The last Grand Slam of the season is upon us with the 2024 US Open set to begin on Aug. 26. If the Olympics and the Cincinnati Open are any indication of what we can expect, the crowd in New York is in for a treat.
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz are on the same side of the bracket for the third consecutive Grand Slam. Last year’s runner-up Daniil Medvedev, who also won the trophy in 2021, is also in that half. Meanwhile, defending champion Novak Djokovic — fresh off an Olympic gold medal — is on the opposite side. The Serbian star has won 24 major trophies, which means he needs just one more to break the tie with Margaret Court for the all-time mark.
Djokovic has not played since defeating Alcaraz 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-2) in the Olympic gold medal match in Paris. Meanwhile, Alcaraz is arriving to New York looking for redemption. After losing to Djokovic, the reigning French Open and Wimbledon champion played “the worst match” of his career at the Cincinnati Open and got stunned by Gaël Monfils 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 in the round of 32. Medvedev also saw a shockingly early exit as he fell to Jiri Lehecka in straight sets in the same round.
One player who thrived amongst the chaos was American Frances Tiafoe, who made the US Open semifinals in 2022 and was ranked as high as No. 10 in the world last year. Tiafoe made the title match in Cincinnati, which was his first ATP Masters 1000 final. In an interview with CBS Sports this week, the Maryland native said he feels everything is clicking and has high hopes for the US Open.
Tiafoe is currently No. 20 in the ATP rankings, and the Americans have plenty of other star power competing in New York with some of the most notable names being Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, Tommy Paul and Sebastian Korda. You can check out the complete men’s bracket here.
The United States is also well represented on the women’s side with the likes of Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Danielle Collins, Emma Navarro and Madison Keys.
Gauff, 20, won the 2023 US Open and became the youngest American to earn a Grand Slam trophy since Serena Williams won the same tournament in 1999 at the age of 17.
She was awarded the No. 3 seed this time around and is on the same side of the bracket as No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka, whom she defeated to earn the trophy last year. Gauff was another star who struggled in Cincinnati as she fell to Yulia Putintseva in the round of 32. Sabalenka won the tournament by taking down Pegula 6-3, 7-5.
Gauff and Sabalenka will be one of the favorites to win the US Open, along with world No. 1 Iga Swiatek who sits on the opposite side of the bracket. Swiatek has won five titles this year, including the French Open. She made it to semifinals in Cincinnati but lost to Sabalenka. You can check out the complete women’s bracket here.
One notable absence in this year’s US Open is Spanish star Rafael Nadal, who is still working on getting his body healthy and will skip the US Open but expects to compete at the Laver Cup later this year.
2024 US Open schedule
Aug. 26-27: First Round
Aug. 28-29: Second Round
Aug. 30-31: Third Round
Sept. 1-2: Fourth Round
Sept. 3-4: Quarterfinals
Sept. 5: Women’s Semifinals
Sept. 6: Men’s Semifinals
Sept. 7: Women’s Final (4 p.m. ET)
Sept. 8: Men’s Final (2 p.m. ET)
Men’s singles seeds
1. Jannik Sinner (Italy)
2. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
3. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
4. Alexander Zverev (Germany)
5. Daniil Medvedev
6. Andrey Rublev
7. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)
8. Casper Ruud (Norway)
9. Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
10. Alex de Minaur (Australia)
11. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
12. Taylor Fritz – (United States
13. Ben Shelton (United States)
14. Tommy Paul (United States)
15. Holger Rune (Denmark)
16. Sebastian Korda (United States)
17. Ugo Humbert (France)
18. Lorenzo Musetti (Italy)
19. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada)
20. Frances Tiafoe (United States)
21. Sebastian Baez (Argentina)
22. Alejandro Tabilo (Chile)
23. Karen Khachanov
24. Arthur Fils (France)
25. Jack Draper (Great Britain)
26. Nicolas Jarry (Chile)
27. Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan)
28. Alexei Popyrin (Australia)
29. Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina)
30. Matteo Arnaldi (Italy)
31. Flavio Cobolli (Italy)
32. Jiri Lehecka (Czech Republic)
Women’s singles seeds
1. Iga Swiatek (Poland)
2. Aryna Sabalenka
3. Coco Gauff (United States)
4. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
5. Jasmine Paolini (Italy)
6. Jessica Pegula (United States)
7. Zheng Qinwen (China)
8. Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)
9. Maria Sakkari (Greece)
10. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)
11. Danielle Collins (United States)
12. Daria Kasatkina
13. Emma Navarro (United States)
14. Madison Keys (United States)
15. Anna Kalinskaya
16. Liudmila Samsonova
17. Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
18. Daria Shnaider
19. Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine)
20. Victoria Azarenka
21. Mirra Andreeva
22. Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil)
23. Donna Vekic (Croatia)
24. Leylah Fernandez (Canada)
25. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
26. Paula Badosa (Spain)
27. Caroline Garcia (France)
28. Ekaterina Alexandrova
29. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
30. Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan)
31. Katie Boulter (Great Britain)
32. Elise Mertens (Belgium)
