Location | Flushing Meadows, Queens New York City United States |
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Venue | USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center |
Governing body | USTA |
Created | 1881 |
Editions | 143 events (2023) 56 events (Open Era) |
Surface | Grass (1881–1974) Clay [lower-alpha 1] (1975–1977) Hard [lower-alpha 2] (1978–present) |
Prize money | Total: US$65,000,000 (2023) Winner: US$700,000 (2023) |
Trophy | US Open Trophy |
Website | Official website |
Most titles | |
Amateur era | 6: Richard Sears 6: Holcombe Ward |
Open era | 6 Mike Bryan |
Most consecutive titles | |
Amateur era | 6: Richard Sears |
Open era | 3: Rajeev Ram 3: Joe Salisbury |
Current champion | |
Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury |
The inaugural US Open men's doubles tennis tournament, in 1881, was reserved for United States National Lawn Tennis Association (USNLTA) club members and was won by Clarence Clark and Frederick Winslow Taylor. [1] The following year, 1882, the championships opened to international competitors. Between 1890 and 1906 sectional tournaments were held in the east and the west of the country to determine the best two doubles teams, which competed in a play-off in Newport to see who would play the defending champions in the challenge round. The challenge system was abolished in 1920. [2] The doubles event was held in various locations; Newport (1881–1914), Forest Hills (1915–1916, 1942–1945, 1968–1977), Longwood (1917–1933, 1935–1941, 1946–1967) and Germantown, Philadelphia (1934) before it settled in 1978 at the USTA National Tennis Center, now the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, in New York City.
The following pairings won the U.S. Open tennis championship, or its predecessor United States National tennis championship, in Men's Doubles.
Player | Amateur Era | Open Era | All-time | Years |
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Richard Sears (USA) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887 |
Holcombe Ward (USA) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1899, 1900, 1901, 1904, 1905, 1906 |
Mike Bryan (USA) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018 |
James Dwight (USA) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887 |
Fred Alexander (USA) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1917 |
Bill Tilden (USA) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1918, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1927 |
Vincent Richards (USA) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1918, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926 |
George Lott (USA) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1934 |
Bob Bryan (USA) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 |
Harold Hackett (USA) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 |
Jack Kramer (USA) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1940, 1941, 1943, 1947 |
Gardnar Mulloy (USA) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948 |
Bill Talbert (USA) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948 |
Roy Emerson (AUS) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1959, 1960 1965, 1966 |
Bob Lutz (USA) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1968, 1974, 1978, 1980 |
Stan Smith (USA) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1968, 1974, 1978, 1980 |
John McEnroe (USA) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1979, 1981, 1983, 1989 |
Oliver Campbell (USA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1888, 1891, 1892 |
Clarence Hobart (USA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1890, 1893, 1894 |
Beals Wright (USA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1904, 1905, 1906 |
Maurice McLoughlin (USA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1912, 1913, 1914 |
Tom Bundy (USA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1912, 1913, 1914 |
Clarence Griffin (USA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1915, 1916, 1920 |
Ted Schroeder (USA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1940, 1941, 1947 |
Neale Fraser (AUS) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1957, 1959, 1960 |
Chuck McKinley (USA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1961, 1963, 1964 |
Dennis Ralston (USA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1961, 1963, 1964 |
Fred Stolle (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1965, 1966, 1968 |
John Newcombe (AUS) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1967, 1971, 1973 |
Peter Fleming (USA) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1979, 1981, 1983 |
Mark Woodforde (AUS) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1989, 1995, 1996 |
Todd Woodbridge (AUS) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1995, 1996, 2003 |
Leander Paes (IND) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2006, 2009, 2013 |
Rajeev Ram (USA) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
Joe Salisbury (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
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