US OPEN ... Preview Notes ...

US$ 7,586,000, New York, New York, U.S.A.; August 25-September 7, 2003
Surface: Hard; Draw: 128 Site: USTA National Tennis Center

2002 Singles Final: (17)Pete Sampras d. (6)Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
2002 Doubles Final: (3)M. Bhupathi-M. Mirnyi d. (11)J. Novak-R. Stepanek 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Top Players in Draw: A. Agassi, R. Federer, J.C. Ferrero, A. Roddick, G. Coria, L. Hewitt, C. Moya, R. Schuettler,
S. Grosjean, J. Novak, P. Srichaphan, S. Schalken, D. Nalbandian, G. Kuerten, F. Gonzalez, M. Verkerk.
W R-UP SF QF R16 R32 R64 R128
RACE POINTS 200 140 90 50 30 15 7 1
PRIZE US $ 1,000,000 500,000 250,000 125,000 65,000 37,500 22,500 12,500

US OPEN PREVIEW NOTES
ATP Champions Race 2003 Update: Six players have the chance to lead the ATP Champions Race 2003 after the US
Open, where there are 200 points available to the winner as the Race to the Tennis Masters Cup in Houston heats up.
Current leader Andy Roddick takes an eight-point advantage over Wimbledon champion Roger Federer with him into
Flushing Meadows, while Federer is just 25 points clear of Roland Garros winner Juan Carlos Ferrero in third. Meanwhile,
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Guillermo Coria, a four-time winner on the ATP circuit in 2003 is 35 points behind Ferrero, with two-time US Open
champion Andre Agassi a further 24 points behind the Argentine. Rainer Schuettler, the Australian Open runner-up, also
has a chance to take the lead if he wins his first Grand Slam title. The German currently lies 160 points behind Roddick. In
the battle for the all-important seventh qualifying position currently occupied by Carlos Moya, David Nalbandian in eighth
position is 100 points behind the Spaniard, but just 57 points separate Nalbandian from Jiri Novak in 20th spot.
2002 Final: Pete Sampras captured his 14th Grand Slam title – and fifth US Open – with a 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 victory over
Andre Agassi in the final at Flushing Meadows. Sampras, who had gone 33 tournaments without lifting a trophy since last
winning Wimbledon in 2000, defeated his long-time rival Agassi for the 20th time in 34 meetings. With the win, Sampras
joins Jimmy Connors as the only five-time US Open winners in the Open era, and at 31 years, 28 days, becomes the
oldest since Ken Rosewall in 1970 (35 years, 10 months). The victory also marked Sampras’ 71st match win at the US
Open, which ties Bill Tilden in fourth place on the all-time singles list at the tournament.
Former Champions in Draw (2): 2 – Andre Agassi (1994, ’99)
1 – Lleyton Hewitt (2001)
Former Finalists in Draw (5): 3 – Andre Agassi (1990, ’95, ’02 – l. to Sampras)
1 – Todd Martin (1999 – l. to Agassi)
1 – Mark Philippoussis (1998 – l. to Rafter)
1 – Greg Rusedski (1997 – l. to Rafter)
1 – Michael Chang (1996 – l. to Sampras)
Main Draw Highlights:
Top seed Andre Agassi begins his campaign for a ninth Grand Slam title and third at Flushing Meadows against Spanish
star Alex Corretja. Agassi, a two-time US Open champion in 1994 and ’99, has a 4-3 lead in their head-to-head series,
although Corretja has won their last three meetings – all on hard courts – including the last time they met in the final in
Washington DC in 2000. Agassi, who has won four titles in 2003 including the Australian Open and the NASDAQ-100
Open in Miami, has a 39-7 record this year (24-3 on hard courts), while Corretja is 10-17 in 2003 (3-6 on hard courts).
Corretja, a quarterfinalist in New York in 1996 (l. to Sampras), has reached the third round on his last three visits to the
US Open. The 29-year-old from Barcelona has lost his last four matches on the ATP circuit, while Agassi reached the
semifinals in Washington (l. to Gonzalez) and the quarterfinals at Tennis Masters Montreal (l. to Schuettler).
Agassi has a 62-15 record at the US Open, and his 196-44 record in Grand Slams is fourth on the all-time list behind
Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras).
