The wait is over: the highly anticipated US Open 2024 begins today – Monday 26 August. Attention for the last Major of the season is sky-high, for several reasons. The uncertainty about the favorites, Jannik Sinner’s doping issue; the crisp air of New York will cheer us up for two intense weeks.
The tournament has – throughout its history, written important pages of tennis history, which will remain for posterity through the records and numbers carved by the protagonists who have played the 144 editions of the tournament, from 1881 to today.
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Richard Sears, William Larned and Bill Tilden hold the record for titles won in the men’s singles (7). In women’s singles, Molla Bjurstedt Mallory is the most successful women tennis player with 8 titles (all-time record in both men’s and women’s singles).
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Richard Sears has won the most consecutive men’s singles titles (7), while Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, Helen Jacobs and Chris Evert have won the most consecutive women’s singles titles (4). Sears also holds the record for most men’s doubles titles (6), along with countryman James Dwight.
Sears and Dwight also hold the record for most consecutive men’s doubles titles (6). In women’s doubles, Margaret Osborne du Pont holds both the record for most wins (13) and the record for most consecutive wins (10). In mixed doubles, the most successful men’s players are Bill Tilden, Bill Talbert, Owen Davidson and Bob Bryan, with 4 titles. The most successful woman in mixed doubles is duPont, with 9 titles.
Ken Rosewall is the oldest winner of the men’s singles (in 1970 at 35 years, 10 months and 11 days), while Molla Bjurstedt Mallory is the oldest winner of the women’s singles (in 1926 at 42 years and 5 months). At 5 hours and 26 minutes, the 1992 match between Stefan Edberg and Michael Chang is the longest ever played in US Open history.
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Jimmy Connors is the player who has played the most matches among the men (115), while Chris Evert is the player who has played the most matches among the women (113). In 2009, Kim Clijsters won the tournament as a wild card. Pete Sampras is the youngest champion of the men’s singles (1990, at 19 years and 28 days), while Tracy Austin is the youngest champion of the women’s singles ever (1979, at 16 years, 8 months and 28 days).
Bill Tilden is the player with the most overall wins among men (16, divided as follows: 7 men’s singles, 5 men’s doubles and 4 mixed doubles). DuPont is the tennis player with the most overall and overall wins among women (25, divided as follows: 3 women’s singles, 13 women’s doubles, 9 mixed doubles).
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