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US Open (tennis)

US Open
US Open.svg
Official website
Founded 1881; 136 years ago (1881)
Editions 136 (2016)
Location New York City, New York,
United States
Venue USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Surface Grass - outdoors (1881–1974)
Clay - outdoors (1975–1977)
Hard - outdoors (1978–present)
Prize money $ 46,300,000 (2016)
Men's
Draw 128S / 128Q / 64D
Current champions Switzerland Stan Wawrinka (singles)
United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Brazil Bruno Soares (doubles)
Most singles titles 7
United States Richard Sears
United States Bill Larned
United States Bill Tilden
Most doubles titles 6
United States Richard Sears
United States Holcombe Ward
Women's
Draw 128S / 128Q / 64D
Current champions Germany Angelique Kerber (singles)
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová (doubles)
Most singles titles 8
United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
Most doubles titles 13
United States Margaret Osborne duPont
Mixed Doubles
Draw 32
Current champions Germany Laura Siegemund
Croatia Mate Pavić
Most titles (male) 4
United States Bill Tilden
United States Bill Talbert
United States Bob Bryan
Most titles (female) 8
United States Margaret Osborne duPont
Australia Margaret Court
Grand Slam
Last Completed
2016 US Open

Coordinates: 40°44′59.26″N 73°50′45.91″W / 40.7497944°N 73.8460861°W / 40.7497944; -73.8460861

The United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament. The tournament is the modern version of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, for which men's singles was first contested in 1881. Since 1987, the US Open has been chronologically the fourth and final tennis major comprising the Grand Slam each year; the other three, in chronological order, are the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon.

The US Open is held annually, starting on the last Monday in August, and lasting for two weeks into September, with the middle weekend coinciding with the Labor Day holiday. The main tournament consists of five event championships: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for senior, junior, and wheelchair players. Since 1978, the tournament has been played on acrylic hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City. The US Open is owned and organized by the United States Tennis Association (USTA), a not-for-profit organization. Net proceeds from ticket sales, sponsorships, and television deals are used to promote the development of tennis in the United States.


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