NEW YORK — Great Britain's Neal Skupski and American partner Christian Harrison powered into the US Open men's doubles final at Flushing Meadows with a 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 victory over top seeds Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara in an hour and 23 minutes. The Australian Open champions remain unbeaten in sets at this year's tournament and will contest Saturday's final in New York.
Liverpool-born Skupski, 36, is chasing a fifth Grand Slam title and a third in men's doubles. He won Wimbledon in 2023 with Wesley Koolhof and the Australian Open earlier this year alongside Harrison, and now has a maiden title at Flushing Meadows in his sights after he and fellow Briton Joe Salisbury missed three championship points in defeat in last year's final. "We know these guys [Patten and Heliovaara] pretty well, we've played them a couple of times this year and they've got the better of us but we brought it today, we knew we had to and really looking forward to a final in New York," Skupski said.
"We're both very hungry. We've worked hard to get here. We had success at the start of the year at the Australian Open. We had a great time, we know what it feels like to win a Grand Slam and we're going to leave it all out there on Saturday," he added. A second major title in 2026 remains in reach for Skupski and Harrison, while world number one pair Patten of Britain and Heliovaara of Finland must settle for ending the year with only the Wimbledon title.
Germany's Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz will meet Skupski and Harrison in Saturday's final after a 6-3 6-4 victory over three-time US Open men's doubles champions Salisbury and Rajeev Ram of the United States.
The defeat marked the final match of a decorated career for 42-year-old Ram, who retires with six Grand Slam doubles titles — including three in succession in New York alongside Salisbury in 2021, 2022 and 2023 — as well as two Olympic silver medals.