It’s time for the final major of the year, when hundreds of the world’s top tennis professionals gather in New York City for their chance on the hard courts of the U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens.
The main draw kicks off on Monday, August 26, 2024 at 11:00 am ET, and ends on Sunday, September 7, 2024, with the men’s singles final headlining that day.
Here’s a preview of this year’s U.S. Open, with a look at some of the big questions and fine details to get the most out of the next two weeks of tennis action in New York.
How to Watch the U.S. Open
In the U.S., ESPN channels and ESPN+ are the main avenues for catching matches throughout the next two weeks of the U.S. Open. Tennis Channel will host a two-hour show each morning. For international coverage, consult the U.S. Open media partners page.
Three Big Questions
1) Is anybody healthy enough to perform well for two weeks? When you pack three majors into roughly three months, it’s already a huge ask. And that’s before you even fill many of the intervening weeks with some of the most challenging mandatory 1000-level events on the schedule. Now, introduce a return to red clay after Wimbledon for the Paris Olympics, and we’ve got a new level of schedule insanity. But it’s come at a physical cost for the players, who are feeling more battered than usual. The players who skipped the Olympics this year might have a slight advantage, but nobody is looking fresh coming into this year’s U.S. Open. Does that mean winners find a way to win? Or does it mean a dark horse or two might find their way through?
