 50 for 50: Guillermo Vilas, 1977 men's singles champion
On Sunday, Sept. 11, 1977, Guillermo Vilas helped make tennis history and tennis lore, as the No. 4 seed was matched up against defending champion and top-seeded Jimmy Connors in a duel of two of the finest champions of clay-court tennis.
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The Open era turns 50
This summer, thanks to the advent of the Open era in 1968, the US Open will celebrate its 50th anniversary.
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Miami Art Courts Inspire Community
On April 14th, the USTA in partnership with Chase, revealed the artistically transformed courts of First Serve Miami, designed and painted by the artistic duo Kiik Create.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Hawk-Eye instant replay makes its debut
The altercations between players and linesmen had been occurring forever. These disputes had been woven into the fabric of the game, and the controversy surrounding the line calls was both entertaining for the fans and aggravating for the competitors and those making the calls. That all changed in 2006, when the Hawk-Eye Instant Replay System was put into operation.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Steve Johnson
American Steve Johnson successfully defended his title at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston Sunday, defeating fellow American Tennys Sandgren, 7-6, 2-6, 6-4, in the final.
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US Open Anthem Auditions return for 12th year in 2018
The US Open Anthem Auditions are back for a 12th year in 2018, allowing children 14 years or younger to submit an online audition for the chance to sing "America the Beautiful" live in Arthur Ashe Stadium during this year's US Open.
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Getting to Know: Miami Art Court artists KiiK Create
KiiK Create, the artistic duo of Maneola del Pilar Madera Nadal and David Gray Edgerton, recently transformed the public courts at First Serve Miami, a USTA NJTL, into an immersive art experience. USOpen.org caught up with the pair to discuss their art, inspiration and how tennis has influenced their creation.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Evert bids farewell
Chris Evert had celebrated her arrival as a great player when she was a 16-year-old at the US Open in 1971. Eighteen years and a record six titles later, she announced her last tournament would be in New York in 1989.
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Learn about the National Junior Tennis & Learning network
The National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) network features more than 350 nonprofit youth development organizations that offer free or low-cost tennis and education programming to more than 200,000 under-resourced youth each year.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Kiki Bertens
Kiki Bertens is off to a strong clay-court season after taking the trophy at the 2018 Volvo Car Open in Charleston, S.C., Sunday. Berten's victory comes after toppling Germany's Julia Goerges, 6-2, 6-1, in just shy of an hour.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Del Potro stuns tennis world
Argentina's towering and charismatic Juan Martin del Potro introduced himself to the US Open in 2008 with a scintillating run to the quarterfinals, bowing out against Andy Murray in a hotly contested, late-afternoon encounter. Back he came to New York in 2009, and now he was even more of a threat to claim the title.
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Public courts: A training ground for the game's greats
They are, in effect, communities within communities. They're competitive communities, raw, merit-based battlegrounds, places where you'd better be ready to take on anyone, from that older man with the diabolical drop shot to another kid who's also craving more court time. These are America's public courts, the training ground for the vast majority of great American tennis players for well over 100 years.
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50 for 50: Andy Roddick, 2003 men's singles champion
The 2003 US Open began with the official retirement of Pete Sampras, a five-time US Open champion and arguably the greatest American in men's tennis history. Enter Andy Roddick. The successor to Sampras as the next great American man flexed his muscles - and his serve and forehand - over the ensuing two weeks, keeping the US Open men's trophy on U.S. soil.
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US Open Art Courts x Chase: First Serve Miami
Here is a look at the NJTL First Serve Miami, who will have artistic duo Kiik Create make the public courts at Norman Jean Reach Park in Miami, Fla., their canvas on April 7 and 8.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Sampras comes of age at 19
He came out of California, displaying gifts few players possessed, playing the game with ineffable grace and immense power, serving his way effortlessly through arduous afternoons against obstinate opponents. And yet Pete Sampras was still a work in progress when he arrived for the 1990 US Open.
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Art Courts to re-imagine the look of tennis courts
Over the last 50 years, the US Open has served as a canvas for racquet-wielding artists at the highest level of tennis. In the build-up to this year's tournament, five professional artists will try their hands on court, trading racquets for paint brushes as they help to restore five public facilities across the country.
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50 Moments That Mattered: US Open blue courts make their debut
The 2005 US Open will be remembered by many for the sparkling title runs made by Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters, two of the sports most revered individuals. But there was a development that year that transcended the players and the results. The color of the hard courts was changed from green to blue.
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50 for 50: Marin Cilic, 2014 men's singles champion
That he might one day win a Grand Slam title had long been predicted for Marin Cilic. That he might win the 2014 US Open was a long shot, an unexpected result that came at the end of a befuddling fortnight. But this was no fluke.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Danielle Collins
The Sunshine Swing of the WTA Tour has shined a light on 24-year-old Danielle Collins, as the former University of Virginia star has strung together a pair of career-best results in both Indian Wells, Calif., and Miami.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Clijsters turns motherhood into triumph
The ever-gracious Kim Clijsters left the game of tennis in 2007 and started a family. She returned to the tour in the summer of 2009 and played only two tournaments leading up to the US Open. But she found her game swiftly in New York, moving through the draw to become the first unseeded women's champion in the Open era.
