US Open Tennis Schedule, Information and Records

OPEN ERA TITLE LEADERS (Since 1968)
5 - Jimmy Connors (74,76,78,82,83)
5 - Pete Sampras (90,93,95,96,02)
5 - Roger Federer (04-08)
4 - Rafael Nadal (10, 13, 17, 19)
4 - John McEnroe (79-81, 84)
3 - Ivan Lendl (85-87)
3 - Novak Djokovic (11,15,18)

MOST TITLES ALL EVENTS
16 - Bill Tilden, 1913-29 (7 singles, 5 doubles, 4 mixed)
13 - Richard Sears, 1881-87 (7 singles, 6 doubles)
8 - George M. Lott, Jr., 1928-34*; Billy Talbert, 1942-48*; Neale Fraser, 1957-60; John McEnroe, 1979-89
7 - Holcombe Ward, 1899-1906; Bill Larned, 1901-11; Vincent Richards, 1918- 26*; Jack Kramer, 1940-47
*All titles were in doubles.

MOST TITLES, SINGLES
7 - Richard Sears 1881-87; Bill Larned 1901-02, '07-11; Bill Tilden 1920- 25, '29
5 - Jimmy Connors 1974, '76, '78, '82-83; Pete Sampras 1990, '93, '95-96, '02; Roger Federer ('04-'08)
4 - Bob Wrenn 1893-94, '96-97; John McEnroe 1979-81, '84; Roger Federer 2004-07
3 - Oliver Campbell 1890-92; Mal Whitman 1898-1900; Fred Perry 1933-34, '36; Ivan Lendl 1985-87, Novak Djokovic (2011, 2015, 2018)

PLAYING IN MOST SINGLES FINALS
10 – Bill Tilden, 1918-25, ’27, ’29
9 – Bill Larned, Novak Djokovic
8 – Bill Johnston, Ivan Lendl, Pete Sampras
7 – Richard Sears, Jimmy Connors
6 – Andre Agassi, Roger Federer
5 – Maurice McLoughlin, John McEnroe, Rafael Nadal

MOST TOURNAMENT PLAYED, CAREER
28 – Vic Seixas, 1940-42, ’44, ’46-69
26 – Sidney B. Wood Jr., 1927-28, ’30-49, ’51-54, ’56
23 – Nathaniel W. Niles, 1904-26; Watson Washburn, 1910-17, ’20-24, ’26-30, ’33-37; Francis X. Shields, 1926-35, ’38-41, ’45, ’47-54; Wallace F. Johnson, 1904-16, ’19- 28
22 – Jimmy Connors, 1970-89, ’91-92

MOST MATCH WINS, CAREER
98 – Jimmy Connors, 1970-89, ’91-92
89 - Roger Federer
81 - Novak Djokovic
79– Andre Agassi 1986-2005
75 – Vic Seixas, 1940-69
73 – Ivan Lendl, 1979-94
71 – Bill Tilden, 1916-30
71 – Pete Sampras, 1988-98
69 – R. Norris Williams, 1912-35
67 - Rafael Nadal
65 – John McEnroe, 1977-92
58 – Bill Johnston, 1914-27
56 – Ken Rosewall, 1952-56, ’68-77
53 – Arthur Ashe, 1959-78
51 – Roy Emerson, 1959-72

Youngest Singles Champion – Pete Sampras (1990), 19 years, 0 months, 28 days
Youngest Doubles Champion – Vincent Richards (1918), 15 years, 4 months, and 26 days
Youngest Doubles Champion (Open Era) – Lleyton Hewitt (2000), 19 years, 6 months, 13 days
Youngest Player – Tommy Ho (1988) was the youngest player to play, at the age of 15 years, 2 months and 14 days, when he lost in straight sets to Johan Kriek in the first round.
Youngest Player to Win a Match – Vincent Richards (1918) was the youngest ever to win a singles match, at the age of 15 years, 5 months and 8 days. After winning his first round by default, Richards defeated Frank T. Anderson in the following round. Michael Chang is the youngest male to win a match in the Open Era. In 1987, at the age of 15 years, 6 months and 10 days, he defeated Paul McNamee on the opening day of the tournament.
Oldest Champion – Bill Larned was 38 years, 8 months and 3 days when he won the last of his seven singles titles in 1911. Since the end of the Challenge Round (which was 1911), Bill Tilden in 1929 has been the oldest titlist at 36 years, 7 months, 4 days.
Oldest Singles Champion (Open Era) – Ken Rosewall (1970), 35 years, 10 months, 11days
Oldest First-Time Champion – Vic Seixas was 31 years, 7 days when he won the 1954 final. Wilmer Allison was 30 years, 9 months in 1935.
Oldest Doubles Champion – Bob Hewitt (1977), 37 years, 243 days

MOST SINGLES TITLES
8 - Molla B. Mallory 1915-18, '20-22, '26
7 - Helen Wills Moody 1923-25, '27-29, '31
6 - Chris Evert Lloyd 1975-78, '80, '82
6 - Serena Williams 99, 02, 08, 2012-2014
5 - Margaret Smith Court 1962, '65, '69-70, '73
5 - Steffi Graf 1988-89, '93, '95-96

MOST MATCHES WON
108 - Serena Williams
101 – Chris Evert, 1971-89
89 – Martina Navratilova, 1973-93
79 -- Venus Williams
73 – Steffi Graf, 1984-96, ’98
65 – Molla B. Mallory, 1915-29
63 – Helen H. Jacobs, 1927-41
60 - Lindsay Davenport, 1991-2006
58 – Billie Jean King, 1960-79, ’82
57 – A. Louise Brough, 1941-57
56 – Doris Hart, 1940-55
56 - Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 1987-2002
55 – Margaret O. duPont, 1936-50, ’53-58
51 – Margaret Smith Court, 1961-75;
         Gabriela Sabatini, 1984-96
50 – Helen Wills Moody, 1922-33

