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US Open Champions

Every name on the trophy since the Open Era began in 1968 — and the stories in the numbers. Not a list to read, a history to play with: pick any year and see who won, and map the titles by nation.

58
Open-Era editions, each with two singles crowns
5
most men’s titles — Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer
6
most women’s titles — Chris Evert & Serena Williams
21
nations have produced a singles champion
16
years old — the age of the youngest champion, Tracy Austin (1979)
—
years since an American man won (2003)

Pick any year

Who won each year?

The whole roll, one year at a time — slide, or step with the arrows, to any Open-Era year and meet its two champions.

2025

A global game

Champions by nation

BulgariaMyanmarBurundiBelarusCambodiaCameroonCanadaCentral African Rep.Sri LankaChadChileChinaTaiwanColombiaCongoDem. Rep. CongoCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCyprusCzechiaBeninDenmarkDominican Rep.EcuadorEl SalvadorEq. GuineaEthiopiaEritreaEstoniaFalkland Is.FijiFinlandFranceDjiboutiGabonGeorgiaGambiaPalestineGermanyGhanaGreeceGreenlandGuatemalaGuineaGuyanaHaitiHondurasHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsraelItalyCôte d'IvoireJamaicaJapanKazakhstanJordanKenyaNorth KoreaSouth KoreaKuwaitKyrgyzstanLaosLebanonLesothoLatviaLiberiaLibyaLithuaniaLuxembourgMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaliMauritaniaMexicoMongoliaMoldovaMontenegroMoroccoMozambiqueOmanNamibiaNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaVanuatuNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorwayPakistanPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalGuinea-BissauTimor-LestePuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussiaRwandaSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSierra LeoneSlovakiaVietnamSloveniaSomaliaSouth AfricaZimbabweSpainS. SudanSudanW. SaharaSurinameeSwatiniSwedenSwitzerlandSyriaTajikistanThailandTogoTrinidad and TobagoUnited Arab EmiratesTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanUgandaUkraineMacedoniaEgyptUnited KingdomTanzaniaUnited States of AmericaBurkina FasoUruguayUzbekistanVenezuelaYemenZambiaArgentinaBahamasBrazilBoliviaBelizeBotswanaAngolaAlgeriaBangladeshBhutanAfghanistanArmeniaAustriaAlbaniaBelgiumSolomon Is.AustraliaAzerbaijanBruneiKosovoBosnia and Herz.

Historical nations are shaded on their present-day territory: West Germany on Germany, Czechoslovakia on Czechia, and Yugoslavia (Monica Seles, 1991–92) on Serbia. Aryna Sabalenka (2024–25) is counted for Belarus though she competed under a neutral flag.

Teenagers to thirty-somethings

Youngest & oldest

Champions bunch in their twenties, but the record-holders live in the tails.

16
Tracy Austin
youngest champion, 1979
19
Pete Sampras
youngest man, 1990
33
Flavia Pennetta
oldest woman, 2015
36
Novak Djokovic
oldest man, 2023
162024283236Tracy Austin, 16youngest ever, 1979Pete Sampras, 19youngest man, 1990Novak Djokovic, 36oldest man, 2023Flavia Pennetta, 33oldest woman, 2015
Men’s championsWomen’s champions

Champions cluster in their early-to-mid twenties, but the tails are the story: teenagers have won it, and so have players deep into their thirties. Tracy Austin was 16; Novak Djokovic’s 2023 win at 36 is the oldest of the Open Era, past Ken Rosewall’s 1970 mark. Ages are at the final.

The good stuff

Records & oddities

The upsets, the firsts, the streaks, and the stories the numbers hide. Flip a card.

The oldest champion
Novak Djokovic, 2023
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Djokovic won the men’s title at 36 — the oldest US Open singles champion of the Open Era, breaking Ken Rosewall’s 1970 record of 35.
The youngest champion
Tracy Austin, 1979
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Austin was 16 when she beat Chris Evert in the final — still the youngest US Open singles champion of the Open Era, just ahead of Monica Seles (17) and Martina Hingis (16).
The qualifier who won it all
Emma Raducanu, 2021
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Raducanu came through qualifying and won the title without dropping a set — the first qualifier, man or woman, to win any Grand Slam singles title. See the Qualifying page.
The longest streak
Roger Federer, 5 in a row
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Roger Federer won 5 straight US Opens — the longest consecutive run of the Open Era, matched on the women’s side by Chris Evert’s four straight (1975–78).
An all-Italian final
Pennetta d. Vinci, 2015
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Flavia Pennetta beat Roberta Vinci in the only all-Italian Grand Slam final — then announced her retirement in the trophy ceremony, at 33, as champion.
The American men’s drought
since Andy Roddick, 2003
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No American man has won the US Open since Roddick in 2003 — the counter at the top of this page is still ticking. American women, meanwhile, kept winning: Serena, Sloane Stephens (2017), Coco Gauff (2023).
First title, first crown
the first-timers
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The star on a timeline chip marks a champion’s first US Open title. Most years crown someone new — only the true dynasties come back again and again.
The comeback
Kim Clijsters, 2009
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Clijsters won as an unranked wild card, two years into retirement and a new mother — the first mother to win a major in decades, and she did it again in 2010.

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