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Get warmed up for the US Open 2012

August 5, 2012 By grandslamgal

The final grand slam of the year starts on August 27. Here’s a little warm up.

Watch the promo video

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Defending Champions

  • Men’s Singles : Novak Djokovic
  • Women’s Single: Sam Stosur

Dates

  • Qualifying: Tuesday 21 August to Friday 24 August
  • Play in the main draw starts on Monday 27 August and finishes with the men’s final (weather permitting!) on 9 September 2012 (US EST timezone)

Draws

Men’s Singles
Women’s Singles

Tournament Schedule

View the tournament schedule

Check the World Clock Meeting Planner for time zones in other countries.

Prize Money

Total prize money on offer is a record $25.5 million.

Men’s and Women’s Final Winner Prize Money: USD 1.9 million each

Approximate equivalents in other currencies:

EUR 1,550,000

GBP 1,225,000

AUD 1,815,000

US Open prize money and how it compares to the other grand slams.

Current ATP Rankings for the Top 10

Rankings as at 27 August 2012.

1. Roger Federer (SUI), 12,165

2. Novak Djokovic (SRB), 11,270

3. Rafal Nadal (ESP), 8,715

4. Andy Murray (GBR), 7,290

5. David Ferrer (ESP), 5,375

6. Jo Wilfried Tsonga (FRA), 4,835

7. Tomas Berdych (CZE), 4,200

8. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)3,620

9. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB), 3,285

10. John Isner (USA), 2,880

Full list of Top 100 rankings

Until next time

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Comments

  1. Inger says

    August 27, 2012 at 12:11 am

    Nice video.
    Kept waiting for Sam though (you know..the defending champion) – she doesn’t appear till over half way through 🙁
    Still I am well and truly “warmed up”.
    Are you there this year Mel?
    Cheers
    Inger

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