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The 2021 US Open was the 141st edition of tennis's US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It was held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the calendars for the 2021 ATP Tour and the 2021 WTA Tour, the top professional men's and women's tennis circuits, respectively.

Daniil Medvedev won the men's singles title for his first Grand Slam title. With his straight-set defeat of three-time US Open champion Novak Djokovic, Medvedev became the first Russian men's singles champion at the US Open since Marat Safin won in 2000. Djokovic was aiming to accomplish the calendar-year Grand Slam, a feat in which a player wins all four Grand Slam events in one year, to become the second man in the Open Era since Rod Laver accomplished it in 1969. In his pursuit, he was also attempting to break the three-way tie in total major singles titles achieved between him and his Big Three counterparts, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Dominic Thiem was the defending men's singles champion, but he withdrew from the tournament after a wrist injury forced him to prematurely end his season.

Emma Raducanu won the women's singles competition and defeated first-time Grand Slam finalist Leylah Fernandez in straight sets in the first all-teenage major final since 1999. Both finalists were unseeded, making the final the first women's singles major final in the Open Era to be contested between two unseeded players. Raducanu became the first qualifier, male or female, in the history of the sport to reach a major final and win a major title. Her victory also made her the first British Grand Slam singles champion since Virginia Wade when she won the 1977 Wimbledon Championships. Naomi Osaka was the defending women's singles champion, but she lost to Fernandez in the third round.

Despite being held during the COVID-19 pandemic for the second year in a row, the tournament returned to operating normally with few changes. All line judges were replaced with Hawk-Eye Live electronic line calling. Qualifying rounds of the tournament returned after last year's cancellation, along with the mixed doubles and juniors draws. Additionally, aside from the qualifying rounds, tournament organizers allowed 100% spectator capacity on all courts in all rounds after the preceding year's tournament was held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York. Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases resulting from the delta variant of the virus, spectators were asked to present a negative COVID-19 test or proof of vaccination in order to be allowed to enter the grounds.

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''Both Dylan Alcott and Diede de Groot achieved the Golden Slam in wheelchair quad singles and wheelchair women's singles, respectively, by winning all four majors and the Paralympics in 2021. Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid also achieved the Grand Slam in wheelchair men's doubles by winning all four majors in 2021. ''

''This was the first Major tournament since the 1997 Australian Open not to feature Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, or Venus Williams in the main singles draw. ''

Tournament
The 2021 US Open was the 141st edition of the tournament and took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park of Queens in New York City, New York, United States, where it has been held since 1978. The tournament was held on 17 Laykold hard courts for the second year.

The tournament consisted of the men's and women's singles and doubles draws, a mixed doubles draw, men's and women's wheelchair singles and doubles draws, a wheelchair quad singles and doubles draw, and boy's and girl's singles and doubles draws. The men's and women's doubles draws were reinstated to the standard of 64 after they were halved last year and---

The tournament used two of the three main show courts at the National Tennis Center – Arthur Ashe Stadium and Louis Armstrong Stadium. Five of the complex's 18 total courts, including Grandstand, the main stadium of the 2020 Western & Southern Open, which was held in New York City instead of its usual Cincinnati venue, were not used for the tournament due to the lack of players.