100 free US Open trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Two of the biggest events in sport share a name. The US Open tennis championships close the Grand Slam year every September under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium, and the U.S. Open golf championship punishes the world's best players every June on the way to a Father's Day finish. This US Open trivia quiz covers both, so whether you came for Serena and Alcaraz or for Hogan, Tiger and Oakmont, there is a full set of questions for you. The tennis half runs from the first championships at the Newport Casino in 1881 through Forest Hills, the arrival of the Open Era, blue courts, Hawk-Eye, the shot clock, and the modern champions from Federer to Sinner. The golf half covers the first 36-hole championship in 1895, Francis Ouimet's 1913 upset, the four-time winners, record margins, the two-hole playoff and the qualifying grind known as Golf's Longest Day. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia and the tournaments' own records, so what you learn here is safe to repeat. There are 100 free questions with no sign-up needed. If you enjoy it, try our Wimbledon, Masters and Ryder Cup quizzes next.
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Q 01The US Open tennis championships are played in which New York City borough?
Queens
The grounds sit in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, next to the old World's Fair site and Citi Field.
Q 02Where does the US Open fall in the calendar of the four tennis Grand Slams?
Fourth and last
It follows the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon and runs across the Labor Day weekend.
Q 03Since 1978 the US Open tennis has been played on which surface?
Acrylic hard courts
It moved from grass to clay in 1975 and then to hard courts when the tournament moved to Flushing Meadows.
Q 04Between 1975 and 1977 the tennis championships were played on which surface?
Clay
Complaints about uneven bounces on the old grass prompted the switch, and floodlights arrived at the same time.
Q 05Which man is the only player to have won US Open singles titles on all three surfaces the event has used?
Jimmy Connors
He won on grass in 1974, clay in 1976 and hard courts in 1978, 1982 and 1983.
Q 06The first US National Championships in 1881 were held at the Newport Casino, which is now home to what?
The International Tennis Hall of Fame
Richard Sears won that first event and went on to take seven straight titles.
Q 07From 1915 to 1977 the championships were held in which New York neighbourhood?
Forest Hills
The 14,000-seat Forest Hills Stadium opened in 1924 and later became a famous concert venue.
Q 08In 2006 the US Open tennis venue was renamed after which four-time singles champion?
Billie Jean King
The complex was renamed in her honour during the 2006 tournament.
Q 09The main tennis stadium is named after which player, who won the first US Open of the Open Era in 1968?
Arthur Ashe
He was still an amateur, and an army lieutenant, when he won.
Q 10With 23,771 seats, the main show court at Flushing Meadows holds what distinction?
The largest tennis stadium in the world
It opened in 1997 and gained a $180 million retractable roof in 2016.
Q 11In what year did the main tennis stadium get its retractable roof?
2016
Five straight rain-delayed men's finals between 2008 and 2012 helped make the case for it.
Q 12Which is the second-largest show court at the tennis US Open?
Louis Armstrong Stadium
The rebuilt 14,000-seat stadium opened in 2018 and its upper tier is general admission.
Q 13What is the US Open's Court 17 nicknamed, partly because its surface is sunk eight feet into the ground?
The Pit
It opened with temporary seating in 2011 and holds 2,800, all general admission.
Q 21Why was the 2020 tennis US Open played without spectators?
The COVID-19 pandemic
The Cincinnati Masters was moved to New York too, so both events could run inside one bio-secure bubble.
Q 22The 2025 tennis US Open's total prize money of $90 million made it what?
The biggest purse of any Grand Slam
Singles accounted for about 70 percent of it, and wheelchair players shared $1.6 million.
Q 23The middle weekend of the tennis US Open coincides with which American holiday?
Labor Day
The event starts on the Sunday before the last Monday of August and runs for two weeks.
Q 14Since 2005, what colour has the playing area inside the lines been painted?
Blue
It is trademarked as 'US Open Blue' and was chosen to make the ball easier to see; outside the lines stays green.
Q 15In 1970 the US Open became the first Grand Slam to use what to settle sets that reached 6–6?
A tiebreak
For five years it used a sudden-death best-of-nine-points version before adopting the familiar 12-point format.
Q 16In 1973 the US Open became the first Grand Slam to do what?
Pay men and women equal prize money
John Newcombe and Margaret Court each collected $25,000 that year.
Q 17In 2006 the tennis US Open became the first Grand Slam to use which system for line-call challenges?
Hawk-Eye
A 2004 quarter-final between Serena Williams and Jennifer Capriati full of bad calls pushed the change through.
Q 18In 2018 the tennis US Open was the first Grand Slam to introduce what?
A serve clock between points
It was meant to speed up play, and by 2020 every Slam and tour event had one.
Q 19What was 'Super Saturday' at the tennis US Open?
The women's final played between the two men's semi-finals
Players hated the lack of rest and fans often left after the women's final; it ended in 2001.
Q 20The tennis US Open is the only Grand Slam that has been what?
Held every year since it began
Neither world war nor the pandemic stopped it; the 2020 edition simply went ahead without spectators.
Q 24Which woman won a joint-record six US Open singles titles between 1975 and 1982?
Chris Evert
She won on clay and then on hard courts, the only woman to win the title on two surfaces.
Q 25Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open in which year?
1999
She was 17 and beat world number one Martina Hingis in the final.
Q 26In which year did Serena Williams play her final professional match, at the US Open?
2022
She had described the decision as an 'evolution' away from tennis rather than a retirement.
Q 27Through 2025, which three men shared the Open Era record of five US Open singles titles?
Connors, Sampras and Federer
Federer's five came in a row from 2004 to 2008.
Q 28Who ended Roger Federer's five-year reign by beating him in the 2009 men's final?
Juan Martín del Potro
The Argentine also beat Rafael Nadal in the semi-final and it remained his only Grand Slam title.
Q 29Who became the youngest men's champion in 1990, aged 19?
Pete Sampras
He beat Agassi in the final and finished with 14 majors, five of them in New York.
Q 30Whom did Sampras beat in the 2002 final to win his 14th and last major before retiring?
Andre Agassi
It was their 34th and final meeting; Sampras never played another tour match.