Now that the quarterfinals are set in New York, USOpen.org is tallying up the numbers from the first four rounds at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
2008 — Roger Federer remains the last man to complete a successful US Open title defense (2004-08), after top-seeded Daniil Medvedev fell to Nick Kyrgios on Day 7.
19 — By defeating Jule Niemeier, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 on Day 8, Iga Swiatek raised her 2022 bagel count to 19. Since 2000, only Serena Williams (25) has won more 6-0 sets in a single season.
16-0 — Swiatek's victory over Germany’s Niemeier on Day 8 improves her seed to 15-0 at Slams lifetime against players ranked out of the Top 100.
2014 — Top-seeded Swiatek is bidding to become the first No.1 to win the women’s singles title in Queens since Serena Williams in 2014.
3 — Number of men’s singles players that still have a shot to finish the US Open as the No.1-ranked player in the world. Four-time champion Rafael Nadal is in the driver’s seat, despite his loss on Day 8. Carlos Alcaraz and Norway’s Casper Ruud are also still in the running. Both Alcaraz and Ruud must reach the final to pass Nadal; if they meet in the title match, the winner of that high-stakes contest would claim the top spot.
30 — At 30, Karolina Pliskova is the oldest player remaining in the draw, the lone thirty-something still standing.
0 — Players remaining in the draw who have previously won US Open singles titles.
1 — Players remaining in the draw who have previously won Grand Slam singles titles: Iga Swiatek.
2008 — By reaching the quarterfinals in Flushing Meadows, 21-year-old Jannik Sinner has become the youngest man to reach the quarter-finals of all four Grand Slam events since then 20-year-old Novak Djokovic in 2008.
1998 — By reaching the quarterfinals, Ons Jabeur has become the first woman from the African continent to reach that stage of the US Open since 1998.
2005 — By defeating Rafael Nadal on Monday in Arthur Ashe Stadium, Frances Tiafoe notched the biggest win by an American man at the US Open since wild card James Blake upset then-No.2-ranked Nadal in the 2005 third round.
1981 — The last time a man won both singles and doubles titles at the US Open. John McEnroe was the winner. It won’t happen this year in New York, as Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis fell in three sets to Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara on Grandstand on Day 8.
4:35 — Elapsed time of Lorenzo Musetti’s 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(9) first-round victory over David Goffin on Day 2. It is the longest match of the tournament thus far.
40 — Percent of unreturned first serves cracked by France’s Caroline Garcia, which leads all of the eight women’s singles quarterfinalists through four rounds.
1 — Number of unseeded players into the quarterfinals in New York this year: women’s world No.46 Ajla Tomljanovic.
128 — The fastest recorded serve on the women’s side was recorded by Coco Gauff. The American was clocked at 128 mph during her second-round win over Elena Gabriela Ruse.
67 — Percentage of second-serve return points won by Aryna Sabalenka through three matches.
23 — Serena Williams finishes her illustrious career holding the Open Era record for Grand Slam singles titles won with 23. Read more about the numbers behind Serena’s career here.
22 — Rafael Nadal completes the Grand Slam season as the all-time men’s singles Grand Slam leader with 22. Novak Djokovic has 21 and Roger Federer has 20.
32 — Denis Shapovalov and Jule Niemeier currently lead all players in double-faults, with 32.
2 — Number of teenagers who reached the quarterfinals in singles at the US Open—18-year-old Coco Gauff and 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz.
17 — Number of teenagers who competed in the main draw.
13— Number of Top 10 seeds that have failed to progress to the quarterfinals in New York. They are:
Women
No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit
No. 3 seed Maria Sakkari
No. 4 seed Paula Badosa
No. 7 seed Simona Halep
No. 9 seed Garbine Muguruza
No. 10 seed Daria Kasatkina
Men
No. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev
No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal
No. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas
No. 6 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime
No. 7 seed Cameron Norrie
No. 8 seed Hubert Hurkacz
No. 10 seed Taylor Fritz
23-7 — Jessica Pegula’s record at the Grand Slams since the start of 2021. The No.8-seeded American moved past Petra Kvitova on Day 8. Pegula was 3-8 at the majors prior to 2021.
2 — Number of players who have yet to drop a set through four rounds, all women—Coco Gauff and Caroline Garcia
14 — Number of players who made their Grand Slam debut at the US Open this year. None made the Round of 16.
85 — Australia’s Nick Kyrgios leads all men with 85 aces through four rounds.
1989 - With his five-set win over Marin Cilic, Carlos Alcaraz becomes the second teenager to reach the quarterfinals at the US Open multiple times after Andre Agassi (1988-1989).
5 - Alcaraz becomes the fifth player in the Open Era to reach at least the QFs in his first two appearances at Flushing Meadows, joining Ken Rosewall, Arthur Ashe, John Newcombe and Johan Kriek.
