<P> In 1978 , the tournament moved from the West Side Tennis Club to the larger and newly constructed USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows , Queens , three miles to the north . The tournament 's court surface also switched from clay to hard . Jimmy Connors is the only individual to have won US Open singles titles on three surfaces ( grass , clay , and hard ) , while Chris Evert is the only woman to win US Open singles titles on two surfaces ( clay and hard ) . </P>
<P> In 1978 , the tournament moved from the West Side Tennis Club to the larger and newly constructed USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows , Queens , three miles to the north . The tournament 's court surface also switched from clay to hard . Jimmy Connors is the only individual to have won US Open singles titles on three surfaces ( grass , clay , and hard ) , while Chris Evert is the only woman to win US Open singles titles on two surfaces ( clay and hard ) . </P>
where was the us open tennis held before flushing meadows
where was the us open tennis held before flushing meadows
West Side Tennis Club
West Side Tennis Club