List of US Open singles finalists during the Open Era

US Open singles finalists
US Open singles finalists
Location	Queens – New York City; United States;
Created	1968; (56 finals, including 2023)
Men's most	10: Novak Djokovic
Men's most consecutive	8: Ivan Lendl
Women's most	10: Serena Williams
Women's most consecutive	6: Chris Evert
Most meetings	Men's (3 times):; Sampras vs. Agassi (3–0); Nadal vs. Djokovic (2–1) ; Women's (2 times):; Evert vs. Goolagong Cawley (2–0); Evert vs. Mandlíková (2–0); Navratilova vs. Evert (2–0); Graf vs. Navratilova (1–1); Graf vs. Seles (2–0); Serena vs. Venus (1–1); Serena vs. Azarenka (2–0)
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The US Open is a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in New York City at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in the area of Flushing Meadows.^[1] In 1968, this tournament became open to professionals and has been known since then as the US Open.^[1] The person who has reached the finals for singles the most in tournament history is Serena Williams. Since 1999, Serena Williams has reached the final ten times and won six titles.^[2] The two players who have won the most singles titles, with six titles each, are Serena Williams and Chris Evert.

The women who have reached the final at least four times during the Open Era are Billie Jean King, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Venus Williams, Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters.^[2] In the seven years from 1968 through 1974, King appeared in four finals and won three titles.^[2] Goolagong Cawley was the runner-up four consecutive years from 1973 through 1976.^[2] In the ten years from 1975 through 1984, Evert reached nine finals and won six titles.^[2] She reached six consecutive finals, and won five titles, between 1975 and 1980.^[2] She reached three consecutive finals, and won one title, between 1982 and 1984.^[2] Navratilova from 1981 through 1991 appeared in eight finals, and won four titles.^[2] Graf twice appeared in four consecutive finals, the first in 1987-1990 when she won two titles and the second in 1993-1996 when she won three titles.^[2] Seles reached four finals from 1991 through 1996, winning two consecutive titles in 1991 and 1992 but losing two consecutive finals in 1995 and 1996.^[2] From 1997 through 2002, Venus Williams appeared in four finals and won two consecutive titles in 2000 and 2001.^[2] Since 1999, Serena Williams has reached the final ten times and won six titles in 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2014.^[2] During 2003 to 2010, Clijsters made the finals four times, winning in 2005, 2009, and 2010.

The men who have reached the final at least four times during the Open Era are Jimmy Connors, Björn Borg, John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.^[3] Connors reached five consecutive finals, and won three titles, from 1974 through 1978 before he won consecutive titles in 1982 and 1983.^[3] Borg reached four finals in six years from 1976 through 1981 but lost all of them. McEnroe won three straight titles from 1979 through 1981 before he won another title in 1984 and was the runner-up in 1985.^[3] Lendl reached eight consecutive finals, and won three titles, from 1982 through 1989. From 1990 through 2002, Sampras reached the final eight times and won five titles. In the 16 years from 1990 through 2005, Agassi reached six finals but won only two titles.^[3] Federer has reached six consecutive finals and seven overall.^[3] He won the first five finals before losing the last two.^[3] Nadal reached the final three times in four years, beginning in 2010; winning twice in 2010 and 2013 while losing in 2011; and then won two more finals in 2017 and 2019.^[3] Djokovic reached the final ten times and he won in four of those appearances.

Men

During the 56 times that this tournament has been held in the Open Era, 44 men have reached the US Open men's singles final.^[3] The final has included men from 16 different nationalities, with most being from the United States although Sweden, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, Australia, Switzerland, Spain, and Serbia also have made significant contributions.^[3]

* = Champion

Novak Djokovic, a ten-time finalist (four wins).

Pete Sampras, an eight-time finalist (five wins).

Ivan Lendl, an eight-time finalist (three wins).

Jimmy Connors, a seven-time finalist (five wins).

Roger Federer, a seven-time finalist (five wins).

