When is the US Open 2024 taking place?
The main draw of singles action will get underway on Monday 26th August, and the tournament will conclude on Sunday 8th August with the men’s singles final at 2pm local time (7pm BST). Men’s and women’s doubles will start on Wednesday 28th August, with juniors beginning on Sunday 1st September. Wheelchair tennis is absent from the US Open this year due to the Paris Paralympics taking place at the same time, but the United States Tennis Association (USTA) are still providing compensation to those that would have been entered into the tournament. Play on most days gets underway at 11am local time (4pm BST), with night sessions on show courts starting later at 7pm Eastern Daylight Time (Midnight BST).Where is the US Open held?
Once again, the US Open will be held at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in New York, as it has done since 1978. The Flushing Meadows complex contains a total of 33 courts, headlined by the largest tennis stadium in the world in form of the Arthur Ashe Stadium (23,771 seats), accompanied by the Louis Armstrong Stadium (14,000 seats) and Grandstand (8,125 seats).Who is playing at the US Open 2024?
Both singles draws feature 128 players, with the men’s field headlined by World No.1 Jannik Sinner.Sinner is just coming off the back of winning the Cincinnati Masters title, but has been in the headlines for different reasons this week after it was announced that he had failed two anti-doping tests back in March. The Italian was cleared of any wrongdoing after a plea of contamination was accepted, and will be wanting to put the ordeal behind him as one of the big favourites for the US Open title.More Tennis News
Dominic Thiem, as well as Frenchman Alexandre Muller, Australian Tristan Schoolkate, and American hopefuls Chris Eubanks, Zachary Svajda, 2023 US Open boys finalist Learner Tien and Matthew Forbes.
Thiem revealed earlier this year that he would retire at the end of this season, meaning that this will be the 2020 US Open champion’s final Grand Slam tournament.
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How many ranking points are on offer at the US Open 2024?
As well as the prize of winning the US Open title on the line, there are also big ranking points on offer in New York over the next fortnight. And here is a breakdown of this for the various different events:| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men’s singles | 2000 | 1300 | 800 | 400 | 200 | 100 | 50 | 10 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s doubles | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 0 | – | |||||
| Women’s singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women’s doubles | 10 | – | ||||||||||
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys’ singles | 1000 | 600 | 370 | 200 | 100 | 45 | 30 | 20 |
| Girls’ singles | ||||||||
| Boys’ doubles | 750 | 450 | 275 | 150 | 75 | — | — | — |
| Girls’ doubles | — | — | — |
What is the prize money for the US Open 2024?
The US Open will offer the largest total prize pot in tennis history this year of $75million, which is an increase of $10million from last year’s tournament. Here is how singles and doubles players can get hold of a share of that:| Event | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $3,600,000 | $1,800,000 | $1,000,000 | $530,000 | $325,000 | $215,000 | $140,000 | $100,000 | $52,000 | $38,000 | $25,000 |
| Doubles* | $750,000 | $375,000 | $190,000 | $110,000 | $63,000 | $40,000 | $25,000 | – | – | – | – |
| Mixed Doubles* | $200,000 | $100,000 | $50,000 | $27,500 | $16,500 | $10,000 | – | – | – | – | – |
Last year’s US Open champions
Last year, Novak Djokovic beat Daniil Medvedev in straight sets to claim his fourth US Open and record 24th Grand Slam title.In the women’s singles tournament, Coco Gauff concluded her incredible American summer with her first major title in New York after fighting back to beat Aryna Sabalenka. As a result, Gauff became the first American teenager to win the US Open title since Serena Williams in 1999.There was also history in the men’s doubles draw, as the Brit-American pairing of Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram became the first team in the Open Era to win three successive men’s doubles titles at the US Open. Here are all of the winners and runners-ups from the 15 events at the US Open last year:| Event | Champion | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Singles | Novak Djokovic | Daniil Medvedev |
| Women’s Singles | Coco Gauff | Aryna Sabalenka |
| Men’s Doubles | Rajeev Ram & Joe Salisbury | Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden |
| Women’s Doubles | Gabriela Dabrowski & Erin Routliffe | Vera Zvonareva & Laura Siegemund |
| Mixed Doubles | Anna Danilina & Harri Heliovaara | Jessica Pegula & Austin Krajicek |
| Wheelchair Men’s Singles | Alfie Hewett | Gordon Reid |
| Wheelchair Women’s Singles | Diede de Groot | Yui Kamiji |
| Quad Wheelchair Singles | Sam Schroeder | Niels Vink |
| Wheelchair Men’s Doubles | Stephane Houdet & Takashi Sanada | Takuya Miki & Tokito Oda |
| Wheelchair Women’s Doubles | Yui Kamiji & Kgothatso Montjane | Diede de Groot & Jiske Griffioen |
| Quad Wheelchair Doubles | Sam Schroeder & Niels Vink | Andy Lapthorne & Donald Ramphadi |
| Boys’ Singles | Joao Fonseca | Learner Tien |
| Girls’ Singles | Katherine Hui | Tereza Valentova |
| Boys’ Doubles | Max Dahlin & Oliver Ojakaar | Federico Bondioli & Joel Schwarzler |
| Girls’ Doubles | Mara Gae & Anastasiia Gureva | Sara Saito & Nanaka Sato |
How can you watch the US Open 2024?
You can watch the US Open on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland, or on Tennis Channel in the United States of America. For more information on how to watch the New York major in your location, visit the official website here.READ NEXT – US Open 2024: Popcorn matches from the men’s singles draw
