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The US Open first took place four years after Wimbledon in 1881 at the Newport Casino in Rhode Island. It stayed there until 1915 when they moved the tournament to New York and the West Side Tennis Club. It was 1978 when the event ended up at its current location of Flushing Meadows.
This Grand Slam has been held on grass, clay, and hard courts.
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When and Where is the 2021 US Open Tennis being held?
The event will take place from Monday 30 August through to Sunday 12 September at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, USA.
Who have been the most successful players at the event?
The amateur era provides the most honored players at the US Open with William Larned, Richard Sears, and Bill Tilden all lifting the trophy on seven occasions. When looking at the modern era three men sit atop of the charts with five wins each. Jimmy Connors and Pete Sampras have flown the flag for the United States. John McEnroe has also got a fantastic record up in New York having tasted victory four times.
In recent years this is the one Grand Slam where none of the 'Big Three' have dominated. Federer has been the man on Grass at Wimbledon. Nadal has been the King of Clay and Djokovic has been the star of Albert Park at the Aussie Open. Here though they've split 12 wins relatively evenly. Federer has five victories, Nadal four, and Djokovic three. This has made the US Open the most competitive from a betting standpoint for several years now.
Over in the Women's half of the draw, the top winners in the Open era reads like a Who's Who of the greatest female players of all time. Chris Evert and Serena Williams both have six titles to their name but surprisingly the latter hasn't won since 2014. Steffi Graf (5) and Martina Navratilova (4) are close behind. Margaret Court and Billie Jean King have both lifted the trophy in both the Open and amateur eras.
What happened in 2020?
The biggest story at the 2020 US Open was when the favorite on the Men's side of the draw defaulted. Novak Djokovic smashed a ball in anger and it inadvertently hit a line judge during the first set of his fourth-round match with Pablo Carreno Busta. That incident led to the chair umpire awarding the match to the Spaniard and defaulting the Serbian favorite. This led to Rafael Nadal winning the tournament.
It was Naomi Osaka who won the women's event beating Victoria Azarenka 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final. She beat two Americans in the SF/QF besting Jennifer Brady and Shelby Rogers.
