US Open Series

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In the men's category, Andy Roddick is one of the three record winners of the US Open Series with two successes

Rafael Nadal is also a record winner with two successes.

In the women's category, Serena Williams is the sole record winner with three victories.

The US Open Series is a series of currently eight tournaments on the ATP and WTA Tour , which extends over the five weeks before the US Open . In preparation for the Grand Slam tournament in New York, all tournaments will be played on surfaces similar to those in Flushing Meadows. Hence this series is also known as the North American hard court season . It was created in 2004 to give the smaller American tournaments a larger television presence.

The players can collect points in the course of the series, which later lead to a higher prize money depending on their performance at the US Open. In 2005 Kim Clijsters won a total of 2.2 million US dollars in prize money with her victory in both the series and Flushing Meadows, the highest sum in women's sport to date. Roger Federer won two years later, also through this double success, at the US Open a total of 2.4 million US dollars. Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal set a new record in professional tennis in 2013 by winning the US Open Series and the subsequent US Open with prize money of 3.6 million US dollars each. Williams succeeded in doing this in the following year too, raising the record again with $ 4 million in prize money.

In 2017, for the first time, no bonus prize money was distributed at the US Open Series.

Tournament schedule 2018

week	Men's	Ladies
July 23	BB&T Atlanta Open ATP World Tour 250
30th July		Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic WTA Premier Tournament
6th of August	Rogers Cup ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Rogers Cup WTA Premier 5 Tournament
13 August	Western and Southern Open ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Western and Southern Open WTA Premier 5 Tournament
20th of August	Winston-Salem Open ATP World Tour 250	Connecticut Open WTA Premier Tournament

Scoring

2008-2016

Until 2016 the points were awarded according to the following key:

Result	ATP Masters 1000 WTA Premier	ATP World Tour 250/500 WTA Premier
Tournament victory	100	70
final	70	45
Semifinals	45	25th
Quarter finals	25th	15th
Round of 16	15th	0

Since 2006, players had to score points in at least two US Open Series tournaments in order to be rated for a top 3 place in the overall standings of the series.

Since the 2014 season, all of a player's points have been doubled as soon as he has scored points in at least three tournaments in the series.

In the event of a tie between two players among the top 3, the placement was determined according to the following criteria (whereby the next point was only progressed if the previous criterion was still equal between the players):

• 1. Direct comparison (according to matches) of the players at tournaments of the US Open Series of the respective year;
• 2. Higher number of match wins at tournaments of the US Open Series of the respective year;
• 3. Higher number of sets won in tournaments of the US Open Series of the respective year;
• 4. Higher number of games won at tournaments of the US Open Series of the respective year;
• 5. Coin toss.

If more than two players were tied, the best placed player in this group was initially determined according to criteria 2-5; then the second placed was also determined according to these criteria, etc. If only two players remained in the group, the tie between them was resolved according to criteria 1-5.

2006-2007

Result	ATP Masters Series WTA Tier I	ATP International Series WTA Tier II
Tournament victory	100	50
final	70	35
Semifinals	45	22nd
Quarter finals	25th	12
Round of 16	15th	0

2004-2005

Result	ATP Masters Series WTA Tier I	WTA Tier II	ATP International Series ($ 600,000)	ATP International Series ($ 380-400,000)
Tournament victory	100	50	40	35
final	70	35	28	24
Semifinals	45	22nd	18th	15th
Quarter finals	25th	12	10	8th
Round of 16	15th	0	0	0

