The US Open Tennis is a prestigious tournament formally called as United States Open Tennis Championships. The Grand slam which is being conducted every year includes four tournaments which are French open, Australian open, Wimbledon and US open.

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Chronologically US open has been the fourth and also the final live tennis tournament so far. This paramount tournament includes five distinct championship events such as singles comprising for men and women, doubles comprising for men and women and also doubles with mixed gender group. It also includes several other tournaments specific for wheel chair players and juniors. This championship game is familiar all over the world. Players from all countries will participate in this game.

Emergence

US open tournament has emerged as an excellent entertainment to a championship for many talented players including both male and female. Initially the tournament was held only for men and it was held during the year 1881 at the Newport casino situated in Rhode Island. Though the competitors from different parts of the world are permitted today, the first tournament has been conducted only for the club members. Later a challenging system was adopted during 1884-1911, wherein the champion defended last year gets qualified directly for the finals conducted the next year. After six years the first championship for women was conducted during the year 1887 which includes both singles and doubles. Two year later the mixed championship for doubles has been conducted. By the year 1968 the tournament was made open to participants and professionals from all parts of the world and they must be occupying the top positions in their field of excellence. From the date of commencement of this tournament it was considered as one of the best in this game. It is a real test for the players for their individual skills as it does not depend on team work.

US open tournament is considered as the hard court tournament for tennis. It utilizes the surface called deco turf. This surface provides a fast ground as this surface offers only little friction and hence the bouncing effect is less compared to other kinds of surfaces. Arthur Ashe stadium, Louis Armstrong stadium, Grandstand Stadium are the stadiums used to conduct the main tournaments. The courts are designed focusing on the efficient television coverage. Hence commonly the interior side of the courts is made blue whereas the outer side of the courts is made green.

Instant Replay

Implementation of instant replay was done during the year 2006. Hawk-eye system is a monitoring system implemented through computers serves as a tool for providing instant replay. Through this system players can challenge the decisions made by the umpire. Each player is permitted to challenge a maximum of three times and an extra challenge permitted during a tiebreak. If a challenge goes unsuccessful then the previous decision is retained and the player loses one of his opportunities to challenge. So from the above summary you may get an idea about US Open Tennis tournament and its special features.