US Open Tennis 2024

US Open 2024: When does it start, when is the draw and how to watch on TV Everything you need to know about the final grand slam of the year It is less than two weeks until the last grand slam of 2024 gets underway in New York with the US Open. Over the past six weeks, players have made the switch from grass courts, to clay at the Olympics and now the hard court season in North America. The ‘big three’ in the men’s singles - Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz - are the favourites for the title and it could come down to which two players are placed in the same half of the draw and are projected to meet in the semi-finals. In the women’s singles, defending champion Coco Gauff has not won a title in 2024 but will be backed by her home crowd amid competition from Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina. On Wednesday, the United States Tennis Association announced former champions Naomi Osaka, Bianca Andreescu, Dominic Thiem and Stan Wawrinka have received singles main draw wildcards into the tournament. On Friday, British number two Norrie withdrew from the US Open. Click here to find out why. When does the US Open start and end? The US Open starts on August 26 and finishes on September 8. When does US Open qualifying start? The qualifying tournament starts on August 19 and finishes on August 22. When is the US Open draw? The singles draw will take place on August 22. When do the US Open finals take place? The women’s final takes place on September 7 at 9pm. The men’s final is the following day at 7pm. Where is the US Open held? The home of the US Open is the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York. How to watch the US Open on TV and streaming in the UK Sky Sports has the broadcasting rights to show the US Open live from Flushing Meadows. Gigi Salmon will present the coverage alongside the likes of Tim Henman, Laura Robson, Karthi Gnanasegaram and Jonathan Overend. How to watch the US Open on TV in the US ESPN have the broadcasting rights to show the tournament. Latest news British No 2 Cameron Norrie has withdrawn from the US Open. Norrie missed the Olympic Games with a forearm injury and revealed on Instagram that he has failed to recover in time to compete in New York. “I have been working hard to get my body to full health - unfortunately my forearm injury is not recovering as soon as I would have hoped,” he wrote. “Therefore I will not be able to compete in this year’s US Open. I’ll take some rest and recharge. Can’t wait to get back to competing like a dog.”