The US Open has crowned men’s singles champions since 1881 and women’s singles champions since 1887, creating one of tennis’s longest championship histories.
In 2026, Alexander Zverev won the men’s title over Ben Shelton, while Elena Rybakina defeated Aryna Sabalenka to claim the women’s championship.
This guide lists every singles champion by year, separates the men’s and women’s histories, and follows the tournament’s official historical record from its earliest editions.
Who Won the 2026 US Open?
Zverev’s 2026 victory gave Germany its first men’s US Open champion since Boris Becker in 1989 and delivered Zverev’s first title in New York.
Rybakina’s 2026 championship was her first US Open title, ending Sabalenka’s attempt to win three consecutive women’s singles crowns at Flushing Meadows.
US Open Men’s Singles Winners by Year
The official US Open men’s champions archive traces the singles competition to 1881, beginning with Richard Sears and continuing through Alexander Zverev.
| Year | Men’s singles champion |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Alexander Zverev |
| 2025 | Carlos Alcaraz |
| 2024 | Jannik Sinner |
| 2023 | Novak Djokovic |
| 2022 | Carlos Alcaraz |
| 2021 | Daniil Medvedev |
| 2020 | Dominic Thiem |
| 2019 | Rafael Nadal |
| 2018 | Novak Djokovic |
| 2017 | Rafael Nadal |
| 2016 | Stan Wawrinka |
| 2015 | Novak Djokovic |
| 2014 | Marin Cilic |
| 2013 | Rafael Nadal |
| 2012 | Andy Murray |
| 2011 | Novak Djokovic |
| 2010 | Rafael Nadal |
| 2009 | Juan Martin del Potro |
| 2008 | Roger Federer |
| 2007 | Roger Federer |
| 2006 | Roger Federer |
| 2005 | Roger Federer |
| 2004 | Roger Federer |
| 2003 | Andy Roddick |
| 2002 | Pete Sampras |
| 2001 | Lleyton Hewitt |
| 2000 | Marat Safin |
| 1999 | Andre Agassi |
| 1998 | Patrick Rafter |
| 1997 | Patrick Rafter |
| 1996 | Pete Sampras |
| 1995 | Pete Sampras |
| 1994 | Andre Agassi |
| 1993 | Pete Sampras |
| 1992 | Stefan Edberg |
| 1991 | Stefan Edberg |
| 1990 | Pete Sampras |
| 1989 | Boris Becker |
| 1988 | Mats Wilander |
| 1987 | Ivan Lendl |
| 1986 | Ivan Lendl |
| 1985 | Ivan Lendl |
| 1984 | John McEnroe |
| 1983 | Jimmy Connors |
| 1982 | Jimmy Connors |
| 1981 | John McEnroe |
| 1980 | John McEnroe |
| 1979 | John McEnroe |
| 1978 | Jimmy Connors |
| 1977 | Guillermo Vilas |
| 1976 | Jimmy Connors |
| 1975 | Manuel Orantes |
| 1974 | Jimmy Connors |
| 1973 | John Newcombe |
| 1972 | Ilie Nastase |
| 1971 | Stan Smith |
| 1970 | Ken Rosewall |
| 1969 | Rod Laver |
| 1968 | Arthur Ashe |
| 1967 | John Newcombe |
| 1966 | Fred Stolle |
| 1965 | Manuel Santana |
| 1964 | Roy Emerson |
| 1963 | Rafael Osuna |
| 1962 | Rod Laver |
| 1961 | Roy Emerson |
| 1960 | Neale Fraser |
| 1959 | Neale Fraser |
| 1958 | Ashley Cooper |
| 1957 | Mal Anderson |
| 1956 | Ken Rosewall |
| 1955 | Tony Trabert |
| 1954 | Vic Seixas |
| 1953 | Tony Trabert |
| 1952 | Frank Sedgman |
| 1951 | Frank Sedgman |
| 1950 | Art Larsen |
| 1949 | Pancho Gonzales |
| 1948 | Pancho Gonzales |
| 1947 | Jack Kramer |
| 1946 | Jack Kramer |
| 1945 | Frank Parker |
| 1944 | Frank Parker |
| 1943 | Joe Hunt |
| 1942 | Ted Schroeder |
| 1941 | Bobby Riggs |
| 1940 | Don McNeill |
| 1939 | Bobby Riggs |
| 1938 | Don Budge |
| 1937 | Don Budge |
| 1936 | Fred Perry |
| 1935 | Wilmer Allison |
| 1934 | Fred Perry |
| 1933 | Fred Perry |
| 1932 | Ellsworth Vines |
| 1931 | Ellsworth Vines |
| 1930 | John Doeg |
| 1929 | Bill Tilden |
| 1928 | Henri Cochet |
| 1927 | Rene Lacoste |
| 1926 | Rene Lacoste |
| 1925 | Bill Tilden |
| 1924 | Bill Tilden |
