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World No.1 Iga Swiatek and No.2 and defending champion Coco Gauff lead the main-draw entry list for the 2024 US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam of the season. USTA announced the tournament entry list on Tuesday.
The US Open begins on Monday, Aug. 26 at the USTA Bilie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York.
Direct entry into the US Open is based on the PIF WTA Rankings on Monday, July 15. US Open seedings will be based on the rankings the week before main-draw play begins.
Players ranked No.1 through No.96 have earned direct entry. The last direct entry is Italy’s Sara Errani.
First 10 main-draw alternates:
Renata Zarazua
Anna Bondar
Petra Martic
Nao Hibino
Hailey Baptiste
Naomi Osaka
Maria Timofeeva
Kamilla Rakhimova
Daria Snigur
Arina Rodionova
The US Open comes on the heels of a busy summer of tennis. After the tennis events conclude at the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Hologic WTA Tour heads to the hard courts of Toronto, Canada for the National Bank Open (WTA 1000), followed by the Western & Southern Open (WTA 1000) in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Last year, Gauff won her first WTA 500 tournament at the Mubadala Citi DC Open, her first WTA 1000 in Cincinnati, and her first Grand Slam at the US Open, beating Aryna Sabalenka in three sets in the final.