How much money does the second place winner get in the 2008 u.s open?

Question

please tell me im very interested

Answer 1

i dont think it has been announced yet  but i would say around 750 thousand or so whats nice he moved up into the top 50 in rankings 47th to be exact

he is a cool guy!

Answer 2

less money then the champ....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Open_(... click there for the money that was awarded last year.

Answer 3

... i really dont get how this would seem as important  as ranking... money means nothing if you cant win. really pointless.

Answer 4

i think the prize money for this year's us open hasn't been announced yet, but last year the runner-up of the singles took home U$ 700.000 ; and the doubles runner-up U$ 200.000.-

just a small ammount of money,hehe.-

the rest of the prizes are:

SINGLES.-

Winners $1,400,000

Runners-Up $700,000

Semifinalists $300,000

Quarterfinalists $150,000

Round of 16 $75,000

Third Round $43,000

Second Round $27,500

First Round $17,500

Total $6,588,000 ($13,176,000)

DOUBLES.-

Winners $400,000

Runners-Up $200,000

Semifinalists $100,000

Quarterfinalists $50,000

Round of 16 $25,000

Second Round $15,000

First Round $10,000

Total $1,760,999 ($3,520,000)