The 2026 U.S. Open Squash Championships powered by Comcast Business have arrived as the world’s best squash players and future Olympians descend on the Arlen Specter US Squash Center, November 1-9, in Philadelphia.
View the full opening day schedule on usopensquash.com/draws and reserve your spot on usopensquash.com.tickets.
Four courts will be in action simultaneously as the first round plays out from 12pm noon onwards, and squash fans can enjoy all of the opening day action with free General Admission tickets. Before the pros get one court, the Specter Center opens its doors for Comcast Business Family Day with junior and adult clinics from 9:30-11:30am.
Opening day will see eight Americans aiming to harness the home crowd energy. World No. 10 Amanda Sobhy will be the first in action at 1:30pm against Scotland’s Georgia Adderley on the east glass court. Princeton sophomore and wild card Alex Jaffe follows at 2:15pm on court 8 against Egypt’s Kenzy Ayman.
The Stefanoni sisters will both play on the east glass court. Lucie, a wild card, will face Egypt’s Zeina Mickawy at 4pm. Marina, who enters the U.S. Open with a career high ranking of No. 12, will play in a blockbuster first-round match up against former world No. 1 and world champion Nouran Gohar at 5:30pm.
Nick Spizzirri, world No. 87 and Penn graduate, will make his second U.S. Open appearance against Qatar’s Abdulla Al Tamimi at 4:45pm on court 16. Two night’s after helping seal the Philadelphia Lightning’s season-opening win, wild card Salim Khan will face England’s Sam Todd on court 8 at 5:30pm.
Timmy Brownell, who became the highest ranked American men’s professional ever at world No. 23, will face former Harvard teammate and world No. 7 Victor Crouin on the east glass court at 6:15pm.
Meanwhile, world No. 5 Olivia Weaver opens up her U.S. Open campaign against England’s Lucy Turmel on the west glass court at 6:15pm.