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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox tennis tournament The US Open Series was the name given by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) to a series of North American professional tennis tournaments leading up to and including the US Open. It was part of the "North American hard-court season".

History

The Series was initially organized in 2004 as a way to focus more attention on American tennis tournaments by getting more of them on domestic television.[1] Until 2004, most summer North American tournaments were not on television, the exceptions being the prominent ATP Tour Masters 1000 events in Canada and Cincinnati. Since the inception of the series, Rafael Nadal is the only tennis player to win Canada, Cincinnati, and the US Open in a calendar year (2013), a feat referred to as the "Summer Slam" or the "North American Hardcourt Slam".[2][3]

Since the Series' inception, North American tournaments have shifted in and out of the Series. In 2023, its final year, the Series was made up of six tournaments: Newport, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Winston-Salem, Cleveland, and the US Open itself.[4] In 2024, the US Open Series website began redirecting to the US Open's official website, indicating the final end to the Series.[5]

Under the US Open's broadcast rights, ESPN held domestic rights to all US Open Series events from 2015 to 2019. The eight non-Masters tournaments received about 50 hours of television combined – about two hours on each day of their final weekends, chiefly on ESPN2. The Washington Open, which had been a part of the series since its 2004 founding, withdrew from the series starting with its 2015 edition due to frustrations over this lack of coverage and sold its exclusive coverage to Tennis Channel.[6][7] The tournament rejoined the US Open Series in 2019.[8] Since 2017, Tennis Channel broadcasts the US Open Series, except for the US Open itself, which is broadcast by ESPN.

Emirates sponsored the series under a deal in place from 2012 to 2016.[9] The $90 million, seven-year sponsorship deal was supposed to last through 2018, but Emirates decided to reallocate its commitment by sponsoring the line-calling technology on ESPN's US Open Series broadcasts.[10]

