TENNIS
Who has won the US Open more times: Federer, Nadal or Djokovic?
The fourth Grand Slam tournament of the year is about to start and we take a look at who has been the event’s most successful player.
Fans are only hours away from the start of the last major of the calendar and from two action-packed, top tennis-quality weeks.
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic are the two main favorites to lift the trophy at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, especially after their epic final in Cincinnati one week ago, where both men played one of the best and most dramatic three-setter finals in recent times.
However, the world No.1 and 2, respectively, won’t be alone and will have to deal with other great players who will also be looking to go all the way in the New York tournament, such as Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev Jannik Sinner, Casper Ruud, or Taylor Fritz.
Federer, Sampras and Connors, the US Open kings
While Djokovic is the player with the most Grand Slam events won ever in the men’s category, he isn’t the player with the most titles in New York in the Open era.
The Serb, who is willing to lift the 24th major of his career, has won the US Open on three occasions (2011, 2015, 2018), defeating Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer and Juan Martin Del Potro in those finals.
Meanwhile, one of his greatest rivals, Rafa Nadal, who has won 22 majors throughout his career, has been victorious four times in the New York hard courts (2010, 2013, 2017, 2019), tied to John McEnroe.
However, out of the Big Three, it’s Roger Federer who has won the most trophies in the US Open. The Swiss maestro is tied to Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors as the players with the most trophies in the tournament, winning it five times (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008).
Only three men have won more titles than them, but it was during the amateur era: Bill Tilden (1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929), William Larned (1901, 1902, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911) and Richard Sears (1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887).