After a pair of thrilling finals, won by Naomi Osaka and Dominic Thiem, the 2020 US Open is officially in the books. You know what that means—it’s time for USOpen.org to tally up the numbers one last time.
1949: Dominic Thiem becomes the first man to rally from two sets down in a US Open final since Pancho Gonzalez, who defeated countryman Fred Schroeder Jr., 16-18, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, in the 1949 final.
1994: The last time a player came back from a set down to win a US Open women’s singles final. Naomi Osaka’s victory in Saturday’s final was just the 8th time that a player has come from a set down to win in the final in the Open Era.
0-8: Alexander Zverev’s record against the Top 10 after falling in five sets to Dominic Thiem in the final.
7: Matches that lasted over four hours at the 2020 US Open, the longest being played by Marton Fucsovics and Grigor Dimitrov in the second round (4:50).
3,202: Total number of aces struck by singles players during the US Open fortnight.
254: Total number of singles matches played at the 2020 US Open, 65 of which went the distance (24 men, 41 women).
50: The combined age of Zverev and Thiem, which is the youngest combined age between two mens’ singles Grand Slam finalists since 24-year-old Novak Djokovic and 25-year-old Rafael Nadal battled at the 2012 Australian Open final.
3: Number of mothers that have won major singles titles. Victoria Azarenka came a set away from joining Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong and Kim Clijsters on that very short list.
131: Number of aces served by Alexander Zverev in New York. The German is the only player to hit the 100-ace mark at this year’s US Open.
70: Serena Williams led all women’s singles players with 70 aces in six matches.
147: Taylor Fritz hit the fastest recorded serve at the 2020 US Open at 147 mph in the third round.
124: Serena Williams hit a 124 mph ace in the first round, the fastest on the women’s side.
4: Thiem has won four straight matches against Zverev and holds the 8-2 lifetime edge against the German after today’s triumph.
5: Thiem has now beaten Zverev 5 times after dropping the opening set.
6: Number of career titles Naomi Osaka has won, three of which have come at the Grand Slams.
3: Naomi Osaka is the first woman to win her first three major finals since Jennifer Capriati (2001 Australian Open, 2001 Roland Garros, 2002 Australian Open).
24: Number of five-setters played at the 2020 US Open.
36: Age of Vera Zvonareva, also a mother, and now a two-time US Open doubles champion after claiming the title with Laura Siegemund on Friday.
4: Total number of retirements at the 2020 US Open, three by the men and one by a woman.
5: Number of ATP players who have lost their first three Grand Slam men’s singles finals: Ivan Lendl and Andy Murray are the only two to lose their first four, while Goran Ivanisevic, Andre Agassi and Thiem all broke through in their fourth Slam final.
9-1: Naomi Osaka’s record in deciding sets in 2020. She has won 26 of 30 deciding sets since the start of the 2019 season.
2003: The Last time the US Open was played without either defending champion in the draw. In 2020 Bianca Andreescu and Rafael Nadal missed out; in 2003 Pete Sampras (retirement) and Serena Williams (knee surgery) did not defend their titles.
2014: The last time a maiden Grand Slam champion was crowned at the US Open. Marin Cilic took the title that year, this year the honor belongs to Austria’s Thiem.
1980: The last year that the women’s singles semifinals and final were all decided in three sets at the US Open.
64: Number of double-faults served by Zverev, which led all players by far.
63: A long run of consecutive Grand Slam men’s singles titles by men born in the 1980s comes to an end thanks to Thiem, who was born in 1993.
13: A colossal run of consecutive major titles won by the big three ends, as Thiem becomes the first player not named Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic or Rafael Nadal to win a major title since Stan Wawrinka claimed the US Open title in 2016.
1989: The last time a German won a US Open men’s singles title. Zverev had his chances on Sunday, leading by two sets to love and serving for the title at 5-3 in the fifth set, but it wasn’t meant to be.
5: Number of active WTA players with three or more major singles titles: Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Kim Clijsters, Angelique Kerber
2012: The last time both the men’s and women’s singles finals went the distance at the US Open. Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in five sets in 2012, while Victoria Azarenka fell to Serena Williams in three sets.
8: Number of men’s singles finals that have passed the four-hour mark at the US Open. At 4:02, Sunday’s final between Thiem and Zverev is the 8th longest final of the Open Era. Sunday’s final also marks just the third time in Open Era history that finals in consecutive years have gone over four hours (also 1987-88, 2011-12)
