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2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

The singles line up featured World No. 1, US Open, Canada and Paris Masters champion Marat Safin, Sydney Olympics gold medalist and Moscow champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Washington and Toulouse champion Àlex Corretja.

2001 Milan Indoor

The singles field was headlined by World No. 1, US Open, Canada and Paris Masters champion Marat Safin, ATP No. 7, Sydney Olympics gold medalist, Moscow and two-time Milan champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Auckland champion Dominik Hrbatý.

2009 Roger Federer tennis season

In addition, Federer made two other Grand Slam finals, Australian Open losing to Rafael Nadal, and the US Open, losing to Juan Martín del Potro.

2011 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open – Singles

Grigor Dimitrov was the defending champion, but chose to play in the US Open instead.

2011 Hopman Cup

Djokovic comes into the tournament fresh from reaching his third grand slam final at the US Open and winning the Davis Cup as well as reaching a career high of world number two in 2010.

Daniel Nguyen

In the 2009, US Open, he and former teammate J.T. Sundling were defeated 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 in a first-round men’s doubles match by Máximo González and Juan Mónaco.

Jane O'Donoghue

In August she lost a tight match in the first round of qualifying for the US Open to Maria Vanina Garcia Sokol, 6–7(4) 6–7(4).

Karen Krantzcke

After reaching the US Open quarterfinals, she reached the semifinals at the Australian Open and the French Open and then reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.

Longest tennis match records

However, among the Grand Slams, only the US Open uses the tiebreak in the final set; the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and Olympic tennis instead use the advantage set rules in the final set – in such a set there can be an indefinite number of games until there is a winner.

Mieke Buchan

SPORTS - Throughout her career Buchan has covered events including the Olympic Games, the US Open, and French Open tennis tournaments (for Tennis Channel), Australian Open Tennis (for Triple M) World Cup Soccer (SBS), the Super Bowl, Formula One, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship (Fox Sports America), the Crown Australian Poker Championship (Aussie Millions), Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Sophie Simone Cortina

Cortina played in international tennis tournaments all over the world, including the French Open, US Open and Wimbledon.

Syed Fazaluddin

After his retirement in 2002 he coached former world No. 1 doubles player Mahesh Bhupathi and Martin Dam (top 10 Doubles) on the 2005 US Open circuit.

The ROHO Group

Since 2009 The ROHO Group has been the title sponsor for the US Open USTA Wheelchair Championships in St. Louis, MO at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center.

THG Sports

It has organised hospitality functions at distinguished events such as the US Grand Prix, World Cup Soccer, Masters, US Open and the Final Four.

Top Players' Tennis

In single-player mode, the player may compete in the four Grand Slams: the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.

Westside Tennis Club

The club is unique in that it offers courts of all the Grand Slam surfaces: Rebound Ace (Australian Open), red clay (French Open), grass (Wimbledon), and DecoTurf (US Open).


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2009 Serena Williams tennis season

Vying for their first title as a team at the US Open in ten years, the Williams sisters made quick work of their first three opponents Julia Görges and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Yung-Jan Chan and Katarina Srebotnik, and Sorana Cîrstea and Caroline Wozniacki defeating them all in straight sets.

2010 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions

Ivanovic's performances at the Grand Slams tournaments were dismal; apart from reaching the fourth round of the US Open (losing to the eventual champion Kim Clijsters), she was defeated in the second round at Australian and French Opens and in the first round at Wimbledon, in the process winning a total of only five Grand Slam matches.

2011 ATP World Tour Finals

On 3 September Roger Federer qualified for the World Tour Finals, after defeating Marin Čilić in the third round at the US Open, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, marking his tenth consecutive year in the finals.

2013 Serena Williams tennis season

It was the first time Serena was able to defend a US Open title while also becoming the oldest women's US Open champion in the Open Era, surpassing the previous record set by Australia's Margaret Court.

Arthur Ashe Stadium

The stadium is named after the famous tennis player, Arthur Ashe, who won the inaugural US Open in which professionals could compete in 1968.

Bea Bielik

She also lost in the first round of the US Open, this time to Patty Schnyder.

