User:Fran Bosh/sandbox/List of US Open wheelchair women's singles champions
Location | Queens – New York City United States |
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Venue | USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center |
Governing body | USTA |
Created | 2005 |
Editions | 16 events (2023) |
Surface | Hard (2005–present) |
Prize money | Total: Unknown (2023) Winner: Unknown (2023) |
Trophy | US Open Trophy |
Website | Official website |
Most titles | |
6: Esther Vergeer Diede de Groot | |
Most consecutive titles | |
6: Esther Vergeer [a] Diede de Groot | |
Current champion | |
Diede de Groot (Sixth title) |
The US Open Wheelchair women's singles championship is an annual tennis event that is being held since 2005 as part of the US Open tournament. The tournament is played on outdoor hard courts[b] at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, New York City.[2][3]
The US Open is played during a two-week period in late August and early September and is chronologically the last of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the tennis year.[4] The United States Tennis Association is the national body that organizes this event.
History
[edit]For much of its existence this tournament has clashed with the Paralympics every four years. The 2021 event was the first time that the Paralympics and this tournament have taken place in the same year. In most of the years there have been eight players with two of them seeded. In 2022 there were 16 players with four seeded.[5]
Finals
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Vergeer won the first six editions of this event. It was not held in 2008 and 2012 due to a clash with the Paralympics. De Groot has won the last six editions of this event.
Multiple champions
[edit]Player | All-time | Years |
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6 | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
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6 | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
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2 | 2014, 2017 |
See also
[edit]US Open other competitions
- List of US Open men's singles champions
- List of US Open women's singles champions
- List of US Open men's doubles champions
- List of US Open women's doubles champions
- List of US Open mixed doubles champions
Grand Slam Wheelchair women's singles
- List of Australian Open Wheelchair women's singles champions
- List of French Open Wheelchair women's singles champions
- List of Wimbledon Wheelchair ladies' singles champions
- List of Grand Slam Wheelchair women's singles champions
Notes
[edit]- ^ This tournament was not held in 2008 and 2012 due to a clash with the Paralympics. This means that the most years in a row Vergeer has won it is 3 but has won 6 editions of this tournament in a row.
- ^ The US Open specifically uses DecoTurf hard courts, categorized as a "Medium" speed surface by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).[1]
- ^ Each year is linked to an article about that particular event's draw.
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Classified Court Surfaces". itftennis.com. ITF Licensing. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ^ "Tournament profile – US Open". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ "History of the U.S. National Championships/US Open". usopen.org. IBM, United States Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ "History > Women's Singles Championships". usopen.org. IBM, United States Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
- ^ Ronald, Issy (11 October 2022). "How Diede de Groot won an unprecedented back-to-back calendar grand slam". CNN. Retrieved 14 January 2023.