Who Won the US Tennis Open?

The US Tennis Open is one of the biggest tennis tournaments of the year, and it’s just wrapped up. So who won?

Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal won the US Open men’s final on Sunday, beating first-time finalist Daniil Medvedev in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4. Nadal, who is now a 19-time Grand Slam champion, moves past Roger Federer for the all-time men’s record.

Overview

Rafael Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player ranked world No. 2 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Nadal has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, the second-most in history for a male player, as well as 35 ATP Tour Masters 1000, 19 ATP Tour 500 tournaments, and an Olympic gold medal in singles.

Career

Rafael Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, the second most in history for a male player, as well as a record 35 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 20 ATP Tour 500 tournaments, and an Olympic gold medal in singles.

Major Achievements

Rafael Nadal has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles, the second most in history for a male player, as well as 35 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 20 ATP Tour 500 tournaments, and the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles. In major finals, Nadal has a record of 13 wins and 2 losses. He has also won 3 Davis Cup titles with Spain.

Novak Djokovic

Djokovic, who had earlier won Wimbledon and the Australian Open this year, clinched his 16th Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 victory over Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in the final at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Overview

Novak Djokovic (Serbian: Новак Ђоковић, pronounced [nôʋaːk dʑôːkoʋitɕ] (listen);[needs IPA] born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 2 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

Djokovic has won 14 Grand Slam singles titles, the fourth most in history, and held the No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a total of 223 weeks. In majors, Djokovic has won a record seven Australian Open titles, four Wimbledon titles, two US Open titles and one French Open title. He is one of only three players to have won all nine of the Masters 1000 tournaments, and he is the only player to have won both Wimbledon and the French Open on three separate occasions each.

Djokovic has also won numerous team trophies, including the 2010 Davis Cup with Serbia.

Career

Novak Djokovic started playing tennis at age four and was immediately diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). He is known for his powerful groundstrokes and return of serve.

Djokovic has won several prestigious singles titles, including Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open. He has also been a member of Serbia’s Davis Cup team since 2007.

Major Achievements

Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 16 Grand Slam singles titles, five ATP Finals titles, 35 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 12 ATP Tour 500 titles, and has held the No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a total of 263 weeks.

Andy Murray

Andy Murray of Britain won the U.S. Open men’s singles title Sunday, defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4, in the final at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. It was Murray’s second Grand Slam singles title and his first since he won Wimbledon in 2013.

Overview

Andy Murray is a professional tennis player from Scotland, currently ranked No. 2 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked as high as No. 1 by the ATP and has won two Grand Slam singles titles, most recently the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. He also won Olympic gold medals in singles and mixed doubles at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Career

Andy Murray is a professional tennis player who has been ranked as high as number two in the world. He has won three Grand Slam singles titles, two Olympic gold medals, and has been a runner-up at five other Grand Slam tournaments.

Murray was born in Scotland and began playing tennis at an early age. He turned professional in 2005 and has since won more than $45 million in prize money. He is married to Kim Sears and they have two daughters.

Major Achievements

Andy Murray is a professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals. He has won three Grand Slam singles titles, two Olympic gold medals in singles, an ATP World Tour Finals title, and a Davis Cup title. Murray achieved the world No. 1 ranking for the first time on 7 November 2016.

Stan Wawrinka

Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland won the men’s singles title at the 2015 US Open, defeating Novak Djokovic in the final in straight sets. Wawrinka thus became the first Swiss player to win a Grand Slam singles title since Roger Federer won the Wimbledon Championships in 2003. It was also Wawrinka’s first appearance in a Grand Slam final.

Overview

Stanislas Wawrinka (born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 3 in 2014 and 2015, making him the highest-ranked Swiss player in history. Wawrinka’s breakthrough came in 2014 when he defeated Rafael Nadal in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters to become only the second man after Novak Djokovic to beat the world No. 1 and 2 players (Nadal and Roger Federer respectively) back-to-back at tour-level, en route to his maiden Masters 1000 title. A month later, he followed this up by winning his first French Open title, defeating Djokovic in the quarterfinals and Nadal in the final. In doing so, Wawrinka became only the eighth man since 1927 to win both a Major tournament and a Master’s tournament on clay in the same year, thus completing a “Career Golden Slam”, as well as becoming only one of thirteen men to have won all four Majors tennis titles (a “Grand Slam”). Furthermore, by defeating Djokovic in Paris, he prevented Djokovic from achieving a Career Grand Slam at that time as well (only Pete Sampras had won all four Majors prior to achieving a Career Grand Slam).

