2008 Tennis US Open

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2008 US Open
The Fourth Major Championship
August 25 - September 7, 2008

Place: Flushing Meadows, NY
Surface: Hard
Prize Money: US$ 19,600,000
Official Site: www.usopen.org
2007 Winner: R.Federer / Justine Henin

Draws and Order of Play

• Men's Singles
• Women's Singles
• Men's Doubles
• Women's Doubles

Point Breakdown

• Winner 1000 - $1,200,000
• Final 700 - $600,000
• Semi Final 450 - $280,000
• Quarter Final 250 - $140,000
• Round 16 150 - $72,000
• Round 32 75 - $42,000
• Round 64 35 - $26,500
• Round 128 5 - $16,500

Tournament Schedule

1. Aug, 25-26: Men's/Women's 1st Round
2. Aug, 27 - 28 : Men's /Women's 2rd Round
3. Aug, 30-31: Men's/Women's 3rd Round
4. Sept, 1 : Men's/Women's 4th Round
5. Sept, 2 : Men's 4th/Women's Quarterfinal
6. Sept, 3 : Men's/Women's Quarterfinal
7. Sept, 4 : Men's Quarterfinal/Mixed Doubles Final /Women's Doubles Semifinal
8. Sept, 5 : Women's Semifinals/Men's Doubles Final
9. Sept, 6 : Men's Semifinals / Women's Singles Final
10. Sept, 7 : Women's Doubles Final/Men's Singles Final

TV Coverage:
ESPN, Starsport, CCTV5, Sky Sport, EuroSport

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2008 Pilot Pen Tennis - US Open Series

Pilot Pen Tennis
presented by Schick
An Olympus 2008 US Open Series Event

Place: New Haven, CT
Date: August 18-24, 2008
Draw Size: 48
Surface: Hard
Prize Money: $708,000
Official Site: www.pilotpentennis.com
Draw and Order of Play

Point-Prize Breakdown (Point - Prize)

• Winner 200 - $94,000
• Final 140 - $52,000
• Semi Final 90 - $29,000
• Quarter Final 50 - $17,425
• R16 20 - $11,000
• R32 10 - $6,000
• R48 0 - $3,500

Television Coverage
CBS , ESPN2 Starsport

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2008 Olympic Tennis Draw and Order of Play

2008 China Olympic Tennis
Draw and Order of Play
August 10-17, 2008

Olympic Tennis Draw Released on August 7, 2008

Men Single: R.Federer will face Dmitry Tursunov in the first round. R.Nadal will face P.Starace from Italy (71). Hard for Fed again.

Women Single: Ana Ivanovic(1) will face M.Koryttseva(UKR). Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia was handed potentially the toughest task of the top seeds in the first round by fac Li Na from China.

Download Draw from Itftennis.com
(Update Results)

• Men Single Draw
  
• Men Double Draw
• Women Single Draw
• Women Double Draw

*After go to Draw Page Click Box of round

Fact Sheet
Venue: Beijing Olympic Tennis Centre, Olympic Green
Number of Courts Ten match courts; six practice courts - all floodlit
Seating Capacity Centre Court 10000
Full Fact Sheet

TV Coverage: ESPN/Starsport , CCTV and Starsport

Schedule and Order of Play(Local Time)

August 10-11, 2008 - All Events First Round
August 12, 2008 - Second Round
August 13, 2008 - Third Round / Double Quarterfinals
August 14, 2008 - Singles Quarterfinals / Doubles Semifinals
August 15, 2008 - Single Semifinal / Doubles Bronze Medal Match

Men Semi-Final

• Blake J. (USA) vs. Gonzalez F.(Chile)
• Djokovic N.(Serbia) vs. Nadal R.(Spain)

August 16, 2008 - Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match / Women's Singles Bronze Medal Match / Women's Singles Gold Medal Match / Men's Doubles Gold Medal Match / Women's Doubles Bronze Medal Match
August 17, 2008 - Men's Singles Gold Medal Match / Women's Doubles Gold Medal Match

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2008 China Olympic Tennis

After Cincinnati Master we eye to 2008 China Olympic. Today's Olympic tennis players include the highest ranking.

Tennis in Beijing 2008 Events
Doubles Men
Doubles Women
Singles Men
Singles Women

Time and Venue
The tennis event of the 29th Olympic Games will be held at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing from August 10-17, 2008.

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