2008 Series results To be included in the standings and subsequently the bonus prize money, a player has to have countable results from two different tournaments. Players finishing in the top three in the series can earn up to $1 million in extra prize money. Roger Federer received the largest US Open pay day of $2.4 million in 2007 after capturing the title in both the US Open Series and the US Open championship. In 2008, the men's series leader Rafael Nadal received US$570,000 for his semifinal finish with a bonus of US$250,000. Women's leader Dinara Safina received US$570,000 for her semifinal finish as well.
Men
US Open Series resultsAdid not participate in the tournament#R lost in the early rounds of the tournamentQFadvanced to but not past the quarterfinalsSFadvanced to but not past the semifinalsFadvanced to the finals, tournament runner-upWwon the tournament
Player (ATP Tour) Points US OpenResult 1 Rafael Nadal1 145SF2 Andy Murray 145F3 Juan Martín del Potro 140QF4 Gilles Simon 1153RT5 Marin Čilić 953RT5 Novak Djokovic 95SFT7 Andy Roddick 75QFT7 Dmitry Tursunov 753R9 Mardy Fish 70QF10 James Blake 653R11 Tommy Haas 552R12 Igor Andreev 454R13 Fernando Verdasco 403RT14 Andreas Seppi 303RT14 Robin Söderling 301R
1 - Rafael Nadal won the series instead of Andy Murray because Nadal defeated Murray in Canada.
Women Player (WTA Tour) Points US OpenResult 1 Dinara Safina 170SF 2 Marion Bartoli 1054R 3 Dominika Cibulková 853R 4 Anna Chakvetadze 751R 5 Victoria Azarenka 603R 6 Ai Sugiyama 503R T7 Nadia Petrova 303R T7 Patty Schnyder 30QF
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