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US Open Important Facts
History - Important Facts - Prizes - Schedule - Winners
2008 US Open |
| Edition |
127th |
| Date |
Monday, August 25 to Sunday, September 7 |
| Center |
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center |
| City |
Flushing Meadows, New York City, NY |
| Courts |
Hard - Outdoors |
| Defending Champions |
Singles |
Roger Federer |
Justine Henin |
Doubles |
Simon Aspelin & Julian Knowle |
Nathalie Dechy & Dinara Safina |
Mixed Doubles |
Victoria Azarenka & Max Mirnyi |
Playing in Most Singles Finals
Men |
Women |
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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 - Maurice McLoughlin,
John McEnroe
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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
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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)
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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)
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Most Singles Finals Never Losing
Men |
Women |
7 - Richard Sears (1881-87)
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4 - Alice Marble (1936, '38-'40)
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Most Singles Finals without a Victory
Men |
Women |
4 - Bjorn Borg (1976, '78, '80-'81)
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4 - Evonne (1973-'76)
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