Total standings and results at the US Open

Men's year player Points US Open 2004 1. Lleyton Hewitt 1st  155 F. 2. Andy Roddick  155 VF 3. Andre Agassi  123 VF 2005 1. Andy Roddick  120 1R 2. Andre Agassi  105 F. 3. Rafael Nadal 2  100 3R 2006 1. Andy Roddick (2)  147 F. 2. Fernando González  124 3R 3. Andy Murray  105 AF 2007 1. Roger Federer  170 S. 2. James Blake  167 AF 3. Andy Roddick  112 VF 2008 1. Rafael Nadal 4  145 HF 2. Andy Murray  145 F. 3. Juan Martin del Potro  140 VF 2009 1. Sam Querrey  175 3R 2. Andy Murray  145 AF 3. Juan Martin del Potro  140 S. 2010 1. Andy Murray 6  170 3R 2. Roger Federer  170 HF 3. Mardy Fish  140 AF 2011 1. Mardy Fish  230 AF 2. Novak Đoković  170 S. 3. John Isner  140 VF 2012 1. Novak Đoković  170 F. 2. John Isner  140 3R 3. Sam Querrey  135 3R 2013 1. Rafael Nadal (2)  200 S. 2. John Isner  185 3R 3. Juan Martin del Potro  130 2R 2014 1. Milos Raonic  280 * AF 2. John Isner  200 * 3R 3. Roger Federer  170 HF 2015 1. Andy Murray (2)  145 AF 2. Novak Đoković  140 S. 3. John Isner 9  95 AF 2016 1. Kei Nishikori  85 HF 2. Grigor Dimitrov 10  70 AF 3. Milos Raonic  70 2R 2017 - 2018 not played out

Ladies year Player Points US Open 2004 1. Lindsay Davenport 1  100 HF 2. Amélie Mauresmo  100 VF 3. Jelena Lichowzewa  70 1R 2005 1. Kim Clijsters  225 S. 2. Mary Pierce  100 F. 3. Amélie Mauresmo  80 VF 2006 1. Ana Ivanović  127 3R 2. Maria Sharapova  122 S. 3. Kim Clijsters  120 - 2007 1. Maria Sharapova  122 3R 2. Jelena Janković  107 VF 3. Patty Schnyder 3  97 3R 2008 1. Dinara Safina  170 HF 2. Marion Bartoli  90 AF 3. Dominika Cibulková  85 3R 2009 1. Jelena Dementjewa  170 2R 2. Flavia Pennetta 5  140 VF 3. Jelena Janković  140 2R 2010 1. Caroline Wozniacki  185 HF 2. Kim Clijsters  125 S. 3. Svetlana Kuznetsova 7  115 AF 2011 1. Serena Williams  170 F. 2. Agnieszka Radwańska 8  130 2R 3. Maria Sharapova  130 3R 2012 1. Petra Kvitová  215 AF 2. Li Na  170 3R 3. Dominika Cibulková  100 3R 2013 1. Serena Williams (2)  170 S. 2. Viktoriya Azaranka  145 F. 3. Agnieszka Radwańska  130 AF 2014 1. Serena Williams (3)  430 * S. 2. Angelique Kerber  150 * 3R 3. Agnieszka Radwańska  125 2R 2015 1. Karolína Plíšková  150 * 1R 2. Serena Williams  145 HF 3. Simona Halep  140 HF 2016 1. Agnieszka Radwańska  200 AF 2. Johanna Konta  200 AF 3. Simona Halep  145 VF 2017 - 2018 not played out

^* Doubled points.

¹ Hewitt and Davenport won the series due to the higher number of match wins.

² Nadal took third place in the series before Federer tied for points due to the higher number of match wins.

³ Schnyder took third place ahead of Justine Henin, who had better points (100 points), as she had only participated in one tournament in the series.

^4th Nadal won the series before Murray tied on points due to the direct comparison (victory over Murray in Toronto).

⁵ Pennetta took second place in front of the equal points Janković due to the higher number of match wins.

^6th Murray won the series before Roger Federer tied on points due to the direct comparison (victory over Federer in Toronto).

^7th Kuznetsova took third place ahead of the tied Asaranka and Sharapova due to the higher number of games won (all three won 9 matches and 19 sets).

^8th Radwańska took second place in front of Sharapova with the same number of points due to the higher number of match wins.

⁹ Isner took third place ahead of Roger Federer, who had better points (100 points), as he had only participated in one tournament in the series.

¹⁰ Grigor Dimitrov took second place ahead of Raonic with the same number of points due to the higher number of match wins.

