oday brings the start of the 2023 US Open.
As ever, Flushing Meadows is the home of the fourth and final tennis major of the year, with plenty of intriguing storylines to keep tabs on throughout the tournament.
Novak Djokovic is back Stateside and headlines the action on day one, opening his campaign for a record-extending 24th Grand Slam singles title against France’s Alexandre Muller as another potential showdown with world No1 Carlos Alcaraz – who claimed his first major victory here 12 months ago – likely looms after the pair’s epic Wimbledon final.
Dominant women’s No1 Iga Swiatek opens proceedings at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday, with the likes of Coco Gauff, Frances Tiafoe, Sloane Stephens and Stefanos Tsitsipas also on the schedule.
The bulk of the British singles interest begins on Tuesday, but women’s No7 Lily Miyazaki is in action after reaching the main draw of a Grand Slam for the very first time in her career.
US Open day one schedule | Order of play for Monday August 28, 2023
All times BST, starting at 4pm unless stated. Seeds in brackets.
Arthur Ashe Stadium
From 5pm: (1) Iga Swiatek (Pol) v Rebecca Peterson (Swe), Learner Tien (USA) v (10) Frances Tiafoe (USA), Laura Siegemund (Ger) v (6) Cori Gauff (USA), Alexandre Muller (Fra) v (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser)
Louis Armstrong Stadium
(18) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) v Fiona Ferro (Fra), Sloane Stephens (USA) v (19) Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra), Steve Johnson (USA) v (9) Taylor Harry Fritz (USA), (7) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) v Milos Raonic (Can), Tatiana Prozorova (Rus) v Caroline Wozniacki (Den)
Grandstand
(25) Alexander Bublik (Kaz) v Dominic Thiem (Aut), Danielle Collins (USA) v Brenda Fruhvirtova (Cze), (4) Elena Rybakina (Kaz) v Marta Kostyuk (Ukr), Soon Woo Kwon (Kor) v (28) Christopher Eubanks (USA)
Court 4
Ilya Ivashka (Blr) v Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Arg), Kaja Juvan (Slo) v (29) Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Ita), Panna Udvardy (Hun) v Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus), Sho Shimabukuro (Jpn) v Hugo Gaston (Fra)
Court 5
Varvara Gracheva (Fra) v Taylor Townsend (USA), Roberto Carballes Baena (Spa) v (4) Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune (Den), Kimberly Birrell (Aus) v Jennifer Brady (USA), (15) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) v MacKenzie McDonald (USA)
Court 6
Magdalena Frech (Pol) v Emma Navarro (USA), Jakub Mensik (Cze) v Gregoire Barrere (Fra), (32) Elise Mertens (Bel) v Mirjam Bjorklund (Swe), Hugo Dellien (Bol) v Borna Gojo (Cro)
Court 7
Kamilla Rakhimova (Rus) v (15) Belinda Bencic (Swi), (28) Anhelina Kalinina (Ukr) v Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa), Zachary Svajda (USA) v (20) Francisco Cerundolo (Arg), Quentin Halys (Fra) v Benjamin Bonzi (Fra)
Court 8
Sebastian Ofner (Aut) v Nuno Borges (Por), Yuriko Miyazaki (Gbr) v Margarita Betova (Rus), Jiri Vesely (Cze) v Enzo Couacaud (Fra)
Court 9
(22) Adrian Mannarino (Fra) v Yosuke Watanuki (Jpn), Lin Zhu (Chn) v Mayar Sherif (Egy), Aslan Karatsev (Rus) v Jiri Lehecka (Cze), Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) v Katerina Siniakova (Cze)
Court 10
Pedro Cachin (Arg) v Ben Shelton (USA), Bernarda Pera (USA) v (16) Veronika Kudermetova (Rus), Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser) v Juan Pablo Varillas (Per), Alize Cornet (Fra) v Elina Avanesyan (Rus)
Court 11
Clervie Ngounoue (USA) v Daria Saville (Aus), Marcos Giron (USA) v (21) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spa), Marton Fucsovics (Hun) v (31) Sebastian Korda (USA), Kayla Day (USA) v (30) Sorana Cirstea (Rom)
Court 12
(10) Karolina Muchova (Cze) v Storm Hunter (Aus), Lauren Davis (USA) v Danka Kovinic (Mne), (32) Laslo Djere (Ser) v Brandon Nakashima (USA), Bernabe Zapata Miralles (Spa) v Ethan Quinn (USA)
Court 13
Jeffrey John Wolf (USA) v Zhizhen Zhang (Chn), (18) Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) v Titouan Droguet (Fra), Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) v (24) Magda Linette (Pol), (20) Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) v Jasmine Paolini (Ita)
Court 14
Richard Gasquet (Fra) v Fabian Marozsan (Hun), Katie Volynets (USA) v Xin Yu Wang (Chn), Julia Grabher (Aut) v Xiyu Wang (Chn), Dominic Stephan Stricker (Swi) v Alexei Popyrin (Aus)
Court 15
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) v Kateryna Baindl (Ukr), Rinky Hijikata (Aus) v Pavel Kotov (Rus), Roman Safiullin (Rus) v Marco Cecchinato (Ita), Olivia Gadecki (Aus) v Mirra Andreeva (Rus)
Court 17
Rebeka Masarova (Spa) v (8) Maria Sakkari (Gre), (5) Casper Ruud (Nor) v Emilio Nava (USA), (14) Tommy Paul (USA) v Stefano Travaglia (Ita), (11) Petra Kvitova (Cze) v Cristina Bucsa (Spa)
