# 2017 US Open (tennis)
The 2017 US Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the [USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center](https://www.edgepedia.org/usta-billie-jean-king-national-tennis-center) in Queens, New York, from August 28 to September 10, 2017. [Rafael Nadal](https://www.edgepedia.org/rafael-nadal) won the men's singles title for his third US Open championship, and [Sloane Stephens](https://www.edgepedia.org/sloane-stephens) won the women's singles title for her first major championship.[1](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2017-09-10/2017-09-10_nadal_powers_past_anderson_to_win_third_us_open.html) • [2](https://www.usopen.org/amp/en_US/news/articles/2017-09-09/stephens_defeats_keys_wins_us_open_womens_title.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Dates and venue | August 28 to September 10, 2017, on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York[3](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/5bcf2e3eefa84ca3b8a51ca64db2b76a) |
| Prize money | $50.4 million total, a 9 percent increase over 2016 and the first tennis tournament ever to top $50 million[4](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2017-07-18/us_open_by_the_numbers_50000000.html) • [3](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/5bcf2e3eefa84ca3b8a51ca64db2b76a) |
| Singles champion checks | Record $3.7 million to each of the men's and women's singles champions[4](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2017-07-18/us_open_by_the_numbers_50000000.html) |
| Men's champion | Rafael Nadal, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 over first-time finalist Kevin Anderson; his third US Open title[1](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2017-09-10/2017-09-10_nadal_powers_past_anderson_to_win_third_us_open.html) |
| Women's champion | Sloane Stephens, who beat Madison Keys in an all-American final for her first major[2](https://www.usopen.org/amp/en_US/news/articles/2017-09-09/stephens_defeats_keys_wins_us_open_womens_title.html) |
| Attendance | 691,143 total, above 2016 but below the 2015 record of 691,280[5](https://tennistourtalk.com/24969/2017-us-open-fast-facts) • [6](https://www.puntodebreak.com/tenis/us-open-2017) |
| Doubles champions | Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau (men's); Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis (mixed)[7](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/files/media-guide/2021/2021-atp-media-guide-records-results.pdf) |
## Prize money
The tournament set a prize-money record. Total compensation of $50.4 million made the 2017 US Open the richest purse in tennis history and the first tennis tournament with total prize money topping $50 million, an increase of more than $4 million, or 9 percent, over the 2016 event.[4](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2017-07-18/us_open_by_the_numbers_50000000.html) • [3](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/5bcf2e3eefa84ca3b8a51ca64db2b76a) Each singles champion received a record $3.7 million. Singles prize money rose 7.5 percent per round from the previous year, and total doubles prize money rose 8.6 percent, with the men's and women's doubles champions taking home $675,000, the highest in US Open history.[4](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2017-07-18/us_open_by_the_numbers_50000000.html)
## Men's singles
**Nadal's third title.** Rafael Nadal won his third US Open men's singles championship with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 victory over first-time finalist [Kevin Anderson](https://www.edgepedia.org/kevin-anderson-tennis) in [Arthur Ashe Stadium](https://www.edgepedia.org/arthur-ashe-stadium) on September 10.[1](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2017-09-10/2017-09-10_nadal_powers_past_anderson_to_win_third_us_open.html) In the semifinals he had beaten Juan Martin del Potro, playing near-perfect tennis over the final three sets of a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 win.[1](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2017-09-10/2017-09-10_nadal_powers_past_anderson_to_win_third_us_open.html)
Anderson, 31, was the tallest player ever to feature in a Grand Slam final at 6 ft 8 in, and his tournament-leading 114 aces made his serve the basis of his game plan.[8](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/41222201) In the final he did not earn a single break point opportunity; Nadal broke him once in the opening set, at 4-3, and controlled the match from there.[9](https://time.com/4935338/rafael-nadal-wins-us-open-tennis/)
