US Open Trivia
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98 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 98 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
Queens: the tournament grounds sit in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, next to Citi Field and the old World's Fair site.
Q 02Where does the US Open fall in the calendar of the four tennis Grand Slams?
Fourth and last
It is the fourth and last Grand Slam of the season, following the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon each late August into September.
Q 03Since 1978 the US Open tennis has been played on which surface?
Acrylic hard courts
Acrylic hard courts arrived with the 1978 move to Flushing Meadows; the original DecoTurf surface was replaced by Laykold, another acrylic system, in 2020.
Q 04Between 1975 and 1977 the tennis championships were played on which surface?
Clay
Clay (green Har-Tru) was used from 1975 to 1977 after complaints about uneven bounces on the old grass; floodlit night play arrived in the same 1975 switch.
Q 05Which man is the only player to have won US Open singles titles on all three surfaces the event has used?
Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors, whose first title came in 1974 and last in 1983, is the only man to win the championship on each of the three playing surfaces the event has used.
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
The Newport Casino has housed the International Tennis Hall of Fame since its founding in 1954; Richard Sears won that first 1881 event and six more in a row.
Q 07In 2006 the US Open tennis venue was renamed after which four-time singles champion?
Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King, singles champion in 1967, 1971, 1972 and 1974, had the USTA National Tennis Center renamed for her in August 2006.
Q 08The main tennis stadium is named after which player, who won the first US Open of the Open Era in 1968?
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe won the first Open-era title in 1968 while still an amateur and a U.S. Army lieutenant; the stadium that opened in 1997 carries his name.
Q 09With 23,771 seats, the main show court at Flushing Meadows holds what distinction?
The largest tennis stadium in the world
With 23,771 seats it is the largest tennis stadium in the world; Wimbledon's Centre Court and Roland Garros's Court Philippe-Chatrier each hold roughly fifteen thousand.
Q 10In what year did the main tennis stadium get its retractable roof?
2016
The retractable roof was finished for the 2016 tournament after five straight rain-delayed men's finals between 2008 and 2012 made the case for it.
Q 11Which is the second-largest show court at the tennis US Open?
Louis Armstrong Stadium
Louis Armstrong Stadium, rebuilt with about fourteen thousand seats and reopened in 2018, is second only to the main stadium; its upper tier is general admission.
Q 12What is the US Open's Court 17 nicknamed, partly because its surface is sunk eight feet into the ground?
The Pit
Court 17 earned the nickname The Pit because its playing surface sits below ground level; it opened with temporary seating in 2011 and holds about 2,800, all general admission.
Q 13Since 2005, what colour has the playing area inside the lines been painted?
Blue
Q 21The 2025 tennis US Open's total prize money of $90 million made it what?
The biggest purse of any Grand Slam
At $90 million the 2025 purse was the biggest of any Grand Slam to that point, with each singles champion collecting $5 million.
Q 22The middle weekend of the tennis US Open coincides with which American holiday?
Labor Day
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, lands on the middle weekend because the main draw begins in the last week of August and runs a fortnight.
Q 23Which woman won a joint-record six US Open singles titles between 1975 and 1982?
Chris Evert
It is trademarked as 'US Open Blue' and was chosen to make the ball easier to see; outside the lines stays green.
Q 14In 1970 the US Open became the first Grand Slam to use what to settle sets that reached 6–6?
A tiebreak
The tiebreak debuted at the 1970 US Open as a sudden-death best-of-nine-points game; the familiar 12-point version replaced it from 1975.
Q 15In 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 16In 2006 the tennis US Open became the first Grand Slam to use which system for line-call challenges?
Hawk-Eye
Hawk-Eye challenges debuted at the 2006 US Open, the first Slam to use them, after the 2004 Serena Williams–Jennifer Capriati quarter-final was marred by bad line calls.
Q 17In 2018 the tennis US Open was the first Grand Slam to introduce what?
A serve clock between points
A 25-second serve clock between points was introduced in the 2018 main draw to speed play, after trials in the 2017 qualifying rounds.
Q 18What was 'Super Saturday' at the tennis US Open?
The women's final played between the two men's semi-finals
From 1984 the women's final was played between the two men's semi-finals; players hated the lack of rest, and from 2001 the women's final moved to a Saturday night slot.
Q 19The 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 20Why was the 2020 tennis US Open played without spectators?
The COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic kept fans out in 2020; the Cincinnati Masters was moved to New York as well so both events could run inside one bio-secure bubble.
Chris Evert won in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1982; Serena Williams later matched her six singles titles.
Q 24Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open in which year?
1999
In 1999, aged 17, Serena Williams beat world number one Martina Hingis in the final for her first major title.
Q 25In which year did Serena Williams play her final professional match, at the US Open?
2022
Serena Williams's last professional match was a third-round loss to Ajla Tomljanović at the 2022 US Open, after she called the decision an 'evolution' away from tennis.
Q 26Through 2025, which three men shared the Open Era record of five US Open singles titles?
Connors, Sampras and Federer
Connors, Sampras and Federer each won five times; Federer's came in a row from 2004 to 2008, and through 2025 no other man had more than four Open Era titles.
Q 27Who ended Roger Federer's five-year reign by beating him in the 2009 men's final?
Juan Martín del Potro
Juan Martín del Potro, then 20, beat Rafael Nadal in the semi-final and Roger Federer in five sets in the 2009 final; it was his only Grand Slam title.
Q 28Who became the youngest men's champion in 1990, aged 19?
Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras took the 1990 title at 19 years and 28 days, the youngest men's champion of the Open Era, beating Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe on the way.
Q 29Whom 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.
Q 30Which American won the 2003 men's singles title, his only Grand Slam?
Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick beat Juan Carlos Ferrero in the 2003 final; he went on to lose four more major finals, every one of them to Roger Federer.