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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 2024 U.S. Women's Open was the 79th U.S. Women's Open, played May 30 to June 2 at the Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. [1] The purse for the tournament was a record $12 million. [2] The winner's share is now 20% for the men's and women's Open Championships, earning the Women's Open winner $2.4 million. [3]
It is one of the five women's major championships, alongside the Chevron Championship, the Women's PGA Championship, the Women's British Open, and The Evian Championship. [3] 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]
Former champion Yuka Saso leaned on her putter to survive a brutally tough start to the U.S. Women's Open on Thursday, an opening round that featured Nelly Korda making a 10 on her third hole and ...
Lydia Ko completed what she called a “Cinderella-like story” as she clinched the Women’s Open at St. Andrews on Sunday, just a few weeks after winning Olympic gold in Paris.. The 27-year-old ...
The U.S. Women's Open is the second major of the LPGA season and has the highest purse in women's golf. The most recent increase, announced in January 2022, saw the purse nearly double from its previous $ 5.5 million ( 2019 – 2021 ) [ 2 ] to $10 million starting in 2022 .
Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe in the final, 4–6, 7–6 (7–5), [11–9] to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2024 Miami Open. [1] Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula were the defending champions, [2] but lost in the first round to Ashlyn Krueger and Sloane Stephens.
Raducanu won the title on only her second major main-draw appearance, an Open Era record. Naomi Osaka was the defending champion, [ 4 ] but was defeated by Fernandez in the third round. The final marked the first all-teenage major final since Serena Williams defeated Martina Hingis at the 1999 US Open , and the first women's singles major final ...