US Open (tennis) Totally Explained

Everything about Us Open Tennis totally explained

Grounds

The main court is located at the 24,000-seat Arthur Ashe Stadium, named after Arthur Ashe, the African American tennis player who won the inaugural men's final of the US Open in 1968. (The British tennis player Virginia Wade won the first woman's US Open final, five months after she turned professional.) Court Number 2 is Louis Armstrong Stadium, which stood as the main stadium until the completion of Ashe stadium. Court Number 3 is the Grandstand Stadium, which is attached to the Louis Armstrong Stadium. Sidecourts 4, 7 and 11 each have a seating capacity of well over 1,000.
   All the courts used by the US Open are lit, meaning that TV coverage of the tournament can extend into prime time to attract more ratings. This has recently been used to the advantage of the USA Network on cable and especially for CBS, the American broadcast TV outlet for the Open for many years, which used its influence to move the women's singles final to Saturday night to draw better television ratings.
   In 2005, all US Open and US Open Series tennis courts were given blue inner courts and green outer courts to make it easier to see the ball. This change has been met with mixed reactions from both players and fans, with many players saying that the ball is no easier to see with the blue courts.
   The DecoTurf surface at the US Open is a fast surface, having slightly less friction and producing a lower bounce compared to other hard courts (most notably the Rebound Ace surface formerly used at the Australian Open). For this reason, many serve-and-volley players have found success at the US Open.

Prize Money

The total prize money for the 2007 US Open is divided as follows:

Singles (Men & Women - 128 Draws)

Winners	$1,400,000
Runners-Up	$700,000
Semifinalists	$300,000
Quarterfinalists	$150,000
Round of 16	$75,000
Third Round	$43,000
Second Round	$27,500
First Round	$17,500
Total	$6,588,000 ($13,176,000)

Doubles (Per Team, Men & Women - 64 Draws)

Winners	$400,000
Runners-Up	$200,000
Semifinalists	$100,000
Quarterfinalists	$50,000
Round of 16	$25,000
Second Round	$15,000
First Round	$10,000
Total	$1,760,999 ($3,520,000)

Mixed Doubles (Per Team - 32 Draws)

Winners	$150,000
Runners-Up	$70,000
Quarterfinalists	$15,000
Second Round	$10,000
First Round	$5,000
Total	$500,000

Men's and Women's Qualifying (128 Draws)

Third Round Losers (16)	$8,000
Second Round Losers (32)	$5,625
First Round Losers (64)	$3,000
Total	$500,000 ($1,000,000)

Totals

Total Championship Events	$18,196,000
Total for Champions Invitational/Wheelchair Events	$435,000
Player per diem	$1,022,000
Total Player Compensation	$19,653,000

Records

Record	Era	Player(s)	Count	Winning Years
*Men since 1881*
Winner of most Men's Singles titles	Before 1968:	Richard Sears Bill Larned Bill Tilden	7	1881-1887 1901, 1902, 1907-1911 1920-1925, 1929
Winner of most Men's Singles titles	1968-current:	Jimmy Connors Pete Sampras	5	1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002
Winner of most consecutive Men's Singles titles	Before 1968:	Richard Sears	7	1881-1887
Winner of most consecutive Men's Singles titles	1968-current:	Roger Federer	4	2004-2007
Winner of most Men's Doubles titles	Before 1968:	Richard Sears & James Dwight	6	1882-1887
Winner of most Men's Doubles titles	1968-current:	Bob Lutz Stan Smith John McEnroe	4	1968, 1974, 1978, 1980 1968, 1974, 1978, 1980 1979, 1981, 1983, 1989
Winner of most consecutive Men's Doubles titles	Before 1968:	Richard Sears & James Dwight	6	1882-1887
Winner of most consecutive Men's Doubles titles	1968-current:	Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde	2	1995-96
Winner of most Mixed Doubles titles - Men	Before 1968:	Bill Tilden Bill Talbert	4	1913-14 with Mary K. Browne, 1922-23 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 1943-46 with Margaret Osborne duPont
	1968-current:	Owen Davidson	4	1966 with Donna Floyd Fales, 1967, 1971, 1973 with Billie Jean King
	1968-current:	Todd Woodbridge Bob Bryan	3	1990 with Elizabeth Sayers Smylie, 1993 with Helena Sukova, 2001 with Rennae Stubbs 2003 with Katarina Srebotnik, 2004 with Vera Zvonareva, 2006 with Martina Navratilova
Winner of most Championships (total: singles, doubles, mixed) - Men	Before 1968:	Bill Tilden	16	7 singles, 5 doubles, 4 mixed doubles
	1968-current:	John McEnroe	8	4 singles, 4 doubles
*Women since 1887*
Winner of most Women's Singles titles	Before 1968:	/ Molla Bjurstedt Mallory	8	1915-18, 1920-22, 1926
Winner of most Women's Singles titles	1968-current:	Chris Evert	6	1975-78, 1980, 1982
Winner of most consecutive Women's Singles titles	Before 1968:	Molla Bjurstedt Mallory Helen Jacobs	4	1915-18 1932-35
Winner of most consecutive Women's Singles titles	1968-current:	Chris Evert	4	1975-78
Winner of most Women's Doubles titles	Before 1968:	Margaret Osborne duPont	13	1941 with Sarah Palfrey Cooke, 1942-1950, 1955-57 with Louise Brough Clapp
Winner of most Women's Doubles titles	1968-current:	/ Martina Navrátilová	9	1977 with Betty Stove, 1978, 1980 with Billie Jean King, 1983-84, 1986-87 with Pam Shriver, 1989 with Hana Mandlíková, 1990 with Gigi Fernandez
Winner of most consecutive Women's Doubles titles	Before 1968:	Margaret Osborne duPont	9	1941 with Sarah Palfrey Cooke, 1942-1950 with Louise Brough Clapp
Winner of most consecutive Women's Doubles titles	1968-current:	Virginia Ruano Pascual & Paola Suárez	3	2002-04
Winner of most Mixed Doubles titles - Men	Before 1968:	Margaret Osborne duPont	8	1943-46 with Bill Talbert, 1950 Ken McGregor 1958-60 with Neale Fraser
Winner of most Mixed Doubles titles - Men	1968-current:	Margaret Smith Court Billie Jean King / Martina Navrátilová	3	1969-70, 1972 with Marty Riessen 1971, 1973 with Owen Davidson, 1976 with Phil Dent 1985 with Heinz Günthardt, 1987 with Emilio Sanchez, 2006 with Bob Bryan
Winner of most Championships (total: singles, doubles, mixed) - women	Before 1968:	Margaret Osborne duPont	25	3 singles, 13 doubles, 9 mixed doubles
	1968-current:	Margaret Court / Martina Navrátilová	18 16	5 singles, 5 doubles, 8 mixed doubles (between 1961-1975) 4 singles, 9 doubles, 3 mixed doubles

Current champions:

Men: Roger Federer, who defeated Novak Đoković in the men's final on September 9 2007.
Women: Justine Henin, who defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final on September 8 2007.

Champions

Men's Singles

List of Men's US Open Final Appearances

Women's Singles

Men's Doubles

Women's Doubles

Mixed DoublesFurther Information

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