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2010 US Open
Edition	129th
Date	Monday, August 30 to Sunday, September 12
Center	USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
City	Flushing Meadows, New York City, NY
Courts	Hard - Outdoors
Defending Champions	Singles
	Juan Martin del Potro	Kim Clijsters
	Doubles
	Lukáš Dlouhý India Leander Paes	Serena Williams Venus Williams
	Mixed Doubles
	Carly Gullickson / Travis Parrott

Records:

Playing in Most Singles Finals

Men	Women
10 - Bill Tilden (1918-25, ’27, ’29)   9 - Bill Larned   8 - Bill Johnston, Ivan Lendl &   Pete Sampras   7 - Richard Sears & Jimmy Connors   6 - Andre Agassi   5 - Roger Federer, Maurice McLoughlin,   John McEnroe	10 - Molla B. Mallory (1915-18, ’20-24,’26)   9 - Helen Wills Moody & Chris Evert   8 - Elisabeth Moore, Helen H. Jacobs,        Martina Navratilova & Steffi Graf   6 - Pauline Betz, A. Louise Brough,        Doris Hart & Margaret Smith Court

Most Singles Finals, Successive

Men	Women
8 - Bill Tilden (1918-25) & Ivan Lendl (1982-89) 7 - Richard Sears (1881-87) 5 - Jimmy Connors (1974-78),      Maurice McLoughlin (1911-15) &      Robert Wrenn (1893-97) 4 - Bill Johnston (1922-25), Bill Larned      (1900-03) & Henry Slocum (1887-90) 3 - John McEnroe (1979-81),      Pete Sampras (2000-2002) &      Roger Federer (2004-06)	6 - Chris Evert (1975-80), Pauline Betz      (1941-46) 5 - Elisabeth Moore (1901-05),      Molla B. Mallory (1920-24),      Helen H. Jacobs (1932-36) &      Martina Navratilova (1983-87) 4 - Juliette Atkinson (1895-98),      Molla Bjurstedt (1915-18),      Margaret Osborne(1947-50),      Doris Hart (1952-55),      Evonne Goolagong (1973-76) & Steffi Graf (1993-1996)

Most Singles Finals Never Losing

Men	Women
7 - Richard Sears (1881-87)	4 - Alice Marble (1936, '38-'40)

Most Singles Finals without a Victory

Men	Women
4 - Bjorn Borg (1976, '78, '80-'81)	4 - Evonne (1973-'76)

 

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