Country	Player	Finals	Win-Loss	Year(s)
SRB	Novak Djokovic	10	4–6	2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023
USA	Pete Sampras	8	5–3	1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002*
CZS	Ivan Lendl	8	3–5	1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987*, 1988, 1989
USA	Jimmy Connors	7	5–2	1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983*
SUI	Roger Federer	7	5–2	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008*, 2009, 2015
USA	Andre Agassi	6	2–4	1990, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2005
USA	John McEnroe	5	4–1	1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985
ESP	Rafael Nadal	5	4–1	2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019
SWE	Björn Borg	4	0–4	1976, 1978, 1980, 1981
RUS	Daniil Medvedev	3	1–2	2019, 2021*, 2023
SWE	Stefan Edberg	2	2–0	1991, 1992
AUS	Patrick Rafter	2	2–0	1997, 1998
USA	Arthur Ashe	2	1–1	1968*, 1972
AUS	Ken Rosewall	2	1–1	1970*, 1974
SWE	Mats Wilander	2	1–1	1987, 1988*
AUS	Lleyton Hewitt	2	1–1	2001*, 2004
USA	Andy Roddick	2	1–1	2003*, 2006
UK	Andy Murray	2	1–1	2008, 2012*
ARG	Juan Martín del Potro	2	1–1	2009*, 2018
AUS	Tony Roche	2	0–2	1969, 1970
CZS	Jan Kodeš	2	0–2	1971, 1973
AUS	Rod Laver	1	1–0	1969*
USA	Stan Smith	1	1–0	1971*
ROU	Ilie Năstase	1	1–0	1972*
AUS	John Newcombe	1	1–0	1973*
ESP	Manuel Orantes	1	1–0	1975*
ARG	Guillermo Vilas	1	1–0	1977*
FRG	Boris Becker	1	1–0	1989*
RUS	Marat Safin	1	1–0	2000*
CRO	Marin Čilić	1	1–0	2014*
SUI	Stan Wawrinka	1	1–0	2016*
AUT	Dominic Thiem	1	1–0	2020*
ESP	Carlos Alcaraz	1	1–0	2022*
NED	Tom Okker	1	0–1	1968
USA	Vitas Gerulaitis	1	0–1	1979
CZS	Miloslav Mečíř	1	0–1	1986
USA	Jim Courier	1	0–1	1991
FRA	Cédric Pioline	1	0–1	1993
GER	Michael Stich	1	0–1	1994
USA	Michael Chang	1	0–1	1996
UK	Greg Rusedski	1	0–1	1997
AUS	Mark Philippoussis	1	0–1	1998
USA	Todd Martin	1	0–1	1999
ESP	Juan Carlos Ferrero	1	0–1	2003
JPN	Kei Nishikori	1	0–1	2014
RSA	Kevin Anderson	1	0–1	2017
GER	Alexander Zverev	1	0–1	2020
NOR	Casper Ruud	1	0–1	2022

Most recent final

Year	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up
2023	SRB	Novak Djokovic	RUS	Daniil Medvedev

Multiple-time opponents in the Open Era

Opponents		Record	Finals meetings
Jimmy Connors	Björn Borg	2–0	1976, 1978
John McEnroe	Björn Borg	2–0	1980, 1981
Jimmy Connors	Ivan Lendl	2–0	1982, 1983
Ivan Lendl	John McEnroe	1–1	1984 (McEnroe), 1985 (Lendl)
Ivan Lendl	Mats Wilander	1–1	1987 (Lendl), 1988 (Wilander)
Pete Sampras	Andre Agassi	3–0	1990, 1995, 2002
Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer	1–1	2007 (Federer), 2015 (Djokovic)
Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic	2–1	2010 (Nadal), 2011 (Djokovic), 2013 (Nadal)
Daniil Medvedev	Novak Djokovic	1–1	2021 (Medvedev), 2023 (Djokovic)

