It takes 6 months to create the U.S. Open trophies. They are all made by Tiffany & Co.
Venus Williams served a 129 mile-per-hour serve at the 2007 US Open. That's the fastest-recorded woman's serve ever in a main draw match. This year's fastest serve by a woman was made by Serena Williams at 126 mph. This year's fastest serve by a man was Milos Raonic's 145 mph serve.
Novak Djokovic bounces the ball up to 12 times on every serve.
US Open facilities
The US Open launched a Green Initiative in 2008. Since then, they have offset enough electricity to power over 600 homes for one year and have recycled approximately 1 million plastic bottles.
Over 40% of food at the US Open is locally sourced. This year they will donate 13.6 tons of food to the local community.
The Arthur Ashe stadium is the largest tennis stadium in the world and seats 23,771 people. The cost of covering it with a Teflon-coated retractable roof? At least $100 million.
Things you can buy
A Gray Goose Honey Deuce (a mix of vodka, lemonade & Chambord black raspberry liqueur) costs $14.
A Jumbo Wilson tennis balls with Sharpie pen costs $45.
You can buy Roger Federer's towel (guaranteed to have his sweat!) for $350 and Serena Williams' sweat-upon towel for $250. According to Amazon, that's a good deal for a used Federer towel. (By the way, check out this site if you're looking for more used tennis clothing worn by the pros.)
There are 5 restaurants and 60 concession stands.
US Open Winners
In 2012, Andy Murray and Serena Williams both won gold medals for their respective singles titles in the Olympics and won the US Open.
This is Serena William's 5th time winning the US Open.
Roger Federer is the only person to win the US Open 5 years in a row: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
Only three people have ever won the US Open three years in a row: Chris Evert in 1976, 1977, 1978; John McEnroe in 1979, 1980, 1981 and Ivan Lendl in 1985, 1986 & 1987
With Serena's win this year, exactly seven American men and seven American women have won the US Open.
Men:
- Arthur Ashe - 1968
- Stan Smith - 1971
- Jimmy Connors - 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983
- John McEnroe - 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984
- Pete Sampras - 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002
- Andre Agassi - 1994, 1999
- Andy Roddick - 2003
Women:
- Billie Jean King - 1971, 1972, 1974
- Chris Evert - 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982
- Tracy Austin - 1979, 1981
- Martina Navrátilová - 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987
- Lindsey Davenport - 1998
- Serena Williams - 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013
- Venus Williams - 2000, 2001
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