has been incredibly dominant as well - losing just one set to this point.

They have combined to win the last seven Grand Slams.

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