Toronto Open 2024: How to watch, predictions, prize money, dates and everything you need to know

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The WTA Masters 1,000 returns to Canada for the latest edition of the Toronto Open, so The Tennis Gazette looks into all you need to know about the tournament in 2024.

Canada has a rich history for top-tier tennis, with the best women’s players from around the world heading to the Great White North since 1892. Jane Bartkowicz from the United States of America even became the first female Canadian Open winner amid the Open Era in 1968.

Montreal and Toronto symbolize home for the WTA Tour and ATP Tour in Canada. The tours alternate between visiting the Quebec and Ontario cities each year, with the ATP staging the 2024 Montreal Open and the WTA holding the 2024 Toronto Open as Masters 1,000 events.

Everything you need to know about the 2024 Toronto Open

Like the Montreal Open, the Toronto Open also provides a warm-up act to the US Open. The final Grand Slam of the year will start at the end of August, running into September, and any potential US Open champion will hope to carry momentum from Canada to New York, USA.

READ MORE: All to know about the 2024 Montreal Open from prize money to how to watch

The United States’ Jessica Pegula also goes to the 2024 Toronto Open as the reigning WTA Canadian Open champion. The world No6 will hope that defending her Masters 1,000 title in 2024 also helps the 30-year-old to improve her career best of the US Open quarter-finals.

Pegula is even a specialist in Canada with a career 12-2 record in the main draw for the WTA Masters 1,000 event and has never lost before the semi-finals through three appearances to date. The Toronto Open is also the first WTA 1,000 event for this year’s North American run.

So, with that in mind, here is everything you need to know about the 2024 Toronto Open as Coco Gauff leads the WTA Tour players keen to bounce back from the Paris Olympics. World No1 Iga Swiatek, plus Zheng Qinwen and Donna Vekic, will not be at the 2024 Toronto Open.

China’s Zheng defeated Croatia’s Vekic 6-2, 6-3 to win the Gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games. Swiatek of Poland, meanwhile, edged Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-2, 6-1 for the bronze medal in Paris. Neither of the medalists will now feature at the Toronto Open.

When will the 2024 Toronto Open take place?

The main draw of the 2024 Toronto Open will start on Tuesday, August 6 to offer the players competing in Canada the chance to travel back from the Olympics in France. The final of the 2024 Toronto Open will also take place on Monday, August 12 at 18:00 local time in Canada.

When is the draw for the 2024 Toronto Open?

WTA Tour players fighting for the singles title at the 2024 Toronto Open learned their first-round draw on Saturday, August 3. No1 seed Coco Gauff along with Aryna Sabalenka, Emma Navarro and Liudmila Samsonova are among the players who received a first-round bye, too.

Where will the 2024 Toronto Open take place?

The 2024 Toronto Open will see the best WTA Tour players take to Sobeys Stadium. It is a 12-court facility with Stadium Court taking centre stage alongside smaller courts. Previously, Sobeys Stadium has been called Rexall Centre (2004–2015) and Aviva Centre (2015–2022).

• Location: Sobeys Stadium, 1 Shoreham Dr, North York, ON M3N 3A6, Canada
• Year built: 2004
• Constructor: Robbie Young and Wright Architects Inc.
• Stadium Court capacity: 12,500 spectators

Who won last year’s women’s singles title?

Jessica Pegula secured her third WTA Tour title at the 2023 Canadian Open when the event was held in Montreal. She beat Liudmila Samsonova 6-1, 6-0 for the singles’ title, as well as Coco Gauff 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 in the quarter-final and Iga Swiatek 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 in the semi-final.

What is the prize money for the 2024 Toronto Open?

The prize money on offer to the WTA Tour players competing at the 2024 Toronto Open is less than the ATP Tour players will make at the 2024 Montreal Open. The singles champion at the Toronto Open will receive $523,485, compared to $1,049,460 at the Montreal Open.

Women’s singles prize money

How to watch the 2024 Toronto Open in the USA

Tennis fans in the United States of America can watch every game, set and match live on TV via the Tennis Channel and TC Plus. Fans in Canada can also watch the Toronto Open live on TSN with English-speaking commentary or through TVA with French-language commentary.

Predictions for the 2024 Toronto Open

Our team of expert writers at The Tennis Gazette have predicted how they think the 2024 Toronto Open will play out and who their favorite WTA Tour player to win the title will be…

Callum Davies: “This is a tricky event to call as the Toronto Open is there for the taking if one lesser-known star can pick up a run of form across the next week.

“There are few who have enjoyed a finer season than Emma Navarro, the 23-year-old American who has really burst onto the scene this year.

“Having enjoyed her career-best runs in all three Grand Slams thus far this year, with landmark wins over Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff whilst also winning her first-ever WTA title, the foundation has been built for a strong run here in Toronto.

“Navarro has the game to trouble any player in this draw. So, should she focus and find form, there is no reason why she cannot claim the title. Especially given, as aforementioned, she has already toppled the top two seeds in alternative competitions this year.”

Sammy France: “After enduring an underwhelming Olympics, Jessica Pegula will be relieved to be back on the hard courts and as the reigning champion in Toronto, I think her powerful game will carry over the line.”

Peter Lynch: “Emma Navarro is enjoying a superb year so far, having pushed many top players to their limits during their clashes in recent times, with a second title of 2024 now on the cards in Toronto.”