2017 US Open (tennis)
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The 2017 US Open was the 137th edition of tennis' US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It was held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. Experimental rules featured in qualifying for the main draw as well as in the junior, wheelchair and exhibition events. Stan Wawrinka and Angelique Kerber were the previous year's men's and women's singles champions. Neither managed to defend their title as Wawrinka withdrew before the start of the tournament due to a knee injury that ended his season, while Kerber lost in the first round to Naomi Osaka. The men's singles tournament concluded with Rafael Nadal defeating Kevin Anderson in the final, while the women's singles tournament concluded with Sloane Stephens defeating Madison Keys in the final.
Tournament
The 2017 US Open was the 137th edition of the tournament and took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park of Queens in New York City, New York, United States. The tournament was held on 15 DecoTurf hard courts. The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2017 ATP World Tour and the 2017 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were also singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which were part of the Grade A category of tournaments. Additionally, there were singles and doubles wheelchair tennis events for men, women and quads. The 2017 tournament saw the USTA try out two experimental rules. Firstly, the USTA introduced a shot clock to combat slow play and to address players going over the allotted time for warm ups and medical time outs. Secondly, coaching was allowed from the side of the court. Whilst a player was at the same end as their box they could verbally communicate, if they were at the opposite end then sign language would be allowed. This meant that coaching incidents involving Victoria Azarenka and Caroline Garcia at Wimbledon would have been allowed.[1][2][3] The rules only applied in qualifying matches for the main draw, junior, wheelchair and legends matches.[4] The tournament was played on hard courts and took place over a series of 15 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the two existing main showcourts – Arthur Ashe Stadium and the new Grandstand. Louis Armstrong Stadium, one of the main stadiums used in the previous tournament, was demolished after the 2016 tournament and was replaced for the 2017 edition by a temporary stadium located next to parking lot B near the construction of the previous Louis Armstrong Stadium site.
Broadcast
In the United States, the 2017 US Open will be the third year in a row under an 11-year, $825 million contract with ESPN, in which the broadcaster holds exclusive rights to the entire tournament and the US Open Series. This means that the tournament is not available on broadcast television. This also makes ESPN the exclusive U.S. broadcaster for three of the four tennis majors. In Australia, SBS won the rights to broadcast the US Open with the free to air coverage starting from the quarter finals.[5]
Américas
- Latin America: ESPN
- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina: ESPN and TyC Sports
- File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil: ESPN and SporTV
- File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay: ESPN and Tigo Sports
- File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay: ESPN and VTV
Point and prize money distribution
Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.
Senior
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
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| Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Women's singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women's doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wheelchair
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Junior
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Prize money
The total prize-money compensation for the 2017 US Open is $50.4 million, a 3.7% increase on the same total last year. Of that total, a record $3.7 million goes to both the men's and women's singles champions, which is increased to 7.5 percent from last year. This made the US Open the most lucrative and highest paying tennis grand slam in the world, leapfrogging Wimbledon in total prize money fund. Prize money for the US Open qualifying tournament is also up 49.2 percent, to $2.9 million.[6] The total prize money for the wheelchair tennis events was $200,000.[7]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $3,700,000 | $1,825,000 | $920,000 | $470,000 | $253,625 | $144,000 | $86,000 | $50,000 | $16,350 | $10,900 | $5,606 |
| Doubles | $675,000 | $340,000 | $160,000 | $82,000 | $44,000 | $26,500 | $16,500 | — | — | — | — |
| Mixed doubles | $150,000 | $70,000 | $30,000 | $15,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
Singles players
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Day-by-day summaries
Doubles seeds
Mixed doubles
| Team | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland Martina Hingis | United Kingdom Jamie Murray | 11 | 1 |
| India Sania Mirza | Croatia Ivan Dodig | 19 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching | New Zealand Michael Venus | 24 | 3 |
| Hungary Tímea Babos | Brazil Bruno Soares | 26 | 4 |
| Australia Casey Dellacqua | United States Rajeev Ram | 27 | 5 |
| Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková | France Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 38 | 6 |
| Canada Gabriela Dabrowski | India Rohan Bopanna | 39 | 7 |
| Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká | Poland Marcin Matkowski | 45 | 8 |
1Rankings as of August 21, 2017.
