For two weeks in late summer each year, the US Open Is the focus of the sports and entertainment universe. Its part sport and part spectacle – and all about the toughest tennis in the world. International athletes perform before worldwide fans on the game’s biggest stage.

STOP PRESS! 2007 US Open Prize Money Tops Record $19.6 Million With Potential $22.2 Million Payout!

• Prize Money Increased by Record One Million Dollars
• Men’s, Women’s Singles Winners To Earn $1.4 Million Each, Plus Possible $1 Million in Bonus Prize Money at Stake


The USTA has announced that the 2006 US Open purse will top $18.5 million, with the potential to exceed $21.1 million -- representing the highest annual purse in sports. Both the men’s and women’s US Open singles champions will earn $1.2 million. In addition, both US Open singles champions will receive a new Lexus GS 450h automobile. The 2006 US Open is expected to attract over 640,000 fans, making it the highest attended annual sporting event in the world. In 2005, international broadcasts reached 184 countries.

The resurgence of the game in Asia and general public interest has been heightened through players such as Paradorn Srichaphan (Thailand), Hyung-Taik Lee (Korea), Sania Mizra (India), Shuai Peng and Li Na (China). Asian tennis players are becoming a force to be reckoned with and it is poised only to improve with newer players making their way through the ranks.

The current 2006 US Open Tennis champions are Roger Federer (Men’s Singles), Maria Sharapova (Women’s Singles), Martin Damm and Leander Paes (Men’s Doubles), Nathalie Dechy and Vera Zvonera (Women’s Doubles), Martina Navratilova and Bob Bryan (Mixed Doubles).

For more information, visit http://www.usopen.org