World number ones Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek and defending champions Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff are among the stars about to start their US Open 2024 campaigns.
The action runs for two weeks at Flushing Meadows, where home favourite Gauff begins her defence on Monday.
2024 Summer Olympics champion Djokovic is aiming to take the outright record for major titles.
The Serbian world number two is currently on 24 Grand Slam triumphs alongside Margaret Court.
It’s #USOPEN time again 🎾🏆🗽 PIC.TWITTER.COM/4E6GQALW8N
— Jimmy Connors (@JimmyConnors) AUGUST 25, 2024
US Open 2024 schedule
The tournament runs from Monday, August 26 until Sunday, September 8, with play usually starting at 11am ET, which is 4pm BST.
The quarter-finals start an hour later, and the semi-finals start at midnight and 8pm BST.
Timings are slightly different again for the finals: the women’s edition is at 9pm BST on Saturday, September 7, followed by the men’s final on September 8 at 7pm BST.
One step closer.
The US Open men’s singles draw is out! PIC.TWITTER.COM/GM38W7OAPJ
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) AUGUST 22, 2024
US Open 2024 draw
Sinner starts against an American in the form of world number 72 Mackenzie McDonald on Tuesday.
Djokovic takes on Moldovan world number 139 Radu Albot on the same day, when Swiatek also faces Russian world number 79 Kamilla Rakhimova.
Women’s second seed Aryna Sabalenka meets world number 286 Priscilla Hon in the early hours of Tuesday.
The stage is set!
The US Open women’s singles draw is out. PIC.TWITTER.COM/B8Y8XSMO3A
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) AUGUST 22, 2024
US Open 2024 seeds
2022 champion Carlos Alcaraz has been seeded third behind Djokovic and Sinner, while 2020 finalist Alex Zverev is third in front of 2021 winner Daniil Medvedev.
Gauff is the third seed behind Sabalenka and Swiatek in the women’s draw, in which fourth seed Elena Rybakina is aiming to progress beyond the third round for the first time.
US Open men’s seeds
Here’s how the top 10 men’s seedings look, including 2022 finalist Casper Ruud in eighth place.
1 Jannik Sinner (Italy)
2 Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
3 Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
4 Alexander Zverev (Germany)
5 Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
6 Andrey Rublev (Russia)
7 Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)
8 Casper Ruud (Norway)
9 Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
10 Alex de Minaur (Australia)
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Tennis’ biggest stage is set. PIC.TWITTER.COM/Q3WQ2RIXVS
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) AUGUST 25, 2024
US Open women’s seeds
2020 finalist Elena Rybakina is the women’s fourth seed. 2022 finalist and world number 17 Ons Jabeur is a notable absentee with a shoulder injury.
1 Iga Swiatek (Poland)
2 Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
3 Coco Gauff (US)
4 Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
5 Jasmine Paolini (Italy)
6 Jessica Pegula (US)
7 Qinwen Zheng (China)
8 Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)
9 Maria Sakkari (Greece)
10 Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)
US Open 2024 prize money
The $75 million total prize fund is an all-time record for a tournament, with $3.6m each going to the men’s and women’s singles champions.
The runners-up each receive $1.8m. A place in the final four is worth $1m.
Winner: $3.6m
Runner-Up: $1.8m
Semifinalists: $1m
Quarterfinalists: $530,000
Round of 16: $325,000
Round of 32: $215,000
Round of 64: $140,000
Round of 128: $100,000