Tournaments

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Past tournament winners

Men

Year Newport Los Angeles Indianapolis/Atlanta Washington Montreal/Toronto Cincinnati New Haven/Winston-Salem
2004 Not US Open Series Template:Flagicon Haas (1/2) Template:Flagicon Roddick (1/5) Template:Flagicon Hewitt (1/2) Template:Flagicon Federer (1/9) Template:Flagicon Agassi (1/2) Template:Flagicon Hewitt (2/2)
2005 Template:Flagicon Agassi (2/2) Template:Flagicon Ginepri (1/2) Template:Flagicon Roddick (2/5) Template:Flagicon Nadal (1/6) Template:Flagicon Federer (2/9) Template:Flagicon Blake (1/3)
2006 Template:Flagicon Haas (2/2) Template:Flagicon Blake (2/3) Template:Flagicon Clément (1/1) Template:Flagicon Federer (3/9) Template:Flagicon Roddick (3/5) Template:Flagicon Davydenko (1/1)
2007 Template:Flagicon Štěpánek (1/2) Template:Flagicon Tursunov (1/1) Template:Flagicon Roddick (4/5) Template:Flagicon Djokovic (1/6) Template:Flagicon Federer (4/9) Template:Flagicon Blake (3/3)
2008 Template:Flagicon Del Potro (1/4) Template:Flagicon Simon (1/1) Template:Flagicon Del Potro (2/4) Template:Flagicon Nadal (2/6) Template:Flagicon Murray (1/5) Template:Flagicon Čilić (1/2)
2009 Template:Flagicon Querrey (1/3) Template:Flagicon Ginepri (2/2) Template:Flagicon Del Potro (3/4) Template:Flagicon Murray (2/5) Template:Flagicon Federer (5/9) Template:Flagicon Verdasco (1/1)
2010 Template:Flagicon Querrey (2/3) Template:Flagicon Fish (1/2) Template:Flagicon Nalbandian (1/1) Template:Flagicon Murray (3/5) Template:Flagicon Federer (6/9) Template:Flagicon Stakhovsky (1/1)
2011 Template:Flagicon Gulbis (1/1) Template:Flagicon Fish (2/2) Template:Flagicon Štěpánek (2/2) Template:Flagicon Djokovic (2/6) Template:Flagicon Murray (4/5) Template:Flagicon Isner (1/8)
2012 Template:Flagicon Querrey (3/3) Template:Flagicon Roddick (5/5) Template:Flagicon Dolgopolov (1/1) Template:Flagicon Djokovic (3/6) Template:Flagicon Federer (7/9) Template:Flagicon Isner (2/8)
2013 Not held Template:Flagicon Isner (3/8) Template:Flagicon Del Potro (4/4) Template:Flagicon Nadal (3/6) Template:Flagicon Nadal (4/6) Template:Flagicon Melzer (1/1)
2014 Template:Flagicon Isner (4/8) Template:Flagicon Raonic (1/1) Template:Flagicon Tsonga (1/1) Template:Flagicon Federer (8/9) Template:Flagicon Rosol (1/1)
2015 Template:Flagicon Isner (5/8) Not US Open Series Template:Flagicon Murray (5/5) Template:Flagicon Federer (9/9) Template:Flagicon Anderson (1/2)
2016 Template:Flagicon Kyrgios (1/3) Template:Flagicon Djokovic (4/6) Template:Flagicon Čilić (2/2) Template:Flagicon Carreño Busta (1/1)
2017 Template:Flagicon Isner (6/8) Template:Flagicon Zverev (1/2) Template:Flagicon Dimitrov (1/1) Template:Flagicon Bautista Agut (1/1)
2018 Template:Flagicon Isner (7/8) Template:Flagicon Nadal (5/6) Template:Flagicon Djokovic (5/6) Template:Flagicon Medvedev (1/3)
2019 Template:Flagicon de Minaur (1/2) Template:Flagicon Kyrgios (2/3) Template:Flagicon Nadal (6/6) Template:Flagicon Medvedev (2/3) Template:Flagicon Hurkacz (1/1)
2020 Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled Template:Flagicon Djokovic (6/6) Cancelled
2021 Template:Flagicon Anderson (2/2) Template:Flagicon Isner (8/8) Template:Flagicon Sinner (1/1) Template:Flagicon Medvedev (3/3) Template:Flagicon Zverev (2/2) Template:Flagicon Ivashka (1/1)
2022 Template:Flagicon Cressy (1/1) Template:Flagicon de Minaur (2/2) Template:Flagicon Kyrgios (3/3) Not US Open Series Template:Flagicon Ćorić(1/1) Template:Flagicon Mannarino (1/2)
2023 Template:Flagicon Mannarino (2/2) Template:Flagicon Fritz (1/1) Template:Flagicon Evans (1/1) Not US Open Series Template:Flagicon Báez (1/1)

