Emma Raducanu will play against Sofia Kenin at the 2024 US Open, Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka will face qualifiers according to the draw

Britain’s Emma Raducanu will face Sofia Kenin in the first round of the 2024 US Open, hoping to repeat her 2021 heroics.

Raducanu, who won her first Grand Slam three years ago at Flushing Meadows, faces a tough test in the first round against the American world number 26, who won the Australian Open in 2020.

World number one Iga Swiatek will begin her campaign against a qualifier.

Poland’s Swiatek, who won bronze at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, is hoping to repeat her 2022 triumph at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Defending champion Coco Gauff will begin her title defense against Varvara Gracheva.

Gauff was one of the US team’s flag bearers at the opening ceremony of Paris 2024, but suffered the disappointment of a third-round exit in the French capital.

World number two Aryna Sabalenka will be looking to avenge her loss in the 2023 US Open final when she faces a qualifier in the first round.

Belarusian Sabalenka was beaten by Gauff 12 months ago and wants to go one step further in New York this year.

She is not the only big name to face a qualifier in the first round; the same threat also applies to world number four Elena Rybakina.

China’s Qinwen Zheng won gold in the women’s singles at this summer’s Olympic Games, defeating Donna Vekic in the final.

The world number 7 will open her US Open against wildcard Amanda Anisimova, who will compete on home soil.