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The 2022 US Open concluded on Sunday after two weeks of continuous activity. For various reasons, veterans Serena Williams & Rafael Nadal stole the show at the start of the competition. The 23-time Grand Slam winner participated in her final match before retiring after a third-round loss against Ajla Tomljanovic.
Nadal sought to make more history when he was knocked out of the fourth round by Frances Tiafoe. Daniil Medvedev & Emma Raducanu won their first Grand Slam championships at the Open the year before but were unable to retain them this season. The Russian was eliminated in the fourth stage, while the youngster was eliminated in the first round.
Key Takeaways
- The 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams participated in her final competition before retiring after a third-round loss against Ajla Tomljanovic.
- The U.S. Open, the competition that would become the Open, was created in 1881 by the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association of America.
- Individual contests in the United States have been held for about three-quarters of a century.
- For 2022, the US Open provided its most excellent purse ever.
- Carlos Alcaraz won his first Grand Slam after defeating C. Ruud in a nail-biting four-set match.
- In the United States, Iga Swiatek easily defeated Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, winning 6-2 7-6(5). She won her first medal at Flushing Meadows & her third Grand Slam title in the Open final on Saturday.
About the US Open Championship
- Though it was not yet recognised as the United States of America. The U.S. Open, the competition that would become the Open, then the U.S. National Championship, was created in 1881 by the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association of America.
- The first event was held in the Newport Casino in Rhode Island, featuring just men’s singles and doubles divisions. Over the next decade, the status quo altered to include a women’s singles tournament in 1887, a women’s doubles competition in 1889, and a mixed doubles competition in 1892.
- Individual contests in the United States have been held for about three-quarters of a century. The National Championships were contested at several locales until 1968, when all five events were combined into a single event there at West Side Tennis Club near Forest Hills, Queens.
- This was the inaugural year that the tournament used its new name and the inaugural time when professionals and amateurs competed together. Arthur Ashe & Virginia Wade were the first American tennis players. That year’s Open singles champions.
- The U.S. Open is known for having the most significant payout in tennis; in 2020, the event organisers stated that prize money, including player compensations, will total over $53 million, with the most significant awards going to the champions of the singles tournament, who will each get a whopping $3 million.
Complete List of Winners across All Categories
Division. | Winner. | Second place. |
Men’s Singles | C. Alcaraz Garcia | Casper Ruud |
Women Singles | I. Świątek | O. Jabeur |
Men’s Doubles | R. Ram & J. Salisbury | W. Koolhof & N. Skupski |
Women’s Doubles | K. Siniaková & B. Krejčíková | C. McNally & T. Townsend |
Mixed Doubles | S. Sanders & J. Peers | K. Flipkens & É. Roger-Vasselin |
Men’s Singles
Carlos Alcaraz won his first Grand Slam after defeating C. Ruud in a nail-biting four-set match. The Spaniard had a solid start to the game and won the opening set 6-4, but Casper Ruud produced a strong recovery and won the second set 6-2 on one side. Carlos Alcaraz defeated Casper Ruud in the tiebreaker to win the third round of the United States Open male’s singles match and take a 2-1 set edge.
The third set was won by Alcaraz 7-6 (7/1). Alcaraz put up an even stronger performance in the fourth set regarding vigour and poise. The kid won his maiden Grand Slam after winning the set 6-3. He also became the youngest global number one due to the title victory in New York.
Women's Singles
In the United States, Iga Swiatek trounced Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, winning 6-2 7-6(5). She won her first medal at Flushing Meadows & her third Grand Slam title in the Open final on Saturday. O. Jabeur is in second place. Swiatek of Poland collapsed on her back and buried her face with both hands after winning the close second-set tiebreak after fifth seed Jabeur’s ball flew long. Swiatek, a two-time French Open winner, won her maiden Grand Slam championship on hard court, and she’s the only Polish woman to do it.
Men’s Doubles
In the championship match, Wesley Koolhof & Neal Skupski were beaten by reigning champions Rajeev Ram & Joe Salisbury. After Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde in 1996, they were the second team within the Open Era to actively defend the United States Open title.
By winning the competition, Salisbury kept his ATP No. 1 doubles ranking. Bruno Soares, a six-time significant doubles winner and former No. 2 in the world in doubles, made his final professional participation in this competition. Bruno was defeated by Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski, playing with Jamie Murray in the second round. When the score in the deciding set reaches six games, there will, for the first time at the US Open, be a 10-point tie-break.
Women’s Doubles
In the women’s doubles final of the 2022 US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Krejcikova and Siniakova defeated Caty McNally & Taylor Townsend after falling behind a set and a break. They did so by winning 12 of the final 14 games.
Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic assembled a Hall of Fame-calibre resume in less than five years. Still, one piece of hardware had escaped the duo throughout their incredible run: a title in New York.
Mixed Doubles
Storm Sanders with John Peers from Australia defeated Kirsten Flipkens & Edouard Roger-Vasselin to claim the United States Open mixed doubles championship. Peers, who’d already made 31 prior appearances before pairing up with Sanders for the first time in this competition, won his first mixed doubles title. He finished the match’s tiebreak with an ace, and the duo prevailed 4-6, 6-4, 10-7.
