Contents

I. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3

II. History…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……….4

II.1 Beginning……………………………………………………………………………………………………………4

II.2 100th Year Anniversary – 1980………………………………………………………………………6

II.3 2013th Edition……………………………………………………………………………………………………7

III. Records…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..8

III.1 Serving records………………………………………………………………………………………….…….8

III.2 Most championship titles………………………………………………………………………….…….9

III.2.1 Most total titles, all events…………………………………………………………..….9

III.2.2 Most singles championships…………………………………………….………………10

III.2.3 Most doubles championships, team…………………………………………………10

III.3 Youngest & Oldest champions………………………………………………………………………11

IV. Grounds…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………12

V. The 3 Greatest Matches in US Open Tennis History…………………………………15

VI. Prize money & Ranking points………………………………………………………………………………..18

VII. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….19

VIII. References………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….20
IX. Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………21

I. Introduction

The United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament

which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the
U.S. National Championship. Since 1987, the US Open has been chronologically the fourth
and final tennis major comprising the Grand Slam each year; the other three are the
Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. It is held annually in late August and early
September over a two-week period. The main tournament consists of five event
championships: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles,
with additional tournaments for senior, junior, and wheelchair players. The US Open is
owned and organized by the USTA (United States Tennis Association. Net proceeds from
high ticket prices are used to promote the development of tennis in the United States as
the USTA is a not-for-profit organization.

The US Open has tiebreaks in every set, including the last set. The other three
Grand Slam tournaments have tiebreaks in every set other than the last set (i.e. the fifth
set for men and third set for women), and therefore their last set continues indefinitely
until a two-game lead is reached.

II. History

2.1 Beginning

The tournament was first held in August 1881

on the grass courts at the Newport Casino,
Newport, Rhode Island and in that first year
only clubs that were members of the United
States National Lawn Tennis Association

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(USNLTA) were permitted to enter. The first edition was won by Richard Sears who went
on to win seven consecutive singles titles. Since 1978, the tournament has been played on
acrylic hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at New York City,
New York, United States. From 1884 through 1911, the tournament used a challenge
system whereby the defending champion automatically qualified for

the next year's final in which he would play the winner of the all-comers tournament. The
first U.S. Women's National Singles Championships were held six years after the men's
tournament at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. The first mixed doubles championship
tournament was held in concordance with the first women's singles and doubles
tournament. The first U.S. National Men's Doubles Championship was held a year later, in
1900. In 1915 the national championship was relocated from Newport, Rhode Island to the
West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills, New York. Already in 1911 an effort was made by a
group of tennis players, headed by Karl H. Behr from New York, to relocate the
tournament to New York but by a vote of 95 to 60 it was decided to remain in Newport. In
early 1915 the issue resurfaced when a group of about 100 tennis players signed a petition
in favor of the move, arguing that most tennis clubs, players and fans were located in the
New York area and that it would therefore be beneficial for the development of the sport
to host the national championship there. This view was opposed by another group of
players which included eight former national singles champions. The contentious issue was
brought to a vote at the annual USNLTA meeting on Feb 5, 1915 and with 128 votes in
favor and

119 against it was decided to relocate. From 1921 through 1923, the tournament was
played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia and it returned to Forest Hills in
1924.

Though regarded unofficially by many as a major championship beforehand, the

tournament was officially designated as one of the major tournaments by the ILTF
commencing in 1924.In the first few years of the United States National Championship
only men competed and the tournament was known as the US National Singles
Championships for Men. Six years after the men's nationals were first held, the first
official U.S. Women's National Singles Championship was held at the Philadelphia Cricket
Club in 1887, won by 17-year-old Philadelphian Ellen Hansell, accompanied by the U.S.
Women's National Doubles Championship (not held for the next two years) and U.S. Mixed
Doubles Championship (not held in 1899). The women's tournament used a challenge system
from 1888 through 1918, except in 1917. Between 1890 and 1906 sectional tournaments
were held in the east and the west of the country to determine the best two doubles

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teams, which competed in a play-off to see who would play the defending champions in the
challenge round.

