Get to know the intriguing possibilities that the YONEX US Open 2026 could bring.

• Beiwen Zhang, Lai Po Yu/Tsai Fu Cheng and Amalie Cecilie Kudsk are the only former winners returning.
• Dane Kudsk, who captured last year’s mixed doubles title alongside Rasmus Espersen, is competing in women’s doubles this time with Simona Pilgaard.
• Repeat glory will see Beiwen emerge the first American women’s singles shuttler to defend her crown since the legendary Judy Hashman in 1967.
• She will also become the second in the category from her country after Hashman to be champion more than twice.
• Presley Smith/Jennie Gai are seeded top in mixed doubles, a sector USA have not won outright since 2009 (Howard Bach/Eva Lee).
• Smith, Gai and their compatriots Chen Zi Yi and Francesca Corbett are all seeded in two events, giving them the chance to become the first home players since Bach in 2009 to bag two titles at a single edition.
• Although they possess top seeds Ben Lane/Sean Vendy, men’s doubles is a discipline England have not aced following Graham Hurrell/James Anderson’s success in 2000.
• None of this year’s top seeds have US Open victories. Chou Tien Chen (2014) and Michelle Li (2017), came closest, finishing runner-up in 2014 and 2017 respectively.
• Li’s countrywoman Anna Rice was the last Canadian to win women’s singles in 2009.
• Women’s singles third seed Riko Gunji will be boosted by the fact Japan have claimed four of the last eight editions – the most by a country in any category during that period.

Standout Stat: The last seven men’s doubles titles have been won by pairs representing seven flags.