"Actually, it turns out Gauff's 2023 championship at the U.S. Open marked the first time the women's singles winner in New York was given a silver cup significantly larger than the one that is used in the postmatch ceremony. Her replica hardware is 19 1/2 inches tall, the same as both the original and keepsake men's trophies - and 7 1/2 inches bigger than the original women's trophy."
"From 1987, when the tradition of providing keepsakes at Flushing Meadows began, until two years ago, the female champion took home a 12-inch-tall copy. But the U.S. Tennis Association asked Tiffany & Co. to create replicas for the women to match the size of what the men are allowed to keep. That change coincided with the 50th anniversary of the tournament's 1973 move to pay equal prize money to women and men at then-player Billie Jean King's urging."
Coco Gauff received a much smaller replica trophy after winning the French Open than the larger trophy shown on court at Roland-Garros. Gauff noted that the U.S. Open had given her a larger keepsake with her name engraved, prompting surprise at the Roland-Garros replica. The U.S. Open changed its keepsake size in 2023 so the women's replica measures 19 1/2 inches, matching the men's keepsake and exceeding the original women's trophy by 7 1/2 inches. The tournament's original trophies are displayed in locked glass boxes and are briefly handed to champions during ceremonies. The U.S. Tennis Association commissioned Tiffany & Co. to make the larger women's replicas, a change tied to the 50th anniversary of equal prize-money efforts.
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