 the us open is an annual tennis tournament created in 1881 and played on outdoor hard courts at the usta billie jean king national tennis center in flushing meadows â corona park, new york city, united states. the us open is played during a two-week period in late august and early september, and has been chronologically the last of the four grand slam tournaments of the tennis season since 1987. newport (1881â1914), forest hills (1915â1920, 1924â1977), and philadelphia (1921â1923) held the event before it settled in 1978 at the usta national tennis center, now the usta billie jean king national tennis center, in new york city. the inaugural tournament, in 1881, was reserved for [[u
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