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United States Open Series

United States Open Series

Overview
The US Open Series is the six-week summer tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....

 "season" linking 10 ATP World Tour
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the principal worldwide tennis tour for men, the ATP Tour, which was renamed in January 2009 and is now known as the ATP World Tour...

 and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association, formed in 1973, is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It organizes the WTA Tour, the worldwide professional tennis tour for women, which has for sponsorship reasons been known since 2005 as The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour...

 tournaments together. The Series leads to the US Open. It is often referred to as the U.S. or North American hard court season.

It was organized in 2004 as a way to focus more attention on American tennis tournaments by getting more of them on domestic television. Until 2004, most summer North American tournaments were not on television, the exceptions being the highly televised ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in Canada
Canada Masters
The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier Tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...

 and Cincinnati
Cincinnati Masters
The Cincinnati Masters is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is today the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city....

.

The eight non-Masters tournaments now enjoy about 50 hours of television combined -- about two hours on each day of their final weekends, chiefly on ESPN2
ESPN2
ESPN2 is a American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,...

, which is where ESPN
ESPN
ESPN is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day....

 shows its tennis programming.
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The US Open Series is the six-week summer tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....

 "season" linking 10 ATP World Tour
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the principal worldwide tennis tour for men, the ATP Tour, which was renamed in January 2009 and is now known as the ATP World Tour...

 and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association, formed in 1973, is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It organizes the WTA Tour, the worldwide professional tennis tour for women, which has for sponsorship reasons been known since 2005 as The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour...

 tournaments together. The Series leads to the US Open. It is often referred to as the U.S. or North American hard court season.

It was organized in 2004 as a way to focus more attention on American tennis tournaments by getting more of them on domestic television. Until 2004, most summer North American tournaments were not on television, the exceptions being the highly televised ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in Canada
Canada Masters
The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier Tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...

 and Cincinnati
Cincinnati Masters
The Cincinnati Masters is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is today the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city....

.

The eight non-Masters tournaments now enjoy about 50 hours of television combined -- about two hours on each day of their final weekends, chiefly on ESPN2
ESPN2
ESPN2 is a American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,...

, which is where ESPN
ESPN
ESPN is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day....

 shows its tennis programming. CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...

 and Tennis Channel also cover portions of The Series.

Players earn points according to their results in the events; points awarded at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and WTA Premier
WTA Premier tournaments
Premier Tournaments is the new category for tennis tournaments of Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour. Tournaments are replacing Tier I and Tier II events, but also reducing number of tournaments to 20...

 events are doubled. The male and female player with the highest point totals each earn double the prize money at the U.S. Open, players with the second highest point totals increase their prize money by 50%, and players with the third highest point totals receive a 25% increase. Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt is a professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1 ranked player, from Australia. In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one at age 20...

 and Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...

 were the top point-getters in 2004, Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. His best surfaces are hard court and grass....

 and Kim Clijsters
Kim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 ranked player in singles and in doubles. As of September 28, 2009, she is ranked World No. 17....

 won in 2005, and Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. His best surfaces are hard court and grass....

 and Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanović, is a former World No.1 Serbian tennis player. As of October 19, 2009, she is ranked World No. 14 by the Women's Tennis Association...

 won in 2006. Defending US Open champions Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. As of October 2009, he is ranked world number 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals , having previously held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks...

 and Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player and three time Grand Slam singles champion...

 won in 2007.

In 2005, although Roddick was upset in the first round against Gilles Müller
Gilles Müller
Gilles Müller is a Luxembourgish professional tennis player. He was a US Open junior champion and is one of the all-time most successful players of his small country...

 at the Open, Clijsters became the first person to win $2.2 million (the largest payday ever in women's sports) by beating Frenchwoman Mary Pierce
Mary Pierce
Mary Pierce is a tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics....

 in straight sets: 6-3, 6-1.

In 2007, Federer won the US Open series and went on to win the US Open, winning $1.4 million plus the US Open Series bonus of $1 million, bringing his prize winning total to $2.4 million. This tops Clijsters $2.2 million as the biggest US Open payday ever.

