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The
U.S. Open that more than half a million fans enjoy every year at
the USTA National Tennis Center has not always been the two-week
extravaganza it is today. The change from an amateur event known
as the U.S. National Championships to the U.S. Open, the richest
professional tennis event in the world open to amateurs and professionals,
is the most obvious metamorphosis. But there are many other more
subtle changes.
The
five major championships that constitute the U.S. Open - men's
and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles
- grew from a single men's tennis tournament held as an entertainment
diversion for high society at the turn of the 20th century.
The first U.S. National Singles Championship for men was held at
the Newport Casino, Newport, R.I., in August 1881. Only clubs that
were members of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association
were permitted to enter. That was the beginning of a 34-year reign
for Newport as the tennis center of the country.
Men's
doubles was played in conjunction with men's singles at the Newport
Casino for the first seven years, 1881-86, before it began moving
to various sites. In fact, the five major events of the U.S. National
Championships/ U.S. Open have been played at nine different sites
throughout their histories, including the USTA National Tennis
Center. Men's doubles has been played at eight of those sites.
Tennis Links:
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http://www.tennis.com/
http://www.uspta.org/
http://www.tennisone.com/
http://www.tennisonline.com/
http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/
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