Today in US Open History
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Historical Events
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1934-06-09 - Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes for US Open
1936-06-09 - Olin Dutra beats Gene Sarazen by 1 stroke for US Open
1962-02-16 - US Open Tennis: Jimmy Bostwick defeats brother Pete to win
1968-08-29 - 1st US Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr Vija Vuskains)
1968-09-09 - 1st US Open, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe-wins)
1970-09-02 - 1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (US Open) (9 pt sudden death)
1971-09-01 - John Newcombe is 1st top-seed man to lose in 1st round of US Open
1971-09-02 - Chris Evert & Jimmy Connors win their 1st US Open tennis matches
1975-06-07 - Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets
1975-09-07 - Manuel Orantes upsets #1 seed Jimmy Connors to win US Open
1976-09-11 - 90th US Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats E Goolagong Cawley (63 60) Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight US Open Final (Evert wins)
1978-09-10 - Jimmy Connors is 1st player to win US Open on 3 different surfaces
1979-08-31 - 16 yr old Tracy Austin defeats 14 yr old Andrea Jaeger at US Open
1980-06-07 - John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg for US Open
1980-09-07 - John McEnroe & Bjorn Borg stage one of the greatest US Open finals as 21 year old McEnroe fends off Borg to win his 2nd straight title
1982-09-11 - Chris Evert wins her 6th & final US Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY
1985-06-16 - T C Chen, ahead by 4 strokes in final round of US Open
1988-09-09 - Chris Evert defaults at US Open due to a stomach flu
1988-09-11 - 108th US Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (64 46 63 57 64) in 4hrs 55 min - longest men's final in US Open history
1989-06-16 - Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since US open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate & Price)
1989-09-05 - Chris Evert last US Open match, she is defeated by Zina Garrison
1989-10-07 - Howard Stern's US Open Sores Tennis match
1990-09-05 - Pete Sampras ends Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight US Open final
1990-09-10 - 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win US Open
1991-09-07 - Monica Seles (17) defeats Martina Navratilova (34) to win US Open
1992-06-30 - 1st pay bathrooms in US open: 25 cents (NYC)
1992-09-12 - Stefan Edberg beats Michael Chang in what is believed to be the longest match in US Open history (5hr 26min)
1992-09-13 - Steffan Edberg beats Pete Sampress to win US Open
1993-09-04 - Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in 4 hrs 1 min US Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM
1997-08-30 - Greg Rudaski is 1st to serve (2) 141 MPH serves in a match (US Open)
Famous Birthdays
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1861-10-26 - Richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881)
1862-05-28 - Henry W Slocum Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1888)
1868-10-07 - Fred H Hovey, tennis champ (US Open-1895)
1871-02-25 - Oliver Samuel Campbell, tennis champ (US Open-1890)
1872-12-30 - William A Larned, tennis champ (US Open-1901)
1873-09-20 - Robert D Wrenn, tennis champ (US Open - 1893)
1875-10-08 - Hugh L Doherty, tennis champ (US Open-1903)
1877-03-05 - Malcolm D Whitman, tennis champ (US Open-1898)
1878-11-23 - Holcombe Ward, tennis champ (US Open-1904)
1879-12-19 - Beals C Wright, tennis champ (US Open-1905)
1881-09-27 - William J Clothier, 1st pres of tennis hall of fame/(US Open-1906)
1886-12-20 - Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, Calif, tennis player (US Open 1909-11)
1890-01-07 - Maurice E McLoughlin, tennis champ (US Open-1912)
1891-01-29 - R N Williams II, tennis champ (US Open-1914)
