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The United States Open Championship is an annual tennis event held at Flushing Meadows, New York for two weeks at the end of August and beginning of September. This year’s event begins on August 27, 2007. It offers the largest prize money of any of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. Players from around the world gather to compete over a total of $17 million dollars in prize money, including a one million dollar prize for first place in men's or women's singles. The competitions include men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles. Tickets can be hard to find but Coast to Coast has all the best tickets to all US Open Tennis dates.
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The US Open was started as the US National Singles Championship in 1881 as an entertainment diversion for high society. After events were added and several tournaments were taking place in several places around the country, they were all consolidated in 1968 into the US Open, the largest tennis tournament in the United States. That year it offered $100,000 to the 96 men and 63 women that entered. It now attracts over 600 competitors with a prize of over $16 million.
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The NASDAQ-100 Open tennis tournament is the second-largest tennis tournament in the United States after the US Open and takes place March 24- April 4, 2004 in Miami, Florida. Close to 270,000 people will converge on the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne during this 12-day event.
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Originally known as the U.S. National Championships, the US Open began in 1881 as a singles men's tournament played for entertainment purposes only. Members of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association were the only players allowed to compete, and a gentleman by the name of Richard D. Sears became the very first winner. He ... went on to dominate the tournament for the next six years.
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Andy Roddick, 2003 US Open Champion, became the youngest American to finish number one in history of ATP Rankings and is one of the most celebrated athletes in the United States. He's been featured in non-sports publications ranging from Rolling Stone to Vogue, voted Sexiest Athlete by People Magazine and recently hosted Saturday Night Live.
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