For at least a few days, the 2022 U.S. Open will seem, quite rightly, like a tribute to a path-breaking, serve-breaking titaness….with a tennis tournament grafted on. Yes, Serena Williams will be in action, likely for the last time. A few weeks from turning 41, she will try and win a seventh U.S. Open title and a 24th Major. More realistically, she will try to fire up something for the memory banks and take a well-deserved victory lap.
There will be 255 other players in the singles main draws….and they’ll get their due once the queen exits Queens. There will also be more than 700,000 tennis fans passing through the gates. The savvy ones will head out this week for the qualies. Regardless, the U.S. Open represents a tennis fan’s garden of earthly delights, filled with little-known pockets and paths. For old-timers and first-timers, here are various insider tips and hacks—culled from previous years with some new ones thrown in. Thanks to the hundreds of you who weighed in, this year and last….
