Aryna Sabalenka wins the 2024 US Open title: Key stats
Women's tennis singles number two seed Aryna Sabalenka has won the US Open 2024 title. Sabaenka beat Jessica Pegula of the USA in straight sets. She won 7-5, 7-5 to lift her third Grand Slam title. Before this, the Belarusian won the 2023 and 2024 Australian Open honors. This is Sabalenka's third Slam win in four attempts (2023 US Open runner-up). Here's more.
3rd title of the season for Sabalenka
All three of Sabalenka's Grand Slam titles have come on hard courts (AO 2, US Open 1). The 26-year-old is 77-23 at Grand Slams, including 28-6 at the US Open. Sabalenka is now 46-11 at the WTA Tour this season. This is her third title of the season and overall her 16th career honor in women's singles.
2024 US Open: Decoding Sabalenka's journey
Sabalenka started her 2024 US Open journey with a victory over Priscilla Hon in the 1st round. Lucia Bronzetti was her second victim in the 2nd round. Sabalenka beat 29th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the 3rd round. In R16, Sabalenka beat Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-4. In the quarters, she overcame Qinwen Zheng 6-1, 6-2. Sabalenka overcame Emma Navarro in the semis.
Pegula is still awaiting her maiden Slam honor
Pegula, who was into her maiden final, has been a six-time quarter-finalist at Grand Slams. She is 47-23 at Slam events, including 18-8 at US Open.
Sabalenka leads Pegula 6-2 in terms of H2H record
Sabalenka leads Pegula 6-2 in terms of head-to-head on the WTA Tour. Before this, the two met at the 2024 Cincinnati Open. They also met in the WTA Finals in 2023 before that with Pegula winning the contest.
2024 US Open: Decoding Pegula's journey
Pegula beat Shelby Rogers 6-4, 6-3 in the opening round. Sofia Kenin was her next scalp. Pegula won that contest 7-6, 6-3. In the 3rd round, Pegula overcame Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-3. 6-3. A 6-4, 6-2 win followed against Diana Shnaider. In the quarters, Pegula beat top seed Iga Swiatek 6-2, 6-4. In the semis, she beat Karolína Muchova 1-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Here are the match stats
Pegula doled out four aces compared to Sabalenka's six. Both players committed four double faults each. Sabalenka had a 58% win on the 1st serve and a 100% win on the 2nd. She converted 6/15 break points.
Massive records for Sabalenka
Sabalenka is the first player to finish the season with the most women's singles Grand Slam match wins (18 in 2024, level with Jasmine Paolini) for consecutive years since Serena Williams in 2015-2016. In 2024, Sabalenka had the fifth-highest winning percentage in women's singles Grand Slam events (94.7%, 18-1) this century (minimum two tournaments played).
5th player with this double
As per Opta, Sabalenka is the fifth player in the Open Era to win two women's singles Grand Slam titles on hard court in the same season after Stefi Graf (1988 and 1989), Monica Seles (1991 and 1992), Martina Hingis (1997) and Angelique Kerber (2016).
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Sabalenka is the sixth defending runner-up to win the US Open title in the Open Era, after Chris Evert (1980), Martina Navratilova (1986), Graf (1988 and 1995), Justin Henin (2007) and Serena (2002 and 2012).