| 1923 | Bill Tilden |
| 1922 | Bill Tilden |
| 1921 | Bill Tilden |
| 1920 | Bill Tilden |
| 1919 | Bill Johnston |
| 1918 | Lindley Murray |
| 1917 | Lindley Murray |
| 1916 | Richard Williams |
| 1915 | Bill Johnston |
| 1914 | Richard Williams |
| 1913 | Maurice McLoughlin |
| 1912 | Maurice McLoughlin |
| 1911 | William Larned |
| 1910 | William Larned |
| 1909 | William Larned |
| 1908 | William Larned |
| 1907 | William Larned |
| 1906 | William Clothier |
| 1905 | Beals Wright |
| 1904 | Holcombe Ward |
| 1903 | Laurence Doherty |
| 1902 | William Larned |
| 1901 | William Larned |
| 1900 | Malcolm Whitman |
| 1899 | Malcolm Whitman |
| 1898 | Malcolm Whitman |
| 1897 | Robert Wrenn |
| 1896 | Robert Wrenn |
| 1895 | Fred Hovey |
| 1894 | Robert Wrenn |
| 1893 | Robert Wrenn |
| 1892 | Oliver Campbell |
| 1891 | Oliver Campbell |
| 1890 | Oliver Campbell |
| 1889 | Henry Slocum |
| 1888 | Henry Slocum |
| 1887 | Richard Sears |
| 1886 | Richard Sears |
| 1885 | Richard Sears |
| 1884 | Richard Sears |
| 1883 | Richard Sears |
| 1882 | Richard Sears |
| 1881 | Richard Sears |
US Open Women’s Singles Winners by Year
The official US Open women’s champions archive begins in 1887 and records Elena Rybakina as the latest singles champion in 2026.
| Year | Women’s singles champion |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Elena Rybakina |
| 2025 | Aryna Sabalenka |
| 2024 | Aryna Sabalenka |
| 2023 | Coco Gauff |
| 2022 | Iga Swiatek |
| 2021 | Emma Raducanu |
| 2020 | Naomi Osaka |
| 2019 | Bianca Andreescu |
| 2018 | Naomi Osaka |
| 2017 | Sloane Stephens |
| 2016 | Angelique Kerber |
| 2015 | Flavia Pennetta |
| 2014 | Serena Williams |
| 2013 | Serena Williams |
| 2012 | Serena Williams |
| 2011 | Samantha Stosur |
| 2010 | Kim Clijsters |
| 2009 | Kim Clijsters |
| 2008 | Serena Williams |
| 2007 | Justine Henin |
| 2006 | Maria Sharapova |
| 2005 | Kim Clijsters |
| 2004 | Svetlana Kuznetsova |
| 2003 | Justine Henin |
| 2002 | Serena Williams |
| 2001 | Venus Williams |
| 2000 | Venus Williams |
| 1999 | Serena Williams |
| 1998 | Lindsay Davenport |
| 1997 | Martina Hingis |
| 1996 | Steffi Graf |
| 1995 | Steffi Graf |
| 1994 | Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario |
| 1993 | Steffi Graf |
| 1992 | Monica Seles |
| 1991 | Monica Seles |
| 1990 | Gabriela Sabatini |
| 1989 | Steffi Graf |
| 1988 | Steffi Graf |
| 1987 | Martina Navratilova |
| 1986 | Martina Navratilova |
| 1985 | Hana Mandlikova |
| 1984 | Martina Navratilova |
| 1983 | Martina Navratilova |
| 1982 | Chris Evert |
| 1981 | Tracy Austin |
| 1980 | Chris Evert |
| 1979 | Tracy Austin |
| 1978 | Chris Evert |
| 1977 | Chris Evert |
| 1976 | Chris Evert |
| 1975 | Chris Evert |
| 1974 | Billie Jean King |
| 1973 | Margaret Court |
| 1972 | Billie Jean King |
| 1971 | Billie Jean King |
| 1970 | Margaret Court |
| 1969 | Margaret Court |
| 1968 | Virginia Wade |
| 1967 | Billie Jean King |
| 1966 | Maria Bueno |
| 1965 | Margaret Court |
| 1964 | Maria Bueno |
| 1963 | Maria Bueno |
| 1962 | Margaret Court |
| 1961 | Darlene Hard |
| 1960 | Darlene Hard |
| 1959 | Maria Bueno |
| 1958 | Althea Gibson |
| 1957 | Althea Gibson |
| 1956 | Shirley Fry |
| 1955 | Doris Hart |
| 1954 | Doris Hart |
| 1953 | Maureen Connolly |
| 1952 | Maureen Connolly |
| 1951 | Maureen Connolly |
| 1950 | Margaret Osborne duPont |
| 1949 | Margaret Osborne duPont |
| 1948 | Margaret Osborne duPont |
| 1947 | Louise Brough |
| 1946 | Pauline Betz |
| 1945 | Sarah Palfrey Cooke |
| 1944 | Pauline Betz |