MATCH WINNING PCT.
(Min. 40 matches played)
.962 - Helen Wills Moody, 1922-33 (50-2)
.903 - Molla B. Mallory, 1915-29 (65-7)
.895 - Margaret Smith Court, 1961-75 (51-6)
.894 - Chris Evert, 1971-89 (101-12)
.890 - Steffi Graf, 1984-96, '98 (73-9)
.878 - Serena Williams (108-15)
.870 - Maria Bueno, 1958-60, '62-66, '68, '76-77 (47-7)
.860 - Martina Hingis 1995-2001, (37-6)
.845 - Monica Seles 1989-92, '95-2001 (49-9)
.840 - Martina Navratilova, 1973-93 (89-17)
.806 - Venus Williams (79-19)
.800 - Lindsay Davenport 1991-2006 (60-15)

MOST US OPENS PLAYED
22 - Venus Williams
21 – Martina Navratilova, 1973-93
21 - Serena Williams
20 – Virginia Wade, 1964-70, ’72-84;
20 – Marjorie Gladman (Van Ryn) Buck, 1927-37, ’42- 43, ’45, ’47-52, ’55
19 – Louise Brough Clapp, 1939-50, ’52-57, ’59
19 – Nancy Richey Gunter, 1958-60, ’62-67, ’69-78
19 – Chris Evert, 1971-89

Youngest Singles Champion – Tracy Austin (1979), 16 years, 8 months and 28 days
Youngest Player – Kathy Horvath (1979) was five days past her 14th birthday when she lost a first round match to Dianne Fromholtz (7-6, 6-2) after playing through the qualifier.
Youngest Player to Win a Match – Mary Joe Fernandez was 14 years and 8 days when she defeated Sara Gomer on August 27, 1985.
Youngest Doubles Champion (All Time) – Martina Hingis (1998), 17 years, 11 months, 13 days; May Sutton (1904), 17 years, 11 months, 14 days; Serena Williams (1999), 17 years, 11 months, 16 days
Oldest Champion – Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, born in 1884, was 42 when she won the 1926 singles championship. The oldest champion of the Open Era was Margaret Court, who won the last of her five U.S. titles in 1973 at the age of 31 years, 1 month and 23 days.
Oldest Doubles Champion – Hazel Wightman (1928), 41 years, 257 days

Longest match (time, in tiebreak era, since 1970): 3hr 16min – Stosur d. Petrova 76(5) 67(5) 75 – 2011 in 3r
Longest match (games): 48 in 1948 final (Osborne d. Brough 46 64 1513. Since introduction of 3 tiebreak sets, there have been two occasions when the maximum 39 games have been played: G Fernandez d. Meshki 76 67 76 (1991, 3r) and Graf d. Shriver 76 67 76 (1985, QF)
Longest tiebreak (points): 32 - Stosur d. Kirilenko 62 67(15) 63 – 2011 in R16

Martina Navratilova is the only player in Open Era to win the title having saving match point – in 1986 she saved 3mp in semifinal versus Graf

In 2009 Kim Clijsters became the first wildcard to win a Grand Slam title, and the first player not seeded in Top 10 to win the US Open title

In 2021, Emma Raducanu became the first player in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title through qualifying

The singles title has been successfully defended 22 times, most recently by Serena Williams (2012-14)

The top seed has won the US Open women’s singles 20 times in the Open Era. In the last 18 years, the top seed has won here only four times: in 2002 (Serena Williams), 2007 (Justine Henin), 2013 (Serena Williams) and 2014 (Serena Williams)

Serena Williams in 2014 was last player to win the singles title without losing a set (also achieved the feat in 2008 and 2002)

Left-handers have only won 7 of the 128 stagings: Martina Navratilova (1983-84, 1986-87), Monica Seles (1991-92) and Evelyn Sears (1970)

Only one player has won the US Open women’s singles title after winning the US Open girls’ singles title: Lindsay Davenport (1992/1998)

Chris Evert reached 16 successive semifinals from 1971 to 1986

Serena Williams was the last player to win both the singles and doubles titles in the same year – 1999

US OPEN DOUBLES STATISTICS

Men
5 - Bob and Mike Bryan, 2005, ‘08, ’10, ‘12, '14
5 - Richard Sears and James Dwight 1882-84, '86-87
4 - Fred B. Alexander and Harold Hackett 1907-10
4 - Gardnar Mulloy and Bill Talbert 1942, '45-46, '48
4 - Bob Lutz and Stan Smith 1968, '74, '78, '80

Women
12 - A. Louise Brough and Margaret O. duPont 1942-50, '55-57
4 - Alice Marble and Sarah Palfrey (Fabyan) Cooke 1937-40
4 - Doris Hart and Shirley Fry 1951-54
4 - Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver 1983-84, '86-87

MOST DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS, PLAYER

Men
6 - Richard Sears 1882-87;
6 - Holcombe Ward 1899-1901, '04-06

Women
13 - Margaret O. duPont 1941-50, '55-57
12 - A. Louise Brough 1942-50, '55-57
9 - Sarah Palfrey (Fabyan) Cooke 1930, '32, '34-35, '37-41
9 - Martina Navratilova 1977-78, '80, '83-84, '86-87, '89-90