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2014 US Open (tennis)

2014 US Open
Date August 25 – September 8
Edition 134th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw 128S/64D/32X
Prize money $38,251,760
Surface Hard
Location New York City, New York, United States
Venue USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Attendance 713,642
Champions
Men's Singles
Croatia Marin Čilić
Women's Singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's Doubles
United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan
Women's Doubles
Russia Ekaterina Makarova / Russia Elena Vesnina
Mixed Doubles
India Sania Mirza / Brazil Bruno Soares
Boys' Singles
Australia Omar Jasika
Girls' Singles
Czech Republic Marie Bouzková
Boys' Doubles
Australia Omar Jasika / Japan Naoki Nakagawa
Girls' Doubles
Turkey İpek Soylu / Switzerland Jil Teichmann
Wheelchair Men's Singles
Japan Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Japan Yui Kamiji
Wheelchair Quad Singles
United Kingdom Andrew Lapthorne
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
France Stéphane Houdet / Japan Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Japan Yui Kamiji / United Kingdom Jordanne Whiley
Wheelchair Quad Doubles
United States Nick Taylor / United States David Wagner
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The 2014 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 134th edition of the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Rafael Nadal was the defending champion in the men's event; however, on 18 August, the Spaniard announced his withdrawal from the event after failing to recover from a wrist injury, while Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion in the women's event.

In the men's singles competition, Marin Čilić won his maiden grand slam title; while, Serena Williams won her Open era record tying sixth title in the women's singles competition tying Chris Evert, and it was her eighteenth grand slam title tying Evert and Martina Navratilova. Winning the men's doubles, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan became the most victorious doubles team in Open era history at the tournament, and this was the team's 100th title together and sixteenth grand slam title tying Todd Woodbridge for the Open era record.Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won women's doubles competition title, becoming two-time grand slam champions with their victory at the 2013 French Open. The winning mixed doubles team was Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares, and for Mirza it was her third mixed doubles grand slam title in her career and Soares' second grand slam title for his career. It was Soares' second US Open title in mixed doubles, and it was the first for Mirza.


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