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US Open Tennis
"A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team." ~ Pat Riley quotes

Held annually in August and September for two weeks, the US Open tennis tournament is chronologically the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam tennis tournaments. The main tournament consists of five championships: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for senior, junior, and wheelchair players.

The US Open grew from an exclusive entertainment event for high society to a $17 million prize money championship for over 600 male and female professional players. The US Open originated from two separate tournaments: the men's tournament and the women's tournament. The event was first held in August 1881 and staged at the Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island (men's singles only). The championships were known as the U.S. National Singles Championship for men. From 1884 until 1911 the tournament used a challenge system when the defending champion automatically qualified for the next year's final. From 1921 until 1923 it was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia and returned to Forest Hills in 1924.

Six years after the men's nationals were held, the first official U.S. Women's National Singles Championship was held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in 1887, followed by the U.S. Women's National Doubles Championship in 1889. The first U.S. Mixed Doubles Championship was held alongside the women's singles and doubles. In 1900, the U.S. National Men's Doubles Championship was held for the first time. Tournaments were held in the east and the west of the country to determine the best two teams. These then competed in a play-off — the winner played the defending champions in the challenge round.

The open era began in 1968. Notably, the 1968 combined tournament was opened to professionals; none of the predecessor tournaments allowed professionals to compete. That year, 96 men and 63 women entered the event with prize money amounting to $100,000. In 1970 the US Open was the first of the Grand Slam tournaments to introduce the tie-break at the end of a set. The US Open was originally played on grass until Forest Hills switched to Har-Tru clay courts in 1975. In 1978, the surface changed again, to the current DecoTurf. The DecoTurf surface at the US Open is a fast surface, having slightly less friction and producing a lower bounce compared to other hard courts like the Rebound Ace surface formerly used at the Australian Open. For this reason, many serve-and-volley players have found success at the US Open.

Since 1978, the tournament has been played on acrylic hard court at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The complex was renamed after King during the 2006 US Open. King and her former husband, Larry King are pioneers in women's tennis and the founder of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), the Women's Sports Foundation and World Team Tennis (WTT)

In 2005, all US Open and US Open Series tennis courts were given blue inner courts and green outer courts to make it easier to see the ball. This change has been met with mixed reactions from both players and fans, with many players saying that the ball is no easier to see with the blue courts.

In 2006, the US Open became the first Grand Slam tournament to implement instant replay reviews of calls, using Hawk-Eye. The USTA announced that starting in 2008, each player will be given three challenges per set with an extra challenge if the set goes to a tiebreak. Once a challenge is made, the official review is shown to the players, umpires, and audience on the stadium video boards and to the television audience at the same time. The system is said to be accurate to within five millimeters.

During the 2006 US Open, 30.5% of men's challenges and 35.85% of women's challenges were upheld. During the 2007 US Open, 95 out of 320 challenges were upheld which makes almost 30.6%. But challenging does not refer to attainment. While success comes from the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. And it is the same notion of standing on the right stance that builds up the momentum in any game.

In the US Open Tournament 2008, each player will be given three challenges per set with an extra challenge if the set goes to a tiebreak. Once a challenge is made, the official review using a 3-D computer simulation based on multiple high-speed video cameras is shown to the players, umpires, and audience on the stadium video boards as well as to the television audience at the same time.

Not only the players do make the US Open Championship a hot piece of cake but also grounds featuring the Tournaments add to the appeal. The main court is located at the 24,000-seat Arthur Ashe Stadium, named after Arthur Ashe who was an African-American tennis player and won the inaugural men's final of the US Open in 1968. Court Number 2 is Louis Armstrong Stadium. Attached to the Louis Armstrong Stadium Court Number 3 is the Grandstand Stadium. In 2005, all US Open and US Open Series tennis courts had blue inner courts and green outer courts to make it easier to see the ball.

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