Amazon Prime Video will bring UK tennis fans live and exclusive coverage of the 2019 US Open from Flushing Meadows, New York.
Prime Video customers will have access to full, uninterrupted, live coverage from every televised court, all match replays and highlights, at no additional cost to their Prime membership – via Amazon.co.uk or the Amazon Prime Video app, available on mobile/tablet devices and selected Connected TVs.
Prime Video will broadcast on-site, live studio coverage throughout the whole tournament, starting from 26 August to 8 September. Coverage will be led by the streaming service’s core tennis presenting team, led by main presenter by Catherine Whitaker, alongside former players and tennis experts Daniela Hantuchova and Greg Rusedski in the studio.
For this year’s tournament, the team will be joined for the first time by former World No.1 and seven-time Grand Slam singles winner John McEnroe, former World No.1 and 18-time Grand Slam singles champion Martina Navratilova, and former World No.4 and British No.1 Tim Henman.
Former World No.1 and four-time Grand Slam winner Jim Courier returns, as does former British No.1 Annabel Croft, analyst and commentator Mark Petchey, and sports presenter Karthi Gnanasegaram. Mary Carillo and Pete Odgers will join as part of the courtside commentary team and Marcus Buckland will present a highlights show.
Prime members can look forward to live and exclusive coverage from the US Open from 26 August to 8 September from every televised court, beginning daily at 4.00pm in the first week, with a pre-match show from 3.30pm. All match replays will be available within 15 minutes of a match ending and highlights will be available on demand the following day.
Coverage is available across hundreds of devices on the Prime Video app for TVs, game consoles, set-top boxes, connected devices, mobile and online.
This year Prime Video will also have live coverage and full match replays from the qualifying rounds from 19-23 August.
The US Open (2018-2022) forms a key part of Prime Video’s tennis coverage, with over 220 days of tennis tournaments broadcast alone in 2019, including exclusive coverage of 37 ATP Tour events (2019-2023) and the Laver Cup (2019).
From 2020, Prime Video will have exclusive rights to show the top Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournaments in a four-year deal (2020-2024), allowing customers to watch the best in women’s and men’s tennis all in one place for the first time in the UK, underlining Prime Video as the home for tennis fans in the UK
Prime Video’s investment in on-screen tennis coverage is also reflected off-screen with the Prime Video Future Talent Award, supported by Andy Murray, an award which supports young British tennis talent, selecting one male and one female player to receive a total of £60,000 in funding over a two-year cycle.
Tennis supports a growing line-up of live sports on Prime Video, including NFL Thursday Night Football games available to customers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, and starting from the 2019/20 season, UK Prime members will have exclusive access to 20 Premier League matches per season, at no extra cost to their membership.
This is in addition to its selection of Amazon Original sports docu-series, including All or Nothing: Manchester City, All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks,and All or Nothing seasonswith American Football teams, as well as upcoming launches, Take Us Home: Leeds United, Inside Borussia Dortumund and El Corazón de Sergio Ramos.
For the latest news, order of play and live scores, visit the official US Open website – usopen.org – or stay up to date with all the latest from Flushing Meadows via the Amazon Prime Sport account on Twitter – @primevideosport.
Prime Video’s exclusive US Open coverage starts on Monday, 26 August at 3.30pm, with the live action start at 4pm and running throughout to the close of play.
To watch Amazon Prime Video’s coverage, visit its dedicated US Open online hub – amazon.co.uk/usopen – where customers can select which live matches or replays they want to view throughout the tournament.
