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Setting a new standard for American tennis

The US Open tennis championship is the world’s most spectacular sports and entertainment experience, designed to inspire a love for tennis.

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Who We are

The grandest slam

Hosted by the United States Tennis Association (USTA), the US Open is New York’s premier hard court tennis tournament and the final Grand Slam of the year. It all takes place for three weeks in the late summer, when the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center becomes the center of the sporting world. The atmosphere is palpable. The competition is fierce. Only the best dare to swing a racquet here. This is the world’s toughest tennis—equal parts sport and spectacle.

145

Years

Started in 1881 at the Newport Casino, Rhode Island.

1,144,562

Fans

Fan of all ages attended in 2025

Championships

Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Wheelchair

1 of 4

Grand Slams

Following Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon

290

Countries

Countries where the tournament is broadcast

7,000+

Team Members

Supporting the 3-week tournament

Our Legacy

A proving ground for champions

Since 1881, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) event has welcomed the game’s greatest athletes to compete for glory in front of millions of fans, A-list celebrities and national broadcasts. Tennis has expanded and evolved over the years, and so have we—and there’s no stopping us now. The Open will continue to lead and innovate, because it’s part of our DNA.

1881

Originally known as the US National Championships, the tournament started with a draw of 26 men playing on the grass courts of the Newport Casino in Rhode Island.

1968

In the first year of open admission, amateur Arthur Ashe wins the men’s title; professional Virginia Wade wins the women’s.

1969

Aussie pro Rod Laver completes his second career Grand Slam capturing the US Open men’s crown to finish a calendar year sweep of the four majors.

1971

16-year-old Chris Evert makes her US Open debut, reaching the semis before losing to eventual champion Billie Jean King.

1973

The US Open is the first of the four majors to offer equal prize money to men and women.

1975

Night tennis makes its debut at a Grand Slam event, as players compete under the lights for the first time at Forest Hills.

1978

The USTA relocates the US Open from Forest Hills to the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, ushering in a new era for the event, making it more accessible to more fans.

1981

On the 100th anniversary of the US Championships, two Americans—John McEnroe and Tracy Austin—capture the men’s and women’s titles.

1984

“Super Saturday” is born, as the day’s slate of two men’s semifinals and the women’s final all go the distance in sets and sizzle, with Ivan Lendl defeating Pat Cash, Martina Navratilova winning her second consecutive women’s title over Chris Evert, and John McEnroe outlasting Jimmy Connors.

1988

Steffi Graf completes the first Grand Slam since Margaret Court in 1970 with a win over Gabriela Sabatini in the final.

1991

Ranked No. 174, wild card Jimmy Connors, at 39, makes an unforgettable run to the semifinals.

1994

Andre Agassi knocks off five seeded players en route to becoming the first unseeded player in the Open era to win the US Open title.

1997

Arthur Ashe Stadium is unveiled as the centerpiece of the USTA National Tennis Center.

1999

Serena Williams becomes the first African-American woman since Althea Gibson in 1958 to win the US Open women’s singles title.

2001

Serena Williams and Venus Williams face off in the first-ever primetime US Open women’s final.

2005

US Open blue courts make their debut.

2006

The home of the US Open is renamed to honor one of its greatest champions, becoming the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

2016

The US Open unveils a new retractable roof on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

2018

The 5-year transformation of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is completed with the opening of a new Louis Armstrong Stadium.

2020

The first US Open tournament is hosted post-pandemic and in tandem with the Cincinnati Masters.

2023

The US Open celebrates 50 years of being the first Grand Slam to award equal prize money to men and women.

2025

The US Open celebrates 75 years of breaking barriers, honoring Althea Gibson as the first African-American competitor.

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Championing inclusion to inspire tomorrow’s champions

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