U.S. Open Tennis 2009 Schedule, Tickets & Transportation Guide

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U.S. Open 2009

Getting to the US Open

Subway:
• Take the Flushing-bound #7 train from Times Square or Grand Central to the Willets Point-Shea Stadium station. The Billie Jean King Tennis Center is about 3-minute walk down the ramp from the station.

Railroad:
• The Long Island Rail Road to Shea Stadium station.

• Metro-North to Grand Central Terminal, then by subway #7 train to Willets Point-Shea Stadium station.

This year’s US Open is expected to attract a record crowd of over 650,000 fans as more than 250 of the world’s top tennis players from over 60 countries compete in this two-week event, being held this year from Monday, August 31 through Sunday, September 13, 2009.

Tickets for the 2009 US Open can be purchased:

at USOpen.org
by calling Ticketmaster at 1-866-OPEN-TIX
at all Ticketmaster outlets
at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center box office in New York City.

The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center box office hours are Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The box office will be closed Sundays and July 4. US Open individual ticket prices range from $22 to $100. For ticket plan availability, group sales, disabled seating and other US Open ticket information, call the USTA ticket office at 718-760-6200.

2009 US Tennis Open Schedule

Session No.	Date	Day/Evening	Time	Matches
1	Monday, Aug. 31	Day	11 a.m.	Men's/Women's 1st Round
2		Evening	7 p.m.	Men's/Women's 1st Round
3	Tuesday, Sept. 1	Day	11 a.m.	Men's/Women's 1st Round
4		Evening	7 p.m.	Men's/Women's 1st Round
5	Wednesday, Sept. 2	Day	11 a.m.	Men's 1st/Women's 2nd Round
6		Evening	7 p.m.	Men's/Women's 2nd Round
7	Thursday, Sept. 3	Day	11 a.m.	Men's/Women's 2nd Round
8		Evening	7 p.m.	Men's/Women's 2nd Round
9	Friday, Sept. 4	Day	11 a.m.	Men's 2nd/Women's 3rd Round
10		Evening	7 p.m.	Men's 2nd/Women's 3rd Round
11	Saturday, Sept. 5	Day	11 a.m.	Men's/Women's 3rd Round
12		Evening	7 p.m.	Men's/Women's 3rd Round
13	Sunday, Sept. 6	Day	11 a.m.	Men's 3rd/Women's Round of 16
14		Evening	7 p.m.	Men's 3rd/Women's Round of 16
15	Monday, Sept. 7	Day	11 a.m.	Men's/Women's Women's Round of 16
16		Evening	7 p.m.	Men's/Women's Women's Round of 16
17	Tuesday, Sept. 8	Day	11 a.m.	Men's Women's Round of 16/Women's Quarterfinal
18		Evening	7 p.m.	Men's Women's Round of 16/Women's Quarterfinal
19	Wednesday, Sept. 9	Day	11 a.m.	Men's and/or Women's Quarterfinal
20		Evening	7 p.m.	Men's and/or Women's Quarterfinal
21	Thursday, Sept. 10	Day	11 a.m.	Men's Quarterfinal/Mixed Doubles Final
22		Evening	7 p.m.	Men's Quarterfinal/Women's Doubles Semifinal
23	Friday, Sept. 11	Day	11 a.m.	Men's Quarterfinal/Women's Semifinals
24	Saturday, Sept. 12	Day	11 a.m.	Men's Semifinals
25		Evening	7 p.m.	Women's Final/Pre-Match Ceremony
26	Sunday, Sept. 13	Day	12 p.m.	Women's Doubles Final/Men's Final

The 2009 US Open marks the culmination of the US Open Series, the six-week summer tennis season linking all major ATP and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour tournaments in North America to the US Open.

In 2008, Roger Federer US Open title with a dramatic and hard-fought victory over Scotsman Andy Murrary in a surprise meet after Murrary knocked the world's new No. 1 seed Rafael Nadal. As predicted, however, Federer was victorious in what was his 5th consecutive consecutive U.S. Open title and 13th grand slam title in all.

Last year, more than 95 million viewers watched the US Open on CBS Sports and USA Network, while international broadcasts reached 180 countries.