US OPEN 2018: WTA Week 35&36 Preview / US오픈 2018: 여자단식 테니스 2018 일정&결과

From Seoul, South Korea, June 2018

US Open, New York, USA

ABOUT:

The 2018 US Open is the 138th edition of tennis' US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It is held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. This is the last Grand Slam to have 32 seeds with the format reverting to 16 seeds in 2019. The US Open is the only Grand Slam tournament that employs tiebreakers in every set of a singles match. For the other three Grand Slam events, a match that reaches 6-6 in the last possible set (the third for women and the fifth for men) continues until a player takes a two-game lead. As with the US Open, those events use tiebreakers to decide the other sets. The US Open also is the only Grand Slam tournament with 16 qualifiers (instead of 12) in the women's singles draw.

Rafael Nadal and Sloane Stephens are the defending men's and women's singles champions.

Female (left) and male (right)'s trophies

THE SEEDS:

Point system:

Winner - 2000

Runner up - 1300

Semifinalists - 780

Quarterfinalists - 430

Round of 16 - 240

Round of 32 - 130

Round of 64 - 70

Round of 128 - 10

GALLERY OF THE CHAMPIONS:

2017 winner: Sloane Stephens, USA

2016 winner: Angelique Kerber, Germany

2015 winner: Flavia Pennetta, Italy

2014 winner: Serena Williams, USA

2013 winner: Serena Williams, USA

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