us open
A tennis player is awarded 2000 grand slam points for winning a grand slam tournament.
The tournament/tournaments held on a certain surface just before the Grand Slam on that surface begins.
U.s. Open
A Grand Slam is a tournament of the ranked players and it spans across different continents. There are 4 Grand Slams in a year. The ATP is the Association of Tennis Professionals.
Serena Williams is a tennis player who has won multiple Grand Slam tournaments.
There is no "2012 open tennis tournament".
US Open
Cash
Quarterfinalists in the Us Open Grand Slam tournament win about $237,500.
The tennis Grand Slam is a annual tournament. There three tournaments within the Grand Slam. The US Open, the Wimbledon, and the Australian Open.
This Grand Slam is played in New York state.
She was the first African American woman to be a competitor in the world tennis tournament. She was also the first woman to win the Grand Slam award for her tennis-playing sucess. She also wrote an autobiograpy called "Nothing But Trouble." :)