2024 US Open draw, schedule, seedings, bracket: Where Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff fit in
The last Grand Slam of the season is upon us with the 2024 US Open, which is set to begin on August 26. If the Olympics and the Cincinnati Open are any indication of what we can expect, crowds in New York are in for a treat.
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz are on the same side of the bracket for their third consecutive Grand Slam. Last year’s runner-up Daniil Medvedev, who also won the trophy in 2021, is also in the same half. Meanwhile, defending champion Novak Djokovic – fresh off his recent Olympic gold medal win – is on the opposite side. The Serbian star has won 24 major trophies, meaning he needs just one more to break the all-time record tie with Margaret Court.
Djokovic has not played a match since beating Alcaraz 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-2) in the Olympic gold medal match in Paris. Meanwhile, Alcaraz is looking for a comeback in New York. After losing to Djokovic, the reigning French Open and Wimbledon champion played the “worst match” of his career at the Cincinnati Open and lost to Gael Monfils 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 in the round of 32. Medvedev also suffered a shocking early exit as he lost to Jiri Lehecka in straight sets in the same round.
One player who stepped up amid this turmoil was American Frances Tiafoe, who made the US Open semifinals in 2022 and was ranked No. 10 in the world last year. Tiafoe made it to the title match in Cincinnati, his first ATP Masters 1000 final. In an interview with CBS Sports this week, the Maryland native said He thinks everything is going well And he has big hopes for the US Open.
Tiafoe is currently ranked 20th in the ATP rankings, and the Americans have several other star players competing in New York, including the most notable names like Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, Tommy Paul and Sebastian Korda. You can see the full list of the men here.
The United States is also well represented in the women’s category 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 win a Grand Slam trophy since Serena Williams, who won the same tournament in 1999 at age 17.
This time she was seeded No. 3 and is on the same side of the bracket as No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka, whom she beat to win the trophy last year. Gauff was another star who struggled in Cincinnati as she lost to Yulia Putintseva in the round of 32. Sabalenka won the tournament by defeating Pegula 6-3, 7-5.
Gauff and Sabalenka will be among 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 reached the semifinals in Cincinnati but lost to Sabalenka. You can see the full women’s bracket here.
A notable absence at this year’s US Open is Spanish star Rafael Nadal, who is still working on getting his body back to health and will not participate in the US Open but is expected to participate in the Laver Cup later this year.
2024 US Open schedule
26-27 August: First round
28-29 August: Second round
30-31 August: Third Round
1-2 September: Fourth Round
September 3-4: Quarterfinals
September 5: Women’s semifinal
September 6: Men’s Semifinal
Sept. 7: Women’s Final (4 p.m. ET)
Sept. 8: Men’s Final (2 p.m. ET)
Men’s Singles Category
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. Alexey Popyrin (Australia)
29. Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina)
30. Matteo Arnoldi (Italy)
31. Flavio Cobolli (Italy)
32. Jiri Lehecka (Czech Republic)
women’s singles category
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. Daniel Collins (United States)
12. Daria Kasatkina
13. Emma Navarro (United States)
14. Madison Keys (United States)
15. Anna Kalinskaya
16. Lyudmila Samsonova
17. Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
18. Daria Schneider
19. Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine)
20. Victoria Azarenka
21. Mira 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)