Women

Year Stanford/San José San Diego/Carlsbad Los Angeles/Washington Cincinnati Montreal/Toronto New Haven/Cleveland
2004 Template:Flagicon Davenport (1/4) Template:Flagicon Davenport (2/4) Template:Flagicon Davenport (3/4) Not US Open Series Template:Flagicon Mauresmo (1/1) Template:Flagicon Bovina (1/1)
2005 Template:Flagicon Clijsters (1/5) Template:Flagicon Pierce (1/1) Template:Flagicon Clijsters (2/5) Template:Flagicon Clijsters (3/5) Template:Flagicon Davenport (4/4)
2006 Template:Flagicon Clijsters (4/5) Template:Flagicon Sharapova (1/3) Template:Flagicon Dementieva (1/2) Template:Flagicon Ivanovic (1/2) Template:Flagicon Henin (1/2)
2007 Template:Flagicon Chakvetadze (1/1) Template:Flagicon Sharapova (2/3) Template:Flagicon Ivanovic (2/2) Template:Flagicon Henin (2/2) Template:Flagicon Kuznetsova (1/2)
2008 Template:Flagicon Wozniak (1/1) Not held Template:Flagicon Safina (1/2) Template:Flagicon Safina (2/2) Template:Flagicon Wozniacki (1/5)
2009 Template:Flagicon Bartoli (1/1) Template:Flagicon Pennetta (1/1) Template:Flagicon Janković (1/1) Template:Flagicon Dementieva (2/2) Template:Flagicon Wozniacki (2/5)
2010 Template:Flagicon Azarenka (1/3) Template:Flagicon Kuznetsova (2/2) Not held Template:Flagicon Clijsters (5/5) Template:Flagicon Wozniacki (3/5) Template:Flagicon Wozniacki (4/5)
2011 Template:Flagicon S. Williams (1/7) Template:Flagicon Radwańska (1/3) Template:Flagicon Sharapova (3/3) Template:Flagicon S. Williams (2/7) Template:Flagicon Wozniacki (5/5)
2012 Template:Flagicon S. Williams (3/7) Template:Flagicon Cibulková (1/2) Template:Flagicon Rybáriková (1/1) Template:Flagicon Li (1/1) Template:Flagicon Kvitová (1/4) Template:Flagicon Kvitová (2/4)
2013 Template:Flagicon Cibulková (2/2) Template:Flagicon Stosur (1/1) Not US Open Series Template:Flagicon Azarenka (2/3) Template:Flagicon S. Williams (4/7) Template:Flagicon Halep (1/3)
2014 Template:Flagicon S. Williams (5/7) Not held Template:Flagicon S. Williams (6/7) Template:Flagicon Radwańska (2/3) Template:Flagicon Kvitová (3/4)
2015 Template:Flagicon Kerber (1/1) Not US Open Series Template:Flagicon S. Williams (7/7) Template:Flagicon Bencic (1/1) Template:Flagicon Kvitová (4/4)
2016 Template:Flagicon Konta (1/1) Not held Template:Flagicon Ka. Plíšková (1/1) Template:Flagicon Halep (2/3) Template:Flagicon Radwańska (3/3)
2017 Template:Flagicon Keys (1/2) Template:Flagicon Muguruza (1/1) Template:Flagicon Svitolina (1/1) Template:Flagicon Gavrilova (1/1)
2018 Template:Flagicon Buzărnescu (1/1) Template:Flagicon Bertens (1/1) Template:Flagicon Halep (3/3) Template:Flagicon Sabalenka (1/1)
2019 Template:Flagicon Zheng (1/1) Template:Flagicon Keys (2/2) Template:Flagicon Andreescu (1/1) Not held
2020 Cancelled Template:Flagicon Azarenka (3/3) Cancelled
2021 Template:Flagicon Collins (1/1) Template:Flagicon Barty (1/1) Template:Flagicon Giorgi (1/1) Template:Flagicon Kontaveit (1/1)
2022 Template:Flagicon Kasatkina (1/1) Not US Open Series Template:Flagicon Garcia (1/1) Not US Open Series Template:Flagicon Samsonova (1/1)
2023 Not held Template:Flagicon Gauff (1/1) Not US Open Series Template:Flagicon Sorribes Tormo (1/1)

Bonus Challenge

Upon the Series' creation in 2004, the US Open Series Bonus Challenge was introduced. Each event in the series would award a certain number of points depending on the event's tier (such as Premier 5), with players accumulating points based on how they performed.[11] At the end of the Series, the top three male and top three female players with the most Bonus Challenge points would earn prize money in addition to the prize money earned from the individual tournaments. The amount depended on their placement in the Bonus Challenge standings and their US Open result. In 2010, for example, this amounted to $1 million for winning both the Bonus Challenge and the US Open itself.