Tournament Schedule

Legend
ATP Masters 1000 and WTA Premier 5
WTA Premier tournaments
Premier Tournaments is the new category for tennis tournaments of Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour. Tournaments are replacing Tier I and Tier II events, but also reducing number of tournaments to 20...

ATP World Tour 500 & 250 and WTA Premier
WTA Premier tournaments
Premier Tournaments is the new category for tennis tournaments of Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour. Tournaments are replacing Tier I and Tier II events, but also reducing number of tournaments to 20...

Week Men's Events Women's Events
1 Indianapolis
Indianapolis Tennis Championships
The Indianapolis Tennis Championships is an annual men's tennis tournament played in Indianapolis as part of the ATP Tour. It is held for one week in July. The tournament was held for the first time in 1988 as the U.S. Men's Hardcourt Championships...


Indianapolis Tennis Championships
-
2 Los Angeles
Countrywide Classic
thumb|left|Main Entrance to the Countrywide Classic at UCLA's L.A. Tennis Center.The LA Tennis Open, presented by Farmers Insurance, is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour held in Los Angeles, California, United States...


LA Tennis Open presented by Farmers Insurance
Stanford
Bank of the West Classic
The Bank of the West Classic is a week-long tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, United States. The 2008 event was held July 14 to July 20. Started in 1971, the tournament is the oldest women's-only tournament in the world and is...


Bank of the West Classic
3 Washington
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. The tournament was played on a clay court until 1986, after which it switched to hard...


Legg Mason Tennis Classic Presented by Geico
Los Angeles
JPMorgan Chase Open
The LA Women's Tennis Championships presented by Herbalife is a Premier-level tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Carson, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The tournament is played on outdoor hard courts and is a part of the US Open Series....


East West Bank Classic presented by Herbalife
4 Montreal
Canada Masters
The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier Tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...


Rogers Masters Presented by National Bank
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Masters
The Cincinnati Masters is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is today the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city....


Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open
5 Cincinnati
Cincinnati Masters
The Cincinnati Masters is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is today the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city....


Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
Toronto
Canada Masters
The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier Tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...


Rogers Cup
6 New Haven
Pilot Pen Tennis
The Pilot Pen Tennis is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...


Pilot Pen Tennis Presented by Schick
  • San Diego
    Acura Classic
    Acura Classic may refer to:*the Acura Classic, a tennis tournament known as the Acura Classic from 2000 to 2007.*the LA Women's Tennis Championships, a tennis tournament known as the Acura Classic from 1995 to 1999....

     (Acura Classic), was WTA Tier I Event
    WTA Tier I Events
    The WTA Tier I tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis elite tournaments held from 1988 until 2008 season. Minimum prize money, from 2004 is $1,340,000...

     until 2007.

Points Distribution

Round ATP Masters 1000/WTA Premier 5 ATP World Tour 500 & 250/WTA Premier
Champion 100 70
Finalist 70 45
Semifinalist 45 25
Quarterfinalist 25 15
Round of 16 15 0

Men

Los Angeles Indianapolis Washington Montreal/Toronto Cincinnati New Haven
04
2004 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.- January :...

 
GER Haas
Tommy Haas
Thomas Mario "Tommy" Haas is a German professional tennis player who reached a career-high ranking of World No.2 on May 13, 2002.- Playing Style :...

 (1/2)
USA Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. His best surfaces are hard court and grass....

 (1/4)
AUS Hewitt
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt is a professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1 ranked player, from Australia. In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one at age 20...

 
SUI Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. As of October 2009, he is ranked world number 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals , having previously held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks...

 (1/5)
USA Agassi
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi is a former World No. 1 professional American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is generally considered by critics and fellow players to be among the greatest tennis players of all time, and has been called the...

 (1/2)
Not held
05  USA Agassi (2/2) USA Ginepri
Robby Ginepri
Robert Louis Ginepri is an American professional tennis player.-2005:Ginepri had a breakout year in 2005. In August, he reached the semifinals of an ATP Masters Series tournament for the first time in his career, in Cincinnati, Ohio...

 (1/2)
USA Roddick (2/4) ESP Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a former World No. 1 Spanish professional tennis player, currently ranked #2. Nadal has won six Grand Slam singles titles, and the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles....

