Women's Singles
Surface
Grass - outdoors (1881–1974)
Clay - outdoors (1975–1977)
DecoTurf - outdoors (1978–2019)
Laykold - outdoors (2020 - present)
Venue
The Casino (1881-1914),
West Side Tennis Club (1915-1920),
Germantown Cricket Club (1921-1923),
West Side Tennis Club (1924-1977),
USTA Billie Jean King National Center (1978-present)
Presidents
R.S. Oliver (1881-1882)
James Dwight (1882-1884)
T.K. Fraser (1885-1886)
Richard Sears (1887-1888)
Joseph Clark (1889-1891)
Henry Slocum (1892-1893)
James Dwight (1894-1911)
Robert Wrenn (1912-1915)
George Adee (1916-1919)
Julian Myrick (1920-1922)
Dwight F. Davis (1923)
George Wightman (1924)
Jones W. Mersereau (1925-1927)
Samuel H. Colloml (1928-1929)
Louis Dailey (1930)
Louis J. Carruthers (1931-1932)
Henry S. Know (1933)
Walter Merrill Hall (1934-1936)
Holcombe Ward (1937-1947)
Lawrence Bake
Eras
U.S. National Championships (1881-1967)
US Open (1968-present)
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