john schneider

It appears that next year's U.S. Open will be an ITTF Pro Tour event:

http://www.ittf.com/ITTF_Calendar/calendar_pt.asp

Jan 22 2004 Jan 25 2004 Pro Tour Croatia Open (Zagreb, HRV)
Jan 29 2004 Feb 1 2004 Pro Tour Greek Open (GRE)
May 4 2004 May 7 2004 Pro Tour Egypt Open (EGY)
May 20 2004 May 23 2004 Pro Tour VW Open - Korea
May 26 2004 May 29 2004 Pro Tour VW Open - Singapore (SIN)
Jun 17 2004 Jun 20 2004 Pro Tour Chile Open (CHI)
Jun 24 2004 Jun 27 2004 Pro Tour Brazilian Open (BRA)
Jul 1 2004 Jul 4 2004 Pro Tour US Open (USA)
Sep 9 2004 Sep 12 2004 Pro Tour China Open (CHN)
Sep 16 2004 Sep 19 2004 Pro Tour VW Open - Shanghai (CHN)
Sep 23 2004 Sep 26 2004 Pro Tour VW Open-Japan (JPN)
Oct 14 2004 Oct 17 2004 Pro Tour Polish Open (POL)
Oct 21 2004 Oct 24 2004 Pro Tour Danish Open (DEN)
Nov 11 2004 Nov 14 2004 Pro Tour German Open (GER)
Nov 18 2004 Nov 21 2004 Pro Tour Austrian Open (AUT)
Nov 25 2004 Nov 28 2004 Pro Tour St. Petersburg Open (RUS)
Dec 10 2004 Dec 12 2004 Volkswagen Pro Tour Grand Finals (Beijing, CHN)

john r. miller

....

And, as in 2000, the US Open is the last tour stop before the Olympics
(August 13-29 in 2004). So, perhaps also as in 2000, the field will be
very strong.