us open tennis

us open tennis

us open tennis
us open tennis

The main 2008 us open tennis tournament consists of five championships: 2008 us open tennis men's and 2008 us open tennis women's singles, 2008 us open tennis men's and 2008 us open tennis women's doubles, and 2008 us open tennis mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for 2008 us open tennis senior, 2008 us open tennis junior, and 2008 us open tennis wheelchair players. Since 1978, the tournament has been played on acrylic hard court at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York City.

The US Open tennis tournament is chronologically the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam tennis tournaments. It is held annually in August and September over a two-week period (the weeks before and after Labor Day weekend). The main tournament consists of five 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. Since 1978, the tournament has been played on acrylic hard court at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York City. The complex was renamed after King during the 2006 US Open. King is a pioneer in women's tennis and the founder of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), the Women's Sports Foundation and World Team Tennis (WTT), which she founded with her former husband, Larry King.

The us open tennis grew from an exclusive entertainment event for high society to a $17 million prize money championship (about $1.4 million for each of the winners of the singles tournaments) for over 600 male and female professional players.

The us open tennis originated from two separate tournaments: the men's tournament and the women's tournament. The event was first held in August 1881 and staged at the Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island (men's singles only). The championships were known as the U.S. National Singles Championship for men. Only clubs that were members of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association were permitted to enter. From 1884 until 1911 the tournament used a challenge system whereby the defending champion automatically qualified for the next year's final. The Newport Casino hosted the men's singles tournament until 1915 when it moved to the West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills, New York. From 1921 until 1923 it was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia and returned to Forest Hills in 1924.

The total prize money for the 2008 us open tennis is divided as follows:

Singles (Men & Women - 128 Draws)

Winners $1,400,000

Runners-Up $700,000

Semifinalists $300,000

Quarterfinalists $150,000

Round of 16 $75,000

Third Round $43,000

Second Round $27,500

First Round $17,500

Total $6,588,000 ($13,176,000)

Get your us open tennis tickets to see the fourth and final tennis tournament in the Grand Slam. Typically held over the course of two weeks, at the end of August and early September 2008 Tennis US Open tickets

Arthur Ashe Stadium

Corona, NY