US Open (tennis)

The US Open is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. It is played in Queens, New York City in the USA. It is run by United States Tennis Association. The tournament has been played on three different surfaces:
 Grass (1881-1974)
 Har-Tru (a type of clay court, 1975-1977)
 Decoturf (a type of hard court, 1978-present)

The tournament was first played in 1881 for men, and 1887 for women. In 2006, the U.S. Open became the first Grand Slam to use Hawk-Eye. Hawk-Eye is a machine that can give a virtual replay of the shot that has just been played - this is useful for seeing if the ball was in or out. When a player does not agree with the umpire, they can ask to use Hawk-Eye. As of 2007, the other three Grand Slams use this machine too.

The US Open is the final Grand Slam of the year and is played over two weeks, in late August and early September.

 Champions 
 Past champions 
Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Men's Doubles
Women's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Singles Finals

 Current champions 
 Event Champion  Runner-up  Score 2016 Men's Singles   Stan Wawrinka   Novak Djokovic  6–7 (1), 6–4, 7–5, 6–3 2016 Women's Singles   Angelique Kerber   Karolína Plíšková  6–3, 4–6, 6–4 2016 Men's Doubles   Jamie Murray Bruno Soares   Pablo Carreño Busta Guillermo García-López  6–2, 6–3 2016 Women's Doubles   Bethanie Mattek-Sands   Lucie Šafářová   Caroline Garcia   Kristina Mladenovic  2–6, 7–6 (5), 6–4 2016 Mixed Doubles   Laura Siegemund Mate Pavić   Coco Vandeweghe Rajeev Ram  6–4, 6–4

 Records 
 Men - Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, and Roger Federer have won 5 times.
 Women - Chris Evert has won 6 times.

 Other websites 
 US Open official site
 US Open - All winners and runners-up. Reference book

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Category:Sports in New York City

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