 Starting next week we have one of the biggest tournaments on the tennis calendar the US Open the final slam of the four slams for the year And it's a big deal big names play this every single year, and it's worth a lot of prize money a lot of points We're gonna talk about everything you need to know about the US Open for 2022 a little bit of its history And what to expect over the next few weeks so the event started back in 1881 and when it first started for the first six years It was only men that would play the tournament and in 1887 the women were allowed to play as well at the Newport Casino in Rhode Island, which is now home to the Hall of Fame Open that happens after Wimbledon It was originally on a grass court and was held there up until 1914 from 1914 to 1977 it moved to the West Side Tennis Club also a grass court club, but in 1975 to 1977 the US Open was actually a clay court event and then in 1978 it moved to the US TA Tennis Center is where the home is now and it's been played on hard court ever since a slower hard court than places like the Australian Open and we all know that the US Open has used a tiebreaker in the final set to decide matches But it was actually the first tournament to use the tiebreak back in 1970 and in 2006 It was the first grand slam to adopt Hawkeye to review all its line calls and have a replay Which is now common for all of us, you know 16 years down the track So of course as I mentioned before this is one of the biggest tournaments on the planet We have the Australian Open the French Open Wimbledon and the US Open one of the big four and Daniel Medvedev and Emerald O'Connor are the defending champions of this event in the open era There are three men that hold five US Open trophies Which is the most out of anybody in the open era Jimmy Connors Pete Sampras and Roger Federer with Roger Federer Being the only player win five consecutive US Opens on the lady side in the open era two ladies hold six US Opens which is the most out of anybody Chris Evert and of course Serena Williams who might be playing her last US Open So her last chance to get her seventh if she can have another dream run So the venue itself is in New York City, New York in America The event itself is actually held at the Billy Jean King tennis center Which has 22 outdoor hardcourts all category 2 hardcourts making them a medium slow court and 12 extra courts outside of the grounds with its Biggest stadium being the Arthur Ashe Stadium, which holds 23 700 people and a retractable roof, which is the largest tennis stadium in the world its second stadium is Louis Armstrong Stadium Which holds 14,000 people also with a retractable roof and the third biggest court is the grandstand Which holds 8,100 people doesn't have a retractable roof all courts are gonna have Hawkeye in them including the outside courts And it's got to have automatic line calls as well like we've seen for the most part of the US Open to us And no lines people at the event now being one of the biggest tournaments in the world the draw is massive We have 128 players playing in the main draw for the men and the women with 16 qualifiers and eight wild cards Based on last year's tournament 32 seeds in each event and no one gets a buy in the first round Which makes it unique to most other tournaments when it comes to the points distribution from the quarter finals onwards It is worth a lot of points on the men's side for a quarter final You get 360 points for semi-final you'll get 720 points you make the final you get 1200 points and if you win the whole event you'll get 2,000 points on the women's side a quarter final will get you 430 points semi-final will get you 780 points you make it to the final you get 1,300 points and just like the men if you reach the final you get 2,000 points so as all the grand slams have these days It's equal prize money for both men and women starting with the first round if you lose in the first round of the US Open You'll get $75,000 if you make it to the second round you'll win $115,000 a third round appearance will get you $180,000 the fourth round will get you $265,000 if you make it to the second week in the quarter finals you'll get $425,000 a semi-final will get you $675,000 you make it all the way the final you'll get $1.25 million and if you win the whole event you'll get $2.5 million and that's the same for the men and the women at this slam the US Open a massive event on the calendar the last Grand Slam of the year and A very very big tournament it's gonna be interesting to see how it goes and we've got some players that are defending a lot of points Of course we've got the draw ceremony and the draw preview coming up in the next couple of days So make sure you sign up and join in for that But I want you to tell me who do you think's gonna win this event We've got a lot of players that are playing in this event. It's very hard to pick a slam from the start But I want to see if you guys can get it. Let me know down in the comments below Who do you think's gonna win the men and women's event for 2022?