US Open Tennis Betting

The final Grand Slam tournament of the year may lack the tradition and originality of Wimbledon and Roland Garros, but it is staged in one of the most scenic locations in the world. New York’s Flushing Meadows is located in the borough of Queens and the US Open takes place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre inside the Flushing Meadows park. The US Open attracts the biggest crowds because of the size of its enormous stadium and the US Open tennis odds are very popular.

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It is one of the most popular events to bet on in the tennis calendar and with it being almost two months since punters explored the Wimbledon betting odds, the US Open provides a welcome return to Grand Slam betting. The US Open odds are scrutinised all year round but the week following Wimbledon sees the US Open odds attract plenty of attention. The Wimbledon champion is always well backed in the US Open tennis betting with punters expecting them to carry their from from Wimbledon to Flushing Meadows

US Open history

Originally developed as a entertainment event for the high society in 1881, the US Open has become one of the world’s biggest tennis tournaments offering prize money in the region of $21m. In the early years of the US Open only men were allowed to compete, but six years into its history women were allowed to enter. The US Open pioneered the use of the tiebreak in Grand Slam tournaments and remains the only Grand Slam to use a tiebreak in the fifth set.

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American Arthur Ashes and Brit Virginia Wade were the winners of the first US Open of the Open era in 1967 and today the main court at the National Tennis Centre is called the Arthur Ashe court. Over the years greats such as Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi have all won the US Open representing the United States and there is nothing more the US Open crowd loves more than an American US Open winner.