Most consecutive finals in the Open Era

Player	Number	Years	Results
Player	Number	Years	Won	Lost
Ivan Lendl	8	1982–89	3	5
Roger Federer	6	2004–09	5	1
Jimmy Connors	5	1974–78	3	2
Novak Djokovic	4	2010–13	1	3
John McEnroe	3	1979–81	3	0
Pete Sampras	3	2000–02	1	2
Tony Roche	2	1969–70	0	2
Björn Borg	2	1980–81	0	2
Jimmy Connors	2	1982–83	2	0
John McEnroe	2	1984–85	1	1
Mats Wilander	2	1987–88	1	1
Stefan Edberg	2	1991–92	2	0
Pete Sampras	2	1992–93	1	1
Andre Agassi	2	1994–95	1	1
Pete Sampras	2	1995–96	2	0
Patrick Rafter	2	1997–98	2	0
Rafael Nadal	2	2010–11	1	1
Novak Djokovic	2	2015–16	1	1

Bolded years^ indicates active or current streak

Women

During the 56 times that this tournament has been held in the Open Era, 45 women have reached the US Open women's singles final.^[3] Women from the United States are by far the most numerous, although Australia, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Spain, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Belgium, Russia, and Italy also have made significant contributions.^[2]

* = Champion

Serena Williams, a ten-time finalist (six wins).

Chris Evert, a nine-time finalist (six wins).

Steffi Graf, an eight-time finalist (five wins).

Martina Navratilova, an eight-time finalist (four wins).

Country	Player	Finals	Win-Loss	Year(s)
USA	Serena Williams	10	6–4	1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019
USA	Chris Evert	9	6–3	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984
GER	Steffi Graf	8	5–3	1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996*
USA^[a]	Martina Navratilova	8	4–4	1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991
USA	Billie Jean King	4	3–1	1969, 1971, 1972, 1974*
BEL	Kim Clijsters	4	3–1	2003, 2005, 2009, 2010*
YUG USA^[b]	Monica Seles	4	2–2	1991, 1992, 1995, 1996
USA	Venus Williams	4	2–2	1997, 2000, 2001, 2002
AUS	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	4	0–4	1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
AUS	Margaret Court	3	3–0	1969, 1970, 1973*
BEL	Justine Henin	3	2–1	2003, 2006, 2007
CZS	Hana Mandlíková	3	1–2	1980, 1982, 1985*
SUI	Martina Hingis	3	1–2	1997*, 1998, 1999
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	3	0–3	2012, 2013, 2020
USA	Tracy Austin	2	2–0	1979, 1981
JPN	Naomi Osaka	2	2–0	2018, 2020
ARG	Gabriela Sabatini	2	1–1	1988, 1990*
ESP	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2	1–1	1992, 1994*
USA	Lindsay Davenport	2	1–1	1998*, 2000
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2	1–1	2004*, 2007
USA	Rosemary Casals	2	0–2	1970, 1971
CZS CZE	Helena Suková	2	0–2	1986, 1993
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	2	0–2	2009, 2014
UK	Virginia Wade	1	1–0	1968*
RUS	Maria Sharapova	1	1–0	2006*
AUS	Samantha Stosur	1	1–0	2011*
ITA	Flavia Pennetta	1	1–0	2015*
GER	Angelique Kerber	1	1–0	2016*
USA	Sloane Stephens	1	1–0	2017*
CAN	Bianca Andreescu	1	1–0	2019*
GBR	Emma Raducanu	1	1–0	2021*
POL	Iga Świątek	1	1–0	2022*
USA	Coco Gauff	1	1–0	2023*
USA	Nancy Richey	1	0–1	1969
AUS	Kerry Melville Reid	1	0–1	1972
AUS	Wendy Turnbull	1	0–1	1977
USA	Pam Shriver	1	0–1	1978
RUS	Elena Dementieva	1	0–1	2004
FRA	Mary Pierce	1	0–1	2005
SRB	Jelena Janković	1	0–1	2008
RUS	Vera Zvonareva	1	0–1	2010
ITA	Roberta Vinci	1	0–1	2015
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	1	0–1	2016
USA	Madison Keys	1	0–1	2017
CAN	Leylah Fernandez	1	0–1	2021
TUN	Ons Jabeur	1	0–1	2022
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	1	0–1	2023