Lleyton Hewitt and Lindsay Davenport were the top point-getters in 2004, Andy Roddick and Kim Clijsters won in 2005, and Andy Roddick and Ana Ivanovic won in 2006. Defending US Open champions Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova won in 2007. In 2005, whereas Roddick was upset in the first round against Gilles Müller at the Open, Clijsters became the first player to win both the US Open Series and the US Open, receiving $2.2 million, at the time the largest payday in women's sports. Clijsters defeated Frenchwoman Mary Pierce in straight sets: 6–3, 6–1.[12] In 2010 she won $2.2 million again, this time $1.7 million for the US Open title and $500,000 in bonus for second place in the US Open Series.[13] In 2007, Federer became the first male player and the second player overall to win the US Open Series and go on to win the US Open, winning $1.4 million plus the US Open Series bonus of $1 million, bringing his prize winning total to $2.4 million.[14] This topped Clijsters' $2.2 million as the biggest US Open payday to date. In 2013, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal both won the US Open after also winning the US Open Series. Due to several considerable prize money increments over the years, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal surpassed Roger Federer's US Open Series payday record by winning $3.6 million each, and they shared the record for the largest prize money paycheck in tennis history for a single tennis tournament.[15][16] In 2014, Serena Williams would repeat her previous year performance in winning both the US Open Series and the US Open. She now stands alone in the record for the biggest payday in tennis history, with a total amount of $4 million.[17] Starting from 2017, the US Open Series ceased featuring a Bonus Challenge.[18][19]

Points distribution

2008–2016

Round ATP Masters 1000
WTA Premier 5
ATP World Tour 500 & 250
WTA Premier
Winner
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WTA Tour Tier I
ATP International Series
WTA Tour Tier II
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2004–2005

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WTA Tour Tier I
WTA Tour Tier II ATP International Series
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ATP International Series
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24
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Series standings + performance at the US Open

Note: From 2006 on, only players who earned points in at least two US Open Series events are eligible for the final (Top 3) standings.

US Open results
A did not participate in the tournament #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
QF advanced to but not past the quarterfinals SF advanced to but not past the semifinals
F advanced to the finals, tournament runner-up W won the tournament
Year Player (ATP Tour) Points US Open Player (WTA Tour) Points US Open
2004 1. Template:Flagicon Lleyton Hewitt1 155 F 1. Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport1 100 SF
2. Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick 155 QF 2. Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo 100 QF
3. Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi 123 QF 3. Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva 85 1R
2005 1. Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick 120 1R 1. Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters 225 W
2. Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi 105 F 2. Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce 100 F
3. Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal2 100 3R 3. Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo 80 QF
2006 1. Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick 147 F 1. Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic 127 3R
2. Template:Flagicon Fernando González 124 3R 2. Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova 122 W
3. Template:Flagicon Andy Murray 105 4R 3. Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters 120 A
2007 1. Template:Flagicon Roger Federer 170 W 1. Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova 122 3R
2. Template:Flagicon James Blake 167 4R 2. Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković 107 QF
3. Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick 112 QF 3. Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder3 97 3R
2008 1. Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal4 145 SF 1. Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina 170 SF
2. Template:Flagicon Andy Murray 145 F 2. Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli 90 4R
3. Template:Flagicon Juan Martín del Potro 140 QF 3. Template:Flagicon Dominika Cibulková 85 3R
2009 1. Template:Flagicon Sam Querrey 175 3R 1. Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva 170 2R
2. Template:Flagicon Andy Murray 145 4R 2. Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta5 140 QF
3. Template:Flagicon Juan Martín del Potro 140 W 3. Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković 140 2R
2010 1. Template:Flagicon Andy Murray6 170 3R 1. Template:Flagicon Caroline Wozniacki 185 SF
2. Template:Flagicon Roger Federer 170 SF 2. Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters 125 W
3. Template:Flagicon Mardy Fish 140 4R 3. Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova7 115 4R
2011 1. Template:Flagicon Mardy Fish 230 4R 1. Template:Flagicon Serena Williams 170 F
2. Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic 170 W 2. Template:Flagicon Agnieszka Radwańska8 130 2R
3. Template:Flagicon John Isner 140 QF 3. Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova 130 3R
2012 1. Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic 170 F 1. Template:Flagicon Petra Kvitová 215 4R
2. Template:Flagicon John Isner 140 3R 2. Template:Flagicon Li Na 170 3R
3. Template:Flagicon Sam Querrey 135 3R 3. Template:Flagicon Dominika Cibulková 100 3R
2013 1. Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal 200 W 1. Template:Flagicon Serena Williams 170 W
2. Template:Flagicon John Isner 185 3R 2. Template:Flagicon Victoria Azarenka 145 F
3. Template:Flagicon Juan Martín del Potro 130 2R 3. Template:Flagicon Agnieszka Radwańska 130 4R
2014 1. Template:Flagicon Milos Raonic9 280 4R 1. Template:Flagicon Serena Williams9 430 W
2. Template:Flagicon John Isner9 200 3R 2. Template:Flagicon Angelique Kerber9 150 3R
3. Template:Flagicon Roger Federer 170 SF 3. Template:Flagicon Agnieszka Radwańska 125 2R
2015 1. Template:Flagicon Andy Murray 145 4R 1. Template:Flagicon Karolína Plíšková9 150 1R
2. Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic 140 W 2. Template:Flagicon Serena Williams 145 SF
3. Template:Flagicon John Isner 95 4R 3. Template:Flagicon Simona Halep 140 SF
2016 1. Template:Flagicon Kei Nishikori 85 SF 1. Template:Flagicon Agnieszka Radwańska9 220 4R
2. Template:Flagicon Grigor Dimitrov10 70 4R 2. Template:Flagicon Johanna Konta9 170 4R
3. Template:Flagicon Milos Raonic 70 2R 3. Template:Flagicon Simona Halep 145 QF
2017 Bonus challenge no longer held
  • 1 – Hewitt and Davenport finished first in 2004 final standings based on more match wins in US Open Series events.
  • 2 – Nadal finished third in 2005 (over Roger Federer) based on more set wins in US Open Series events.
  • 3 – Schnyder was placed third in 2007 because Justine Henin (who had more points – 100 for winning Toronto) only played one tournament and was therefore not eligible for the top three positions.
  • 4 – Nadal won the 2008 series ahead of Murray because Nadal defeated Murray in Toronto, Canada.
  • 5 – Pennetta finished second in the 2009 final standings based on more match wins in US Open Series events.
  • 6 – Murray won the 2010 series ahead of Federer because Murray defeated Federer in Toronto.
  • 7 – Kuznetsova finished third in 2010 (over Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova) based on more games won in US Open Series events (all three won 9 matches and 19 sets).
  • 8 – Radwańska finished second in the 2011 final standings based on more match wins in US Open Series events.
  • 9 – Players who had their point totals doubled due to having obtained points in at least three different events, based on a rule enforced from 2014 on.
  • 10 – Dimitrov finished second in the 2016 final standings based on more match wins in US Open Series events.