The open era began in 1968 when all five events were merged into the US Open,
held at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills. The 1968 combined tournament was
open to professionals for the first time. That year, 96 men and 63 women entered the
event, and prize money totaled $100,000. In 1970, the US Open became the first Grand
Slam tournament to use a tiebreak to decide a set that reached a 6–6 score in games and
is the only major to use a tiebreak in the deciding set; the other three grand slams play
out the deciding set until a two-game margin is achieved. From 1970 to 1974 the US Open
used a best-of-nine point, sudden death tiebreaker before moving to the ITF best-of-
twelve point system.

In 1973 the US Open became the first Grand Slam tournament to award equal prize
money to men and women with that year's singles champions John Newcombe and Margaret
Court both receiving $25,000. Another US Open innovation came in 1975 when floodlights
enabled night play for the first time. In 1978 the tournament moved from the West Side
Tennis Club, Forest Hills, Queens to the larger USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing
Meadows, Queens, in the process switching the surface from clay, used in the last three
years at Forest Hills, to hard courts. Jimmy Connors is the only individual to have won US
Open singles titles on all three surfaces (grass, clay, hardcourt), while Chris Evert is the
only woman to win on two surfaces (clay, hardcourt). The US Open is the only Grand Slam
tournament that has been played every year since its inception.

2.2 100th Year Anniversary – 1980

At the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Championships, Americans claim both singles
titles and the men's and women's doubles titles. McEnroe wins his third straight men's
singles crown, equaling a feat last achieved by Bill Tilden in 1925. McEnroe defeats Borg in
the final, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3, in the Swede's final Grand Slam appearance It was McEnroe's
2nd career Grand Slam singles title and his 2nd consecutive US Open title. The loss is
Borg's fourth US Open runner-up finish. McEnroe also teams with Peter Fleming to win the
doubles title. At 18, Tracy Austin wins her second US Open title when Martina Navratilova
double faults on match point of Austin's 1-6, 7-6, 7-6 victory. Navratilova, who upset
Evert Lloyd in the semifinals, appears in her first US Open women's singles final.

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 2.3 2013th Edition

The 2013 US Open was one for the ages – and one for the aged. Three of the four
women’s semifinalists – and five of eight quarterfinalists – were 30 or over, and the
average age of the four men’s semifinalists was 27, with none younger than 26. Moreover,
Flavia Pennetta made her first Grand Slam semifinal at 31, and Stanislas Wawrinka did the
same on the men’s side at age 28. Aptly enough, it was the nearly 32-year-old Serena
Williams who lifted the women’s trophy. The world No. 1 defeated Victoria Azarenka in a
hard-fought final for her fifth women’s singles championship, becoming the oldest in the
Open era – and the oldest overall since 1950 (Margaret Osborne duPont) – to win the
women’s crown. The men’s title tilt also was a battle of veterans, with Novak Djokovic (26)
and Rafael Nadal (27) facing off for the third time in four years. And as was the custom
at the 2013 Open, the older man won, with Nadal improving to 22-0 on hard courts for the
year with his second US Open championship. Also with the victories, Williams and Nadal
each took home a record payday of $3.6 million as the US Open and Emirates Airline US
Open Series champions. The US Open year of the veteran extended to doubles as well,
where 40-year-old Leander Paes won the men’s doubles title with 34-year-old Radek
Stepanek, and 36-year-old Max Mirnyi teamed with relative youngster Andrea Hlavackova,
27, to claim the mixed championship. Hlavackova also won the women’s doubles title, with
28-year-old Lucie Hradecka. Another 30-something, American fan favorite James Blake,
used Flushing Meadows as his chance to say goodbye to the sport, leaving to a standing
ovation in Louis Armstrong Stadium. Indeed, the 2013 US Open is a hit with fans. Overall
attendance surpasses 700,000 for the sixth time, with the final tally of 713,026 ranking
fourth-highest in tournament history.

