Arthur Ashe Stadium

The US Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament. Since 1987 it’s served as the fourth and final of the Grand Slam annual tennis tournaments. The event is currently held at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York. The US Open traditionally starts on the last Monday of August and continues for two weeks, with the middle weekend matching up with the US Labor Day holiday.

The tournament, however, is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world. The US Open got its start as the US National Championship for men’s singles and men’s doubles play as far back as August 1881.

Today, the tournament consists of five primary championships: men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, and a mixed doubles tournament. In addition, the tournament also includes events for senior, junior, and wheelchair players. The entire event is owned and organized by the United States Tennis aSsociation (USTA), a non-profit organization. Revenue from the event’s ticket sales, sponsorships, and Television contracts are used to develop the sport of tennis in the United States.