And then there were two. The semifinals are in the books at the 2019 US Open and it’s time for title matches in New York City. Let’s let the numbers guide us through a recap of the first six rounds of singles action.
24: The all-time record for Grand Slam singles titles, held by Margaret Court. Serena Williams will bid to tie the record for the fourth time in Saturday’s final.
2006: The last time a teenager won a Grand Slam title. Bianca Andreescu will bid to become the first teenager to prevail at a major since Maria Sharapova (19) at the 2006 US Open.
11: Number of consecutive Grand Slam titles won by the Big Three of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. If Nadal wins the title, the Big Three will have won 50 of the last 58 major titles dating back to Nadal's first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros in 2005.
18: At 18 years and 263 days, Saturday’s final between Williams and Andreescu sets the record for largest gap in age between Grand Slam finalists in the Open Era.
50: Number of wins in 2019 by Daniil Medvedev. He leads the ATP in that category.
28: Number of breaks of serve converted by Andreescu at this year's US Open. The Canadian leads all women’s singles players in that category.
56-3: Williams' record against teenagers at Grand Slams. The three losses came to Venus Williams (1998 Australian Open R2), Sharapova (2004 Wimbledon Final) and Sloane Stephens (2013 Australian Open QF).
2000: The last time a Russian male won a US Open singles title—Marat Safin in 2000.
3: Number of times Serena has been one match from tying the all-time Grand Slam titles record (2018 Wimbledon, 2018 US Open, 2019 US Open).
6: Number of WTA players that have reached their first major final with four-or-less Grand Slam main draw appearances to their name. Andreescu, playing in her fourth main draw at a major, joins a list that includes Pam Shriver, Venus Williams, Monica Seles, Chris Evert and Natasha Zvereva.
23-9: Williams’ career record in Grand Slam singles finals.
2009: The last time a teenager played the US Open women’s singles final (Caroline Wozniacki, 19).
208: Andreescu’s ranking this time last year.
31: Months that have passed since Serena Williams last won a title.
6: Number of consecutive sets that Serena has dropped in Grand Slam finals.
$1,950,000: The difference between finalist's prize money and champion’s prize money at the 2019 US Open. Runner-ups earn $1,900,000 in New York, while champions earn $3,850,000.
19 years, 362 days: Time between Serena Williams’ first US Open final and the 2019 US Open women’s singles final. The gap is the largest in history between a players’ first and most recent major finals.
101: Number of lifetime US Open women’s singles match wins notched by Williams. The American will bid to take sole ownership of the all-time US Open win record in the final. She would also break the Open era record for US Open singles titles by winning her seventh. (Evert also has six US Open titles.)
Here are the top five US Open women’s singles win leaders, all-time:
Serena Williams, 101
Chris Evert, 101
Martina Navratilova, 89
Venus Williams, 79
Steffi Graf, 73
2: Number of former US Open singles champions remaining in the draw. There were 13 US Open singles champions in the draw at the start of the tournament. Only Nadal and Williams remain.
142: The fastest serve of the tournament thus far—recorded by American Reilly Opelka. Caroline Dolehide hit the fast serve on the women’s side, coming in at 122 MPH.
18-8: Nadal’s record in Grand Slam finals. The Spaniard is 3-1 in US Open finals.
2: Number of first-time Grand Slam finalists at this year’s US Open—Andreescu and Medvedev.
13: Number of matches that Andreescu has won consecutively.
20-2: Medvedev’s record in the US this summer. The Russian reached finals at D.C. and Montreal and won the title in Cincinnati before reaching the final in New York. He has won 12 straight matches.
10: Consecutive wins claimed by Nadal. He won the title in Montreal before reeling off six victories in New York to reach the final. Nadal has won 25 of his last 26 matches overall.
37: At 37 years and 347 days, Serena Williams breaks her own record and becomes the oldest Grand Slam finalist ever.