The 33-year-old American is seeded to meet no. 28 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the third round, No. 15 seed Fernando
Gonzalez in the fourth and No. 5 Guillermo Coria in the quarterfinals. Coria, the 21-year-old Argentine, has won four titles
this year including three in as many weeks in Stuttgart, Kitzbuhel and Sopot. The Roland Garros semifinalist faces fellow
Argentine Mariano Puerta in the first round.
Also in the top half of the draw, former champion Lleyton Hewitt begins his bid for a third Grand Slam title against
Romanian Victor Hanescu. Hewitt, the No. 6 seed who has won two titles this year at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells
and Scottsdale, defeated Pete Sampras to win the US Open in 2001. The 22-year-old is seeded to meet No. 29 Feliciano
Lopez in the third round, with No. 11 seed Paradorn Srichaphan a possible fourth round opponent. Third seed Juan
Carlos Ferrero, the Roland Garros champion, begins his campaign against Czech qualifier Jan Vacek and could meet
Hewitt in the quarterfinals.
In the bottom half of the draw, second seed Roger Federer will be attempting to become the first player since Sampras
in 1995 to win Wimbledon and the US Open in the same year. The Swiss star, who has won five titles in 2003 and has
won an ATP-best 58 matches on the circuit, begins his challenge against Argentine Jose Acasuso. The 22-year-old from
Basel, who has reached the fourth round on his last two visits to Flushing Meadows, is seeded to meet No. 13 David
Nalbandian in the fourth round (Nalbandian holds a 4-0 record against Federer) or No. 20 Mark Philippoussis, in what
would be a repeat of the Wimbledon final. Philippoussis, runner-up to Patrick Rafter in the 1998 US Open, takes on
Serbian qualifier Janko Tipsarevic in the opening round.
ATP Champions Race 2003 leader Andy Roddick, the No. 4 seed, comes into the tournament as the hottest player on
the circuit. The American, who celebrates his 21st birthday on August 30, has won five titles this year, including three in his
last four tournaments. He is 30-2 since teaming up with new coach Brad Gilbert at Queen’s in June, and has gone 20-1 on
the North American hard courts en route to titles in Indianapolis, Tennis Masters Montreal and the Western & Southern
Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati. Roddick’s only loss since reaching the Wimbledon semifinals came at the hands of
Tim Henman, his first round opponent in New York. Henman saved a match point against Roddick in the semifinals in
Washington before going on to defeat Gonzalez in the final. Henman reached the fourth round in 1996 and ’98, while
Roddick has advanced to the quarterfinals in the last two years.
2003 ATP Winners in Draw (29): 5 - Roger Federer (Marseille, Dubai, Munich, Halle, Wimbledon) Andy Roddick (St.
Poelten, London, Indianapolis, Montreal, Cincinnati); 4 – Andre Agassi (Australian Open, San Jose, Miami, Houston),
Guillermo Coria (Hamburg, Stuttgart, Kitzbühel, Sopot), 3 – Juan Carlos Ferrero (Monte-Carlo, Valencia, Roland Garros);
Carlos Moya (Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Umag); 2 – Nikolay Davydenko (Adelaide, Estoril), Lleyton Hewitt (Scottsdale,
Indian Wells), Paradorn Srichaphan (Chennai, Long Island); 1 – Julien Boutter (Casablanca), Agustin Calleri (Acapulco),
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Taylor Dent (Memphis), Wayne Ferreira (Los Angeles), Jan-Michael Gambill (Delray Beach), Robby Ginepri (Newport),
Tim Henman (Washington), Stefan Koubek (Doha), Karol Kucera (Copenhagen), Gustavo Kuerten (Auckland), Hyung-
Taik Lee (Sydney), Felix Mantilla (Rome), Nicolas Massu (Amersfoort), Max Mirnyi (Rotterdam), Jiri Novak (Gstaad), Greg
Rusedski (Nottingham), David Sanchez (Vina del Mar), Sjeng Schalken (‘s-Hertogenbosch), Martin Verkerk (Milan),
Mariano Zabaleta (Bastad).
Tournament Tidbit: With Pete Sampras set to announce his retirement, there will be no defending men’s champion at
the US Open for the first time since 1971 when Ken Rosewall did not play. These are the only two occasions in the Open
Era (since 1968) that the US Open has been without its defending champion.
