USOpen.org is tallying up the numbers of another earth-shattering fortnight.
1 — By winning the men’s singles title in New York, Carlos Alcaraz becomes the youngest world No.1 in ATP history.
1 — Sunday’s final between Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud was the first final featuring two men competing for both their 1st Grand Slam title and the World No. 1 ranking simultaneously.
2 — Victories earned by Serena Williams at the 2022 US Open, giving her a final total of 108 US Open wins.
2 — Ruud rises from world No. 7 to No. 2 thanks to his runner-up performance in New York, a career-high.
3 — Number of Grand Slam titles won by Iga Swiatek. Only three active players—Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Naomi Osaka—currently have more.
4 — This year’s US Open featured four first-time men's singles semifinalists for the first time since the inaugural U.S. Championships in 1881.
5 — Hours and 15 minutes, the length of the longest match of the tournament, played by Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals. The match was the second-longest match in US Open history, 11 minutes shy of Stefan Edberg’s five-set victory over Michael Chang in the 1992 semifinals.
6 — Number of losses Iga Swiatek has suffered at the Slams since she began her run to the 2020 Roland Garros title (against 41 wins).
7 — By winning the doubles title in Queens, Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova become the seventh women’s doubles team to achieve the Career Grand Slam.
8 — France’s Caroline Garcia became the 8th WTA player to reach her maiden Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open in the past five years.
9 — Number of Top 10 seeds that failed to progress to the third round 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. 10 seed Daria Kasatkina
Men
No. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas
No. 6 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime
No. 8 seed Hubert Hurkacz
No. 10 seed Taylor Fritz
10 — Swiatek has won her last 10 WTA finals and her last 10 matches against the Top 10.
10 — Thanks to her run to the quarterfinal, 18-year-old Coco Gauff will make her Top 10 debut after the US Open.
11 — After falling to Casper Ruud in the quarterfinals on Day 9, Matteo Berrettini has lost his last 11 matches against Top 10 players.
11 — Alcaraz has risen from No. 32 to No.1 in the ATP rankings this year, achieving 11 new career-high rankings.
12 — By reaching the final in New York, Ruud becomes the youngest man to reach multiple Grand Slam finals in 12 years, since Andy Murray in 2010.
13 — Hours and 28 minutes—the elapsed time that Alcaraz spent on court during his three consecutive five-set wins over Marin Cilic, Jannik Sinner and Frances Tiafoe to reach the final.
14 — Number of players that made their Grand Slam debut at the US Open this year. Six—Gijs Brouwer, Brandon Holt and Wu Yibing on the men’s side, and Linda Fruhvirtova, Elizabeth Mandlik and Daria Snigur on the women’s—broke through for their first Grand Slam win.
15 — Number of active Grand Slam champions that played in the women’s singles draw, including six former US Open women’s singles champions.
16 — 18-year-old Gauff becomes the youngest player to reach the WTA’s Top 10 in 16 years.
17 — Alcaraz becomes the first teenager to win a Grand Slam men’s singles title since Rafael Nadal in 2005 at Roland-Garros, 17 years ago.
18 — At 18, Gauff is the youngest American to reach the Top 10 since Serena Williams, who was 17 when she climbed inside the Top 10 in 1999.
18 — Poland becomes the 18th nation to produce a women’s singles title winner at the US Open.
19 — Age of Alcaraz, who becomes the first teenager and youngest player ever to hold the ATP’s No. 1 ranking.
19 — Number of bagel sets Iga Swiatek has handed out in 2022, including two in New York. Only Serena Williams (25 in 2013) has managed to hand out more bagels in a single season this century.
19 — Karen Khachanov’s consecutive losses vs the Top 10, after he fell to Casper Ruud in the semifinals.
20 — Swiatek has won all 20 sets she has played in winning her last 10 finals on tour, which include three Slam finals.
20 — The Alcaraz vs. Ruud final was the youngest Grand Slam men’s singles final in more than 20 years, dating back to 21-year-old Lleyton Hewitt’s win over 20-year-old David Nalbandian for the 2002 Wimbledon championship.
It was the youngest US Open men’s singles final since Sampras vs. Agassi in 1990.
21-0 —Serena Williams’ record in first-round matches at the US Open. The American icon improved to 78-3 all time in first-rounders across all four Grand Slam tournaments.
22 — Grand Slam titles won by Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard couldn’t win in New York but he finishes the season atop the all-time Grand Slam men’s singles titles list, ahead of Djokovic (21) and Federer (20).
23 — Number of Grand Slam singles titles Serena Williams claimed in her legendary career. The American icon stands alone atop the all-time Open Era list.
24 — Swiatek will begin her 24th week at No.1 on Monday September 12. Only 16 WTA players have held the No.1 ranking for more weeks than Swiatek.
25 — This year the tennis world celebrated the 25th anniversary of Arthur Ashe Stadium, which opened in 1997.
26 — Age of Krejcikova and Siniakova, this year’s women’s doubles champions.
27 — Swiatek becomes the 27th player to win a US Open women’s singles title in the Open Era.
28 — Alcaraz becomes the 28th No.1-ranked player in ATP history.
50 — Thanks to his performance in New York, Alcaraz reaches the 50-win mark for the first time in his career. He finished the tournament with a 51-9 record.
55 — Number of shots in the longest rally of the tournament, won by Casper Ruud on set point against Karen Khachanov in the men’s semifinals.
63 — France’s Alizé Cornet broke the all-time record for consecutive women’s singles Grand Slam main draws played this year at Flushing Meadows, passing Ai Sugiyama on the list.
108 — Serena Williams finishes her US Open career with a 108-15 overall record.
367-55 — Williams’ all-time record at the Grand Slams. Only Roger Federer (369) has more match wins at the Grand Slams.
3:12 — The length of the longest women’s match at the 2022 US Open, played by Lauren Davis and Lucia Bronzetti in the first round. There were a total of four women’s singles matches that stretched past the three-hour mark.
5:15 — Length of the Alcaraz vs. Sinner quarterfinal epic.
1972 — By defeating Andrey Rublev to reach the semifinals, 24-year-old American Frances Tiafoe becomes the first Black man to reach a US Open semifinal since Arthur Ashe in 1972.
2001 — The year that Lleyton Hewitt became No.1 as a 19-year-old. He was the youngest No.1 in ATP history for nearly 21 years.
2003 — The year Alcaraz was born. The 19-year-old Spaniard is the first man born in the 2000s to win a major.
2005 — By defeating Rafael Nadal in the round of 16, 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.
2008 — Roger Federer remains the last man to complete a successful US Open title defense, after top-seeded Daniil Medvedev fell to Nick Kyrgios on Day 7. Federer won five straight titles from 2004-08.
2014 — Top-seeded Iga Swiatek becomes the first world No. 1 to win the women’s singles title in Queens since Serena Williams in 2014.
2435 — Aces struck during the US Open fortnight. Nick Kyrgios led all players with 116.
1300 — Double faults hit during the 2022 US Open. Jannik Sinner led all players with 40.
