All to know about the 2024 US Open tennis

The world’s top tennis athletes will look to get their hands on the year’s last Grand Slam trophy when the US Open 2024 gets under way in New York on Monday.
Novak Djokovic will aim to extend his lead in men’s all-time singles Grand Slam title wins to 25 when he defends his title, while home favourite Coco Gauff will look to shake off a poor run of form in major tournaments and keep the women’s singles crown she won in 2023.
The tournament will begin under the shadow of the latest doping scandal in the game as men’s top seed Jannik Sinner has been cleared to play despite failing two doping tests in recent weeks, causing a stir among fellow players with Djokovic questioning the “lack of standardised protocols” in tennis.
Al Jazeera breaks down all the major talking points and numbers ahead of the opening round of matches:
The main draw of the tournament begins on Monday, August 26 with the first round of women’s and men’s singles matches.
The first round of doubles matches get under way on Wednesday, August 28.
Men’s singles: Sunday, September 8 at 2pm (10:00 GMT)
Women’s singles: Saturday, September 7 at 4pm (12:00 GMT)
Men’s doubles: Saturday, September 7 at 2pm (10:00 GMT)
Women’s doubles: Friday, September 6 at 12pm (08:00 GMT) or Thursday, September 5 at 3pm (11:00 GMT)
Mixed doubles: Friday, September 6 at 12pm (08:00 GMT) or Thursday, September 5 at 3pm (11:00 GMT)
The United States Tennis Association hosts the tournament at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York.
The US Open is the second hardcourt Grand Slam of the year, after the Australian Open.
The finals are played at the 23,771-capacity Arthur Ashe Stadium, while the Louis Armstrong Stadium, the Grandstand and Court 17 are the other show courts of the tournament.
As in other Grand Slams, the top 32 players in the ATP and WTA rankings enter the main draw automatically and are seeded to ensure that they don’t meet in the earlier rounds of the tournament.
Most of the remaining entrants enter the main round after playing qualifying rounds, while some – local players and former majors winners who have dropped in rankings – are handed wild card entries from tournament organisers.
Men’s singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women’s singles: Coco Gauff (US)
Men’s doubles: Rajeev Ram (US) and Joe Salisbury (UK)
Women’s doubles: Erin Routliffe (New Zealand) and Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada)
Mixed doubles: Anna Danilina (Kazasthan) and Harri Heliovaara (Finland)
Men’s singles (top 10):
Women’s singles (top 10): 

Men’s singles: 
Women’s singles:

The total prize money is $75m, a 15 percent increase from 2023.
The US Open will hand out the highest individual prize money of all four Grand Slams of 2024 with a $3.6m reward for singles champions, ahead of the $3.51m awarded by Wimbledon in July.
Men’s and women’s doubles champions will receive $750,000, while mixed doubles champions will receive $200,000.
The breakdown in the singles category (men and women) is:
Al Jazeera will cover the tournament with news reports and updates on major talking points, in addition to providing live text and photo coverage of both singles finals.
The following regional broadcasters have official rights to air the matches: