First Day of U.S. Open Sets Impressive Attendance Record

Madison Williams | Aug 27, 2024

Aug 26, 2024; Flushing, NY, USA; Novak Djokovic (SRB) celebrates after his match against Radu Albot (MDA)(not pictured) in a men's singles match on day one of the 2024 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. / Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

The first day of the U.S. Open on Monday, Aug. 26 brought in the biggest crowd for a single day in the history of the major event.

A record-breaking 74,641 fans attended the tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York City throughout the day and night sessions.

The day session saw a total of 42,886 fans, which is the second highest attendance number for day sessions in U.S. Open history. The night session, headlined by Novak Djokovic and Frances Tiafoe, brought in a record of 31,775 fans.

It was quite the way to start the final major of the tennis season.

Opening Day of the 2024 US Open drew the biggest single-day crowd in event history -- 74,641. The day-session crowd of 42,886 was the second-highest day-session attendance in history, while the night-session crowd of 31,775 set an all-time night-session record. pic.twitter.com/3uxaWpFUrl

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This year's U.S. Open is missing two men's tennis legends—Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. Nadal withdrew from the tournament due to not feeling 100% ready. He is expected to return at the Laver Cup. Murray retired from tennis after his Paris Olympics loss. But, this didn't seem to hurt the attendance numbers.

Day two of the U.S. Open is headlined by Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula. It'll be interesting to see the attendance rates for the rest of the tournament after the first day set a high bar.