The US Open starts Sunday Aug 24 and runs through Sunday Sept 7 and is the last Grand Slam of the season. The US Open is known for unpredictable drama, thrilling matches that run late into the night and is also one of the most popular tennis events in the world.
The tournament is held annually at Flushing Meadows in New York City. It was first played in 1881 as the National Championship and is one of five Grand Slam tournaments that are part of the Open Era, a system of major tennis tournaments which began in 1968.
Ticket availability and prices may change over time (it’s difficult to predict exactly what the ticket situation will be until the tournament begins). For example, it is common for tickets on Ticketmaster to go up in price in the days leading up to the opening day of the tournament, but then decline. In addition, the tournament typically only releases a small percentage of face-value “standard” tickets at once and then trickles more out in the weeks/months following. As a result, some fans end up purchasing tickets on resale sites such as Stubhub instead of on Ticketmaster.
There will be an additional day of main draw action this year, bringing the tournament to 15 total days. This will bring it into line with other Grand Slams, which now start on a Monday (the Australian Open did so a few years ago). The move also gives players more opportunity to recover between events, as the US Open will no longer be the only tournament that concludes on a Sunday.