Plan Your Visit to the U.S. Open
The 2010 U.S. Open Tennis Championships runs from August through September 2010, and will be held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
This year, the Open offers an impressive 21.6 Million dollar purse, making this the third year in a row where the tournament’s prize money has increased by $1 million dollars. There is also the possibility of an additional 2.6 million dollars for the top three men’s and the top three women’s finishers in the Olympus US Open Series. This is the largest purse offering in the history of the U.S. Tennis Open Championships.
The extra perks that come along with the 5.8% bump in last year’s record purse, are the 2010 Lexus IS Convertible offered to both U.S. Open Singles champions, and the knowledge that the prizes are equal between the men and women contestants. All players receive per diem payments to help with the cost of participation in the event.
The favored top ten entry list for the men includes:
• Rodger Federer of Switzerland
• Rafael Nadal of Spain
• Andy Murray of Great Britain
• Novak Djokovic of Serbia
• Andy Roddick of Austin, TX
• Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina
• Gilles Simon of France
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France
• Fernando Verdasco of Spain
• Fernando Gonzalez of Chile
Eight of the male entrants have won Grand Slam singles during their careers
The favored top ten entry list for the women includes:
• Dinara Safina of Russia
• Serena Williams of Palm Beach Gardens, FL
• Venus Williams of Palm Beach Gardens, FL
• Elena Dementieva of Russia
• Kuznetsova of Russia
• Jelena Jankovic of Serbia
• Vera Zvonareva of Russia
• Victoria Azarenka of Belarus
• Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark
• Nadia Petrova of Russia
Of these two line-ups, Rodger Federer of the men’s roster, and Serena Williams of the women’s roster, are favored to win first place based on previous wins and performance.
Rodger Federer has previously won five consecutive U.S. Open singles titles last year, and made Grand Slam history this year in Wimbledon. He also broke Pete Sampras previous record for most Grand Slam Singles titles with a total of 15. He currently leads the men’s singles which puts him foremost on most speculators’ lists for taking home the big purse.
For the women, Serena Williams is the favorite. She is the defending U.S. Open Champion with previous wins in both 1999 and 2002.
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