2024 US Open Champions

This past August kicked off one of the most exciting events in tennis: the US Open in our very own Queens, New York. Drawing a little over 1 million fans from all across the world to watch five primary championships, the 2024 US Open featured many new faces, as well as returning players from the previous years. However, within a few days of the tournament starting, it was clear things would be different from the previous year. 2023 women’s singles champion Coco Gauff, who rose to fame last year after her grand win, was knocked out in the round of 16 this year by Emma Navarro. Carlos Alcaraz, once-number one men’s tennis player, was also eliminated early on, catching many fans by surprise. Twenty-four hours after that, Novak Djokovic followed a similar defeat. Nonetheless, this year’s tournament demonstrated the definition of competitiveness, and saw new champions—let’s meet them!

For men’s singles, Jannik Sinner took the trophy in a final match against Taylor Fritz in straight sets, winning 6-3, 6-4, and 7-5, on Sunday, September 8. Climbing his way up from the first round, Sinner defeated stars like Daniil Medvedev in the quarter-finals, and Jack Draper in the semi-finals, before he advanced to face off against Fritz in his final match. In a very tense championship point, fans were left watching on the edge of their seats as the two men fought tenaciously for the gold. In the end, with a hit right into the net from his opponent, Jannik Sinner snagged that champion title for his first US Open win.

Next up in women’s singles, Aryna Sabalenka also took her first US Open win against Jessica Pegula in a close match Saturday, September 7. It was truly a nail-biting game, with Pegula taking the lead early in the second set, leaving fans wide-eyed and rapt until Sabalenka caught up with a score of 5-5. Having lost the first set, and then the momentum in the second, it was no surprise Pegula had lost steam. After a long, well-fought match, Sabalenka took the win with a final score of 7-5, 7-5. 

Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson won in men’s doubles for their first major title together against Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz, ending with a score of 6-4, 7-6, with a 7-point tiebreak played. Purcell scored an ace for the championship point, winning the tiebreak 7-4, and taking home the gold alongside Thompson. 

In women’s doubles, Jelena Ostapeko and Lyudmyla Kichenok snatched the champion title from Zhang Shuai and Kristina Mladenovic, winning straight sets 6-4, 6-3. The final point, a serve from Ostapenko, was followed up by a receive right into the net. The pair won the tournament without losing a single set throughout—an impressive feat!

And for the last tournament, mixed doubles, Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori won against Donald Young and Taylor Townsend 7-6, (with a 7-0 tiebreak for the first set), 7-5—Errani’s sixth major doubles title and Vavassori’s first. 

Congrats to all the champions who fought hard for the win! Until next year!