The US Open Series is the seven-week summer tennis season linking 10 ATP and WTA tournaments together. The Series leads to the US Open. It is often referred to as the U.S. or North American hard court season.
It was organized in 2004 as a way to focus more attention on American tennis tournaments by getting more of them on domestic television. Until 2004, most summer North American tournaments were not on television, the exceptions being the highly televised ATP Masters events in Canada and Cincinnati.
Bonus Prize
Players earn points according to their results in the events.
The US Open series gives bonus money to the top three player in the US Open Series, depending on their results at the 2012 US Open and the 2012 US Open Series.
| US Open finish | USO Series 1st place | USO Series 2nd place | USO Series 3rd place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | $1,000,000 | $500,000 | $250,000 |
| Finalist | $500,000 | $250,000 | $125,000 |
| Semifinalist | $250,000 | $125,000 | $62,500 |
| Quarterfinalist | $125,000 | $62,500 | $31,250 |
| Round of 16 | $70,000 | $35,000 | $17,500 |
| Round of 32 | $40,000 | $20,000 | $10,000 |
| Round of 64 | $25,000 | $12,500 | $6,250 |
| Round of 128 | $15,000 | $7,500 | $3,750 |
Last year’s US Open Series winners were Mardy Fish and Serena Williams.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Men’s event | Winner | Women’s event | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 9–15 | No event | Stanford | Serena Williams | |
| 2 | July 16–22 | Atlanta | Andy Roddick | San Diego | Dominika Cibulkova |
| 3 | July 23–29 | Los Angeles | Sam Querrey | No event | |
| 4 | July 30–Aug 5 | Washington DC | Alexandr Dolgopolov | No event | |
| 5 | Aug 6–12 | Toronto | Novak Djokovic | Montreal | Petra Kvitova |
| 6 | Aug 13–19 | Cincinnati | Roger Federer | Cincinnati | Li Na |
| 7 | Aug 20–26 | Winston-Salem | New Heaven |
