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The 1997 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States.It was the 117th edition of the US Open and was held from August 25 through September 7, 1997.
Patrick Rafter defeated Greg Rusedski in the final, 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1997 US Open. It was his first major singles title. Rafter became the first Australian to win the title since John Newcombe in 1973 . [ 1 ]
↓ Open Era ↓ Arthur Ashe: Virginia Wade: Robert Lutz Stan Smith: Maria Bueno Margaret Court Mary-Ann Eisel Peter Curtis: 1969: Rod Laver Margaret Court (x2) Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle Françoise Dürr Darlene Hard Margaret Court Marty Riessen (x2) 1970: Ken Rosewall Pierre Barthès Nikola Pilić: Margaret Court Judy Tegart-Dalton: 1971: Stan ...
A bonus pool of $1,000,000 is also to US Open champions who have clinched the first place of the US Open Series. [ 14 ] In the U.S. National Championships, Richard Sears (1881–1887), William Larned (1901–1902, 1907–1911) and Bill Tilden (1920–1925, 1929) hold the record for most titles in the men's singles, with seven victories each.
Venus Williams made her US Open debut in 1997, and she's reflecting on that fortuitous tournament 20 years later as she prepares to play in the 2017 US Open as the No. 9 seed.
The 1997 United States Open Championship was the 97th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at the Blue Course of Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C. Ernie Els won his second U.S. Open, the second of his four major championships, one stroke ahead of runner-up Colin Montgomerie.
The 2024 US Open has officially begun, with the world's top tennis players in New York City to compete for the year's final Grand Slam title. This year’s tournament is marked by heightened ...
The U.S. Open is currently the third of four major championships to be played each year. U.S. Open champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors (the Masters, the Open Championship (British Open), and the PGA Championship) for the next five years, and earn a ten-year exemption from qualifying for the U.S. Open.