A Racquet at the Rock Prudential Center 2025: Where to buy tickets
The New Jersey Devils, Seton Hall Pirates and New York Sirens won’t be the only athletes taking center stage at Prudential Center this year.
On Sunday, Dec. 7, tennis will be played at the famed Newark venue for the first time when the inaugural ‘A Racquet at the Rock’ event swings into town.
And, to ring in the occasion, Prudential Center is bringing in some of the biggest names of the game.
No. 2-ranked Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and No. 17 Frances Tiafoe (U.S.) represent the men while No. 9 Amanda Anisimova (U.S.) and No. 36 Emma Raducanu (Great Britain) will compete on the women’s side.
“It is always a lot of fun to be on the court with Frances- we love to compete against each other, and I can’t wait to put on a great show for the fans in Newark,” Alcaraz, 22, said. “To play again in the metropolitan area with all the amazing fans, it’s something special. They bring such unique energy, and they love tennis so much. I’m looking forward to December 7 at Prudential Center, it will be a special night of great tennis.”
Anisimova, a New Jersey native born in Freehold Township, is just as excited.
“It’s a special feeling to return to the place where my tennis dreams first began,” the 24-year-old said. “I am looking forward to playing against one of the best players in the world in Emma and having the
opportunity to do so in my original home state of New Jersey. It will be an incredible celebration
of tennis on December 7 at the inaugural ‘A Racquet at The Rock.’”
In addition to ‘A Racquet at the Rock,’ both players quoted above are currently still alive in the 2025 U.S. Open semifinals.
Alcaraz plays Novak Djokovic at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday, Sept. 5; as for Anisimova, she goes head-to-head against Naomi Osaka on Thursday, Sept. 4.
Now that’s pedigree for Prudential Center’s tennis debut.
Fans can purchase tickets for ‘A Racquet at the Rock’ on sites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale is Wednesday, Sept. 10.
Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.
A Racquet at the Rock 2025 tickets
A complete breakdown of all the sections at Prudential Center that have ‘A Racquet at the Rock’ seats can be found below.
Lower-level and floor seats should become available soon.
Prudential Center seating chart
The fine folks at Prudential Center are reconfiguring their layout for the one-night only event. For a closer look, here is the ‘A Racquet at the Rock’ seating chart:
Get to know the ‘A Racquet at the Rock’ players
Per a press release from Prudential Center, here’s a bit about each of the four competitors set to take the hard court in Newark this December:
Carlos Alcaraz
- Alcaraz has won 22 ATP Tour singles titles, including five major titles: two at the French Open, two at the Wimbledon Championships, and one at the US Open.
- Began playing at age 4 thanks to his dad.
- Alcaraz began his professional career in 2018 at age 15. He broke into the top 100 of the rankings in May 2021, and ended that year in the top 35 after reaching the US Open quarterfinals
- Coached by countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero, who won Roland Garros title and became World No. 1 soon after Alcaraz was born in 2003.
- Tennis idol is countryman and former World No. 1 Rafael Nadal.
- One of 5 athletes selected as part of 2022 TIME100 Next, which recognizes rising stars throughout various professions around the world.
- Received 2 ATP Tour awards in 2022: ATP No. 1 and Most Improved Player of the Year.
- Named ATP Newcomer of the Year in 2020 after jumping from No. 491 to No. 141 in ATP Rankings.
Frances Tiafoe
- Began playing tennis against a wall at age 3 with twin brother, Franklin.
- Trained as a kid at the Junior Tennis Champions Centre in College Park, MD, USA, where his father served as Head of Maintenance. Occasionally he came to work with his father and spent entire days at tennis center.
- Father, Frances Sr., and mother, Alphina, moved from Sierra Leone to USA in 1996.
- Childhood idol was Juan Martin del Potro, whom he beat in route to 2018 Delray Beach title.
- Recipient of 2020 Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award.
- Ambassador for ThanksUSA and USTA’s National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL).
- Tiafoe reached his career high at world No. 10 in singles on June 19, 2023, becoming the first Sierra Leonean American man to be ranked in the top 10 by the ATP.
- Tiafoe won his first of three ATP titles at the 2018 Delray Beach Open, becoming the youngest American man to win a tournament on the ATP Tour since Andy Roddick in 2002.
Amanda Anisimova
- She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 7, achieved on 14 July 2025. Anisimova has won three WTA Tour titles, including a WTA 1000 event at the Qatar Ladies Open.
- Her best performance at the majors is a runner-up finish at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships.
- As a junior, Anisimova was ranked as high as No. 2 in the world and won the 2017 US Open girls’ singles title.
- She rose to prominence at the 2018 Indian Wells Open when she scored her first top 10 victory at age 16, against Petra Kvitová.
- At the French Open, she upset Simona Halep, the defending champion and world No. 3, to become the youngest semifinalist at the tournament in over a decade.
- Coached by Rob Brandsma and Rick Vleeshouwers
- Mother is Olga, who was born and raised in Moscow; sister is Maria Anisimova-Egee and lives in New York. Speaks English and Russian
- Born in New Jersey but moved to Miami at age 3. Started playing tennis after going to her sister’s practices every day and eventually developed a passion for the sport.
Emma Raducanu
- Only child, parents are Ian (Romanian) and Renee (Chinese). Born in Toronto and moved to Bromley, south of London, at the age of two
- Started playing tennis at age five
- She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 10 by the WTA. She is currently the British No. 1 in women’s singles.
- Raducanu was the 2021 US Open champion, and the first British woman to win a major in singles, since Virginia Wade at the 1977 Wimbledon Championships.
- With a wildcard entry at 2021 Wimbledon, ranked outside the world’s top 300, she reached the fourth round at her first major tournament.
- At the 2021 US Open, she became the first qualifier in the Open era to win a singles major title, beating Leylah Fernandez in the final without dropping a set during the tournament. It was only the second Grand Slam tournament of her career, setting the Open-era record for the fewest Majors played before winning a title.
Huge events coming up at Prudential Center
There’s a lot more than tennis, hockey and hoops headed to Newark this year.
Here are just five events we can’t wait for barreling into Prudential Center these next few months.
• The World of Hans Zimmer (Sept. 14)
• Playboi Carti (Nov. 7)
• Billy Strings (Nov. 14-15)
• Brandy with Monica (Nov. 21)
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Dec. 19)
Curious what else is coming to the venue? Check out Prudential Center’s complete calendar to find the game, concert, AEW fight or Disney on Ice show for you.
This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change
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