And then there were two. Both finals are set at the 2020 US Open and we’re tallying up the numbers ahead of the men’s and women’s singles finals.
1989 The last time a German won the US Open Singles title. Boris Becker is the man that Alexander Zverev hopes to match on Sunday when he faces Dominic Thiem in the final.
0 Number of players who have won the US Open men’s singles title without dropping a set in the Open Era. Daniil Medvedev made a run at it. The Russian entered the semifinals without dropping a set, but fell to Thiem in straight sets on Friday.
1-10 Victoria Azarenka’s record against Serena Williams at the Grand Slams after Thursday’s win over the 23-time major champion. Azarenka was 0-5 in three-setters against Williams at the Slams, but changed that statistic as well with her 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Williams.
2013 By defeating Williams on Thursday, Azarenka has reached her first Grand Slam final since the 2013 US Open.
4 Number of Grand Slam titles won by the four singles finalists at the 2020 US Open. Azarenka won the Australian Open in 2012 and 2013, while Naomi Osaka won the 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open titles.
116 Number of aces struck by Zverev, which leads all players through six rounds. The German also leads all players in double-faults, with 49.
6 Matches that lasted over four hours through six rounds.
6 Number of times a player has come back from two sets down to win a US Open men’s singles semifinal. Zverev is the latest to accomplish the feat.
Here are all six occasions:
2020 Zverev d. Pablo Carreno Busta
2011 Novak Djokovic d. Roger Federer
2003 Andy Roddick d. David Nalbandian
1980 Bjorn Borg d. Johan Kriek
1979 Vitas Gerulaitis d. Roscoe Tanner
1975 Manuel Orantes d. Guillermo Vilas
2014 The last time a maiden Grand Slam champion was crowned at the US Open. Marin Cilic took the title that year. Both Thiem and Zverev are bidding for their first major title.
8-0 Osaka’s record after reaching the quarterfinals at Grand Slams. Osaka has never lost a Grand Slam quarterfinal (3-0), semifinal (3-0) or final (2-0).
22 Osaka is the youngest player remaining in either singles draw.
31 Azarenka is the oldest player alive in either draw.
23 At 23 years of age, Zverev is the youngest men’s singles Grand Slam singles finalist since Novak Djokovic at the 2010 US Open.
2004 At Roland Garros in 2004, Gaston Gaudio became the last player not born in the 1980s to win a men’s singles Grand Slam title. After 63 consecutive Slams won by players born in the 1980s, either Thiem or Zverev will become the first player born in the 1990s to win a men’s singles Grand Slam title.
