Record effort in qualifying at US Open
Six Australians are through to the US Open main draw after making their way through qualifying.
This is a record at the Open.
The woman blazed the way with five of the six qualifiers in the women’s draw.
Arina Rodionova, Maya Joint, Kimberly Birrell, Priscilla Hon, Destanee Aiava and Li Tu all qualified in New York today, boosting the total number of Australians in this year’s singles main draws to 20 (12 men and eight women).
Rodionova was the only player to have previously reached a main draw as a qualifier.
Unfortunately the draw was not kind to some of the players.
Li Tu has the unenviable task of facing four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz, the no. 3 seed. Tu will at least get to play on a show court against the 2022 champion.
Priscilla Hon and Destanee Aiava have the toughest opening round assignments in the women’s draw. Hon will face no. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka and Aiava the no. 4 seed Elena Rybakina.
The full list of Australian players and their opponents is below.
| US Open 2024 Men’s singles, first round | ||||
| Player | Rank | Player | Rank | |
| [10] Alex de Minaur (AUS) | No.10 | v | Marcos Giron (USA) | No.46 |
| [28] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) | No.28 | v | Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) | No.342 |
| Jordan Thompson (AUS) | No.33 | v | Constant Lestienne (FRA) | No.110 |
| Rinky Hijikata (AUS) | No.65 | v | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) | No.57 |
| James Duckworth (AUS) | No.70 | v | [31] Flavio Cobolli (ITA) | No.31 |
| Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) | No.84 | v | [11] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) | No.11 |
| Chris O’Connell (AUS) | No.86 | v | [26] Nicolas Jarry (CHI) | No.26 |
| Max Purcell (AUS) | No.91 | v | Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) | No.94 |
| Adam Walton (AUS) | No.96 | v | Alexandre Muller (FRA) | No.76 |
| [Q] Li Tu (AUS) | No.188 | v | [3] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) | No.3 |
| [WC] Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) | No.195 | v | Taro Daniel (JPN) | No.88 |
| US Open 2024 Women’s singles, first round | ||||
| Player | Rank | Player | Rank | |
| Daria Saville (AUS) | No.93 | v | [Q] Ena Shibahara (JPN) | No.218 |
| [Q] Arina Rodionova (AUS) | No.118 | v | Wang Xinyu (CHN) | No.37 |
| Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) | No.119 | v | [Q] Ann Li (USA) | No.131 |
| [Q] Maya Joint (AUS) | No.136 | v | Laura Siegemund (GER) | No.92 |
| [WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) | No.145 | v | [25] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | No.26 |
| [Q] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) | No.147 | v | [24] Donna Vekic (CRO) | No.25 |
| [Q] Destanee Aiava (AUS) | No.180 | v | [4] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) | No.4 |
| [Q] Priscilla Hon (AUS) | No.205 | v | [2] Aryna Sabalenka | No.2 |