The United States Tennis Association said Tuesday that it has signed a multiyear partnership with Tiffany & Co to continue its role as the Official Trophy Partner of the US Open, opening August 28 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York.

At the closing event on September 10, the Tiffany trophy presentation will be the luxury brand’s 38th US Open. The keepsake trophies for the men’s and women’s singles champions are equal-size replicas made for each champion.

50 Years of Equal Prize Money for Men and Women Winners

The US Open is celebrating the 50th anniversary of awarding equal prize money to men and women. Tiffany will showcase its support of gender equality by crafting the special Lifetime Achievement and Leadership Awards to be presented to two pioneering women at the Inaugural Champions of Equality Event on Sept. 7, the night of the women's semifinals.

AOC wrote a separate post today on Polo Ralph Lauren’s involvement in supplying on-court officials and ball crew members attire for the US Open.

Ralph Lauren's 2023 US Open Collection Is Courtside August 28 in Queens/NYC AOC Fashion

We noted that ball girls first appeared at the US Open in 1977, a positive factoid until we learned that Wimbledon introduced ball girls in 1920.

At the other two grand slam events, the French Open didn’t get ball girls until 1984; and the Australian Open was also in the early 1980s.

Instant Trophy Engraving

For the first time, each singles champion will now leave the US Open with an engraved trophy in hand. Tiffany will oversee on-site, immediate hand-engraving of both the men's and women's singles keepsake trophies.

The US Open tropies are handcrafted each year at the Tiffany hollowware workshop in Cumberland, Rhode Island.