2010 U.S. Open Tennis Tickets & Transportation Guide

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U.S. Open 2010

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 ticket holders as more than 250 of the world’s top tennis players from over 60 countries compete in the two-week event, being held this year from Monday, August 30 through Sunday, September 12, 2010.

Celebrating its 129th anniversary in 2010, the US Open has over the decades to become been the hottest ticket of the international tennis year.

Beginning in 1881 as a men's-only tournament - played on grass over a mere several days in Newport, RI - the US Open is today a premier contest of strength and skill by the world's top male and female tennis champs.

Along with featuring one of the fastest court surfaces in professional tennis, the US Open is the richest Grand Slam event in the world with total prize money of more than than $19 million, with $1.5 million awarded each winner of the singles tournaments.

Tickets for the 2010 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 ticket box office hours are Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The box office is 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, fans can call the USTA ticket office at 718-760-6200.

The 2010 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.

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

also see -> Australian Open | French Open

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