Harrison & Skupski win US Open men's doubles title — SkimNews
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- Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski defeated Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz 6-4, 7-6(6) in Saturday's US Open men's doubles final, saving a set point in the second-set tiebreak before closing it out.
- The pair became only the third team in the Open era to win a Grand Slam men's doubles title without dropping a set, joining John McEnroe and Peter Fleming (1983) and Bob and Mike Bryan (2008, 2010).
- Harrison, who underwent eight surgeries from 2009 to 2018 — including two on his left femur and one on each hip and adductor — claimed his first major title on home soil after shifting from singles to doubles.
- Skupski rebounded from previous French Open and US Open final losses with former partner Joe Salisbury to capture his first US Open title, calling the year "amazing."
- Pat Harrison, Christian's father and coach, made the trip to New York despite a fear of flying to watch his son lift the trophy.
- Krawietz and Puetz lost a US Open men's doubles final for the second time in three years, after falling to Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson in 2024.
Why it matters: Harrison's title on home soil caps a comeback from eight lower-body surgeries spanning 2009 to 2018 that forced him off the singles tour and into a doubles rebuild — and he did it with a partner he had played only one prior tournament with. Skupski ends a run of Slam final heartbreak with his former partner, while Krawietz and Puetz now own two US Open final losses in three years, per the source.
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