FACTBOX-Tennis-U.S. Open in numbers
- Country:
- United States
Following are facts and records ahead of the 139th edition of the U.S. Open, which begins on Monday. PRIZE MONEY
Men's/women's singles winner: $3.85 million Men's/women's singles runner-up: $1.9 million
Total prize pot: $57 million SHOWCOURTS
- Arthur Ashe Stadium Capacity: 23,771
The stadium is named after Arthur Ashe who won the men's singles title at the inaugural U.S. Open in 1968, the Australian Open in 1970, and Wimbledon in 1975. - Louis Armstrong Stadium
Capacity: 14,053 It was opened during the 2018 U.S. Open to replace the 1978 stadium of the same name. It has a retractable roof, the largest of its kind among number two stadiums at Grand Slam venues.
- Grandstand Capacity: 8,125
The court made its debut on Aug. 29, 2016, the first day of the 2016 U.S. Open. TOP SEEDS
Men's singles 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
2-Rafa Nadal (Spain) 3-Roger Federer (Switzerland)
4-Dominic Thiem (Austria) 5-Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
6-Alexander Zverev (Germany) 7-Kei Nishikori (Japan)
8-Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) Women's singles
1-Naomi Osaka (Japan) 2-Ash Barty (Australia)
3-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 4-Simona Halep (Romania)
5-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 6-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)
7-Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) 8-Serena Williams (U.S.)
MOST CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES Men's singles
Before 1968 7 - Bill Tilden (U.S.), William Larned (U.S.), Richard Sears (U.S.)
Open Era 5 - Roger Federer (Switzerland), Pete Sampras (U.S.), Jimmy Connors (U.S.)
Women's singles Before 1968
8 - Molla Mallory (U.S.) Open Era
6 - Serena Williams (U.S.), Chris Evert (U.S.) YOUNGEST CHAMPION
Men's singles - Pete Sampras (U.S) (1990): Aged 19 years, 28 days Women's singles - Tracy Austin (U.S) (1979): Aged 16 years, 8 months, 28 days
OLDEST CHAMPION Men's singles - William Larned (U.S.) (1911): Aged 38 years, 8 months, 3 days
Women's singles - Molla Mallory (U.S.) (1926): Aged 42 years, 5 months, 27 days SERVING RECORDS
Most aces in a tournament (since 1991) Men's singles
144 - Pete Sampras (U.S.) in 2002 Women's singles
70 - Serena Williams (U.S.) in 1999 (Compiled by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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