 (1/2)
SUI Federer (2/5) USA Blake
James Blake
James Riley Blake is a professional tennis player and currently the second-highest ranked American, 24th in the world . Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. He reached the final of the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup but lost to World No. 1 Roger Federer in straight sets...

 (1/3)
06  GER Haas (2/2) USA Blake (2/3) FRA Clément
Arnaud Clément
Arnaud Clément is a professional tennis player from France.-Career:Clément was born in Aix-en-Provence, and currently lives in Geneva, Switzerland...

 
SUI Federer (3/5) USA Roddick (3/4) RUS Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semi-finals, which he has done on four occasions - twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open...

07
2007 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-January:...

 
CZE Stepanek
Radek Štepánek
Radek Štěpánek is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Štěpánek turned professional in 1996. He started on tour as a doubles specialist, winning 12 ATP titles. Since 2002, Štěpánek has focused on being a better singles player while still playing top-level doubles...

 
RUS Tursunov
Dmitry Tursunov
Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov is a Russian professional male tennis player. He was 12 years old when he moved to live in the United States, where he has lived ever since, to further his prospects of becoming a professional player.Tursunov is an offensive baseliner with excellent groundstrokes from...

 
USA Roddick (4/4) SER Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player, currently ranked World No. 3.He won his first Grand Slam singles title at the 2008 Australian Open. After beating World No...

 
SUI Federer (4/5) USA Blake (3/3)
08
2008 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-Schedule:This...

 
ARG Del Potro
Juan Martin Del Potro
Juan Martín del Potro is an Argentine professional tennis player who is the current highest-ranked Argentine and the fifth-ranked player in the world. Del Potro achieved a top 10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on October 6, 2008. In April 2009, he reached a...

 (1/3)
FRA Simon
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player. He is a six time winner on the ATP Tour. He is currently the second best French player, behind Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and the 10th ranked player in the world...

 
ARG Del Potro (2/3) ESP Nadal (2/2) GBR Murray(1/2) CRO Cilic
Marin Cilic
Marin Čilić is a professional tennis player from Croatia. His career high ATP ranking is no. 13, achieved on May 18, 2009...

09
2009 ATP World Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP World Tour season includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World Team...

 
USA Querrey
Sam Querrey
Sam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Santa Monica, California. As of September 2009, he is the third-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #22, achieved on August 31, 2009. His height allows him to play with a...

 
USA Ginepri (2/2) ARG Del Potro (3/3) GBR Murray (2/2) SUI Federer (5/5) ESP Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player from Spain. He is currently the second-highest ranked Spanish tennis player, ranked number 9 in the world . Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...


Women

Stanford San Diego Los Angeles Cincinnati Montreal/Toronto New Haven
04
2004 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events...

 
USA Davenport
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...

 (1/4)
USA Davenport (2/4) USA Davenport (3/4) Not US Open Series FRA Mauresmo
Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Simone Mauresmo ; born 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player. She is a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles in 2006, at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon....

 
RUS Bovina
Elena Bovina
Elena Olegovna Bovina is a Russian professional female tennis player. On April 4, 2005 Bovina reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 14....

05  BEL Clijsters
Kim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 ranked player in singles and in doubles. As of September 28, 2009, she is ranked World No. 17....

 (1/4)
FRA Pierce
Mary Pierce
Mary Pierce is a tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics....

 
BEL Clijsters (2/4) BEL Clijsters (3/4) USA Davenport (4/4)
06  BEL Clijsters (4/4) RUS Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player and three time Grand Slam singles champion...

 (1/2)
RUS Dementieva
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva is a Russian professional tennis player, who has won one Olympic medals in singles, including the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Her performance at the Olympics is the strongest of any competitor in recent times, with an 11–2 record. She has also...

 (1/2)
SCG Ivanovic
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanović, is a former World No.1 Serbian tennis player. As of October 19, 2009, she is ranked World No. 14 by the Women's Tennis Association...

