About US Open Tennis 2024
About
US Open, formally known as the United States Open Tennis Championships, an international tennis tournament chronologically considered as the fourth and the final Grand Slam of the year.
The grand event follows the Australian Open , the French Open and the most prestigious Wimbledon every year. The tournament comes under the list of one of the oldest tennis tournaments and has been played since 1881 only with Men.The tournament was earlier known as the U.S. National Championship for Men. Presently the tournament is embodied with five primary categories - men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles. It also features wheelchair, senior, and junior events.The US Open is the only Grand Slam competition that has been held perpetually since it commenced.
Venues and Dates
The tournament is owned and organised by the United State Tennis Association (USTA). The tournament is held at The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, a stadium complex within Flushing Meadows– Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States every year. The home of the US Championship tournament has 22 courts. The main court is the Arthur Ashe Stadium, which was named after the victor at the inaugural 1968 US Open Championships, the first in which professionals could compete.
The earlier tournaments were played on grass surface followed by the clay and now currently played on the acrylic hardcourts. The famous Arthur Ashe stadium has a seating capacity of 23,771 and tops in the list of most astronomically immense tennis venues by capacity in the world. It is followed by Louis Armstrong Stadium with 14,000 seats, the 8,000-seat Grandstand Stadium, and other smaller side courts. The event takes place on the last Monday of August and stretches for two weeks . It is scheduled to start on 26 August 2024, and end on 8 September 2024 this year.
Points Distribution and Prize Money
US Open ATP Ranking Points
| Points | |
| Winner | 2,000 |
| Runner-up | 1,200 |
| Semi-Finalist | 720 |
| Quarter-Finalist | 360 |
| Round of 16 | 180 |
| Round of 32 | 90 |
| Round of 64 | 45 |
| Round of 128 | 10 |
| Win qualifying | 25 |
Prize Money
The men's and women's singles champions at the 2024 US Open will pocket a whopping $3.6 million. Meanwhile, runners-up will earn $1.8 million and the semifinalists will make $1 million each. Players who are eliminated in Round-1 still take home $100,000 in prize money.
In men's and women's doubles, the winning pair receives $750,000 for their title victory. Subsequently, the finalists pocket $375,000. On the other hand, mixed doubles winners receive $200,000 upon being crowned as champions.
Defending Champions
| Men’s singles | Novak Djokovic |
| Women’s singles | Coco Gauff |
| Men’s doubles | Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury |
| Women’s doubles | Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe |
| Mixed doubles | Anna Danilina and Harri Heliovaara |
