Remember how Coco Gauff was taken aback earlier this year when she got the replica of the Suzanne Lenglen trophy after winning her maiden French Open title? “I honestly did not know the size it was going to be… I know you never really take the original, but when I won the U.S. Open, they gave me the same size (trophy), with my name engraved on it,” she reacted while adding, “I just assumed that Roland Garros would be the same.” But guess what? While Gauff was elated at how tall her replica trophy for the US Open was after she won at Flushing Meadows two years ago, it wasn’t always the case.
Are the men’s and women’s US Open trophies different?
Before the 2023 edition, the setup was completely different. In 1987, the tradition of offering the keepsakes at Flushing Meadows was first in