 (1/2)
BEL Henin
Justine Henin-Hardenne
Justine Henin , formerly known as Justine Henin-Hardenne 2002–2007, is a professional Belgian tennis player. On 14 May 2008, Henin announced her immediate retirement from professional tennis. She was 25 years old and ranked World No. 1 at the time of her retirement...

 (1/2)
07
2007 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events...

 
RUS Chakvetadze
Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Djambulilovna Chakvetadze ; born March 5, 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player . On September 10, 2007, she reached her career-high professional singles ranking of World No. 5. She has won seven WTA Singles Titles. As of July 27 2009, she is ranked World No...

 
RUS Sharapova (2/2) SRB Ivanovic (2/2) BEL Henin (2/2) RUS Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova is a Russian professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3. She won the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open singles titles...

08
2008 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events...

 
CAN Wozniak
Aleksandra Wozniak
Aleksandra Wozniak is a professional Canadian tennis player of Polish heritage. Wozniak is Canada's highest-ranked women's singles player at #32 in the world , and the 4th-highest ranked Canadian singles player of all time...

 
Not held RUS Safina
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mikhailovna Safina is a Russian professional tennis player and former world number 1 who is currently ranked World No. 2....

 (1/2)
RUS Safina (2/2) DEN Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish tennis player. She achieved her current and career-high singles ranking of World No. 5 on 21 September 2009. She is the only Danish woman currently in the Top 300 on the WTA Tour...

 (1/2)
09
2009 WTA Tour
The Sony Ericsson Women's Tennis Association Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the WTA. The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup , the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of...

 
FRA Bartoli
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French No. 1. She has won five Women's Tennis Association titles, and was runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. As of October 12 2009, Bartoli is ranked World No.12.-Early Life and Personal Life:Bartoli was born on 2...

 
ITA Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female player on 17 August 2009. She is also ranked World No. 21 in doubles....

 
SRB Jankovic
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a Serbian professional tennis player former World No. 1-Career:Janković learned her first tennis skills in Tennis Club 'Red Star'. As a nine-and-a-half year old she was introduced to tennis by her elder brother and fitness coach Marko. She was later trained at the Tennis Academy...

 
RUS Dementieva (2/2) DEN Wozniacki (2/2)

Past standings and their performance on The US Open


Note: Only players with points in two US Open Series events are eligible for the final (Top 3) standings.
US Open results
A did not participate in the tournament #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
QF advanced to but not past the quarterfinals SF advanced to but not past the semifinals
F advanced to the finals, tournament runner-up W won the tournament

Year Player (ATP Tour) Points Result Player (WTA Tour) Points Result
2004
2004 in tennis
-Grand Slam events:*Australian Open**Men's final: Roger Federer defeated Marat Safin, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2**Women's final: Justine Henin defeated Kim Clijsters, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3*French Open...

1. AUS Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt is a professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1 ranked player, from Australia. In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one at age 20...

1
155 F 1. USA Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...

1
100 SF
2. USA Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. His best surfaces are hard court and grass....

155 QF 2. FRA Amelie Mauresmo
Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Simone Mauresmo ; born 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player. She is a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles in 2006, at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon....

100 QF
3. USA Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi is a former World No. 1 professional American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is generally considered by critics and fellow players to be among the greatest tennis players of all time, and has been called the...

123 QF 3. RUS Elena Likhovtseva
Elena Likhovtseva
Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva ( Елена Лиховцева (jelena lixɔvtseva; born 8 September 1975 in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan) is a Russian tennis player, She turned professional in January 1992 at the age of 16....

70 1R
2005
2005 in tennis
-Grand Slam events:*Australian Open **Men's Singles: Marat Safin d. Lleyton Hewitt, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.**Women's Singles: Serena Williams d. Lindsay Davenport, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0....

1. USA Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. His best surfaces are hard court and grass....

120 1R 1. BEL Kim Clijsters
Kim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 ranked player in singles and in doubles. As of September 28, 2009, she is ranked World No. 17....

225 W
2. USA Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi is a former World No. 1 professional American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is generally considered by critics and fellow players to be among the greatest tennis players of all time, and has been called the...