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50 for 50: Lindsay Davenport, 1998 women's singles champion
With her spotless 1998 run, Lindsay Davenport went from promising player to Grand Slam champion. Davenport defeated Nathalie Tauziat, Amanda Coetzer and Venus Williams before dismissing Martina Hingis in the final, becoming the first American-born US Open women's singles champion since Chris Evert in 1982.
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The Open Interview: Rod Laver
USOpen.org contributing writer Steve Flink recently spent time interviewing Rod Laver, the only player—man or woman—to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam twice.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Unseeded Agassi wins the Open
Not since Fred Stolle in 1966 had an unseeded man or woman come through to win the U.S. Championships/US Open. But, then again, Agassi was not a typical unseeded competitor. There was nothing typical about him at all. One of a kind, Agassi turned that tournament upside down, enjoying every moment of a memorable journey.
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50 for 50: John Newcombe, 1973 men's singles champion
He was the last in a long line of legendary Australian greats who had dominated the sport for decades. He sported a mod moustache, had movie-star good looks, a gregarious, outgoing personality and a smashing tennis game. He was John Newcombe - or just "Newk" to his legions of fans.
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New US Open logo unveiled
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the US Open, the USTA has rolled out a new logo, ushering in the next 50 years of tennis in the United States.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Naomi Osaka
Twenty-year-old Naomi Osaka captured her first career WTA title at one of the tour's biggest tournaments, the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., defeating another up-and-coming 20-year-old, Daria Kasatkina, 6-3, 6-2, in the final.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Evert wins first of six titles
After falling in the semifinals four years in a row, Chris Evert was determined to win her country's Grand Slam tournament. The 20-year-old found herself in a tense skirmish with Evonne Goolagong in the 1975, where she eventually prevailed, winning the first of six singles titles in New York.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Lesia Tsurenko
Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko donned a sombrero during the trophy ceremony in Acapulco for the second straight year Sunday after successfully defending her title on the hard courts in Mexico.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Orantes makes comeback of all comebacks
Many tennis enthusiasts remember Manuel Orantes' masterpiece of clay-court wizardry against Jimmy Connors in the 1975 final, but his semifinal win over Guillermo Vilas was the defining moment of his career and one of the greatest comebacks ever recorded at a major tennis tournament.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Edberg's marathon title run
Stefan Edberg entered the 1992 US Open as the defending champion. A record 22 hours and 22 minutes of play later, he left with his second New York title and the world No. 1 ranking in hand, managing a trio of fifth-set escapes on the way.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Frances Tiafoe
Twenty-year-old American Frances Tiafoe captured his first ATP World Tour title Sunday, defeating Germany's Peter Gojowczyk, 6-1, 6-4, in the final of the Delray Beach Open.
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50 for 50: Marat Safin, 2000 men's singles champion
Marat Safin was a titanic talent, with a game as mercurial as his personality and the kind of easy power that branded him a generational star. Throughout his 12-year professional career, he sometimes struggled to sync mind and body, but when he did, the outcome was often astounding. One such result came in Flushing Meadows in 2000.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Kei Nishikori
Former US Open finalist Kei Nishikori legitimized his recent return from injury by grinding his way to the semifinals of the inaugural New York Open last week, notching the first Top 100 scalps of his comeback and putting a scare into eventual champion and world No. 9 Kevin Anderson in a three-set semifinal.
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The Open Interview: Sam Querrey
2017 US Open quarterfinalist Sam Querrey clinched his spot in the semifinals at the inaugural NY Open on Friday, and USOpen.org caught up with the world No. 12 post-victory.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Kristina Mladenovic
World No. 13 Kristina Mladenovic carried the French team to victory last weekend in the France vs. Belgium Fed Cup first-round tie, winning three matches to advance France to the semifinal round against the United States. Here's more on the French MVP.
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Putting a lid on Louis
On Thursday, Feb. 8, a "topping out" ceremony was held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, as the final steel beam of the new Louis Armstrong Stadium's roof structure was lifted into place.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Henin's epic 24 hours
On fewer than five hours of sleep and coming off what was, at the time, the longest women's match in US Open history, Justin Henin-Hardenne turned tiredness into triumph to claim a memorable 2003 US Open title.
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50 for 50: Manuel Orantes, 1975 men's singles champion
In the first year the US Open was played on clay in 1975, one of the game's greatest grinders—Spain's Manuel Orantes—finished first at Forest Hills, playing his way to the title with a game that showcased equal amounts of grit, guts and gallantry and included one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the event.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Adrian Mannarino
Adrian Mannarino rode the Davis Cup rollercoaster this weekend in Albertville, France, overcoming a shock loss in his debut Friday to win the decisive match on Sunday and send the French to a ninth consecutive quarterfinal.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Dylan Alcott
Australia's own Dylan Alcott took home both the singles and doubles wheelchair quad titles Down Under at the 2018 Australian Open. Learn more about the highly decorated athlete.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Hyeon Chung
Hyeon Chung advanced to the quarterfinal round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career Monday with a straight-sets win over six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic. Here's more on the rising 21-year-old.
