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Reigning champion Hazel Hotchkiss won the singles tennis title of the 1911 U.S. Women's National Singles Championship by defeating Florence Sutton 8–10, 6–1, 9–7 in the challenge round. Sutton had won the right to challenge Hotchkiss by defeating Eleonora Sears 6–2, 6–1 in the final of the All Comers' competition.
Sloane Stephens defeated Madison Keys in the final, 6–3, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2017 US Open. [1] It was her first major title. Stephens was the first player using a protected ranking to win a major title, and the second unseeded woman in the Open Era to win the US Open (after Kim Clijsters in 2009).
Naomi Osaka defeated Serena Williams in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2018 US Open. It was her first major title. Osaka became the first Japanese player to win a major singles title. [1] [2] With the win, she made her top-10 rankings debut.
The U.S. Women's Open has always been played in stroke play, with the exception of the first competition in 1946, [4] and is currently the third women's major of the year. [3] The first trophy presented to U.S. Women's Open champions was donated by the Spokane Athletic Round Table, a fraternal order, and used until 1953. [2]
The 1911 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open) took place on the outdoor grass courts at the Newport Casino in Newport, United States.The men's singles tournament ran from August 21 until September 3 while the women's singles and doubles championship took place from June 12 to June 17 at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill.
Dora Boothby defeated Edith Hannam 6–2, 7–5 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion Dorothea Lambert Chambers defeated Boothby 6–0, 6–0 in the challenge round to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1911 Wimbledon Championships.
Angelique Kerber defeated Serena Williams in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. It was her third and last major singles title. Kerber was the first German to win the title since Steffi Graf in 1996 .
The total prize-money compensation for the 2017 US Open is $50.4 million, a 3.7% increase on the same total last year. Of that total, a record $3.7 million goes to both the men's and women's singles champions, which is increased to 7.5 percent from last year.