105 F 2. FRA Mary Pierce
Mary Pierce
Mary Pierce is a tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics....

100 F
3. ESP Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a former World No. 1 Spanish professional tennis player, currently ranked #2. Nadal has won six Grand Slam singles titles, and the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles....

2
100 3R 3. FRA Amelie Mauresmo
Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Simone Mauresmo ; born 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player. She is a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles in 2006, at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon....

80 QF
2006
2006 in tennis
-Grand Slam events:*Australian Open **Men's Singles: Roger Federer d. Marcos Baghdatis, 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2.**Women's Singles: Amélie Mauresmo d. Justine Henin-Hardenne, 6-1, 2-0, Henin-Hardenne retires....

1. USA Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. His best surfaces are hard court and grass....

147 F 1. SRB Ana Ivanović
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanović, is a former World No.1 Serbian tennis player. As of October 19, 2009, she is ranked World No. 14 by the Women's Tennis Association...

127 3R
2. CHI Fernando González
Fernando González
Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest hitting forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...

124 3R 2. RUS Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
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122 W
3. GBR Andy Murray 105 4R 3. BEL Kim Clijsters
Kim Clijsters
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120 A
2007
2007 in tennis
-January:*1 - In the Next Generation Adelaide International for the first time in history besides the Tennis Masters Cup a round-robin competition is in use to replace the normally used 32 player brackets. The new system will be used in several other tournaments throughout the season. *2 - Lleyton...

1. SUI Roger Federer
Roger Federer
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170 W 1. RUS Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
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122 3R
2. USA James Blake
James Blake
James Riley Blake is a professional tennis player and currently the second-highest ranked American, 24th in the world . Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. He reached the final of the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup but lost to World No. 1 Roger Federer in straight sets...

167 4R 2. SRB Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
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107 QF
3. USA Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
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112 QF 3. SUI Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder
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3
97 3R
2008
2008 US Open Series
- 2008 Series Results :To be included in the standings and subsequently the bonus prize money, a player has to have countable results from two different tournaments. Players finishing in the top three in the series can earn up to $1 million in extra prize money....

1. ESP Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
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4
145 SF 1. RUS Dinara Safina
Dinara Safina
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170 SF
2. GBR Andy Murray 145 F 2. FRA Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli
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90 4R
3. ARG Juan Martín del Potro
Juan Martin Del Potro
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140 QF 3. SVK Dominika Cibulkova
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85 3R
2009
2009 US Open Series
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1. USA Sam Querrey
Sam Querrey
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175 3R 1. RUS Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva
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170 2R
2. GBR Andy Murray 145 4R 2. ITA Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta
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5
140 QF
3. ARG Juan Martin del Potro
Juan Martin Del Potro
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140 W 3. SRB Jelena Jankovic
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a Serbian professional tennis player former World No. 1-Career:Janković learned her first tennis skills in Tennis Club 'Red Star'. As a nine-and-a-half year old she was introduced to tennis by her elder brother and fitness coach Marko. She was later trained at the Tennis Academy...

140 2R
  • 1 - Hewitt and Davenport finish first in final standings based on more match wins in US Open Series Events.
  • 2 - Nadal finishes third in final standings (over Federer) based on more match wins in US Open Series Events.
  • 3 - Schnyder was placed third because Justine Henin (who had more points - 100) only played one tournament and was therefore not eligible for the top three positions.
  • 4 - The 2008 US Open Series results are as of August 18, 2008. Rafael Nadal
    Rafael Nadal
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     won the series instead of Andy Murray because Nadal defeated Murray in Canada.
  • 5 - Pennetta finished second in the final standings based on more match wins in US Open Series Events.

Records


Most points won:
Kim Clijsters, 225 points.
Men: Sam Querrey, 175 points.
Women: Kim Clijsters, 225 points.

Most US Open Series overall victories:
Andy Roddick, 2 (2005 & 2006).

Most US Open Series Top 3 endings:
Andy Roddick, 4 (2004-2, 2005-1, 2006-1 & 2007-3).

Most US Open Series tournament victories:
Roger Federer, 5

Most successful nation in the US Open Series:
USA, 16 tournament victories (Men: 12 & Women: 4).
Men: USA, 12 tournament victories.
Women: Russia, 9 tournament victories.

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