III. Records
3.1 SERVING RECORDS

MOST ACES IN A TOURNAMENT (SINCE 1991)

MEN

Player Number Year

1. Pete Sampras 144 2002
2. Pete Sampras 141 1995
3. Gilles Muller 128 2008

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T4. Goran Ivanisevic 127 1996
T4. Todd Martin 127 1999

WOMEN

Player Number Year

1. Serena Williams 70 1999
2. Serena Williams 63 2012
3. Serena Williams 61 2002
T4. Serena Williams 57 2011
T4. Svetlana Kuznetsova 57 2004

MOST ACES IN A MATCH (SINCE 1991)

EN

Player Number Year Round Result

1. Richard Krajicek 49 1999 QF lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 1-6, 7-6
2. Ivo Karlovic 42 2008 2R defeated Florent Serra, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2
3. Milos Raonic 39 2013 4R lost to Richard Gasquet, 6-7, 7-6, 2-6, 7-6, 7-5
T4. Wayne Arthurs 38 1999 1R defeated Alex Corretja, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6
T4. John Isner 38 2009 3R defeated Andy Roddick, 7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 7-6
T4. Ivo Karlovic 38 2013 1R defeated James Blake, 6-7, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6
T4. Ivo Karlovic 38 2007 1R lost to Arnaud Clement, 7-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-7, 6-4
T4. Wesley Moodie 38 2006 1R defeated Max Mirnyi, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-4
T4. Gilles Muller 38 2008 3R defeated Nicolas Almagro, 6-7, 3-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-5
T4. Andy Roddick 38 2003 SF defeated David Nalbandian, 6-7, 3-6, 7-6, 6-1, 6-3
WOMEN

Player Number Year Round Result

T1. Daniela Hantuchova 15 2013 4R defeated Alison Riske, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
T1. Nadia Petrova 15 2012 1R defeated Jarmila Gajdosova, 6-3, 7-6
T1. Nadia Petrova 15 2006 3R lost to Tatiana Golovin, 7-5, 6-7, 6-3
T1. Olga Savchuk 15 2010 1R lost to Melanie Oudin, 6-3, 6-0
T1. Serena Williams 15 1999 QF defeated Monica Seles, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
6. Serena Williams 14 2000 4R defeated Jelena Dokic, 7-6, 6-0
T7. Svetlana Kuznetsova 13 2004 4R defeated Mary Pierce, 7-6, 6-2
T7. Katarina Srebotnik 13 2008 3R defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-3, 6-7, 6-3
T7. Serena Williams 13 2012 F defeated Victoria Azarenka, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
T10. A woman has hit 12 aces on 12 different occasions, including seven times by Serena Williams

3.2 MOST CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES

3.2.1 MOST TOTAL TITLES, ALL EVENTS

MEN

Player Number Years (first to last title)

1. Bill Tilden 16 1913-29
2. Richard Sears 13 1881-87
T3. Bob Bryan 8 2003-12
T3. John McEnroe 8 1979-89

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 T3. Neale Fraser
T3. Billy Talbert
T3. George M. Lott Jr.
Open Era
T1. Bob Bryan
T1. John McEnroe
T3. Todd Woodbridge
T3. Jimmy Connors
WOMEN
Player Number Years (first to last title)
1. Margaret Osborne duPont 25
2. Margaret Smith Court 18
3. A. Louise Broug 17
Open Era
1. Martina Navratilova 16
2. Margaret Court 10
3. Billie Jean King 9 1971-80
3.2.2 MOST SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
MEN
Player
T1. Bill Tilden
T1. Bill Larned
T1. Richard Sears
T4. Roger Federer
T4. Pete Sampras
T4. Jimmy Connors
T1. Roger Federer
T1. Pete Sampras
T1. Jimmy Connors
4. John McEnroe
WOMEN
8 1957-60
8 1942-48
8 1928-34
8 2003-12
8 1979-89
6 1990-2003
6 1974-83
1941-60
1961-75
1942-57
1977-2006
1968-75
Number Years
7 1920-25, ‘29
7 1901-02, 1907-11
7 1881-87
5 2004-08
5 1990, ‘93, ‘95-96, 2002
5 1974, ‘76, ‘78, ‘82-83
5 2004-08
5 1990, ‘93, ‘95-96, 2002
5 1974, ‘76, ‘78, ‘82-83
4 1979-81, '84
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Player Number Years
1. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 8 1915-18, ‘20-22, ‘26
2. Helen Wills 7 1923-25, ‘27-29, ‘31
3. Chris Evert 6 1975-78, ‘80,’82
Open Era
1. Chris Evert 6 1975-78, ‘80,’82
T2. Serena Williams 5 1999, 2002, ’08, ‘12-13
T2. Steffi Graf 5 1988-89, ‘93, ‘95-96

