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US OPEN BREAKS RECORDS

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This year’s US Open set several records in attendance and website traffic according to figures released by the US Tennis Association.

The final attendance of 631,870 is the second highest of all-time. The combined day and night session attendance record of 58,438 was set Monday, September 6.

Primetime viewing on USA Network was up 20 per cent over 2003, averaging a 1.1 rating. Figures for the first three days of US Open coverage on CBS Sports (Labour Day Weekend) were up 19 per cent on 2003.

Visits to usopen.org reached a record 15.4 million. Unique users to the site reached a record 2.8 million, up 15 per cent on last year.