Bianca Andreescu defeated Serena Williams in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2019 US Open.[1] It was her first major title, and she became the first Canadian, as well as the first player born in the 2000s, to win a major singles title.[2] She was the youngest player since Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2004 to win a major singles title, and the first woman to win the US Open on her main draw debut. This was also the first time a player won a title on their debut appearance at a Grand Slam tournament since Monica Seles won the 1991 Australian Open. In addition, Andreescu tied Seles’ Open Era record of fastest path from Grand Slam debut to winning a title, winning at her fourth ever grand slam appearance.[3] This was also the largest age gap (18 years) between the finalists in a women’s Grand Slam final in the Open Era.[3] With the win, Andreescu entered the top 5 in rankings for the first time.[2][4]
In reaching her 33rd and last career major final, Williams set a new record for the longest gap between a player's first and last major final appearances, her first being twenty years prior at the 1999 US Open. She also equaled the record for the most match wins at the US Open held by Chris Evert (101 wins). Williams was attempting to equal Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 major singles titles, and to win an Open Era record seventh US Open title.[5]
In Canada, preliminary data from Numeris showed a combined average audience of 3.4 million viewers on TSN and RDS, in English and French, respectively. Canadian viewership peaked at 5.3 million viewers at 5:59pm during the second set.[9]
Championship match statistics
Category
Andreescu
S. Williams
1st serve %
45/68 (66%)
34/77 (44%)
1st serve points won
29 of 45 = 64%
25 of 34 = 74%
2nd serve points won
9 of 23 = 39%
13 of 43 = 30%
Total service points won
38 of 68 = 55.88%
38 of 77 = 49.35%
Aces
5
9
Double faults
3
8
Winners
19
33
Unforced errors
17
33
Net points won
5 of 8 = 63%
9 of 11 = 82%
Break points converted
6 of 13 = 46%
3 of 8 = 38%
Return points won
39 of 77 = 51%
30 of 68 = 44%
Total points won
77
68
Source
References
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^ abPantic, Nina (September 7, 2019). "Baseline: The top fast facts from Andreescu's US Open win". Retrieved September 8, 2019.
^ abAcquavella, Katherine (September 7, 2019). "2019 US Open: Bianca Andreescu takes down Serena Williams in straight sets to take home the 2019 US Open title, denies Williams' her record-tying 24th Grand Slam title". CBS Sports.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^Mathieu Wood (September 7, 2019). "Bianca Andreescu defeats Serena Williams to win US Open women's singles title". Sky Sports. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
^Chris Oddo (September 7, 2019). "By the numbers: US Open men's and women's singles finals". Retrieved September 8, 2019.
^ abCourtney Nguyen (September 4, 2019). "Rankings Update: Barty to return to No.1, major milestones for US Open standouts". WTA Insider. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
^"Seeding per WTA rulebook" (PDF). Retrieved February 17, 2021.
^"US Open – Women's Singles ratings". ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
^"Bianca's US Open win attracts 3.4M viewers on TSN and RDS". TSN.ca. TSN.ca Staff. September 9, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2020.