Roger Federer became the first tennis player to reach $50 million in career prize money with his first-round win at the U.S. Open tennis championship. The 28-year-old Swiss, who is guaranteed at least $31,000 by advancing in New York, is seeking his sixth straight U.S. Open title and 16th Grand Slam championship.
Here is a quick breakdown of the US Open prizemoney is for 2009:
| PLAYER |
BASE PRIZE MONEY |
POTENTIAL PAYOUT WITH BONUS |
| Winners |
$ 1,200,000 |
$ 2,200,000 |
| Runners-Up |
$ 600,000 |
$1,100,000 |
| Semifinalists |
$ 280,000 |
$ 530,000 |
| Quarterfinalists |
$ 140,000 |
$ 265,000 |
| Round of 16 |
$ 72,000 |
$ 142,000 |
| Third Round |
$ 42,000 |
$ 82,000 |
| Second Round |
$ 26,500 |
$ 51,500 |
| First Round |
$ 16,500 |
$ 31,500 |
| TOTAL |
$ 12,144,000 |
$ 14,769,000 |
I love the consistency of womens tennis, but I still find it funny how you can have a match in which you win the first set 6-0 and then lose the next set 6-0!
Currently in the female game I think that there are still 3-4 key players who seem to be in the finals of every tournament they play, but I do think the depth of the womens game is getting a lot better of late. At this years US Open we have seen the return of Kim Clijsters (in which it is great to see her back on court), who has been playing very well and now finds herself in the quarterfinals. However, the point of this article is to discuss how in Kim’s last match she won the first set 6-0 against Venus Williams, but then quickly lost the next set 6-0. It is great to see that Kim sorted herself out to drive through the final set 6-4 to book her place in the quarterfinals. However, do these kind of results still show how hot and cold some women tennis can still be?
Tournament officials have warned players not to broadcast “inside information” via Twitter at this years US Open. Naturally, players complain about it via Twitter. I find it very funny that the US Open has warned players to not broadcast inside information on Twitter, as if most players are stupid enough to do this in the first place. I think Andy Roddick sums it up the best.
Twitter is pretty much just texting online which allows people from all over the world to listen to what you have to say. I cant really see how tournaments can stop players from Twittering in their spare time and even on court to a degree. Tennis is a professional sport and if you are on tour then you know that giving away inside information or betting on tennis could see you hit with serious consequences.
Plus if you aren’t already following The Tennis Times on Twitter then why the hell not!
Yes it is US Open time yet again. The richest tournament in the world is going to be very interesting this year.
In the first day we have seen some interesting results but most of the key players are through to the second round. If you want to keep up to date with all the scores and results from the US Open 2009 make sure you head to the official site, www.usopen.org.
Here at The Tennis Times we arent going to just provide our readers with the basic scores, but we do have a US Open widget in the top of sidebar of each post. The Tennis Times will be aiming to provide more indepth and analysis from the US Open but with a fun side. Im tired of most tennis sites just reproducing the basic scores when most people dont want to read that sort of thing when they can get it from ESPN or other sources.
So stay tuned for some fun/gossip/analysis articles coming very soon.
As the Official Ball of the U.S. Open, Wilson is once again giving tennis fans a chance to go to the Open and win some great Wilson tennis equipment.
Look for specially marked 3-packs of US Open Wilson tennis balls for details or simply go to Wilson’s 2009 US Open Sweepstakes site to register to win. The promotion runs now through August 7, 2009.
Roger Federer became the first tennis player to reach $50 million in career prize money with his first-round win at the U.S. Open tennis championship. The 28-year-old Swiss, who is guaranteed at least $31,000 by advancing in New York, is seeking his sixth straight U.S. Open title and 16th Grand Slam championship.