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Getting to Know: Tennys Sandgren
Tennys Sandgren reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career on Thursday, when he upset three-time major winner and 2014 Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka in Melbourne.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Kyle Edmund
Great Britain's Kyle Edmund defeated No. 11 seed and 2017 US Open finalist Kevin Anderson in a five-set thriller on Day 1 of the Australian Open.
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Getting to Know: Belinda Bencic
Belinda Bencic produced one of the upsets of the first round on Day 1 of the Australian Open with a straight-sets win over world No. 5 and 2017 finalist Venus Williams.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Julia Göerges
Julia Göerges has started 2018 in the same rich vein of form as she ended 2017: in the winner's circle. Now, just one week away from the Australian Open, she must be considered among the legitimate title contenders for the first Grand Slam tournament of the season when play begins in Melbourne.
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2017 US Open Moments: September 10
With his 6-3, 6-3, 6-4, victory over surprise finalist Kevin Anderson on Day 14, Rafael Nadal added a pretty impressive hard-court accomplishment to his glittering resume: a third US Open singles title, making him just the sixth man in the Open era to achieve that mark.
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2017 US Open Moments: September 9
Six months before the start of the 2017 US Open, Sloane Stephens couldn't walk. On the tournament's final Saturday, she brought 23,000 people to their feet.
Playing near-flawless tennis in her first Grand Slam final, Stephens committed just six unforced errors to defeat Madison Keys, 6-3, 6-0, before a capacity Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd in the first all-American US Open final since Williams vs. Williams in 2002.
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2017 US Open Moments: September 8
It was a career achievement for Kevin Anderson. He had about 45 minutes to enjoy it.
The No. 28 seed became the longest shot ever to reach the US Open men's singles final on Day 12 of the 2017 US Open, defeating Pablo Carreno Busta to advance to the men's title match. Then he sat back and watched Rafael Nadal play perhaps the best three sets of hard-court tennis the two-time US Open champion has ever produced.
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2017 US Open Moments: September 7
In a women's draw that saw the defending champion eliminated in the first round, only two Top 10 seeds reach the quarters and no Top 8 seeds advance to the semis, Day 11 delivered a final that made perfect sense: unseeded Sloane Stephens versus No. 15 Madison Keys.
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2017 US Open Spotlight: David Wagner
On Friday, World No. 1 quad player David Wagner was named the inaugural ITF Quad Wheelchair World Champion.
Here's more on the American wheelchair tennis legend, whose latest accolade is a strong conclusion for an incredibly successful 2017 season.
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2017 US Open Moments: September 6
Eight years ago, in 2009, a callow Juan Martin del Potro short-circuited the possibility of a Rafael Nadal-Roger Federer showdown at the US Open by blasting past Nadal in the semifinals. On Day 10 of the 2017 US Open, before a rollicking packed house in Arthur Ashe Stadium, he did it again, this time handing Federer his first Grand Slam loss of 2017 in four heart-stopping sets.
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2017 US Open By the Numbers: 4
The 2017 US Open was a tournament for the underdog, an event for the long shot. If you need proof, look no further than this: Of the 16 players (eight men, eight women) who advanced to the quarterfinals, only four were seeded in the Top 10.
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2017 US Open Moments: September 6
It was four Americans for four semifinal spots at the 2017 US Open - for the first time in 36 years.
Coco Vandeweghe and Madison Keys ensured that on Day 10 of this year's Open, with Vandeweghe upsetting No. 1 seed Karolina Pliskova and Madison Keys topping qualifier Kaia Kanepi. With that, the two friends advanced to play each other in one semifinal, with Day 9 winners Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens having already secured their spots in the other semi.
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US Open By the Numbers: 3
Three games in two sets; that was all that an ailing Juan Martin del Potro was able to muster at the start of his fourth-round match against sixth-seeded Dominic Thiem.
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2017 US Open Moments: September 5
It was the most eagerly anticipated encounter of Day 9, a matchup of two great stories and two supreme ball-strikers: two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvtiova against seven-time Grand Slam titlist Venus Williams - Kvitova still working her way back from a horrific knife attack that nearly ended her career last December, Venus overcoming Sjogren's Syndrome to post her finest season in seven years.
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2017 US Open Spotlight: Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov closed the 2017 ATP season with the biggest victory of his career, defeating David Goffin, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, to capture the crown at the ATP Finals.
Here's more on the talented Bulgarian, who on Monday rose from a previous career-high of No. 6 to a new career-best perch of No. 3.
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2017 US Open Moments: September 4
Juan Martin del Potro staged the comeback of the tournament in the match of the tournament on Day 8 of the 2017 US Open, coming back from two sets down to upset No. 6 seed Dominic Thiem in a packed, raucous Grandstand.
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2017 US Open By the Numbers: 7
The current iteration of the ATP Finals started in 1970 as the Masters Grand Prix, with American Stan Smith claiming the inaugural title. Since that time, the list of champions has included Grand Slam winners, US Open titlists and current and future Hall of Famers.
But among that group, just seven have won both the US Open and the ATP Finals singles crowns in the same year.
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