1893-02-10 - William [Bill] T Tilden II, tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29)
1893-11-03 - R Lindley Murray, tennis champ (US Open-1918)
1894-11-02 - William Johnston, tennis champ (US Open-1915)
1901-12-14 - Henri Cochet, tennis champ (US Open-1928)
1904-12-08 - Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935)
1905-07-02 - Jean-Rene Lacoste, France, US Open (1926)/alligator shirt designer
1906-10-16 - George Martin Lott Jr, tennis champ (1931 US Open runner-up)
1908-12-07 - John H Doeg, tennis champ (US Open-1930)
1913-09-28 - Alice Marble, Beckworth Calif, tennis player (US Open 1936, 1938-40)
1916-01-31 - Frank A Parker, tennis champ (US Open-1944)
1916-05-21 - Helen Willis Moody Roark, tennis player (US Open 1923-25, 27-29, 31)
1918-02-25 - Robert Lorimer "Bobby" Riggs, US tennis star (US Open 1939, 41)
1918-03-04 - Margaret Osborne DuPont, Joseph Oregon, tennis pro (US Open 1948-50)
1918-04-30 - W Donald McNeill, tennis champ (US Open-1940)
1919-02-17 - Joseph R Hunt, tennis champ (US Open-1943)
1921-07-20 - Frederick Schroeder Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1942)
1921-08-01 - Jack Kramer, Las Vegas, tennis star (Wimbledon 1947, US Open-1946)
1925-04-06 - Arthur D Larsen, tennis champ (US Open-1950)
1927-10-29 - Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951)
1930-08-16 - Marion A Trabert, tennis champ (US Open-1953)
1933-10-03 - Neale A Fraser, tennis champ (US Open-1959)
1934-11-02 - Ken Rosewall, Sydney Australia, tennis star (US Open 1956)
1935-03-05 - Malcolm J Anderson, tennis champ (US Open-1957)
1936-09-15 - Ashley J Cooper, tennis champ (US Open-1957)
1936-11-03 - Roy Emerson, Australia, tennis player (Wimbledon-1964, 65, US Open-61)
1938-05-10 - Manuel Santana, tennis player (US Open 1965)
1938-09-15 - Rafael H Osuna, tennis champ (US Open - 1963)
1938-10-08 - Frederick S Stolle, tennis champ (US Open-1966)
1943-07-10 - Arthur Ashe, tennis pro (1968 US Open, 1975 Wimbledon)
1946-07-19 - Ilie Nastase, Bucharest Romania, tennis player (US Open 1972)
1946-12-14 - Stanley R Smith, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1972, US Open-1971)
1948-09-16 - Rosemary Casals, tennis star (US Open doubles 1967,71,74) [or Oct 10]
1949-02-06 - Manuel Orantes, tennis champ (US Open-1975)
1952-02-17 - Guillermo Vilas, tennis player (1977 US Open)
1952-08-17 - Guillermo Vilas, Argentina, tennis champ (US Open-1977)
1952-09-02 - Jimmy Connors, tennis brat (US Open-78, 82, 83 Wimbledon-74, 82)
1955-01-21 - Peter Fleming, NJ, tennis player (US Open Doubles 1979, 81, 83)
1959-02-16 - John P McEnroe, tennis player (US Open 1979-81, 84 Wimb 1981, 83, 84)
1960-03-07 - Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakia, tennis champion (US Open 1985-87)
1962-02-19 - Hana Mandlikova, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis player (1985 US Open)
1962-07-04 - Pam Shriver, Balt MD, tennis star (1991 US Open doubles/Oly-gold-88)
1962-12-12 - Tracy Austin, Rolling Hills Calif, tennis pro (US Open 1979, 81)
1963-12-10 - Robin White, San Diego Cal, tennis player (US Open doubles 1988)
1965-02-23 - Helena Sukova, Prague Czech Rep, tennis star (1985 US Open's Double)
1966-01-19 - Stefan Edberg, Sweden, tennis player (Wimbledon 1988, US Open 1991)
1969-05-07 - Katerina Maleeva, Bulgaria, tennis player (US Open Junior 1984)
1970-04-29 - Andre Agassi, Las Vegas Nev, tennis star (Oly-gold-96, US Open 1994)
1971-08-02 - Pete Sampras, tennis champ, US Open (1990)
1971-08-12 - Pete Sampras, Wash DC, tennis champ (US Open-1990, 93 95)
1972-06-12 - Nathalie Baudone, Rocurt Belgium, tennis star (3rd round 1995 US Open)
1973-12-02 - Monica Seles, Novi Sad Yugoslavia, tennis star (US Open 1992)
1996-06-15 - Cedric Pioline, Neuilly/Seine France, tennis pro (US open final-93)
Famous Deaths
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1974-12-05 - Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87
