To be included in the standings and subsequently the bonus prize money, a player has to have countable results from two different tournaments. Players finishing in the top three in the series can earn up to $1 million in extra prize money.[1] Roger Federer received the largest US Open pay day of $2.4 Million in 2007 after capturing the title in both the US Open Series and the US Open championship. In 2008, the men's series leader Rafael Nadal received US$570,000 for his semifinal finish with a bonus of US$250,000. Women's leader Dinara Safina received US$570,000 for her semifinal finish as well.
| US Open Series results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | did not participate in the tournament |
| lost in the early rounds of the tournament |
| QF | advanced to but not past the quarterfinals | SF | advanced to but not past the semifinals |
| F | advanced to the finals, tournament runner-up | W | won the tournament |
| Player (ATP Tour) | Points | US Open Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rafael Nadal1 | 145 | SF | |
| 2 |  Andy Murray | 145 | F | |
| 3 |  Juan Martín del Potro | 140 | QF | |
| 4 |  Gilles Simon | 115 | 3R | |
| T5 | Marin Čilić | 95 | 3R | |
| T5 |  Novak Djokovic | 95 | SF | |
| T7 |  Andy Roddick | 75 | QF | |
| T7 |  Dmitry Tursunov | 75 | 3R | |
| 9 | Mardy Fish | 70 | QF | |
| 10 | James Blake | 65 | 3R | |
| 11 | Tommy Haas | 55 | 2R | |
| 12 | Igor Andreev | 45 | 4R | |
| 13 | Fernando Verdasco | 40 | 3R | |
| T14 |  Andreas Seppi | 30 | 3R | |
| T14 |  Robin Söderling | 30 | 1R |
| Player (WTA Tour) | Points | US Open Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinara Safina | 170 | SF | |
| 2 | Marion Bartoli | 105 | 4R | |
| 3 |  Dominika Cibulková | 85 | 3R | |
| 4 | Anna Chakvetadze | 75 | 1R | |
| 5 |  Victoria Azarenka | 60 | 3R | |
| 6 |  Ai Sugiyama | 50 | 3R | |
| T7 | Nadia Petrova | 30 | 3R | |
| T7 | Patty Schnyder | 30 | QF |