Wawrinka then completed his second “Career Golden Slam” by winning both Wimbledon and an Olympic gold medal in doubles with Federer that year. In September 2009, Stanislas achieved his then career-high singles ATP ranking of world No. 25. After several years of struggles with injuries and erratic form between 2010 and 2013, Wawrinka reemerged at the beginning of 2014 with more consistent results; consequently climbing back up into the top 10 rankings by June 2014 for the first time since April 2010. Wawrinka has been more successful than Roger Federer before reaching his thirtieth birthday; having won three Major titles (one more than Federer), as well as having defeated both Nadal and Djokovic more times at Major tournaments than Federer had managed during his twenties.

Career

Wawrinka has been a professional tennis player since 2000. He has won three Grand Slam singles titles, including the 2014 US Open, and his career-high ATP singles ranking is No. 3, which he achieved on January 27, 2014. He became the Swiss No. 1 tennis player on August 18, 2014, after Roger Federer dropped to second in the rankings.

In doubles, Wawrinka has reached twelve finals with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses (5–5 at Grand Slams), winning titles at Wimbledon in 2014 and 2015 and the French Open in 2015. He has also won an Olympic Gold medal in doubles with compatriot Federer at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Major Achievements

Stan Wawrinka is a professional tennis player from Switzerland. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 3 in January 2015 and has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments, including the 2015 French Open, where he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final. Wawrinka has also reached five other major finals: the 2014 Australian Open (losing to Rafael Nadal), the 2016 US Open (losing to Djokovic), the 2017 Wimbledon Championships (losing to Roger Federer), and the 2018 and 2019 French Opens (losing to Nadal on both occasions).

Juan Martin del Potro

Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina has won the 2018 US open after defeating Novak Djokovic in the final. This is del Potro’s first grand slam title in nine years, and he is the first Argentine player to win the US Open since Guillermo Vilas in 1977.

Overview

Juan Martin del Potro is an Argentine professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 18 ATP Tour singles titles, including two Grand Slam singles titles, the 2009 US Open and the 2018 Indian Wells Masters.

Born and raised in Tandil, Argentina, del Potro began playing tennis at age seven. Hewon his first Futures tournament in 2006, aged 17, and reached the top 100 of the ATP rankings for the first time in 2008. In 2009, he qualified for and reached his first Grand Slam semi-final at Wimbledon before winning his maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open by defeating five-time champion Roger Federer in the final. Del Potro achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 3 in January 2010 and helped lead Argentina to its first Davis Cup crown that year. After a number of injuries including multiple wrist surgeries, del Potro returned to grand slam form with a successful run to the semifinals of both Wimbledon and the US Open in 2018.

Career

Juan Martin del Potro is an Argentine professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 19 ATP Tour titles, including one Grand Slam singles title at the 2009 US Open.

Del Potro’s greatest achievements have come at the US Open, where he has twice reached the final, in 2009 and 2016. He was the first man from outside the Big Four to win the tournament since Andre Agassi in 1995, and his victory over Roger Federer in the 2009 semifinals was considered one of the most significant upsets in tennis history.

Major Achievements

In 2009, at the age of 20, del Potro won his first Grand Slam title at the US Open, defeating five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the semifinals and five-time US Open champion Rafael Nadal in the final. This made him the first man since 1990 to win a Grand Slam singles tournament without previously having won a Masters Series singles event, and he was also the only man outside of the “Big Four” to have won a Grand Slam singles tournament since 2005. In January 2010, Del Potro reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 4. In 2018, Del Potro won his second Grand Slam singles title at the 2018 US Open, defeating Novak Djokovic in the finals.