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The US Open women's singles championship is an annual tennis event that has been held since 1887 as part of the US Open [a] [b] tournament. The tournament is played on outdoor hard courts [c] at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, New York City.
The U.S. Women's Open has always been played in stroke play, with the exception of the first competition in 1946, [4] and is currently the third women's major of the year. [ 3 ] The first trophy presented to U.S. Women's Open champions was donated by the Spokane Athletic Round Table, a fraternal order , and used until 1953. [ 2 ]
List of US Open men's singles champions; List of US Open women's singles champions; List of US Open men's doubles champions; List of US Open women's doubles champions; List of US Open mixed doubles champions; Other Grand Slam tournament champions. List of Australian Open champions; List of French Open champions; List of Wimbledon champions
During the 56 times that this tournament has been held in the Open Era, 45 women have reached the US Open women's singles final. [3] Women from the United States are by far the most numerous, although Australia, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Spain, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Belgium, Russia, and Italy also have made significant contributions. [2 ...
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, Women's Open Championship, and The Evian Championship.
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory won the women's doubles title in 1916 and 1917 together with Eleonora Sears Helen Wills Moody won the women's doubles title four times in the interbellum years Dutch player Betty Stöve won the doubles title in 1977 and 1979 Virginia Ruano Pascual won 10 women's doubles titles in her career and three of those were at the US Open
Willie Anderson, four-time U.S. Open Champion in 1901, 1903, 1904, and 1905, which he is the only golfer to win three straight U.S. Opens Ben Hogan, four-time U.S. Open Champion in 1948, 1950, 1951, and 1953. He is one of six champions to win wire-to-wire with his victory in 1953.
US Open 131 Totals 461 99 94 130 138 See also. List of Grand Slam women's singles champions; Chronological list of men's Grand Slam tennis champions;