Who has won the US Open more times Federer, Nadal or Djokovic?
The fourth Grand Slam tournament of the year is on its way and we take a look at who has been the event’s most successful player.
We’re entering the final stretch of the last major of the calendar after two action-packed, top tennis-quality weeks.
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will headline one of this year’s semifinals, which will be in the spotlight. On the other side of the draw, world No. 1 Jannik Sinner will face Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime.
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 25th major of his career, has won the US Open on four occasions (2011, 2015, 2018 and 2023), defeating Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer, Juan Martin Del Potro and Daniil Medvedev in those finals.
Meanwhile, one of his greatest rivals, Rafael Nadal, who won 22 majors throughout his career, has also 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).
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