ESPN, USTA extend relationship with new 12-year agreement

Disney’s ESPN and the United States Tennis Association have extended their relationship with a new, 12-year agreement that will keep the iconic event with ESPN through 2037. The deal, which starts in 2026 and is ESPN’s longest-term tennis agreement, also continues to make ESPN the home of the entire US Open in Latin America and the Caribbean and in Canada on TSN and RDS. ESPN Deportes likewise continues as the exclusive Spanish-language home of the US Open in the United States. The deal was brokered by IMG, the USTA’s media rights representative. In the new agreement, USTA will take over host broadcaster duties from ESPN beginning in 2026 as ESPN focuses its production resources on the more than 260 hours of annual coverage planned for the U.S., as well as hundreds of hours for international territories.