Here's all you need to know about the year's last Grand Slam -- The US Open

>>u00a0It is played on DecoTurf -- a hard court surface that plays at around half the speed of the grass surface at Wimbledon.


Spain's Rafael Nadal lifts the US Open trophy after beating
Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the final last year. PIC/AFP

>> The main court, renamed Arthur Ashe Stadium, after American who won the first US Open title in 1968, was opened in 1997 and has a seating capacity of 22,547.