NEW YORK, August 2018 Mixed feelings for the German ladies at the US Open on a hot Tuesday in New York. No. 4 seed Angelique Kerber opened her campaign at Flushing Meadows with a 7-6(5), 6-3 win over Margarita Gasparyan […]
STARNBERG, August 28, 2018 Florian Mayer has retired from professional tennis. The 34-year-old German played his last match in the first round of the US Open on Monday, losing to Borna Coric 2-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4. “The decision to stop […]
NEW YORK, August 28, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) The U.S. Open began its 50th anniversary celebration by setting an all-time single-day attendance record of 67,832 on Monday. The day session featured the christening of the new Louis Armstrong Stadium in […]
NEW YORK, August 27, 2018 Andy Murray advances to the second round of the US Open. On the new Louis Armstrong Stadium Murray, the 2012 champion and World No. 382, rallied past World No. 448 James Duckworth of Australia 6-7(7), 6-3, […]
NEW YORK, August 27, 2018 First match on brand new Louis Armstrong Stadium and first upset at this year’s US Open. World No. 1 Simona Halep is out of the last Grand Slam tournament of the season. The 26-year-old Romanian lost […]
NEW YORK, August 27, 2018 (Press Release) US Open Fan Week drew nearly 100,000 fans to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in 2018, with 96,135 taking in the week’s free festivities in Flushing. Fan Week began with […]
NEW YORK, August 25, 2018 The pages of US Open history are now available to everyone, as the US Open: 50 Years of Championship Tennis commemorative book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the US Open is now in bookstores everywhere. The 272-page […]
WASHINGTON, August 24, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) The biggest mysteries surrounding the 2018 U.S. Open draw ceremony were two-fold: which quarter of the men’s draw would a suddenly-rejuvenated Novak Djokovic land in and where would six-time U.S. Open champion Serena […]
NEW YORK, August 23, 2018 World No. 1 Rafael Nadal will start his title bid at this year’s US Open against fellow Spaniard David Ferrer. The pair will meet for the 31st time. The 31-year-old from Mallorca has won 24 […]
WHITE PLAINS, August 22, 2018 (Press Release) The USTA today announced the renewal of its official ticketing partnership with Ticketmaster, the global market leader in ticketing. With over 700,000 people attending every year, the US Open is one of the […]
