2014 US Open (tennis)


The 2014 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 134th edition of the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Rafael Nadal was the defending champion in the men's event; however, on 18 August, the Spaniard announced his withdrawal from the event after failing to recover from a wrist injury, while Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion in the women's event.
In the men's singles competition, Marin Čilić won his first grand slam, while Serena Williams won her Open era record-tying sixth title in the women's singles competition, tying Chris Evert, and her eighteenth grand slam title, tying Evert and Martina Navratilova. Winning the men's doubles, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan became the most victorious doubles team in Open era history at the tournament, and this was the team's 100th title together and sixteenth grand slam title tying Todd Woodbridge for the Open era record. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won women's doubles competition title, becoming two-time grand slam champions with their victory at the 2013 French Open. The winning mixed doubles team was Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares, and for Mirza it was her third mixed doubles grand slam title in her career and Soares' second grand slam title for his career. It was Soares' second US Open title in mixed doubles, and it was the first for Mirza.

Tournament

The 2014 US Open was the 134th edition of the tournament and it is held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.
The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation and was part of the 2014 ATP World Tour and the 2014 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls, which was part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.
The tournament was played on hard courts and is taking place over a series of 17 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the three main showcourts, Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium and Grandstand.

Notable events

The tournament was scheduled to be broadcast in more than 200 countries around the world. In the United States the tournament was broadcast live on CBS, ESPN, and Tennis Channel. CBS ended its 47-year tenure as the broadcast home of the Open. Beginning in 2015, ESPN will have the exclusive television rights to all USTA events, including the Open and the US Open Series.
In 2014, live coverage emanated from seven courts, including Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium and the Grandstand, as well as Court 5, Court 11, Court 13, and Court 17.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior

Wheelchair

Junior

Prize money

The US Open total prize money for 2014 was increased by 11.7 percent to a record $38,251,760, which potentially could reach over 40 million dollars, as the top three finishers in the Emirates Airline US Open Series may earn up to an additional $2.6 million in bonus money at the US Open.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1
Singles$3,000,000$1,450,000$730,000$370,250$187,300$105,090$60,420$35,754$13,351$8,781$4,551
Doubles *$520,000$250,000$124,450$62,060$32,163$20,063$13,375
Mixed Doubles *$150,000$70,000$30,000$15,000$10,000$5,000

* per team

Bonus prize money

Top three players in the 2014 US Open Series received bonus prize money, depending on where they finish in the 2014 US Open, according to money schedule below.

Singles players

2014 US Open – Men's Singles
;2014 US Open – Women's Singles

Day-by-day summaries

Events

Seniors

Men's Singles

Boys' Singles

Wheelchair Men's Singles

Seedings are based on rankings as of August 18, 2014. Rankings and points before are as of August 25, 2014.

Men's Singles">2014 US Open – Men's Singles">Men's Singles

Withdrawn players

Women's Singles">2014 US Open – Women's Singles">Women's Singles

†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2013. Accordingly, this was the 16th best result deducted instead.

Withdrawn players

Doubles seeds

Men's Doubles">2014 US Open – Men's Doubles">Men's Doubles

;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles
;Men's Doubles
;Women's Doubles
;Mixed Doubles

Qualifiers entries

Men's Singles

  1. Marco Chiudinelli
  2. Niels Desein
  3. Filip Krajinović
  4. Facundo Bagnis
  5. Yoshihito Nishioka
  6. Illya Marchenko
  7. Andreas Beck
  8. Alexander Kudryavtsev
  9. Peter Gojowczyk
  10. Taro Daniel
  11. Tatsuma Ito
  12. Matthias Bachinger
  13. James McGee
  14. Steve Darcis
  15. Radu Albot
  16. Borna Ćorić

    Women's Singles

  17. Wang Qiang
  18. Maryna Zanevska
  19. Lesia Tsurenko
  20. Alla Kudryavtseva
  21. Ashleigh Barty
  22. Ksenia Pervak
  23. Françoise Abanda
  24. Duan Yingying
  25. Ons Jabeur
  26. Aleksandra Krunić
  27. Chan Yung-jan
  28. Anastasia Rodionova
  29. Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
  30. Paula Kania
  31. Zheng Saisai
  32. Aliaksandra Sasnovich

    Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
;Women's Singles
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.
;Before the tournament
;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles