Russian world number four Elena Dementieva and American Sam Querrey clinched the 2009 Olympus US Open Series women’s and men’s titles respectively after both players accumulated enough points based on their spectacular performances for the past few weeks.

Dementieva will now attempt to duplicate the feat of Belgian former world number one Kim Clijsters in 2005 where the latter both won the US Open Series and the US Open title which created a record $2.2 paycheck, still the biggest single paycheck in women’s sports history.

The organizers of the US Open 2009 Tennis tournament have provided the official Television | TV schedule of the hardcourt Grand Slam which takes place from August 31 to September 14, 2009. If you have access to these channels, then you are in luck!

The US Open 2009 Tennis, the fourth Grand Slam tournament for this year, is going to be a highly anticipated affair since the world’s best players have signed up to become part of this momentous event.

Defending champions Roger Federer (men’s singles) and Serena Williams (women’s singles) are going to face tough challenges along the way.

Both players are setting their sights in achieving career highs in terms of Grand Slam haul. Federer is gunning for a record 16th Grand Slam title while Serena attempts to get her 12th career Grand Slam title.

Here are the winners of the ATP and WTA tournaments held from August 23-30, 2009.

Pilot Pen Tennis (ATP) – New Haven, USA

Singles:  Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Doubles:  Julian Knowle / Jurgen Melzer
Prize money:  $94,000 (singles), $38,250 (doubles)

Pilot Pen Tennis (WTA) – New Haven, USA

Singles:  Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
Doubles:  Nuria Llagostera Vives / Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
Prize Money:  $98,500 (singles),  $31,000 (doubles)

The total prize money for this year’s US Open tennis has increased by $1 million compared to 2008 which means that the players will certainly get to see some differences in the cash prize money. The total cash prize money has topped $21.6 million and could go as high as $24.2 million if the top three players at the US Open Series also make it in the latter stages of the tournament, thanks to the $2.6 million potential payout.

The men’s and women’s singles champions get $1.6 million and the new 2010 Lexus IS Convertible each.

The qualifying matches for the 2009 US Open Tennis has begun and there are a lot of former top twenty players and aspiring juniors players battling for a place in the main draw. Find out the latest scores and results of the qualifying rounds:

Latest Scores and Results

Links for you to watch US Open Tennis 2009 Online, Live and For Free will be provided in the coming days.

The qualifying matches for this year’s US Open tennis has officially begun on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 with a total cash prize of $1 million at stake.

The matches are said to take place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York and will run for four days.

There are 32 berths at stake at the singles draw (16 for women, 16 for men) and in order to reach that far, players will need to win three grueling matches.

Their impressive finishes for the past few weeks propelled Andy Murray of Great Britain and Elena Dementieva of Russia to clinch the top spots in men’s and women’s fields respectively after the fifth week of the US Open Series rankings.  With only the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament remaining, there’s a big possibility that these two players will emerge as winners after the sixth and final week. The winners will compete for the $1 million bonus prize money at next week’s US Open.

Russian Elena Dementieva suddenly became a strong contender in the upcoming U.S. Open after she won the prestigious Rogers Cup title last Sunday, beating compatriot Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3. The title win also propelled the Russian atop the US Open Series rankings.

This served as the first time for an all-Russian final in the tournament’s history. Dementieva stormed into the finals after defeating no. 2 Serena Williams, a sweet revenge after the former lost their previous encounter at the Wimbledon semifinals last month.

Fatherhood has definitely not affected Roger Federer’s game which is evidenced by his victory in last Sunday’s Cincinnati Masters.

The world number one defeated Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in the ATP 1000 tournament final 6-1, 7-5. This served as his first title win since his twin girls were born last month.

“That’s the special part, especially winning for the first time as a dad. It gets me going emotionally a little bit, because I know it’s been a wonderful summer,” Federer said after his win.

The Pilot Pen Tennis tournament, the ATP and WTA event that takes place a week before the US Open, boasts of high caliber tennis players that still have chances to increase their US Open Series points. Here are the list of seeded players for the tournament.

ATP:

(1) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS), (2) Fernando Verdasco (ESP), (3) Tommy Robredo (ESP), (4) David Ferrer (ESP), (5) Mardy Fish (USA), (6) Sam Querrey (USA), (7) Igor Andreev (RUS) and (8) Victor Hanescu (ROU)

Here are the winners of the ATP and WTA tournaments held from August 17-23, 2009.

Rogers Cup (WTA) – Toronto, Canada

Singles:  Elena Dementieva (RUS)
Doubles: Nuria Llagostera Vives / Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
Prize money:  $350,000 (singles),  $100,000 (doubles)

Cincinnati Masters (ATP) – Cincinnati, Ohio

Singles: Roger Federer (SUI)
Doubles: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjic
Prize Money:  $443,500 (singles),  $175,000 (doubles)