Prize money

The three best players in the US Open Series will receive the following bonus prize money, depending on their performance at the US Open:

	Bonus prize money at the US Open
	victory	final	Semifinals	Quarter finals	Round of 16	3rd round	2nd round	1 round
1st place	$ 1,000,000	$ 500,000	$ 250,000	$ 125,000	$ 70,000	$ 40,000	$ 25,000	$ 15,000
2nd place	$ 500,000	$ 250,000	$ 125,000	$ 62,500	$ 35,000	$ 20,000	$ 12,500	$ 7,500
3rd place	$ 250,000	$ 125,000	$ 62,500	$ 31,250	$ 17,500	$ 10,000	$ 6,250	$ 3,750

Tournament winner

Men's

	los Angeles		Indianapolis		Washington		Montreal / Toronto		Cincinnati		New Haven
2004	Tommy Haas		Andy Roddick		Lleyton Hewitt		Roger Federer		Andre Agassi		not carried out
2005	Andre Agassi (2)		Robby Ginepri		Andy Roddick (2)		Rafael Nadal		Roger Federer (2)		James Blake
2006	Tommy Haas (2)		James Blake (2)		Arnaud Clément		Roger Federer (3)		Andy Roddick (3)		Nikolai Davydenko
2007	Radek Štěpánek		Dmitri Tursunov		Andy Roddick (4)		Novak Đoković		Roger Federer (4)		James Blake (3)
	Indianapolis		los Angeles		Washington		Montreal / Toronto		Cincinnati		New Haven
2008	Gilles Simon	→	Juan Martín del Potro	→	Juan Martin del Potro (2)	→	Rafael Nadal (2)	→	Andy Murray	→	Marin Čilić	→
2009	Robby Ginepri (2)	→	Sam Querrey	→	Juan Martin del Potro (3)	→	Andy Murray (2)	→	Roger Federer (5)	→	Fernando Verdasco	→
	Atlanta		los Angeles		Washington		Montreal / Toronto		Cincinnati		New Haven
2010	Mardy Fish	→	Sam Querrey (2)	→	David Nalbandian	→	Andy Murray (3)	→	Roger Federer (6)	→	Serhiy Stachowskyj	→
	Atlanta		los Angeles		Washington		Montreal / Toronto		Cincinnati		Winston-Salem
2011	Mardy Fish (2)	→	Ernests Gulbis	→	Radek Štěpánek (2)	→	Novak Đoković (2)	→	Andy Murray (4)	→	John Isner	→
2012	Andy Roddick (5)	→	Sam Querrey (3)	→	Oleksandr Dolhopolov	→	Novak Đoković (3)	→	Roger Federer (7)	→	John Isner (2)	→
2013	John Isner (3)	→	not carried out		Juan Martin del Potro (4)	→	Rafael Nadal (3)	→	Rafael Nadal (4)	→	Jürgen Melzer	→
2014	John Isner (4)	→	not carried out		Milos Raonic	→	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	→	Roger Federer (8)	→	Lukáš Rosol	→
2015	John Isner (5)	→	not carried out		not part of the series		Andy Murray (5)	→	Roger Federer (9)	→	Kevin Anderson	→
2016	Nick Kyrgios	→	not carried out		not part of the series		Novak Đoković (4)	→	Marin Čilić (2)	→	Pablo Carreño Busta	→
2017	John Isner (6)	→	not carried out		not part of the series		Alexander Zverev	→	Grigor Dimitrov	→	Roberto Bautista Agut	→
2018		→	not carried out		not part of the series		Rafael Nadal	→		→		→

