American Players to Watch at the 2024 US Open
Event Starts Monday, Aug. 26, on ESPN Platforms
EDITOR’S NOTE: Video Produced by Jon McLeod; Composite photo: (Top left) Coco Gauff, (Top right) Frances Tiafoe, (Bottom left) Ben Shelton, (Bottom right) Tommy Paul. Photos courtesy: ESPN Images
Ahead of the 2024 US Open main draw, daily marathon coverage begins on Monday, Aug. 26, at noon ET from the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., ESPN analysts Brad Gilbert, Pam Shriver, Mary Joe Fernández and James Blake offer advice to the next generation of American stars: No. 3 Coco Gauff, No. 13 Ben Shelton, No. 14 Tommy Paul and No. 20 Frances Tiafoe.
Former player-turned-coach Gilbert’s best Grand Slam performances include quarterfinal appearances at the US Open in 1987 and Wimbledon in 1990. Here’s the advice he would give to Ben Shelton.
Shriver burst onto the national tennis stage in 1978 when she reached the finals of the US Open as an amateur at age 16. She shares her thoughts on watching Tommy Paul.
In 1985, at 14 years and 8 days old, Fernández became the youngest player to win a main draw match at the US Open. Watch her advice for Coco Gauff.
Blake, who defeated Rafael Nadal at the US Open in 2005, has a message for Frances Tiafoe.
Gilbert, Shriver, Fernández and Blake also share their own US Open memories:
ESPN is the exclusive rights holder and host broadcaster of the US Open. Live daily marathon coverage from all courts—first ball to last—begins Monday, Aug. 26, at noon ET on ESPN and streaming on the ESPN App until the end of play from the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. Spanish-language coverage on ESPN Deportes begins at 11 a.m. The event culminates with the Women’s Singles Championship on Saturday, Sept. 7, at 4 p.m. on ESPN, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes, and the Men’s Singles Championship on Sunday, Sept. 8, at 2 p.m. on ABC, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes.
