Overview
- Karolína Muchová and Jakub Menšík beat Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 1-6, 10-6 to win the mixed-doubles title, closing the standalone event on Wednesday evening.
- Each champion will receive $500,000 for a combined $1,000,000 winners' purse that tournament organizers highlighted as evidence of strong ticket sales and TV interest.
- The USTA ran the event as a compressed, standalone week with shortened sets, no-ad scoring and an eight-team qualifying draw to concentrate star players on Ashe and Armstrong courts.
- The reworked format produced marquee upsets, including the early defeat of top seeds Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka and Mirra Andreeva and Andrey Rublev eliminating the 2025 champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori.
- The prize jump from $150,000 for the 2016 champions to $1,000,000 in 2026 has intensified debate over expanded wildcards for singles stars and whether the condensed schedule increases injury and workload risks for players.