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US Open

Women's Singles
„This is the toughest tournament in the world, because it has the toughest surface. It hurts your feet, your legs, your arm, your mind.”
by Mel Purcell after his loss in 5 sets against Jose-Luis Clerc in the Third Round at the US Open in 1985 (UPI)

Surface

Grass - outdoors (1887–1974) Clay - outdoors (1975–1977) DecoTurf - outdoors (1978–present)

Venue

Philadelphia Cricket Club (1887-1920), West Side Tennis Club (1921-1977), USTA Billie Jean King National Center (1978-present)

Name of the Tournament

U.S. National Championships (1881-1967), US Open (1968-present)

President

Richard Sears (1887–1888)
Joseph Clark (1889–1891)
Henry Slocum (1892–1893)
James Dwight (1894–1911)
Robert Wrenn (1912–1915)
George Adee (1916–1919)
Julian Myrick (1920–1922)
Dwight F. Davis (1923)
George Wightman (1924)
Jones W. Mersereau (1925–1927)
Samuel H. Colloml (1928–1929)
Louis Dailey (1930)
Louis J. Carruthers (1931–1932)
Henry S. Know (1933)
Walter Merrill Hall (1934–1936)
Holcombe Ward (1937–1947)
Lawrence Baker (1948–1950)
Russell B. Kingman (1951–1952)
James H. Bishop (1953–1955)
Renville H. McMann (1956–1957)
Victor Denny (1958–1959)
George Barnes (1960–1961)
Edward A. Turville (1962–1963)
James B. Dickey (1964)
Martin Tressel (1965–1966)
Robert J. Kelleher (1967–1968)
Alastair Martin (1969–1970)
Robert B. Colwell (1971–1972)
Walter E. Elcock (1973–1974)
Stan Malless (1975–1976)
William E. Hester (1977–1978)
Joseph E. Carrico (1979–1980)
Marvin P. Richmond (1981–1982)
Hunter L. Delatour, Jr. (1983–1984)
J. Randolph Gregson (1985–1986)
Gordon D. Jorgensen (1987–1988)
David R. Markin (1989–1990)
Robert A. Cookson (1991–1992)
J. Howard Frazer (1993–1994)
Lester M. Snyder, Jr. (1995–1996)
Harry Marmion (1997–1998)
Julia Levering (1999–2000)
Mervin Heller, Jr. (2001–2002)
Alan Schwartz (2003–2004)
Franklin Johnson (2005–2006)
Jane Brown Grimes (2007–2008)
Lucy S. Garvin (2009–2010)
Jon Vegosen (2011–2012)
David A. Haggerty (2013-2014)
Katrina Adams (2015-2018)
Patrick Galbraith (2019-2020)
Michael J. McNulty III (2021-2022)
Brian Hainline, MD (2023-present)