The U.S. Open is an absolute powerhouse on the sporting calendar, and one creative TikToker has figured out a way to get right into the heart of the action while keeping her full-time career intact. She has spent the last two years taking her PTO to work at the tournament, specifically focusing on serving up the event’s iconic Honeydeuce cocktails, as reported by BroBible.
In a series of videos on TikTok that gained over 200,000 views, she detailed exactly how she manages this balancing act. She showed off her uniform shirts as proof of her commitment, revealing that she managed to serve 11,239 drinks over the course of nine days last year. She noted that she gets to be on the grounds for every single day of the tournament, including the big matches and finals that most people would never dream of paying to see.
“It’s been awesome ’cause I get to be on the grounds of the U.S. Open and get paid for it pretty much every single day of the tournament, like including the finals and matches that I would just never pay to go to,” she said. While she is definitely there to work, she does get two 30-minute breaks during her shifts. She uses that time to catch bits of the tennis, and she mentioned that she has successfully seen parts of the finals every single year she has worked there.
She admits it is a massive amount of work, but the payoff goes beyond just the paycheck
The Honeydeuce itself has become a cultural phenomenon at the event. It is a pretty straightforward drink, consisting of a shot of Grey Goose vodka, a half shot of raspberry liqueur Chambord, and lemonade, all topped off with melon balls. Its creator, Nick Mautone, designed it to be simple enough to scale up for massive crowds. In an interview with ESPN, he explained, “We knew we were going to sell a lot, so we had to simplify the recipe and make it something that could work for everybody.”
The drink was actually inspired by the Kentucky Derby. Daniel Zausner, the COO of the USTA National Tennis Center, saw how much fans loved the mint julep at that event and wanted something similar for the U.S. Open.
He remembered seeing spectators walking around with stacks of souvenir glasses and knew he needed to replicate that success. He acted fast, calling his sponsorship team on a Monday morning to demand a vodka sponsor immediately. The drink launched in 2007 and has been a massive hit ever since. In 2025 alone, fans consumed 738,459 of them.
The popularity of the drink is so intense that lines have become a major topic of conversation. Some people who attended the tournament commented on TikTok to share their experiences, with one person noting, “Went today and the lines for Honey Deuce were like nothing I’ve ever seen.”
Another commenter did some quick mental math on the potential earnings for the bartenders, suggesting that if every customer left a two-dollar tip, the total could easily reach 22,000 dollars.
Published: Sep 6, 2026 06:17 pm