US Open Hosting Dating Show with Former Figure Skater During the Grand Slam Tournament
- - US Open Hosting Dating Show with Former Figure Skater During the Grand Slam Tournament
Anna Lazarus CaplanAugust 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Ilana Sedaka; Arthur Ashe Stadium
A new dating show is coming to the US Open
"Game, Set, Matchmaker," an eight-part YouTube series, will be shot during the Grand Slam tournament
New York native Ilana Sedaka will star as the "tennis-savvy bachelorette" who will look for a love-love situation
Mixed doubles will have a whole new meaning at the US Open this year!
The tournament announced on Friday, Aug. 1 that it will produce an eight-part YouTube dating series called Game, Set, Matchmaker in which a “tennis-savvy bachelorette” aims to find her Prince (not the racket).
Filmed during US Open Fan Week, the series “fuses the emotional rollercoaster of a dating show with the electric energy of one of the world’s biggest sporting events,” organizers said in a statement.
Long Island, N.Y. native Ilana Sedaka, a 24-year-old former figure skater turned pilates instructor, will star in the adventure.
“The US Open has always been one of the most iconic sporting events in the country, and growing up just 30 minutes from Arthur Ashe Stadium, it was something I looked forward to every summer,” Sedaka said in a release. “To now be stepping into this experience at such a legendary venue feels surreal and incredibly special.”
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Ilana Sedaka
She added, “I’m coming in open to connection, ready to compete, and excited to be part of something bigger. My hope is to bring a little joy, a little chaos, and a whole lot of realness to the court.”
Sedaka’s seven suitors include influencers, tennis super fans and social media personalities who will participate in “intimate dates” and games onsite at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center as they vie for a love-all situation.
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Other mixed doubles drawing attention in the real competition are Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz — who have previously downplayed dating rumors of their own — Madison Keys and Frances Tiafoe, and Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa.
The US Open runs from Sunday, Aug. 24 through Sunday, Sept. 7.
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