The US Open moved to the USTA National Tennis Center in 1978.
The tournament relocated from the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, to a newly constructed complex in Flushing Meadows, about three miles away. The move gave the event a larger, purpose-built home and began the modern association between the US Open and the National Tennis Center.
The 1978 edition also marked a major surface change. After three years on clay from 1975 through 1977, the tournament switched to hard courts. Jimmy Connors won the men’s singles title, while Chris Evert won the women’s singles championship.
The facility was later renamed the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in 2006. Its best-known stadium, Arthur Ashe Stadium, opened in 1997 and became the tournament’s principal show court. The site remains the US Open’s home, although its court surface changed from DecoTurf to Laykold beginning in 2020.