US Open Series TV Schedule 2009
Posted on July 21, 2009
The USTA announced today the launch of the sixth season of the Olympus US Open Series, the six-week North American summer tennis season that links 10 ATP World Tour and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour summer tournaments to the US Open. Since its inception in 2004, the six-week Olympus US Open Series has doubled television viewership and increased event attendance.
Throughout the summer, the Series will feature more than 200 national television hours on ESPN2, CBS and Tennis Channel, highlighted by back-to-back men's and women's finals on Sundays on ESPN2 and select finals on CBS. The Olympus US Open Series premieres Friday, July 24, with two hours on Tennis Channel, followed by four hours on ESPN2. An additional seven hours of coverage on both networks will follow over the weekend, with the finals airing live on Sunday on ESPN2 beginning at 3 p.m. ET.
"I think creating the Olympus US Open Series was great as it puts the summer tennis season under one roof and makes it cohesive," said Andy Roddick, who won back-to-back Olympus US Open Series titles in 2005 and 2006. "I've done well at a lot of the tournaments, and have a history with these lead-up events. It is one of the parts of the year that I look forward to most."
This year for the first time, the Olympus US Open Series and the US Open are being marketed under the same campaign, entitled, "It Must Be Love." More than a dozen top players, including Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic, Roger Federer, Venus Williams, Andy Roddick, James Blake, and Jelena Jankovic, were filmed for the campaign.
Olympus US Open Series TV Schedule (all times EST):
Fri., July 24 -- ATP Indianapolis: 1-3pm (TC), 4-9pm (ESPN2)
Sat., July 25 -- ATP Indianapolis: 1:30-3:30pm (ESPN2), 4-6pm (TC)
Sun., July 26 -- ATP Indianapolis: 1-2:30pm (TC), 3-5pm (ESPN2)
Thurs., July 30 -- ATP Los Angeles: 5-7pm (TC), 10:30pm-12:30am (ESPN2)
Thurs., July 30 -- WTA Stanford: 3-5pm (ESPN2), 7-9pm (TC)
Fri., July 31 -- ATP Los Angeles: 3-7pm (TC), 11pm-1am (ESPN2), 12:30pm-2am (TC)
Fri., July 31 -- WTA Stanford: 7-11pm (TC)
Sat., Aug. 1 -- ATP Los Angeles: 4-6pm (TC), 11pm-1am (ESPN2)
Sat., Aug. 1 -- WTA Stanford: 3-5am (ESPN2), 7-9pm (TC), 9-11pm (ESPN2)
Sun., Aug. 2 -- ATP Los Angeles: 5-7pm (ESPN2), 8-9:30pm (TC)
Sun., Aug. 2 -- WTA Stanford: 3-5pm (ESPN2), 9:30-11pm (TC)
Fri., Aug. 7 -- ATP Washington: 12-2pm (ESPN2), 2:30-4:30pm (TC), 7-9pm (ESPN2)
Fri., Aug. 7 -- WTA Los Angeles: 5-7pm (TC), 11pm-3am (ESPN2)
Sat., Aug. 8 -- ATP Washington: 3-5pm (TC), 7-9pm (ESPN2)
Sat., Aug. 8 -- WTA Los Angeles: 5-7pm (TC), 10pm-12am (ESPN2)
Sun., Aug. 9 -- ATP Washington: 3-5pm (ESPN2), 8-9:30pm (TC)
Sun., Aug. 9 -- WTA Los Angeles: 5-7pm (ESPN2), 9:30-11pm (TC)
Thurs., Aug. 13 -- ATP Montreal: 1-3pm (ESPN2)
Thurs., Aug. 13 -- WTA Cincinnati: 5-9pm (TC)
Fri., Aug. 14 -- 1-5pm, 7-9pm (ESPN2)
Fri., Aug. 14 -- WTA Cincinnati: 5-7pm (ESPN2), 9pm-1am (TC)
Sat., Aug. 15 -- ATP Montreal: 7-11pm (ESPN2)
Sat., Aug. 15 -- WTA Cincinnati: 1-3pm (ESPN2), 11pm-1am (TC)
Sun., Aug. 16 -- ATP Montreal: 1:30-4pm (ESPN2)
Sun., Aug. 16 -- WTA Cincinnati: 4-6pm (ESPN2), 8-9:30pm (TC)
Thurs., Aug. 20 -- ATP Cincinnati: 12-4pm, 7-9pm (ESPN2)
Fri., Aug. 21 -- ATP Cincinnati: 12-4pm (ESPN2)
Fri., Aug. 21 -- WTA Toronto: 5-9pm (TC), 10:30pm-12:30am (ESPN2)
Sat., Aug. 22 -- ATP Cincinnati: 2-4pm, 10pm-12am (ESPN2)
Sat., Aug. 22 -- WTA Toronto: 4-6pm (ESPN2), 7-9pm (TC)
Sun., Aug. 23 -- ATP Cincinnati: 12:30-3pm (CBS)
Sun., Aug. 23 -- WTA Toronto: 3-5pm (ESPN2), 8-9:30pm (TC)
Thurs., Aug. 27 -- ATP/WTA New Haven: 1-5pm, 7-9pm (ESPN2)
Fri., Aug. 28 -- ATP/WTA New Haven: 12-4pm, 7-9pm (ESPN2)
Sat., Aug. 29 -- ATP/WTA New Haven: 1-3pm (CBS), 7-9pm (ESPN2)
Mon., Aug 31-Sun., Sept. 13 -- US Open (ESPN2, TC, CBS)
* schedule and times subject to change
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