U.S. National Championships

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The U.S. National Championships was the original name of what is now known as the US Open, one of tennis’s four Grand Slam tournaments.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Slam tournament ⓘ
tennis tournament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs U.S. National Championships ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Championships

U.S. National Championships ⓘ
surface form: United States National Championships
category men's doubles ⓘ
men's singles ⓘ
mixed doubles ⓘ
women's doubles ⓘ
women's singles ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
courtType outdoor ⓘ
firstEditionYear 1881 ⓘ
firstMenSinglesChampion Richard D. Sears ⓘ
firstWomenSinglesChampion Ellen Hansell ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
gender men ⓘ
women ⓘ
governingBody United States Lawn Tennis Association ⓘ
United States Lawn Tennis Association ⓘ
surface form: United States Tennis Association
languageOfOfficialName English ⓘ
laterKnownAs US Open (tennis) ⓘ
surface form: US Open
location Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
surface form: Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City

Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Forest Hills, Queens, New York City

Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
notableChampion Bill Tilden ⓘ
Don Budge ⓘ
Helen Wills Moody ⓘ
Maureen Connolly ⓘ
Pancho Gonzales ⓘ
openEraTransition US Open (tennis) ⓘ
surface form: US Open began in 1968
organizedBy United States Lawn Tennis Association ⓘ
surface form: national tennis association of the United States
partOf Grand Slam tennis tournaments ⓘ
surface form: Grand Slam

major tennis tournaments ⓘ
rankingImportance highest level ⓘ
relatedTournament Australian Championships ⓘ
French Championships ⓘ
Wimbledon ⓘ
surface form: Wimbledon Championships
sport tennis ⓘ
startYear 1881 ⓘ
status defunct under original name ⓘ
successor US Open (tennis) ⓘ
surface form: US Open
surface clay ⓘ
grass ⓘ
hard court ⓘ
tour pre-Open Era tennis ⓘ
venue Newport Casino complex ⓘ
surface form: Newport Casino

Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ⓘ
surface form: USTA National Tennis Center

West Side Tennis Club ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

US Open (tennis) → originalName → U.S. National Championships ⓘ
Rod Laver → wonTournament → U.S. National Championships ⓘ
this entity surface form: US Championships 1962
U.S. National Championships → alsoKnownAs → U.S. National Championships ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States National Championships
U.S. National Championships → alsoKnownAs → U.S. National Championships ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Championships
Forest Hills Stadium → hostedTournament → U.S. National Championships ⓘ
Fred Perry → wonTournament → U.S. National Championships ⓘ
this entity surface form: US Championships – men's singles
Frank Shields → participatedIn → U.S. National Championships ⓘ
this entity surface form: US National Championships (tennis)