Which 14,000-seat stadium was completed before the US Championships returned to Forest Hills in 1924?

Which 14,000-seat stadium was completed before the US Championships returned to Forest Hills in 1924? The answer is Forest Hills Stadium.

The U.S. National Championships moved from Newport to the West Side Tennis Club in Queens in 1915. From 1921 through 1923, however, the men's singles competition was held at Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia. The event returned to Forest Hills in 1924 after the completion of a new 14,000-seat stadium.

Forest Hills Stadium was built on the West Side Tennis Club grounds to accommodate the championships' growing popularity. Its large horseshoe-shaped design gave spectators a dedicated central venue rather than a collection of ordinary club courts.

The name can cause confusion because the tournament was often casually called “Forest Hills,” while the host club was the West Side Tennis Club. The stadium hosted the U.S. Championships and later the U.S. Open until the tournament moved to the larger USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows in 1978. The venue survives today as a concert and events site.