2024 U.S. Open tennis preview: schedule, odds, how to watch, and more

The final tennis Grand Slam of the year will kick off Monday in Flushing Meadows, New York, with Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff looking to defend their respective titles at the 2024 U.S. Open.

The men’s and women’s singles brackets were drawn Thursday. Djokovic, fresh off his gold medal in the 2024 Olympics, is on a quest for his fifth U.S. Open victory, and Gauff is in search of her second Grand Slam win and first singles tournament title of the year.

Below, YouBet serves up a full 2024 U.S. Open preview, complete with the schedule, how to watch, who’s favored in the odds, and more.

Where is the U.S. Open?

The 144th edition of the U.S. Open will be held at the outdoor hard courts at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. The main court, Arthur Ashe Stadium, features a retractable roof.

When is the U.S. Open?

Qualifying matches for the U.S. Open ended Thursday. Play in the main draw will begin Monday, 11 a.m. ET, with the women's singles final set for 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7, and the men's singles final scheduled for 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 8.

The full schedules for the men's and women's singles tournaments are listed below:

U.S. Open men's and women's singles schedule

• Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 26-27: first round (women and men)
• Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 28-29: second round (women and men)
• Friday and Saturday, Aug. 30-31: third round (women and men)
• Sunday and Monday, Sept. 1-2: round of 16 (women and men)
• Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 3-4: quarterfinals (women and men)
• Thursday, Sept. 5: women’s semifinals
• Friday, Sept. 6: men’s semifinals
• Saturday, Sept. 7: women’s final
• Sunday, Sept. 8: men’s final

Who is favored to win the men's and women's U.S. Open?

While Djokovic is coming off his first gold-medal win in the Olympics, where he defeated Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets, the 24-time Grand Slam winner is second in the U.S. Open futures.

At the top of the odds board is Alcaraz, a 21-year-old from Spain who won the 2024 French Open and defended his 2023 Wimbledon title later in July. Alcaraz earned his first Grand Slam win at the 2022 U.S. Open and fell to Daniil Medvedev in the 2023 semifinal round.

On the women's side, Aryna Sabalenka, ranked No. 2 in the WTA, is the +250 favorite to win her first U.S. Open title. She finished runner-up to Gauff in last year's tournament and won back-to-back at the 2023 and 2024 Australian Open. 

She's fresh off a title at the Cincinnati Open, where she beat Jessica Pegula in straight sets in the final. In that semifinal, she knocked off Iga Swiatek — the second choice on the 2024 U.S. Open odds board — with a 6-3, 6-3 victory.

Four-time French Open winner Swiatek is ranked first in the WTA and won the 2022 U.S. Open over Ons Jabeur, a +8000 longshot in the 2024 tournament. 

Elena Rybakina, the winner of the 2022 women's title at Wimbledon, is fourth on the U.S. Open odds board (+900) and fell in the semifinal round at the All England Club in July before an early exit at the Cincinnati Open in the round of 32.

How to watch the U.S. Open

The U.S. Open will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPN+, and the Tennis Channel. You can also stream matches on ESPN+, the ESPN app, and Fubo.