
On the men's side, Dominic Thiem bounced back after losing the two opening sets, taking down Alexander Zverev 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6) for his first Grand Slam title. In the women's final, Naomi Osaka rallied for a three-set win over Azarenka to capture her second US Open title.

Serena Williams' quest for her elusive 24th Grand Slam title to tie Margaret Court ended with a loss to Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals. There were no spectators after more than 700,000 attended last year.
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Professional tennis returned to one of its biggest stages after a long hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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In addition, points from tournaments held during the weeks of Septemand Septemwill be dropped at the end of the tournament and replaced by the player's next best result.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserĢ020 US Open: Schedule, how to watch, news, scores, analysis Rank and points before are as of August 30, 2021.Īs a result of pandemic-related adjustments to the ranking system, players are defending the greater of their points from the 20 tournaments. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of August 23, 2021. See also: 2021 US Open – Women's singles final Category

Ekaterina Alexandrova (second round)Ĭlick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (fourth round) 15. This also ensured that, for the first time since 2014, eight different players contested the four major finals in a season.Ġ 1. The defeats of Karolína Plíšková and Barbora Krejčíková in the quarterfinals guaranteed two first-time major finalists Raducanu and Fernandez emerged to become those players. None of the top 20 seeds lost prior to the third round, the first time this occurred since the introduction of the 32-seed format in 2001. 6 Carla Suárez Navarro, who lost in the first round to Danielle Collins. This event also marked the final major appearance for former world No. This was the first major since the 2011 French Open and first US Open since 2003 where neither of the Williams sisters participated. Fernandez was the youngest player to defeat three top-five seeded players in the same major since Williams at the 1999 US Open. Raducanu and Fernandez both made their top 30 debuts following the tournament. The final marked the first all-teenage major final since Serena Williams defeated Martina Hingis at the 1999 US Open, and the first women's singles major final in the Open Era to feature two unseeded players. Naomi Osaka was the defending champion, but was defeated by Fernandez in the third round. This was her maiden WTA Tour singles title, making her the fourth woman in the Open Era to win a major as her maiden singles title. Raducanu won the title without losing a set during the tournament, including during her three qualification matches, and did not play a tiebreak in any set.

150, the lowest-ranked player to win a major since Kim Clijsters at the 2009 US Open. Aged 18, she became the youngest major champion since Maria Sharapova at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships and with a ranking of world No. Additionally, she became the first British woman to win a singles major since Virginia Wade at the 1977 Wimbledon Championships, and the second player to win the US Open on her debut after Bianca Andreescu in 2019. She became the first qualifier to win a major. Emma Raducanu defeated Leylah Fernandez in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2021 US Open.