3.2.3 MOST DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS, TEAM

MEN

Player Number Years

1. Richard Sears - James Dwight 5 1882-84, ‘86-87
T2. Bob Bryan - Mike Bryan 4 2005, ‘08, ’10, ‘12
T2. Bob Lutz - Stan Smith 4 1968, ‘74, ‘78, ‘80
T2. Gardnar Mulloy - Bill Talber 4 1942, ’45-46, ‘48
T2. Fred B. Alexander - Harold Hackett 4 1907-10
Open Era
T1. Bob Bryan - Mike Bryan 4 2005, ‘08, ’10, ‘12
T1. Bob Lutz - Stan Smith 4 1968, ‘74, ‘78, ‘80
3. Peter Fleming - John McEnroe 3 1979, ‘81, ‘83

WOMEN

Player Number Years

1. A. Louise Brough - Margaret O. duPont 12 1942-50, ’55-57
T2. Martina Navratilova - Pam Shriver 4 1983-84, '86-87
T2. Doris Hart - Shirley Fry 4 1951-54
T2. Alice Marble - Sarah Palfrey Fabyan Cooke 4 1937-40
Open Era
1. Martina Navratilova - Pam Shriver 4 1983-84, '86-87
T2. Virginia Ruano Pascual - Paola Suarez 3 2002-04
T2. Gigi Fernandez - Natasha Zvereva 3 1992, '95-96

3.3 YOUNGEST & OLDEST CHAMPIONS

YOUNGEST SINGLES CHAMPIONS*

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MEN

Champion Year Age

1. Pete Sampras 1990 19 years, 0 months, 28 days
2. Oliver S. Campbell 1890 19 years, 6 months, 9 days
3. Richard Sears 1881 19 years, 10 months, 8 days
Open Era
1. Pete Sampras 1990 19 years, 0 months, 28 days
2. Lleyton Hewitt 2001 20 years, 6 months, 13 days
3. John McEnroe 1979 20 years, 6 months, 24 days

WOMEN

Champion Year Age

1. Tracy Austin 1979 16 years, 8 months, 28 days
2. Martina Hingis 1997 16 years, 11 months, 8 days
3. Maureen Connolly 1951 16 years, 11 months, 19 days
Open Era
1. Tracy Austin 1979 16 years, 8 months, 28 days
2. Martina Hingis 1997 16 years, 11 months, 8 days
3. Monica Seles 1991 17 years, 9 months, 5 days

OLDEST SINGLES CHAMPIONS*

MEN

Champion Year Age

1. William Larned 1911 38 years, 8 months, 3 days
2. Bill Tilden 1929 36 years, 7 months, 4 days
3. Ken Rosewall 1970 35 years, 10 months, 11 days
Open Era
1. Ken Rosewall 1970 35 years, 10 months, 11 days
2. Rod Laver 1969 31 years, 1 month, 0 days
3. Pete Sampras 2002 31 years, 0 months, 27 days

WOMEN

Champion Year Age

1. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 1926 42 years, 5 months, 27 days
2. Maud Barger Wallach 1908 38 years, 0 months, 12 days
3. Sarah Palfrey Cooke 1945 33 years, 11 months, 16 days
Open Era
1. Serena Williams 2013 31 years, 11 months, 16 days
2. Margaret Smith Court 1973 31 years, 1 month, 23 days

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 3. Martina Navratilova 1987 30 years, 10 months, 25 days

William Larned . Molla Bjurstedt Mallory

IV. Grounds
The DecoTurf surface at the US Open is a fast surface, having slightly less friction
and producing a lower bounce compared to other hard courts (most notably the Rebound
Ace surface formerly used at the Australian Open). For this reason, many serve-and-volley
players have found success at the US Open.