Blair Morgan

Morgan won the four-stroke class at the US Open of Supercross that fall, the first win for the Honda CRF450R.

Bobby Riggs

She phoned him one last time, the night before his death and, according to Billie Jean herself in an HBO documentary about her, the last thing she told Riggs was "I love you." (Interview with Billie Jean King, USA US Open telecast, August 28, 2006)

El Matador

"El Matador" was the intro song for #1 tennis player in the world Rafael Nadal in the 2010 US Open Night Sessions.

Finian Maynard

When he was 7, he tried windsurfing for the first time and at the age of 15, he came 13th at the US Open at Corpus Christi, Texas.

Galo Blanco

Blanco had two high profile wins in majors, beating former 2-time US Open Champion, Patrick Rafter, in the first round of the 2000 US Open, and in beating Pete Sampras in the second round of the 2001 French Open.

Georgie Bingham

During her time at ESPN, she participated in broadcasts from Wimbledon, The Open, the US open golf and tennis, The ESPYs, and interviewed Pele, David Beckham, Tracy McGrady, Michael Phelps, Kobe Bryant among others.

Jeffersonville High School

Ben Hesen, champion collegiate swimmer and US Open record holder in the 50M backstroke

Kuntal Chakraborty

Interviews with Leander Paes following his US Open victory and Muttiah Muralitharan after his 800th scalp and Rahul Dravid following his controversial ODI retirement made headlines.

Kurt Nielsen

With Althea Gibson, Nielsen won the US Open mixed doubles in 1957, thereby becoming the first Dane to have ever won a Grand Slam event as a senior.

Larry Lisciotti

In 1976, at the Challenge of Champions, Tom Jennings, who was named the World Champion of the annual US Open Pocket Billiard Championship, held by the Billiard Congress of America, agreed to battle it out with Lisciotti for the top spot.

Mashiska Washington

After beating Juan Ignacio Chela in the 1999 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington received another US Open wildcard, this time into the main singles draw, where he lost in the first round to Slovakia's Ján Krošlák in four sets.

Michigan Bucks

In 2000 the Bucks became the first PDL team to defeat an MLS team in the US Open Cup when they beat the New England Revolution at Foxboro Stadium.

Mike Sangster

In one match at the US Open, Rod Laver retreated so far back that he became entangled with the backstop netting.

National Tennis Centre

USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, home of the US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament

Reed Pierce

The 20th Annual US Open Nine-ball Championship was captured by Reed Pierce in 1995, defeating Efren Reyes, the 1994 US Open Nine-ball Champion, 11-6 in the finals, denying Reyes back-to-back wins.

Rhonda Rajsich

She defeated Longoria in the US Open final twice in 2009 and 2010, and Rajsich also won in 2003, when she beat Christie Van Hees in the final and 2007, when she defeated Cheryl Gudinas in the final.

Río Tercero, Córdoba

Ivanna Madruga, tennis player that reached US Open semifinals (1980 and 1982) and Roland Garros semifinals (1980 and 1983)

Rodney Morris

In 1996, Morris won his first major tournament by defeating Efren Reyes in the finals of the US Open Nine-ball Championship.

Rodolfo Luat

He also placed runner-up in the 2006 US Open held at Chesapeake, Virginia, losing to John Schmidt, 11-6, but winning US$15,000 in the process.

Sally Jones

In 1986, she took up Real Tennis and won the world championship at Bordeaux in 1993 (Ladies Real Tennis Association), beating Charlotte Cornwallis in the final, as well as two British Open and two US Open championships.

Scott McCain

The following year, he would do the same at the 1981 US Open, defeating Bill Cowan of Canada, and falling again to Tim Mayotte of the United States in 5 sets in the second round.

Steve Virgona

He lost narrowly to Camden Riviere in the final eliminator, and got revenge soon after in the US open.If Steve wins the British open it takes him to Number 1.

Tennis Channel

On September 4, 2011 during the US Open, the Tennis Channel pulled its signal from Verizon FiOS, Cablevision, Suddenlink Communications, Mediacom, WOW!, Knology and GCI after the providers declined to accept a new agreement that the Tennis Channel made with the National Cable Television Cooperative of which they are members.