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11/11/2019 US Open women's singles: Most wins, dates and player stats for the tennis Grand Slam eventRead Now US Open women's singles
The US Open is one of tennis' four Grand Slam events each year, with the women's singles being a permanent fixture of the tournament.
Traditionally the fourth major chronologically, the tournament in New York takes place after the conclusion of the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon, giving stars on the WTA Tour a last chance to impress at a Grand Slam every season. Played at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the United States Open Tennis Championships – to give the event its full title – is played on hard courts. Founded in 1881, the US Open's impressive traditions are honoured by some spectacular arenas, with the stunning Arthur Ashe Stadium being the venue's centrepiece. Louis Armstrong Stadium, the Grandstand and Court 17 make up the other show courts. Our tournament profile features player stats as well as details about the most recent and next editions of the US Open women's singles. Page Contents:
Dates and key information
When is the US Open in 2020? The 2020 edition of the US Open, the 140th in the event's history, will start on Monday August 31 and run until Sunday September 13. Unless there are unforeseen scheduling issues, the women's singles final usually takes place on the second Saturday of the tournament. That means the final of the 2020 event is expected to be played on Saturday September 12. When was the US Open in 2019? The previous edition of the US Open, the 139th, was held between Monday August 26 and Sunday September 8 in 2019. The women's singles final was played on Saturday September 7. US Open prize money The US Open in the 2019 season had a record total prize fund of $57,238,700, of which $3.85 million each went to the men's and women's singles champions. The runners-up in each event received a cool $1.9m, with semi-finalists taking home $960,000. Making the last eight earned players $500,000. How many players take part? There are 128 players in the main draw of the US Open. That is made up of those who are the highest ranked on the WTA Tour, any players with a protected ranking and the organisers' wildcard selections, with the other spots filled by those who have battled through the qualifying rounds. Who is the defending champion in 2020? Canadian star Bianca Andreescu is the current holder of the US Open title. Aged just 19 at the time, Andreescu was a surprise winner of the tournament in the 2019 season, defeating home favourite Serena Williams 6-3 7-5 in the final. Astonishingly, she won on her first appearance in the main draw. The previous year, in 2018, she had lost in the first qualifying round for the second consecutive US Open, while Serena was playing out one of the most controversial finals in the event's history against Naomi Osaka. Last five US Open champions 2019: Bianca Andreescu 2018: Naomi Osaka 2017: Sloane Stephens 2016: Angelique Kerber 2015: Flavia Pennetta The last five US Open champions have all been first-time winners of the tournament, which has not been successfully defended since Serena Williams' last success in 2014.
Most successful players
US Open: Most tournament wins in the Open Era - 6x Chris Evert - 6x Serena Williams - 5x Steffi Graf - 4x Martina Navratilova - 3x Margaret Court - 3x Billie Jean King - 3 x Kim Clijsters Most all-time US Open wins - 8x Molla Bjurstedt Mallory - 7x Helen Wills - 6x Chris Evert - 6x Serena Williams - 5x Steffi Graf - 5x Margaret Court - 4x Eight players have won the title four times, including Martina Navratilova Chris Evert and Serena Williams have set the standard in the modern game at the US Open, but Molla Mallory's formidable total of eight, the last of which was won in 1926, stands alone at the top of the all-time record books. 
Most appearances in the US Open final (Open Era)
- 10x Serena Williams - 9x Chris Evert - 8x Steffi Graff - 8x Martina Navratilova Serena's 10 US Open finals are an Open Era record and the joint highest overall. She tasted victory in six of her first eight finals, but has now lost two straight against Osaka (2018) and Andreescu (2019). A win in either of those matches would have seen her equal Margaret Court's all-time Grand Slam record of 24. Evert won six of her nine appearances in finals at the US Open. Steffi Graff tasted victory in five of eight showpiece matches, while Martina Navratilova had a .500 record. It is Evert who has made the most consecutive finals, with six between 1975 and 1980. Most all-time appearances in the US Open final - 10x Molla Bjurstedt Mallory - 10x Serena Williams - 9x Chris Evert - 9x Helen Wills Best stats and records American players at the US Open Home players have impressed in the women's singles at Flushing Meadows, both recently and historically. Evert, Serena and Navratilova are owed much of the credit for that, but Tracy Austin (two), Venus Williams (two), Sloane Stephens and Lindsay Davenport have all won on home soil too. Billie Jean King was a four-time US Open champion, three of those coming in the Open Era. That all means Americans have come out on top in 25 of the US Opens to take place in the Open Era, with Germany the next most successful nation with six, courtesy of Graf (five) and Angelique Kerber. Consecutive titles Evert and Williams both won the US Open four times in a row, matching the record jointly held by Molla Mallory and Helen Jacobs from the Amateur Era. No player has won the women's singles five times in succession. Youngest champion American Tracy Austin was aged only 16 years, 8 months and 28 days when she won the first of her two US Open titles in 1979, beating Evert in the final. Her record as the youngest champion has now stood for 40 years. Martina Hingis (1997) also won the tournament as a 16-year-old – though she was fractionally older than Austin and was under a month away from her 17th birthday. Third on the list in the Open Era is Monica Seles, who was the ripe old age of 17 years and nine months when she took the trophy in 1991. Oldest champion Mallory was 42 years, 5 months and 27 days old in 1926 when she claimed her record eighth title. In the Open Era, the oldest champion is Flavia Pennetta. The Italian was aged 33 years, 6 months and 18 days when she triumphed in 2015. Most tournaments and matches played Navratilova holds the all-time record for tournament appearances with 21 in the singles event between 1973 and 1993. Evert has played a greater number of matches than her, with 113 to her former rival's 106, but Serena is on top of the pile with 114 to her name after the completion of the 2019 US Open, where she reached the final. Most matches won Evert and Serena come out on top here with 101 singles matches won each at the US Open. Navratilova has 89. Longest gap between titles Serena holds the longest gap between her first and last titles. There were 15 years between her first and sixth crowns in 1999 and 2014 respectively.
The US Open's official YouTube account has posted five of the best points produced by Andreescu at the 2019 tournament, which we have added above.
We hope you enjoyed our tournament profile of the US Open women's singles. Check back here in the months and years ahead for updated statistics after each event has been played. There is much more information about the US Open - including schedules, tickets and the event's history - available on the tournament website, Here at Sport Solved we have plenty more stats articles, along with profiles and analysis content, in our tennis section. CategoriesComments are closed.
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