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Top-seeded world number ones Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic will help launch the US Open on Monday's opening day of the year's final Grand Slam.
Australian Open and Wimbledon champion Djokovic closes the day programme at Arthur Ashe Stadium against 89th-ranked Joao Souza of Brazil.
Three-times defending US champion Williams, the Australian, French and Wimbledon champion seeking to become the fourth woman ever to complete a Grand Slam, opens the night programme against 86th-ranked Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia.
The tournament's first match on the Arthur Ashe centre court pits seventh-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia against Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, followed by two-times US Open winner Venus Williams against Puerto Rican Monica Puig.
The second opening night match under the lights features two-times winner Rafa Nadal of Spain, the eighth seed, against up-and-coming Borna Coric of Croatia, an 18-year-old ranked 35th.
Ninth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia begins the defence of his men's title with a Louis Armstrong Stadium tilt against Guido Pella of Argentina.
Cilic follows Japan's Kei Nishikori onto the Armstrong court. Fourth seed Nishikori, who fell to Cilic in the 2014 US Open final, faces France's Benoit Paire in his opening match.
Russia's Maria Sharapova, the third seed, closes the Louis Armstrong day session against Australian Daria Gavrilova.
Djokovic lost the French Open final to Swiss Stan Wawrinka after beating Britain's Andy Murray in the Australian Open final and before he downed Swiss 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final. "I have been close and that gives me enough reason to believe that I can achieve that," Djokovic said of the calendar-year Slam.
"I'm trying to win every Grand Slam I play. I set myselfr up for high standards because of the results I've had the last couple of years. I'm an ambitious guy and I devote myself completely to the sport."
"Will that happen or not? I cannot predict and say yes or no, but I can definitely tell you that I give my best."
Djokovic can win three Slams in the same year for the second time in his career if he takes the trophy in two weeks. In 2011, he won the US and Australian Opens and Wimbledon but lost to Spanish star Rafael Nadal in Djokovic's first trip to the Roland Garros final.
That defeat also foiled Djokovic's bid for a "Novak Slam" - holding all four major trophies at the same time, even though it didn't happen in a single calendar year.
Djokovic sees himself as a much different player than he was in 2011 when he won three Slams in an epic season. "I'm a different person, a different player than I was in 2011 so it's kind of hard to compare tennis-wise," Djokovic said.
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ATTENDANCE 2014
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The first edition of the tourney
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