Events
Men's singles
- Spain Rafael Nadal def. South Africa Kevin Anderson, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Women's singles
- United States Sloane Stephens def. United States Madison Keys, 6–3, 6–0
Men's doubles
- Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer / Romania Horia Tecău def. Spain Feliciano López / Spain Marc López, 6–4, 6–3
Women's doubles
- Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan / Switzerland Martina Hingis def. Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká / Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková, 6–3, 6–2
Mixed doubles
- Switzerland Martina Hingis / United Kingdom Jamie Murray def. Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching / New Zealand Michael Venus, 6–1, 4–6, [10–8]
Junior boys' singles
- China Wu Yibing def. Argentina Axel Geller, 6–4, 6–4
Junior girls' singles
- United States Amanda Anisimova def. United States Coco Gauff, 6–0, 6–2
Junior boys' doubles
- Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou / China Wu Yibing def. Japan Toru Horie / Japan Yuta Shimizu, 6–4, 5–7, [11–9]
Junior girls' doubles
- Serbia Olga Danilović / Ukraine Marta Kostyuk def. Croatia Lea Bošković / China Wang Xiyu, 6–1, 7–5
Men's champions doubles
- United States John McEnroe / United States Patrick McEnroe def. Australia Pat Cash / France Henri Leconte, 6–2, 6–4
Women's champions doubles
- Belgium Kim Clijsters / United States Martina Navratilova def. United States Lindsay Davenport / United States Mary Joe Fernández, 4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Wheelchair men's singles
- France Stéphane Houdet def. United Kingdom Alfie Hewett, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Wheelchair women's singles
- Japan Yui Kamiji def. Netherlands Diede de Groot, 7–5, 6–2
Wheelchair quad singles
- United States David Wagner def. United Kingdom Andrew Lapthorne, 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Wheelchair men's doubles
- United Kingdom Alfie Hewett / United Kingdom Gordon Reid def. France Stéphane Houdet / France Nicolas Peifer, 7–5, 6–4
Wheelchair women's doubles
- Netherlands Marjolein Buis / Netherlands Diede de Groot def. United States Dana Mathewson / Netherlands Aniek van Koot, 6–4, 6–3
Wheelchair quad doubles
- United Kingdom Andrew Lapthorne / United States David Wagner def. Australia Dylan Alcott / United States Bryan Barten, 7–5, 6–2
Wild card entries
The following players were given wildcards to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.
Men's doubles
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Women's doubles
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Mixed doubles
- United States Kristie Ahn / United States Tennys Sandgren
- United States Amanda Anisimova / United States Christian Harrison
- United States Jennifer Brady / United States Bjorn Fratangelo
- United States Louisa Chirico / United States Bradley Klahn
- United States Liezel Huber / United States Danny Thomas
- United States Sofia Kenin / United States Michael Mmoh
- United States Jamie Loeb / United States Mitchell Krueger
- United States Nicole Melichar / United States Jackson Withrow
References
- ↑ Gray, James (January 1, 1970). "Wimbledon 2017: Johanna Konta beats Caroline Garcia who denies ILLEGAL coaching claims | Tennis | Sport". Express.co.uk. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Garcia says she didn't notice if her father was coaching her". The Washington Post. Associated Press. Archived from the original on December 2, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ↑ Sarkar, Pritha (July 7, 2017). "Tennis: Illegal coaching accusation irks Azarenka". Reuters. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ↑ Simon Briggs (July 6, 2017). "Tennis set for radical change as US Open trials 'shot-clocks' to combat slow play". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ↑ "SBS serves up US Open broadcast deal". June 19, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
- ↑ Maher, Erin (July 18, 2017). "2017 US Open prize money to top $50 Million". usopen.org. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ "USTA Announces 2017 US Open Tennis Player Field for Wheelchair Competition - Tennis Panorama". tennispanorama.com. July 24, 2017. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