2003 ATP MATCH-WIN/TITLE LEADERS AND US OPEN RECORDS
2003 2003 US Open
Player W-L Titles Record Best Result
1. Roger Federer 58-12 5 8-3 4th RD (2001-02)
2. Andy Roddick 55-13 5 8-3 QF (2001-02)
3. Juan Carlos Ferrero 50-12 3 7-4 4th RD (2000)
4. Guillermo Coria 50-13 4 2-1 3rd RD (2002)
5. Rainer Schuettler 46-22 0 3-4 3rd RD (2000)
6. Carlos Moya 44-16 3 13-7 SF (1998)
7. Andre Agassi 39-7 4 62-15 W (1994, ’99)
8. Gaston Gaudio 37-20 0 2-4 3rd RD (2002)
9. Jarkko Nieminen 35-22 0 0-1 1st RD (2002)
10. Paradorn Srichaphan 35-20 2 1-3 2nd RD (2002)
Koenig-Rodriguez Capture Long Island Crown
Robbie Koenig and Martin Rodriguez claimed the TD Waterhouse Cup after defeating Martin Damm and Cyril Suk 6-3, 7-
6(4) in Long Island. Koenig and Rodriguez were making their first appearance together as a team. The victory marked
Koenig’s second title of the year (Auckland – w/Adams) and the fourth of his career, while Rodriguez claimed his third
career title and his first of 2003. It's the first time we've played together, I might have to steal him away from his regular
partner [Gaston Etlis],” said Koenig. “Martin and Cyril are a great team, it was quite an accomplishment to beat a team of
their caliber today.”
Damm and Suk, the No. 3 seeds, were attempting to win their fourth title of the year together after winning three titles on
three different surfaces in Doha, 's-Hertogenbosch and Kitzbühel. Suk, 36, who turned pro in 1988, has won 28 career
doubles titles and is 41-21 in 2003. Damm, 31, has won 26 career doubles titles since turning pro in 1990. He now has a
40-19 record this year.
ATPtennis.com is the most popular tennis site on the web, according to Alexa.com, an Amazon.com company. The
Tennis Internet Group’s flagship site is joined on the list by Masters-Series.com, which is ranked fourth on the list.
ATPtennis.com has introduced new and enhanced tournament profiles to provide more information about each
tournament in an easy-to-navigate format. Among the highlights of the new profiles, users now can read about past
rounds, events and happenings at each tournament from archived news stories from ATPtennis.com. In addition, a Past
Champions section that makes use of the ATP’s extensive database of tournament results allows users to check out the
results of an event in a specific year all the way back to 1968 (if available), with quick links to draws - one of the most
popular features on ATPtennis.com. Also included is a drop-down menu that allows users to navigate through to other
tournament profiles, and a link to the ATP Vault, the online database of past tournament results. Go to
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“I first played the US Open as a wild card in 1987. I started my career there as an amateur and I'll end it there.” – Michael
Chang looking ahead to his final US Open, where he faces Fernando Gonzalez in the first round.
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During the eighth annual Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day at the USTA National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Andre Agassi
and Andy Roddick went head-to-head in a special tie-break umpired by WTA star Anna Kournikova. Trading as many
jokes as groundstrokes, Agassi tried to wind up Roddick by asking: “What have you got?” to which Roddick replied: “Hair.”
Agassi, who eventually held off a strong comeback from Roddick to win the tie-break 10-8, also won the American
Express Skills Challenge, collecting $35,000 for the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation. Meanwhile, American stars
Mardy Fish and Robby Ginepri took part in the Survivor Tennis exhibition alongside the WTA’s Maria Sharapova and
Shenay Perry, with players being “voted off” before Sharapova was the last one standing.
On August 25, the $12 million Phase II of the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy is set to begin in West Las
Vegas. Designed to improve educational opportunities in Las Vegas, Agassi Prep currently welcomes socio-economically
challenged youth in grades 3-6. Phase II will add grade 7, with grades 8-12 opening through 2008. "Since the first phase
of the Academy opened in August of 2001, hundreds of children - who would normally not have access to the finest
resources - have had the opportunity to attend and get an outstanding education," said Agassi. "When we help these kids
reach for the stars, we help the future. We're committed to making a difference, one child at a time."
Neville Godwin has announced his retirement. The South African reached a career-high No. 90 in the ATP Entry Rankings
in 1997 and won his lone ATP singles title in 2001 in Newport, where he also finished runner-up in 1998. He reached
three ATP doubles finals. He ends his career with a 36-56 singles record. Fredrik Jonsson has also announced his
retirement. The Swede reached a career-high No. 108 in the ATP Entry Rankings in 2000.
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