In tennis, the sixth edition of the

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(known as Olympus US Open Series for sponsorship reasons), included ten hard court tournaments started on July 20 in Indianapolis and ended in

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on August 29. This edition has scheduled five separate men's tournaments, four women's tournaments, and the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament hosted both a men's and women's event. The series included two

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and two WTA Premier 5 events to headline the series.

Point distribution for series events

To be included in the standings and subsequently the bonus prize money, a player had to have countable results from two different tournaments. Players finishing in the top three in the series can earn up to $1 million in extra prize money at the US Open.

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received the largest US Open pay day of $2.4 million in 2007 after capturing the title in both the

and the US Open championship.

US Open Series standings

ATP

Rafael Nadal holding the 2008 Rogers Cup trophy2

Olympus US Open Series standings as of August 30, 2009.

Notes

*1 - Tours - Number of tournaments in

in which a player has reached the quarterfinals or better, in

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and

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series events or the Round of 16 in

events

WTA

Dinara Safina at the 2008 WTA Tour Championships3

Olympus US Open Series standings as of August 24, 2009.

Notes

*1 - Tours - Number of tournaments in

in which a player has reached the quarterfinals or better, in Premier events; or the Round of 16 or better in Premier 5 events *2 - Pennetta finished second in the final standings based on more match wins in US Open Series Events.

2009 schedule

Week 1

ATP - Indianapolis Tennis Championships

Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen Roddick (born 30 August 1982) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is a major champion, having won the 2003 US Open. Roddick reached four other major finals ( Wimbledon in 2004, 2005, and 2009, and the US Ope ...

was scheduled to receive the number one seeding in this event, but pulled out due to a right hip flexor injury before the main draw was held. Instead 24th ranked

Dmitry Tursunov Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov (; born 12 December 1982) is a retired Russian tennis player and current tennis coach. At age 12 he moved to the United States to train and further his prospects of becoming a professional player. His career-high singl ...

, headlined the event. In the second round

Sam Querrey Samuel Austin Querrey (; born October 7, 1987) is an American former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 achieved on February 26, 2018, and won ten ATP singles titles. Known for his powerful serve ...

avenged his final round loss at Newport with a straight sets win over fellow American Rajeev Ram. Canadian

Frank Dancevic Frank Russell Dancevic ( ; sr, Френк Расел Данчевић, Frenk Rasel Dančević, ; born September 26, 1984) is a retired Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles player, according to ATP rank ...

upset number one seeded

to reach the semifinals where he was ousted by

in the semifinal in straight sets.

Robby Ginepri Robert Louis Ginepri ( ; born October 7, 1982) is a retired American professional tennis player. He won three ATP singles titles in his career and achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 15 in December 2005. Ginepri's best Grand Slam result ...

neutralized the fast-serving 6'10" American

John Isner John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ...

to set up an All-American final on championship Sunday.

Main Draw Finals

Week 2

ATP - LA Tennis Open

On the day one all seeded players advanced, save

Lu Yen-Hsun Lu Yen-hsun (; born 14 August 1983) is a Taiwanese retired professional tennis player, who goes by the nickname Rendy Lu. He won the most titles on the ATP Challenger Tour in tennis history. His favorite surface is hardcourt, though several o ...

who lost in straight sets to Latvian

Ernests Gulbis Ernests Gulbis (, born 30 August 1988, nicknamed "Lord", "The Gull" or "Ernie") is a Latvian professional tennis player. In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, teaming with Rainer Schütt ...

. After winning the first US Open Series title of the season,

lost to former world No.1

Marat Safin Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; tt-Cyrl, Марат Мөбин улы Сафин; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian retired world No. 1 tennis player an ...

in three sets. Indianapolis semifinalist

and finalist

advanced to the second round after defeating

Benjamin Becker Benjamin Becker (born 16 June 1981) is a German retired professional tennis player who is known for defeating former world No. 1 Andre Agassi in the third round at the 2006 US Open in what was Agassi's last match as a professional player. Bec ...

and

Denis Istomin Denis Olegovich Istomin (born 7 September 1986) is an Uzbek professional tennis player. He has won two singles titles (at the 2015 Aegon Open Nottingham and 2017 Chengdu Open) and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in Aug ...

, respectively.

Main Draw Finals

WTA - Bank of the West Classic

Main Draw Finals

Week 3

ATP - Legg Mason Tennis Classic

Main Draw Finals

WTA - LA Women's Tennis Championships

Main Draw Finals

Week 4

ATP - Rogers Masters

Main Draw Finals

WTA - Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open

Main Draw Finals

Week 5

ATP - Western & Southern Financial Group Masters

Main Draw Finals

WTA - Rogers Cup

Main Draw Finals

Week 6

ATP - Pilot Pen Tennis

Main Draw Finals

WTA - Pilot Pen Tennis

Main Draw Finals

References

External links

*US Open Series