The main court is located at the 22,547-seat Arthur Ashe Stadium, opened in 1997.
It is named after Arthur Ashe, the African American tennis player who won the men's
final of the inaugural US Open in 1968. The next largest court is the Louis Armstrong
Stadium, opened in 1978, extensively renovated from the original Singer Bowl. It was the
main stadium from 1978 to 1996, and its peak capacity neared 18,000 seats, but was
reduced to 10,200 after the opening of Arthur Ashe Stadium. The third largest court is
the 6,000-seat Grandstand Stadium, attached to the Louis Armstrong Stadium. In 2011,
Court 17 was opened as a fourth show court, with large television screens and electronic
line calling which allows player challenges. Sunken into the ground, it has been nicknamed
"The Pit". It initially held 2,500 with temporary stands, but will allow over 3,000 fans
after its completion in 2012. It is located in the southwest corner of the grounds.
Sidecourts 4, 7, and 11 each have a seating capacity of over 1,000.

All the courts used by the US Open are illuminated, meaning that television
coverage of the tournament can extend into prime time to attract higher ratings. This has
recently been used to the advantage of USA Network—and now, ESPN2—on cable and
especially for CBS, the American broadcast television outlet for the tournament for many
years, which used its influence to move the women's singles final to Saturday night to
draw better television ratings.

In 2005, all US Open (and US Open Series) tennis courts were given blue inner
courts to make it easier to see the ball on television; the outer courts remained green.

The USTA National Tennis Center was renamed in honor of four-time tournament
champion and tennis pioneer Billie Jean King during the 2006 US Open.

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 *court layout*

V. The 3 Greatest Matches in US Open Tennis

History
 Steffi Graf vs. Monica Seles, 1995 Finals

The buildup to the 1995 US Open finals was as much a part of the story as the
drama involved in Steffi Graf's 7-6, 0-6, 6-3 victory over Monica Seles.
Seles was playing in just her second tournament after a 2 1/2-year absence. She
had been sidelined since April 1993, when she was stabbed in Hamburg by a fan who
wanted Graf, a German, to regain supremacy over Seles, who was the No. 1 player at the
time.
Graf spent much of the 1995 US Open ducking the German press, who wanted her
reaction to the fact that her father, Peter, was currently in jail in Germany for failure to
pay income tax on more than $1.5 million on his daughter's earnings, according to the
Sports Illustrated report.
The night before the finals, Graf had spent time at a New York hospital having an
MRI performed on her aching foot. The match provided its own intrigue, so much, perhaps,
that reliable Sports Illustrated had the third-set score wrong in its report.
Graf ultimately won that tiebreaker, but Seles dominated the second set, winning it
at love in just 27 minutes. The momentum seemed to be all on Seles' side, but Graf
responded with some of her best tennis in the third set.
With Graf serving at 5-3, 40-15 of the deciding set, Seles hit a crushing forehand
winner on a service return to stay alive. But she erred on Graf's second match point to end
it.
"This is the biggest win I have ever achieved," Graf said, according to SI, after
getting her 18th Grand Slam title. "There is nothing that even”.

 Novak Djokovic vs. Roger Federer, 2011 Semifinals

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 Novak Djokovic produced one of the greatest clutch shots in history while beating
Roger Federer 6-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 in the 2011 US Open semifinals. For the second
straight year, Djokovic saved two match points while beating Federer in the Open
semifinals. He had fought off two match points while serving at 5-4 of the fifth set in
2010. But Djokovic's comeback effort was more dramatic in 2011.Djokovic had rallied
after losing the first two sets to force a fifth set. But after breaking Djokovic in the
eighth game, Federer was serving for the match at 5-3 and had a double match point at
40-15.That's when Djokovic unleashed a crosscourt forehand return winner to save the
first match point. John McEnroe described it as "one of the all-time great shots,"
according to The Guardian.
Djokovic saved the second match point as well, and went on to win four straight
games to close out the match.

