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The highly anticipated all-American matchup between Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe — marking the first US Open semifinals between two US men in nearly 20 years — will cost you quite a few Honey Deuces to attend.
Prices have surged 60% since Tuesday, when the pairing was finalized. The cheapest price to attend the Friday night match at Arthur Ashe Stadium is priced at $333 for one ticket, according to TickPick, an online secondary ticket marketplace.
And those are for tickets in the nosebleed sections. Prices are soaring to as much as $56,000 for a seat court side. On average, fans are paying about $500 for the 7 pm ET match, which is the fifth-most-expensive US Open men’s semifinal on record, a TickPick spokesperson told CNN.
A general view of Coco Gauff of the United States in action against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the Women's Singles Final on a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium with the roof closed during the US Open Tennis Championship 2023 at the USTA National Tennis Centre on September 9th, 2023 in Flushing, Queens, New York City.
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Notably, the demand to see the lower-ranked American players is far greater than the matchup that features the No. 1 ranked male player in tennis, Italy’s Jannik Sinner, who plays Friday afternoon.
Prices for Fritz vs. Tiafoe match are 231% more expensive for the cheapest ticket compared to the cheap seats for Sinner’s 3 pm ET match against Britain’s Jack Draper. The least-expensive prices for that match are hovering around just $80, and court side prices are about $1,500.
The high price of tickets come as some fans are criticizing the event’s long lines and ever-rising costs to see the annual tennis tournament in New York. Combined with the growing popularity of the sport, it’s perhaps not a surprise that total ticket sales on StubHub have already surpassed last year’s event by 32%, the company told CNN.
Regardless of the price, the matchup between Fritz and Foe is a monumental piece of tennis history because it guarantees an American male to compete in the finals on Sunday — a milestone that hasn’t been achieved since 2006.
