Is Emma Raducanu playing in the US Open 2026?

THE US Open is about to get underway – and fans are wondering whether Emma Raducanu will feature. The British No1 soared to stardom when she won the title at Flushing Meadows in 2021. Emma Raducanu shocked the world to win the US Open in 2021 Credit: AP She pulled out of Wimbledon the night before it began this year Credit: PA But she hasn’t reached the same heights since amid persistent injuries. Raducanu, who was aged just 18, became the first and only qualifier to win the US Open – not dropping a single set in ten consecutive matches en route to her crown. Sign up for the Sport newsletter Thank you! Is Emma Raducanu playing in the US Open 2026? No, Emma Raducanu is not playing in this year’s US Open. She suffered a stress fracture in her shin in the build-up to Wimbledon this year, which forced her to pull out of the tournament on short notice. The injury came after Raducanu reached the final at Queen’s – her biggest since the US Open – but it was this tournament that sparked her setback. Her team say that after latest consultations with her medical team she has been advised to skip the event in the Big Apple. Emma Raducanu has been seen wearing a protective boot Credit: Instagram @emmaraducanu She was practicing her serves wearing the boot Credit: Instagram @emmaraducanu Though she has been working hard to rehab the stress fracture, she needs more time for it to heal, which is typical given the nature of this particular injury. SunSport has been told she feels “sad” to miss a tournament that is “so special to her”. Most read in Sport Over the past few weeks, she has been seen resting up at the five-star Suvretta House retreat near St Moritz in Switzerland. Not only has she been able to sail on a nearby lake and eat top-class food, she has been serving at a gentle pace on a clay court. Since Wimbledon finished, she has dropped down to 49 on the live WTA rankings and there is no confirmed return date. The Kent star is not part of Britain’s Billie Jean King Cup team that will play the Czech Republic in the quarter-finals of the women’s World Cup next month in China. In May, Raducanu reunited with Spanish-based Andrew Richardson – the man who helped her win the US Open in 2021. Yet they have only had seven matches across three tournaments together. Comment now