Records

Players who won both the US Open Series and the US Open in the same year, receiving $1 million bonus prize money
Men: Roger Federer (2007) & Rafael Nadal (2013).
Women: Kim Clijsters (2005*) & Serena Williams (2013, 2014).
* - Clijsters received the Champion's prize money, $1.1M, plus a bonus equaling the prize money, $1.1M, for a total of $2.2M.
Most points won
Without doubling bonus for three countable tournaments (until 2013):
Men: Mardy Fish, 230 points in 2011.
Women: Kim Clijsters, 225 points in 2005.
With doubling bonus for three countable tournaments (since 2014):
Men: Milos Raonic, 280 points in 2014.
Women: Serena Williams, 430 points in 2014.
Most US Open Series overall victories
Men: 2, Andy Roddick (2005, 2006); Rafael Nadal (2008, 2013); Andy Murray (2010, 2015).
Women: 3, Serena Williams (2011, 2013, 2014).
Most US Open Series Top-3 finishes
Men: 5, Andy Murray (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015) & John Isner (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).
Women: 4, Serena Williams (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015) & Agnieszka Radwańska (2011, 2013, 2014, 2016).
Most US Open Series tournament victories
Men: 9, Roger Federer
Women: 7, Serena Williams
Biggest payout in the series (which were the largest in tennis history until Ashleigh Barty won US$4.42 at the WTA Finals in 2019[22])
Serena Williams (2014) – $4 million (won US Open Series and US Open).
Biggest payout in men's: Novak Djokovic (2015) – $3.8 million (US Open Series runner-up and US Open winner).
Most successful nation in the US Open Series
Overall: United States, 38 tournament victories (Men: 24 & Women: 14).
Men: United States, 24 tournament victories.
Women: United States, 14 tournament victories.

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External links

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