FACTS & amp; FIGURES U.S. Open

Dates: Monday 30 to Sept. 12; starts a week later than usual because of the Olympics.
Site: USTA National Tennis Center in New York.
Format: Men play best-of-five-set matches, women play best-of-three.
Singles fields: 128 men, 128 women.
Total prize money: $17,758,500, plus US Open Series bonus money.
Singles champion prize: Men, $1 million; Women, $1 million.
Defending men's champion: Andy Roddick, United States.
Defending women's champion: Justine Henin-Hardenne, Belgium.
Last year: Roddick won his first major title, saving a match point in the semifinals against David Nalbandian, then beating Juan Carlos Ferrero in straight sets in the final. Henin-Hardenne overcame Jennifer Capriati in a three-set semifinal thriller that ended after midnight, then returned the next day to beat Kim Clijsters in an all-Belgian final.
Past U.S. Open champions entered: Roddick ('03), Lleyton Hewitt ('01), Marat Safin ('00), Andre Agassi ('99, '94); Henin-Hardenne ('03), Serena Williams ('02, '99), Venus Williams ('01, '00), Lindsay Davenport ('98).
Noteworthy: Roger Federer has won three of the past five Grand Slam titles after beating Roddick in the Wimbledon final. No man has captured consecutive major titles over the past 18 Grand Slam tournaments, a record in the Open era (which dates to 1968).
Television: Monday to Sept. 3: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 7-11 p.m., USA; Sept. 4-6: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., CBS, 7-11 p.m., USA; Sept. 7: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., 7-11 p.m., USA; Sept. 8: 11 a.m., to 5 p.m., 7-11 p.m., USA; Sept. 9: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., 7-11 p.m., USA; Sept. 10: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., CBS; Sept. 11: 12-6 p.m., 8-10 p.m., CBS; Sept. 12: 1-2:30 p.m., USA; 4-7 p.m., CBS.
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