The players who wrote the US Open legend in New York © Matthew Stockman / Getty Images Sport Staff
The long-awaited US Open 2023 is finally about to begin. Many men’s tennis stars will be vying for the overall victory at Flushing Meadows: Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner are the favorites for the overall victory.
But here are the tennis players who wrote the history of the tournament: Richard Sears was the first star of the US Open, when the tournament was still called the US National Championships, and he won the event 7 years in a row.
The following seasons saw the emergence of champions like Oliver Campbell (3 titles), Robert Wrenn (4 titles) and Malcolm Whitman (3 titles). Until 1903 there were only American champions, before the hegemony was interrupted by the British Lawrence Doherty.Williams Learned preceded the arrival of Bill Tilden (both winners of 7 titles), before and after the First World War.
The French ended American rule after the war; Renè Lacoste (twice) then Henri Cochet won the title.
Fred Perry (3 titles) preceded Don Budge, Bobby Riggs, Jack Kramer and Pancho Gonzales, before the Australian domination.
In the 1970s and late 1980s the tournament was dominated by the Americans, John McEnroe, winner of 4 titles, Jimmy Connors, winner of 4 titles, and Ivan Lendl, winner of 3 titles.The 90s were those of the great rivalry between Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi, who have won 6 titles (4 Sampras and 2 Agassi), but also by the victory of Stefan Edberg (3) and Patrick Rafter (2).
Swiss legend Roger Federer has won the title for five consecutive seasons, the last years have been marked by the victories of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic (both three times champions), and the triumphs of some underdogs (such as Marin Cilic, Stan Wawrinka and Juan Martin del Potro), who were able to achieve a big goal in the era dominated by the Big 3. In 2012, Andy Murray was the first British tennis player since Fred Perry to win a Slam title.
Daniil Medvedev won the title from Djokovic. Dominic Thiem also won once at the US Open. Last season, Carlos Alcaraz rewrote tennis history by beating Casper Ruud and winning his first Slam title aged 19 in New York.
2023-08-27 21:59:28
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