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The Philips US Open Snowboarding Championships is the pinnacle snowboarding event of the season. Founded by Jake Burton, the US Open has grown from a grassroots event to a global spectacle attracting tens of thousands of spectators and riders from the world over. Thanks to 2003 sponsors Philips, Burton Snowboards, Stratton Mountain, Right Guard Xtreme Sport, Jeep, SoBe Beverages, FHM, GORE-TEX and Clif Bar the event will be stronger than ever. The US Open is proud to be one of the first and only contests that rewards equal prize money to both men and women riders. Since the beginning, the Open has been driven by riders, for riders evolving with snowboarding and riders' needs over the years. With events held in Europe, Japan and the United States, the Open sets the standard for snowboarding events around the globe.
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In 2006, Roger Federer bested Andy Roddick to win his third straight US Open title, while Maria Sharapova downed Justine Henine Hardenne in two sets to claim her first US Open women's championship. Five different divisions make up the two-week tournament including the men and women's singles, the men and women's doubles and the mixed doubles. The US Open Tennis Tournament evolved from the US National Championships. Currently, it is the most profitable professional tennis event in the world. It is open to both amateurs and professionals. The new millennium continues to bring record crowds into the USTA National Tennis Center where fans witness tennis history in the making.
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The US Open originated from two separate tournaments: the men's tournament and the women's tournament. The event was first held in August 1881 and staged at the Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island (men's singles only). The championships were known as the U.S. National Singles Championship for men. Only clubs that were members of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association were permitted to enter. From 1884 until 1911 the tournament used a challenge system whereby the defending champion automatically qualified for the next year's final. The Newport Casino hosted the men's singles tournament until 1915 when it moved to the West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills, New York.
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STRATTON, Vt., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Philips US Open Snowboarding Championships ended today, bringing to a close one of the most exciting and successful events in the Open's 21-year history. Tens of thousands of spectators flooded Stratton Mountain, enjoying the Open's Rail Jam, Superpipe, Slopestyle and Junior Halfpipe events. Outdoor Life Network broadcasted most of the events live for the first time in Open history.
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The open era began in 1968 when all five events were merged into the newly named US Open at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens. Notably, the 1968 combined tournament was opened to professionals; none of the predecessor tournaments allowed professionals to compete. That year, 96 men and 63 women entered the event with prize money amounting to $100,000. In 1970 the US Open was the first of the Grand Slam tournaments to introduce the tie-break at the end of a set. The US Open was originally played on grass until Forest Hills switched to Har-Tru clay courts in 1975. In 1978, the event moved from Forest Hills to its current home at Flushing Meadows, and the surface changed again, to the current DecoTurf.
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As might be expected the weekend after the US Open was a quiet one for American Chess. The big news is the New York Masters () where the pot has been sweetened with some sponsorship. IM Gregory Shahade's brainchild routinely sees some of the best players in the country stepping through the doors of the Marshall Chess Club on Tuesday nights. The event on August 17 saw GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Joel Benjamin share first place at 3.5 and divide $800. Benjamin won a special playoff for an additional $50 after spectators watching on the ICC wanted to see a clear winner after the two New York GMs had battled to a long draw in their last round game. Sharing third at 3-1 in the 22-player event were US Champion Alex Shabalov, former World Championship Candidate Leonid Yudasin, strong young Polish GM Kamil Miton and GM Leonid Sokolin.
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