## Women's singles
**Stephens's comeback title.** Sloane Stephens, 24, won her first major championship, beating [Madison Keys](https://www.edgepedia.org/madison-keys) in the final. Earlier in 2017 she had been confined to a wheelchair after foot surgery and 11 months off the tour.[2](https://www.usopen.org/amp/en_US/news/articles/2017-09-09/stephens_defeats_keys_wins_us_open_womens_title.html) At 17th in the world rankings the following Monday, she became the lowest-ranked player to win the US Open and the second-lowest ranked player to reach a [Grand Slam](https://www.edgepedia.org/grand-slam-tennis) title match after Chris O'Neil at the 1978 [Australian Open](https://www.edgepedia.org/australian-open).[10](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2017-09-09/2017-09-09_womens_champion_stephens_scripts_unlikeliest_of_endings.html) The final was only the second time in US Open history that two first-time finalists faced each other.[10](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2017-09-09/2017-09-09_womens_champion_stephens_scripts_unlikeliest_of_endings.html)
**An all-American final four.** The women's semifinals featured four Americans: [Venus Williams](https://www.edgepedia.org/venus-williams), CoCo Vandeweghe, Stephens, and Keys. This made the 2017 US Open the first Grand Slam tournament with an all-American women's semifinal round since Wimbledon in 1985, and the first at the US Open since 1981.[11](https://www.usta.com/en/home/pro/pro-media---news/team-usa-in-review--september-2017.html)
## Other notable results
**Sharapova's return.** [Maria Sharapova](https://www.edgepedia.org/maria-sharapova), playing her first Grand Slam match since serving a 15-month ban for testing positive for meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open, beat world No. 2 [Simona Halep](https://www.edgepedia.org/simona-halep) in the first round. Ranked No. 146, the five-time Grand Slam champion won in three sets after going up 3-0 in the decider.[12](https://time.com/4919465/sharapova-us-open-halep/)
**Upsets and close calls.** [Nick Kyrgios](https://www.edgepedia.org/nick-kyrgios) lost to fellow Australian John Millman, the world No. 235, in two and a quarter hours, with Millman taking the final set in 28 minutes.[13](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/tennis/nick-kyrgios-dumped-out-of-us-open-in-typically-obscene-manner-to-fellow-australian-john-millman-a7921176.html) In the men's round of 16, Juan Martin del Potro defeated [Roger Federer](https://www.edgepedia.org/roger-federer) in a match later included among the best US Open matches of the 2010s.[14](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2019-12-02/decade_in_review_best_us_open_matches_of_the_2010s.html)
## Attendance and setting
Total attendance for the fortnight was 691,143, exceeding the 2016 figure but falling short of the 2015 record of 691,280.[5](https://tennistourtalk.com/24969/2017-us-open-fast-facts) • [6](https://www.puntodebreak.com/tenis/us-open-2017) The event set an opening-day attendance record of 61,839.[15](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2018/08/23/2018-us-open-tennis-tournament-by-the-numbers/) The tournament has been held at the Flushing Meadows site since 1978, and Arthur Ashe Stadium's retractable roof, unveiled in 2016, was in its second year of operation.[16](https://careers.usopen.org/about-us/)
## References
1. [Nadal powers past Anderson to win third US Open, USOpen.org](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2017-09-10/2017-09-10_nadal_powers_past_anderson_to_win_third_us_open.html)
2. [Stephens defeats Keys, wins US Open women's title, USOpen.org](https://www.usopen.org/amp/en_US/news/articles/2017-09-09/stephens_defeats_keys_wins_us_open_womens_title.html)
3. [2017 US Open Tournament Preview, ATP Tour](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/5bcf2e3eefa84ca3b8a51ca64db2b76a)
4. [2017 US Open Prize Money to Top $50 Million, USOpen.org](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2017-07-18/us_open_by_the_numbers_50000000.html)
5. [2017 US Open Fast Facts, Tennis TourTalk](https://tennistourtalk.com/24969/2017-us-open-fast-facts)
6. [US Open 2017, Puntodebreak](https://www.puntodebreak.com/tenis/us-open-2017)
7. [US Open History, ATP Media Guide 2021](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/files/media-guide/2021/2021-atp-media-guide-records-results.pdf)
8. [Rafael Nadal wins US Open with straight-set win over Kevin Anderson, BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/41222201)
9. [Rafael Nadal Wins the U.S. Open, Time](https://time.com/4935338/rafael-nadal-wins-us-open-tennis/)
10. [Women's champion Stephens scripts unlikeliest of endings, USOpen.org](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2017-09-09/2017-09-09_womens_champion_stephens_scripts_unlikeliest_of_endings.html)
11. [Team USA in Review: September 2017, USTA](https://www.usta.com/en/home/pro/pro-media---news/team-usa-in-review--september-2017.html)
12. [Maria Sharapova Wins Her First Grand Slam Match Since Her Drug Ban, Time](https://time.com/4919465/sharapova-us-open-halep/)
13. [Nick Kyrgios dumped out of US Open by John Millman, The Independent](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/tennis/nick-kyrgios-dumped-out-of-us-open-in-typically-obscene-manner-to-fellow-australian-john-millman-a7921176.html)
14. [Decade in Review: Best US Open matches of the 2010s, USOpen.org](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2019-12-02/decade_in_review_best_us_open_matches_of_the_2010s.html)
15. [2018 U.S. Open Tennis Tournament: By the Numbers, Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2018/08/23/2018-us-open-tennis-tournament-by-the-numbers/)
16. [About Us, US Open Tennis Tournament](https://careers.usopen.org/about-us/)
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