The 1971 US Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, in New York City, USA. The tournament ran from 1 September until 12 September. It was the 91st staging of the US Open, and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of 1971.[1]
See main article: 1971 US Open – Men's singles. Stan Smith defeated Jan Kodeš, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–6(5–3) [2]
• It was Smith's 1st career Grand Slam singles title and his 1st and only at the US Open.
See main article: 1971 US Open – Women's singles. Billie Jean King defeated Rosemary Casals, 6–4, 7–6 [3]
• It was King's 6th career Grand Slam singles title, her 2nd during the Open Era and her 2nd at the US Open.
See main article: 1971 US Open – Men's doubles. John Newcombe / Roger Taylor defeated Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen, 6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, [5-3] [4]
• It was Newcombe's 12th career Grand Slam doubles title, his 6th during the Open Era and his 2nd US Open and 1st of the open era.
• It was Taylor's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.
See main article: 1971 US Open – Women's doubles. Rosemary Casals / Judy Tegart Dalton defeated Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Dürr, 6–3, 6–3 [3]
• It was Casals' 6th career Grand Slam doubles title, her 4th during the Open Era and her 2nd at the US Open.
• It was Tegart Dalton's 8th and last career Grand Slam doubles title, her 5th during the Open Era and her 2nd at the US Open.
See main article: 1971 US Open – Mixed doubles. Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson defeated Betty Stöve / Robert Maud, 6–3, 7–5 [3]
| width=200 colspan=2 bgcolor=#dfe2e9 | Event | width=80 bgcolor=lime | W | width=85 bgcolor=#D8BFD8 | F | width=85 bgcolor=#FFFF00 | SF | width=85 bgcolor=#ffebcd | QF | width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee | 4R | width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee | 3R | width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee | 2R | width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee | 1R |
| Singles [5] | Men | $20,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 | $2,500 | $1,250 | $900 | $600 | $300 | ||||||||
| Women | $7,500 | $3,750 | $1,750 | $1,250 | - | $625 | $400 | $150 | |||||||||