The US Open Tennis Championships is the last of four Grand Slam tournaments. Since 1978, the competition has been held in New York at the National Tennis Center. B. J. King. The official organizer of the tournament is the United States Tennis Association.
For the 2012 season, the US Open Tennis Championships will run from August 27 to September 9. The US Open (the official name of the tournament) is considered one of the most prestigious competitions in the world. That is why on the courts of Flushing Meadows, childish passions are boiling, the main instigators of which are the most famous names in the world of tennis.
As part of the annual tennis tournament, championships are held in singles and doubles for women and men. Mixed pairs, juniors and tennis veterans also compete.
The US Open Tennis Championships will take place on 18 open-air courts. The most famous are the Arthur Ash Stadium. It got its name in honor of the winner of the first combined tournament (1968) Arthur Ashe. The tribunes of this court can accommodate 23,000 spectators. At two more sites, visitors will also be able to cheer for their idols, but the other fifteen courts do not provide places for visitors.
At the very beginning, in the US Open Tennis Championship, draws are held for reaching the ¼ finals. The first three days of the competition, the athletes find out "who is who" in preliminary games in men's and women's categories, as well as in pairs. The most interesting thing begins in the quarter and semi-finals, when the strongest players start to fight among themselves. The US Open is famous for unexpected turns and sensations, when unknown names boldly move along the grid to the finals, leaving the titans behind.
The finals of the US Open Tennis Championships are held on the main courts of Flushing Meadows. The first final will take place in the women's category. On the same day, rivals in the men's final are determined, in a serious struggle deciding who will go to the grid to fight for the main prize of the championship.
The prize fund cannot fail to please the participants of the US Open Tennis Championships. In 2012, it grew by 11%, amounting to $ 25.5 million. Winners of both the women's and men's finals will earn $ 1,900,000. But those who managed to take part only in the initial stages will not be deprived. The tournament organizers report that the prize pools of the first and second rounds increased by 21% and 19%, respectively.
