
United States Open Tennis Championships
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The United States Open Tennis Championships, or US Open, is the fourth and final tournament in the Grand Slam of tennis, which also includes the French Open, the Australian Open, and the Wimbledon Championships. The US Open traces its roots to the US National Championship, established in 1881, which was one of the world’s first tennis championships. In 1887, the tournament added women’s singles; in 1889, women’s doubles; and in 1892, mixed doubles.Â
The US National Championship officially became the US Open in 1968, when all of the championship matches were relocated to the West Side Tennis Club in Queens, New York. The style of the courts in the tournaments changed from grass to clay to DecoTurf, which is still used today. In 1978, the US Open relocated to Flushing Meadows, a park in the northern part of Queens.