Ladies

	Stanford		San Diego		los Angeles		Montreal / Toronto		New Haven
2004	Lindsay Davenport	→	not part of series 1		Lindsay Davenport (2)	→	Amélie Mauresmo	→	Jelena Bowina	→
2005	Kim Clijsters	→	Mary Pierce	→	Kim Clijsters (2)	→	Kim Clijsters (3)	→	Lindsay Davenport (3)	→
2006	Kim Clijsters (4)	→	Maria Sharapova	→	Jelena Dementjewa	→	Ana Ivanović	→	Justine Henin-Hardenne	→
2007	Anna Chakvetadze	→	Maria Sharapova (2)	→	Ana Ivanović (2)	→	Justine Henin (2)	→	Svetlana Kuznetsova	→
	Stanford		los Angeles		Montreal / Toronto		New Haven
2008	Aleksandra Wozniak	→	Dinara Safina	→	Dinara Safina (2)	→	Caroline Wozniacki	→
	Stanford		los Angeles		Cincinnati		Montreal / Toronto		New Haven
2009	Marion Bartoli	→	Flavia Pennetta	→	Jelena Janković	→	Jelena Dementjewa (2)	→	Caroline Wozniacki (2)	→
	Stanford		San Diego		Cincinnati		Montreal / Toronto		New Haven
2010	Viktoriya Azaranka	→	Svetlana Kuznetsova (2)	→	Kim Clijsters (5)	→	Caroline Wozniacki (3)	→	Caroline Wozniacki (4)	→
	Stanford		San Diego / Carlsbad		Montreal / Toronto		Cincinnati		New Haven
2011	Serena Williams	→	Agnieszka Radwańska	→	Serena Williams (2)	→	Maria Sharapova (3)	→	Caroline Wozniacki (5)	→
2012	Serena Williams (3)	→	Dominika Cibulková	→	Petra Kvitová	→	Li Na	→	Petra Kvitová (2)	→
2013	Dominika Cibulková (2)	→	Samantha Stosur	→	Serena Williams (4)	→	Viktoriya Azaranka (2)	→	Simona Halep	→
	Stanford		Montreal / Toronto		Cincinnati		New Haven
2014	Serena Williams (5)	→	Agnieszka Radwańska (2)	→	Serena Williams (6)	→	Petra Kvitová (3)	→
2015	Angelique Kerber	→	Belinda Bencic	→	Serena Williams (7)	→	Petra Kvitová (4)	→
2016	Johanna Konta	→	Simona Halep	→	Karolína Plíšková	→	Agnieszka Radwańska (3)	→
2017	Madison Keys	→	Elina Switolina	→	Garbiñe Muguruza	→	Daria Gavrilova	→
	San Jose		Montreal / Toronto		Cincinnati		New Haven
2018	Mihaela Buzărnescu	→	Simona Halep (2)	→	Kiki Bertens	→	Aryna Sabalenka	→

¹ The women's tournament in San Diego was originally on the calendar of the US Open Series in 2004, but did not become part of the series until the following year.

Records

Most overall wins

• Men: 2 - Andy Roddick (2005, 2006), Rafael Nadal (2008, 2013), Andy Murray (2010, 2015).   
• Women: 3 - Serena Williams (2011, 2013, 2014). 

Highest total score

Until 2013 (without doubling points) :

• Gentlemen: 230 - Mardy Fish (2011). 
• Women: 225 - Kim Clijsters (2005). 

Since 2014 :

• Men: 280 - Milos Raonic (2014). 
• Women: 430 - Serena Williams (2014). 

Converted to the 2008 point system :

• Gentlemen: 230 - Mardy Fish (2011). 
• Women: 265 - Kim Clijsters (2005). 

Converted to the 2014 point system :

• Gentlemen: 460 - Mardy Fish (2011). 
• Women: 530 - Kim Clijsters (2005). 

Most tournament victories

• Gentlemen: 9 - Roger Federer . 
• Women: 7 - Serena Williams . 

Most tournament wins in one year

• Men: 2 - Juan Martín del Potro (2008), Rafael Nadal (2013).  
• Women: 3 - Kim Clijsters (2005). 

Overall winner of the US Open Series and winner of the US Open that same year

• Gentlemen: Roger Federer (2007), Rafael Nadal (2013).  
• Women: Kim Clijsters (2005), Serena Williams (2; 2013, 2014).  

Web links

• Official website (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bonus Challenge | Emirates Airline US Open Series. In: www.emiratesusopenseries.com. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .