2008 US Open Tennis Betting Guide

A general view of Arthur Ashe Stadium for the singing of 'God Bless America' prior to the start of the women's final between Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia and Elena Dementieva of Russia at the US Open September 11, 2004 at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. Kuznetsova won with the score of 6-3, 7-5. Each year in August, the very best in world tennis gather together for the final major of the tennis calendar, the illustrious US Open. You are in the right place for all the information on 2008 US Open tennis betting and information as well as up to the minute US Open odds.

Top combatants of the ATP men's tour and the WTA women's tour battle it out at Flushing Meadows, New York, for one of the highest honours in the sporting world - a Grand Slam victory.

The US Open is preceded by the other three majors - the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon, but unlike the other events, the US Open has introduced a final set tiebreak. In the other Grand Slam events the fifth set (men) and the third set (women) continue until one player wins by two games.

Another innovation which was first introduced at Flushing Meadows was the implementation of an instant replay review of calls using 'hawk-eye'. Since then all international tournaments have embraced this technology which effectively removes the variable of human error.

US Open tennis is, in effect, a combination of two tournaments - the men's and women's events, which until 1968 were played at separate venues. With the advent of the Open Era it was decided to combine all championships and to host one tournament at a single venue.

US Open Tennis History

Over the years the venue and court surfaces have changed. The competition was originally contested on grass, then on clay, and finally on the current surface, DecoTurf - an acrylic hard court surface.

Today's US Open is hosted by the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Centre situated in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York. The venue boasts the Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong Stadia, and offers the very latest in comfort and technology.

The US Open tennis has been dominated by Americans. Legends of the game including Pete Sampras, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova have all left Flushing Meadows victorious on more than one occasion.

The Star Spangled Banner of the USA features prominently in the record books, and with the exception of Australia's Margaret Court Smith in the 1960s and 70s, and current defending champion, Roger Federer, all records of the US Open are held by Americans.

Federer US Open

In recent years, current world number one, Roger Federer has claimed the US Open men's singles title as his own. He has won four back-to-back US Open crowns, and in the process dispatched Lleyton Hewitt, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick and lastly, Novak Djokovic.

Over the past seven years the women's singles event has seen a diverse selection of winners including both the Williams' sisters, Russians, Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova and Belgians, Kim Clijsters and the current defending champion, and world number one, Justine Henin.

US Open Betting Odds 

Who will take the 2008 US Open tennis singles titles? Why not get into the swing of things and join the throngs of punters who try and predict the champions by placing a bet on the outcome of 2008 US Open tennis? Find up to date US Open odds on this site.

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