How To Qualify For The 2024 US Open Tennis
by James Kevin Stott
Update:
- The US Open
- US Open Finals
- How To Qualify For The US Open Tennis Tournament?
- Qualifying by World Ranking
- US Open Qualifying Tournament
- US Open Qualifying 2024 Schedule
- Qualifying by Wild Card Selection
- US Open Singles Betting Odds
- US Open Qualifying Results 2024
- Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon 2024 Review
Thumbnail: Arthur ashe stadium interior by Davidwboswell (CC BY-SA 3.0)
The US Open
The last of the four tennis Grand Slam events, the 2024 US Open will serve up on Monday, August 26, and run through Sunday, September 8, from the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York.
The main stadium (center court) of this hardcourt (Laykold) tournament is Arthur Ashe Stadium. In the 2023 US Open, Serbian Novak Djokovic won the Men's Singles championship, while American Coco Gauff was the Women's Singles winner.
US Open Finals
The 2024 US Open Women's Singles Final will be played on Saturday, September 7, at 4 pm ET, and the 2024 US Open Men's Final is slated for Sunday, September 8, at 2 pm ET. Both matches will be televised on ABC in the United States. Gates will open at 11 am ET on both of those days.
For a more detailed schedule, check out the US Open Schedule
The main draw of the Men's and Women's Singles tournaments consists of 128 players. US Open Qualifying for these 128 spots can come in three different ways we will look at below.
Tickets for the 2024 US Open are available now, so take advantage of your chance to visit the Big Apple and witness the only Grand Slam event to be played annually on American soil.
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How To Qualify For The US Open Tennis Tournament?
Let's take a look at some of the specifics of the three different ways to qualify for The US Open for players in the Singles category. Players must be at least 14 years of age, and there is no maximum age limit for prospective players.
Qualifying by World Ranking
There are 104 players in this prestigious Grand Slam tournament who earn automatic US Open Qualifying by virtue of their world rankings in the sports’ two respective governing bodies. For the Men, it is the ATP rankings (Association of Tennis Professionals), while for the Women, it's determined by the WTA rankings (Women's Tennis Association).
That said, players do not have to be ranked within the 104 world ranking. They just have to be among the top 104 who have signed up for the event.
2023 US Open winner Novak Djokovic is currently the No. 1 ranked Men's player on the ATP Tour, with Iga Świątek of Poland, the current Women's No. 1 player on the WTA Tour.
Getting a high world ranking is theoretically the easiest way to get into the 128 players in the Men's or Women's brackets, as it is an automatic process that doesn't involve playing your way through the Qualifying Round or hoping you get selected as one of the Wild Card spots.
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US Open Qualifying Tournament
In the US Open, there are 16 spots in both the men's and women's singles brackets for US Open Qualifying, and these are the first matches to be played at the event. These players aren't ranked high enough in the ATP or WTA to earn automatic US Open Qualifying.
There are 128 players in the US Open Qualifying rounds who are pared down from 128 to 64 (Round 1), 64 to 32 (Round 2), and 32 to 16 (Round 3), and who qualify for the Main Draw after the US Open Qualifying Results. From the 128 players, 119 are the next best rankers after the top 104, while the remaining 9 are wild cards.
To qualify as one of the 16 players, a player has to win all 3 of their matches. So, these players essentially will "play themselves in" the 2024 US Open tournament.
US Open Qualifying 2024 Schedule
This year, the Qualifying matches will be played from Monday, August 19, through Thursday, August 22. They will start at 11 am ET, with the gates opening at 10 am ET. The 2024 US Open Qualifying tournament is part of US Open Fan Week. In other words, the Qualifying tournament is free to attend as fans are given free access to the US Open grounds during US Open Fan Week.
ESPN will again provide live coverage of the US Open Qualifying Tournament—as well as the entire 2024 US Open—with some live coverage on ESPNews each day of Fan Week, with all of the matches airing on ESPN+.
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Qualifying by Wild Card Selection
The last way How To Qualify For The US Open is to be one of 8 players selected by the Wild Card Committee. Prospective Wild Card players in the United States can communicate with individual tournament directors about local wild cards for their respective events.
In 2024, the eight Men's Wild Card selections are Stan Wawrinka, Dominic Thiem, Chris Eubanks, Zachary Svajda, Learner Tien, Matthew Forbes, Alexandre Muller, and Tristan Schoolkate.
In 2024, the eight Women's Wild Card selections are Naomi Osaka, Bianca Andreescu, McCartney Kessler, Amanda Anisimova, Alexa Noel, Iva Jovic, Chloe Paquet, and Taylah Preston
Don't know what to wear to the US Open? Read our article to prepare for the upcoming game!
US Open Singles Betting Odds
The latest futures market betting odds from Oddschecker for the 2024 Men's US Opens Singles champion show defending champion Djokovic as the favorite to repeat at +140 (bet $100 to win $140) with Spaniard Carlos Alcarez, the bookie second choice at +160.
Oddschecker shows both Świątek and Belarussian Aryna Sabalenka as the current co-favorites to become the 2024 Women's US Open champion at +300 odds (3/1), with defending champ Gauff currently priced at +650 (13/2).
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US Open Qualifying Results 2024
As the US Open Qualifying for 2024 is yet to be played, we do not know the results of the US Open Qualifying rounds. Check our article for updates on the subject!
Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon 2024 Review
The first Grand Slam event of the year was the 2024 Australian Open, which was held from January 14 through January 28 at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Italian Jannik Skinner won the Men's Singles, rallying to beat Daniil Medvedez in five sets in the final, while Belarussian Aryna Sabalenka emerged as the Women's Singles winner, defeating Zheng Qinwen of China in straight sets.
The 2024 French Open was the second Grand Slam event of the calendar year. This historic red clay court tournament was held from May 20 through June 9 at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris, France. Carlos Alcaraz of Spain took the men’s singles title, while Iga Świątek defended her women’s singles title.
The 2024 French Open, the second Grand Slam event of the calendar year, began this week (May 20). This historic red clay court tournament will run through Sunday, June 9, at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris, France.
The 2024 Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and the third Grand Slam tournament, was played from Monday, July 1, through Sunday, July 14, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England. Carlos Alcaraz again won the gentlemen's singles title, while Barbora Krejčíková won the ladies’ singles title.
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