A list of former tennis U.S Open champions
The United States Open championship is a tennis event which is the latest embodiment of one of the oldest tennis tournaments in the world, called the U.S. National competition, which was played for the first time back in 1881. It is one of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the season. The United States Open championship has been sequentially the fourth and last major tennis event of the season since 1987.
The festival takes place on annual basis during the month of August and September with a total time period over twelve days. The main event features women’s singles, men’s singles, women’s doubles, men’s doubles, mixed doubles and the additional championship for junior, senior, as well as wheel chair contenders.
The competition has been contesting on hard surfaces since 1978 at the Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the city of New York. The championship is exclusive in a sense, since there are final-set tie breaks. On the contrary, in rest of the Grand Slam competitions, the final set, fifth for men and third for women, continues until it is grabbed by a total of two games.
Below are the current United States Open champions
1. Juan Martin del Potro
The professional tennis player from Argentina Juan Martin del Potro won the US Open title last year after knocking down the Swiss tennis ace, Roger Federer in a total of five sets. This was Juan’s first Grand Slam title of his professional life.
2. Kim Clijsters
The Belgian tennis ace, Kim Clijsters, who is currently ranked number nine in the world, grabbed the 2009 US Open trophy after thrashing out Caroline Wozniacki in the final battle at the Flushing Meadows. The second major trophy of her professional life as well as the second United States Open women’s singles trophy, year 2009 was very lucky for the 27-year-old, right-handed player.
3. Lukas Dlouhy
A professional tennis player from Czech Republic, Lukas Dlouhy was part of the triumphing men's doubles side last year. This was the second men's doubles major trophy as well as the first United States Open doubles title for the professional star. Earlier in the year, Lukas also managed to win a men's doubles major title of the season at the French Open championship.
4. Leander Paes
The 37-year-old Indian professional tennis player, Leander Paes also enjoyed winning men's doubles, the previous season. It was Paes sixth men's doubles major trophy as well as the second United States Open Men's Doubles trophy of in his professional career, apart from the second men's doubles major of the season with a French Open crown as the first one.
5. Serena Williams
The number 1 ranked professional tennis ace from the United States of America, Serena Williams managed to make an entry into the US winners last year.
This was her tenth women's doubles major trophy, and second United States Open Women's Doubles crown. The American had already won the previous year’s first two major women's doubles title; both Australian Open as well as Wimbledon 2009.
6. Venus Williams
The former top ranked female tennis ace, Venus Williams was also a team to the victorious women’s doubles team back in 2009. This was her tenth women's doubles major trophy, and her second United States Open Women's Doubles crown. Moreover, the American won the 2009 US Open doubles title, being her third victory in that season.
7. Carly Gullickson
Another American professional tennis player Carly Gullickson made it to the winning mixed doubles side last year. This was the first mixed doubles major crown of her career.
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