 Andre Agassi vs. Pete Sampras, 2001 Quarterfinals

Even though it was not a finals, the 2001 US Open quarterfinals between Andre
Agassi and Pete Sampras featured everything a tennis fan could want. Two established
American stars who already owned 21 Grand Slam singles titles between them met for the
32nd time in their careers. They had already developed a riveting rivalry with their
contrasting styles and personalities.
Sampras held a slim 17-14 lead in match victories, including victories in the 1990
and 1995 US Open finals. The drama and shot-making were accentuated by the US Open's
night-session crowd, known for its loud involvement in matches. Those New York crowds
adore sentimental favorites, a role Agassi, at age 31, and Sampras, at 30, both filled. The
contest was close throughout. In fact, there was not a single service break in the match.
"Probably about as good as it gets, playing the very best in a night match at the US
Open," Sampras said after the match, per the Associated Press. "The atmosphere was
phenomenal, and it was so close."
When Sampras finished off his 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-5) victory at
12:14 a.m. virtually everyone in the announced crowd of 23,033 at Arthur Ashe Stadium
was still in attendance. Agassi fought off a triple set point in the first-set tiebreaker,
coming back from 6-3 deficit to claim it 9-7. Sampras won the second-set tiebreaker on a
deft drop volley, then finished off the third-set tiebreaker with consecutive aces.
Sampras hit two more aces in the fourth-set tiebreaker and had a triple match
point at 6-3. However, the suspense increased when Sampras double faulted and missed a
volley to make it 6-5. But Agassi missed a short forehand on the third match point, giving
Sampras the match.

VI. Prize money & Ranking points

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 The total prize money for the 2013 US Open championships is $34,252,000 (in US
dollars) which represents an increase of about ten million dollars compared to the 2012
edition. The prize money is divided as follows:

Event W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R Q3 Q2 Q1 Total

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Singles $1,900,000 $950,000 $475,000 $237,500 $120,000 $65,000 $37,000 $23,000 $8,638 $5,775 $3,000 $9,406,000
Draw

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Doubles* $420,000 $210,000 $105,000 $50,000 - $26,000 $16,000 $11,000 - - - $3,712,000
Draw

Mixed 32
$150,000 $70,000 $30,000 $15,000 - - $10,000 $5,000 - - - $500,000
Doubles* Draw

In addition to the championship prize money an amount of $410,000 was available

for the Champions Invitational and $1,272,000 for player per diem bringing the total
player compensation to $25,526,000.

The US Open has made a five year agreement to increase the total prize money to
about $50,000,000 by 2017. As a result the total base prize money for the 2013
tournament has been increased to $33.6 million which is a record $8.1 million increase
from 2012.The champions of the 2013 Emirates Airline US Open Series will also have the
opportunity to add $2.6 million in bonus prize money, potentially bringing the total 2013
US Open purse to more than $36 million.

Ranking points
Ranking points for the ATP and WTA have varied at the US Open through the years but
presently singles players receive the following points:

Event W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R

Men
2000 1200 720 360 180 90 45 10
(ATP)
Singles
Women
2000 1400 900 500 280 160 100 5
(WTA)

VII. Conclusion

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 I have decided on this subject because I believe that field tennis
represents me as a whole, being my favourite sport. What is more, I have been
practicing it since my father taught me how to play at 8 years old. For me, it is the
best way of spending my free time as it helps me relax and think more clearly.

I have chosen to talk about the US OPEN tournament because I particularly

like fast surfaces and a fast game that makes you take decisions in fractions of a
second. Even though when I was little I was better at playing in tournaments on clay,
I still preferred indoor courts with fast surfaces where my serve was very effective.

In conclusion, I think that tennis also teaches you how to behave as it is one
of the most fair-play sports in the world, a sport in which the players are good
friends outside of the court but bitter rivals during a match. In addition, I believe it
is one of the most physically demanding sports as an official match could end up
lasting several hours, therefore being very exhausting.

Essentially, US OPEN is more than just a competition due to the fact that I
believe that it teaches people to fight and to realize that nothing is impossible, that
anyone can fulfill their dreams through a lot of hard work and perseverance.

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Retrieved August 23, 2012.
 to: a b "US Open Prize Money". USTA. Retrieved August 23, 2012.

IX. Bibliography

 The Open Book: Celebrating 40 Years of America's Grand Slam

(by United States Tennis Association)

 A Game to Love: In Celebration of Tennis Hardcover

(by Mike Powell)

 The Greatest Tennis Matches of All Time Hardcover

(by Steve Flink)

 The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book
Paperback
(by Bud Collins)

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 The Tennis Book: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Tennis (by John Parsons)

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