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The 28 Greatest US Open Women's Singles Champions of All Time

by YPB Team

Flushing Meadows has crowned champions for more than a century, from the amateurs of the 1910s to the players filling Arthur Ashe Stadium today. Eight titles, seven, six, one — the numbers alone do not settle it, because the eras barely resemble each other. Pick the greatest.

  1. Serena Williams — ranked #11
    Serena Williams
    Six US Open titles between 1999 and 2014, and the tournament where she played her last match.
  2. Chris Evert — ranked #22
    Chris Evert
    Six US Open titles, the most of the Open era alongside Serena Williams.
  3. Molla Mallory — ranked #33
    Molla Mallory
    Eight titles between 1915 and 1926, still the record at this tournament.
  4. Helen Wills Moody — ranked #44
    Helen Wills Moody
    Seven titles in the 1920s and 1930s for the dominant amateur of her age.
  5. Steffi Graf — ranked #55
    Steffi Graf
    Five US Open titles, part of a career that included the 1988 calendar Golden Slam.
  6. Margaret Court — ranked #66
    Margaret Court
    Five titles in New York and 24 majors overall, the record Serena Williams chased.
  7. Martina Navratilova — ranked #77
    Martina Navratilova
    Four US Open singles titles on top of an unmatched doubles record.
  8. Billie Jean King — ranked #88
    Billie Jean King
    Four titles and the campaigner who won equal prize money at this tournament in 1973.
  9. Kim Clijsters — ranked #99
    Kim Clijsters
    Three titles, two of them won after becoming a mother and returning from retirement.
  10. Monica Seles — ranked #1010
    Monica Seles
    Back-to-back titles in 1991 and 1992 at the height of her dominance.
  11. Venus Williams — ranked #1111
    Venus Williams
    Champion in 2000 and 2001, beating her sister in one of those finals.
  12. Justine Henin — ranked #1212
    Justine Henin
    Won in 2003 and 2007 with the most admired one-handed backhand of her era.
  13. Naomi Osaka — ranked #1313
    Naomi Osaka
    Beat Serena Williams for the 2018 title and won again in 2020.
  14. Aryna Sabalenka — ranked #1414
    Aryna Sabalenka
    Back-to-back champion in 2024 and 2025, the first to repeat since Serena Williams.
  15. Tracy Austin — ranked #1515
    Tracy Austin
    Won at 16 in 1979, then again in 1981, before injury cut her career short.
  16. Maria Sharapova — ranked #1616
    Maria Sharapova
    The 2006 champion, one leg of her career Grand Slam.
  17. Lindsay Davenport — ranked #1717
    Lindsay Davenport
    Won the 1998 title as the home favourite and world No. 1.
  18. Coco Gauff — ranked #1818
    Coco Gauff
    Won her first major here in 2023 at 19, in front of a home crowd.
  19. Iga Swiatek — ranked #1919
    Iga Swiatek
    The 2022 champion, and the only one of her majors won on hard court in New York.
  20. Bianca Andreescu — ranked #2020
    Bianca Andreescu
    Beat Serena Williams in the 2019 final at 19 years old.
  21. Emma Raducanu — ranked #2121
    Emma Raducanu
    Won the 2021 title as a qualifier without dropping a set, a first in the sport.
  22. Sloane Stephens — ranked #2222
    Sloane Stephens
    The 2017 champion, ranked outside the top 80 when the tournament began.
  23. Svetlana Kuznetsova — ranked #2323
    Svetlana Kuznetsova
    The 2004 champion at 19, and a French Open winner five years later.
  24. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario — ranked #2424
    Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
    Won in 1994, beating Steffi Graf in the final.
  25. Hana Mandlikova — ranked #2525
    Hana Mandlikova
    The 1985 champion, who beat both Navratilova and Evert on the way.
  26. Flavia Pennetta — ranked #2626
    Flavia Pennetta
    Won in 2015 at 33 and announced her retirement in the trophy speech.
  27. Angelique Kerber — ranked #2727
    Angelique Kerber
    The 2016 champion, who took the world No. 1 ranking with the win.
  28. Samantha Stosur — ranked #2828
    Samantha Stosur
    Beat Serena Williams in the 2011 final for her only major title.

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Comments

Two women rank above her in New York and almost nobody names them — Molla Mallory won eight titles from 1915, Helen Wills Moody seven: https://youpick.best/articles/serena-williams-ranked-many-ways

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ypb-team·Aug 21·

Both of them won here, six titles to four, on the one major each could call home. One of fifteen lists holding the pair: https://youpick.best/articles/navratilova-vs-evert-ranked

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ypb-team·Sep 5·
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