US Open (tennis)

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Grand Slam tournament tennis tournament

The US Open (tennis) is one of the four Grand Slam tournaments, a major annual hard-court championship that attracts the world’s top professional players.

Aliases (6)

US Open ×5
US Championships – men’s singles ×1
US Open Tennis Championships ×1
US Open – Women’s Singles ×1
US Open – singles ×1
United States Open Tennis Championships ×1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grand Slam tournament → tennis tournament →
abbreviation	USTA →
alsoKnownAs	US Open → United States Open Tennis Championships →
broadcasterFormerUS	CBS Sports →
broadcasterUS	ESPN →
broadcastInCountry	United States →
category	professional tennis →
cityBorough	Queens →
country	United States of America →
courtMaterial	acrylic hard court →
currentVenueSince	1978 →
drawSizeMenDoubles	64 →
drawSizeMenSingles	128 →
drawSizeMixedDoubles	32 →
drawSizeWomenDoubles	64 →
drawSizeWomenSingles	128 →
endTime	early September →
equalPrizeMoneySince	1973 →
feature	night sessions under lights → tiebreak in final set →
firstLocation	Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island →
followedBy	Australian Open in next calendar year →
founded	1881 →
frequency	annual →
genderEquality	equal prize money for men and women →
governingBody	International Tennis Federation →
grandSlamOrder	fourth of the year →
hasEvent	junior events → men's doubles → men's singles → mixed doubles → qualifying tournaments → wheelchair events → women's doubles → women's singles →
location	New York City →
mainStadium	Arthur Ashe Stadium →
movedTo	Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City → Forest Hills, Queens, New York City →
notableChampion	Novak Djokovic → Rafael Nadal → Roger Federer → Serena Williams →
organizer	United States Tennis Association →
originalName	U.S. National Championships →
partOf	Grand Slam →
precededBy	Wimbledon Championships →
prizeMoney	record high among tennis tournaments in many recent years →
secondaryStadium	Louis Armstrong Stadium →
showCourt	Grandstand →
sport	tennis →
startTime	late August →
surface	hard court →
surfaceChange	clay to hard court in 1978 → grass to clay in 1975 →
surfaceType	outdoor hard court →
timeZone	UTC−04:00 →
tourLevel	ATP Tour Grand Slam → WTA Grand Slam →
venue	USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center →
website	https://www.usopen.org/ →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Billie Jean King ("US Open – Women’s Singles") → Billie Jean Moffitt ("US Open – singles") → Bobby Riggs ("US Championships – men’s singles") →	wonTournament
US Open (tennis) ("US Open") → US Open (tennis) ("United States Open Tennis Championships") →	alsoKnownAs
Billie Jean King National Tennis Center →	category
Grand Slam tennis tournaments ("US Open") →	consistsOf
Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ("US Open") →	grandSlamTournamentHosted
Queens →	hostsEvent
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ("US Open Tennis Championships") →	majorEventHosted
Australian Open ("US Open") →	otherGrandSlams
Lavazza →	sponsors
Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ("US Open") →	tournamentHosted