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 August 18, 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.

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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, 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

In winning the women's singles, Serena Williams tied a number of Open Era records:
* It was her sixth title tying fellow American Chris Evert.
* It was her eighteenth grand slam singles title tying the American record held by Evert and Martina Navratilova.
In winning the men's doubles, Bob and Mike Bryan reached a number of major milestones:
* It was their 100th ATP World Tour title as a team.
* This was their fifth US Open title, taking them past Bob Lutz and Stan Smith for the most in the Open era, and drawing them level with 1880s players Richard Sears and James Dwight for the most overall.
* They also extended their own records for most Grand Slam titles as a team and most consecutive seasons with at least one Grand Slam title.
*The men's singles final represented the first time a Grand Slam men's singles final had not featured a member of the "Big Four" since the 2005 Australian Open.

Broadcast

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.

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.

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q3	Q2	Q1
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

Events

Seniors

Men's singles

Marin Čilić defeated Kei Nishikori, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3

Women's singles

Serena Williams defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 6–3

Men's doubles

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Marcel Granollers / Marc López 6–4, 6–3

Women's doubles

Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina defeated Martina Hingis / Flavia Pennetta, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Sania Mirza / Bruno Soares defeated Abigail Spears / Santiago González, 6–1, 2–6,

Juniors

Boys' singles

Omar Jasika defeated Quentin Halys, 2–6, 7–5, 6–1

Girls' singles

Marie Bouzková defeated Anhelina Kalinina, 6–4, 7–6

Boys' doubles

Omar Jasika / Naoki Nakagawa defeated Rafael Matos / João Menezes, 6–3, 7–6

Girls' doubles

İpek Soylu / Jil Teichmann defeated Vera Lapko / Tereza Mihalíková, 5–7, 6–2,

Wheelchair

Wheelchair men's singles

Shingo Kunieda defeated Gustavo Fernández, 7-6, 6-4

Wheelchair women's singles

Yui Kamiji defeated Aniek van Koot, 6–3, 6–3

Wheelchair quad singles

Andrew Lapthorne defeated David Wagner, 7–5, 6–2

Wheelchair men's doubles

Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda defeated Gordon Reid / Maikel Scheffers, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6

Wheelchair women's doubles

Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley defeated Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Wheelchair quad doubles

Nick Taylor / David Wagner defeated Andrew Lapthorne / Lucas Sithole, 6–3, 7–5

Singles seeds

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

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.

Doubles seeds

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

¹ Rankings are as of August 18, 2014.

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

¹ Rankings are as of August 18, 2014.

Mixed doubles">2014 US Open – Mixed doubles">Mixed doubles

¹ Rankings are as of August 18, 2014.

Wild card entries

;Men's Singles

;Women's Singles

;Men's Doubles

;Women's Doubles

;Mixed Doubles

Qualifiers entries

Men's singles

Women's singles

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
;Women's Singles

Romina Oprandi

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.
;Before the tournament
;Men's Singles

Nicolás Almagro → replaced by Damir Džumhur
Juan Martín del Potro → replaced by Máximo González
Alexandr Dolgopolov → replaced by Albert Montañés
Tommy Haas → replaced by Marcos Baghdatis
Florian Mayer → replaced by Simone Bolelli
Rafael Nadal → replaced by Kenny de Schepper
Stéphane Robert → replaced by Evgeny Donskoy

;Women's Singles

Victoria Duval → replaced by Virginie Razzano
Alisa Kleybanova → replaced by Shelby Rogers
Li Na → replaced by Aleksandra Wozniak