What the US Open was like in 1998 – when Serena Williams made her debut

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What the US Open was like in 1998 – when Serena Williams made her debut
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Millions of tennis fans said farewell to tennis legend Serena Williams at the 2022 U.S. Open in front of a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium. But what was the tennis scene in New York like when the star made her debut 25 years ago?

Men and women were compensated evenly then as they are now. As a matter of fact, this year's U.S. Open marks 50 years of equal prize money thanks to the efforts of Billie Jean King over the years.Recognize these names? Lindsay Davenport and Pete Sampras were legends of the 90s and early 2000s.

Sampras, on the other hand, did not win the U.S. Open that year but he did capture Wimbledon a couple of months earlier. The now-51-year-old went on to win 15 Grand Slam singles titles during his time on tour. But that’s not the shocking part. A slice of pizza was $4.50 while a burger was $6.75. If you make your way to the food village at the U.S. Open, there are a plethora of meal options between tacos, burgers, Indian food, sushi and beyond.

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