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The US Open women's singles championship is an annual tennis event that has been held since 1887 as part of the US Open [a] [b] tournament. The tournament is played on outdoor hard courts [ c ] at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows – Corona Park , New York City.
The following is a list of US Open champions in tennis: Champions. Senior. Year Singles Doubles Men Women Men ... List of US Open women's singles champions;
Iga Świątek defeated Ons Jabeur in the final, 6–2, 7–6 (7–5) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 US Open. It was her first US Open title, third major title overall and second of the season, making Świątek the first player since Angelique Kerber in 2016 to win multiple majors in a season. Świątek became the first ...
Williams was attempting to equal Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 major singles titles and was also trying to set a new Open Era record by winning a seventh US Open singles title, but lost to Azarenka in the semifinals. Williams became the first player in history to reach a major semifinal in four decades: the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.
US Open ^ a b c On 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Belarus will not be allowed to compete under the name or flag of Belarus following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . Aryna Sabalenka thus competed as neutral player since then and her three titles are not attributed to Belarus in the "Grand Slam titles by country" list.
Raducanu and Fernandez both made their top 30 debuts following the tournament. Fernandez was the youngest player to defeat three top-five seeded players in the same major since Williams at the 1999 US Open. [6] [7] This was the first major since the 2011 French Open and first US Open since 2003 where neither of the Williams sisters participated ...
She also equaled the record for the most match wins at the US Open held by Chris Evert (101 wins). Williams was attempting to equal Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 major singles titles, and to win an Open Era record seventh US Open title. [5] Despite losing in the fourth round, Ashleigh Barty regained the world No. 1 ranking from Osaka. [6]
Naomi Osaka defeated Serena Williams in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2018 US Open. It was her first major title, and she lost only one set en route (to Aryna Sabalenka in the fourth round). Osaka became the first Japanese player to win a major singles title.