U.S. National Championships

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Grand Slam tournament tennis tournament

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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
U.S. National Championships canonical 2
U.S. Championships 1
US Championships 1962 1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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)