| 1943 | Pauline Betz |
| 1942 | Pauline Betz |
| 1941 | Sarah Palfrey Cooke |
| 1940 | Alice Marble |
| 1939 | Alice Marble |
| 1938 | Alice Marble |
| 1937 | Anita Lizana |
| 1936 | Alice Marble |
| 1935 | Helen Jacobs |
| 1934 | Helen Jacobs |
| 1933 | Helen Jacobs |
| 1932 | Helen Jacobs |
| 1931 | Helen Wills Moody |
| 1930 | Betty Nuthall |
| 1929 | Helen Wills Moody |
| 1928 | Helen Wills Moody |
| 1927 | Helen Wills Moody |
| 1926 | Molla Mallory |
| 1925 | Helen Wills Moody |
| 1924 | Helen Wills Moody |
| 1923 | Helen Wills Moody |
| 1922 | Molla Mallory |
| 1921 | Molla Mallory |
| 1920 | Molla Mallory |
| 1919 | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman |
| 1918 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory |
| 1917 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory |
| 1916 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory |
| 1915 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory |
| 1914 | Mary Browne |
| 1913 | Mary Browne |
| 1912 | Mary Browne |
| 1911 | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman |
| 1910 | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman |
| 1909 | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman |
| 1908 | Maud Barger-Wallach |
| 1907 | Evelyn Sears |
| 1906 | Helen Homans |
| 1905 | Elisabeth Moore |
| 1904 | May Sutton |
| 1903 | Elisabeth Moore |
| 1902 | Marion Jones |
| 1901 | Elisabeth Moore |
| 1900 | Myrtle McAteer |
| 1899 | Marion Jones |
| 1898 | Juliette Atkinson |
| 1897 | Juliette Atkinson |
| 1896 | Elisabeth Moore |
| 1895 | Juliette Atkinson |
| 1894 | Helen Hellwig |
| 1893 | Aline Terry |
| 1892 | Mabel Cahill |
| 1891 | Mabel Cahill |
| 1890 | Ellen Roosevelt |
| 1889 | Bertha Townsend |
| 1888 | Bertha Townsend |
| 1887 | Ellen Hansell |
Who Has Won the Most US Open Men’s Singles Titles?
Richard Sears, William Larned, and Bill Tilden share the men’s all-time record with seven singles titles, although their championships came in different eras.
Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer share the Open Era men’s record with five titles, while Novak Djokovic has collected four championships in New York.
Federer’s five consecutive championships from 2004 through 2008 remain the longest men’s winning streak of the Open Era and define his New York peak.
Who Has Won the Most US Open Women’s Singles Titles?
On the women’s side, Molla Mallory owns the overall record with eight championships, while Chris Evert and Serena Williams share the Open Era record with six.
Evert won four consecutive women’s titles from 1975 through 1978, then added championships in 1980 and 1982 to finish with six US Open crowns.
How the US Open Changed Across Eras
The tournament was known as the U.S. National Championships before becoming the US Open in 1968, when professionals were admitted into the field.
The championship moved from grass to clay in 1975, then to hard courts in 1978 when the tournament relocated permanently to Flushing Meadows.
Jimmy Connors remains unique because he won the US Open on grass, clay, and hard courts, demonstrating uncommon adaptability across three playing surfaces.
Arthur Ashe became the first men’s champion of the Open Era in 1968, while Virginia Wade captured the first women’s Open Era championship.
Historical championship counts include the U.S. National Championships because the modern US Open is the direct continuation of that tournament’s singles competitions.
Readers comparing eras should remember that draw formats, eligibility rules, surfaces, equipment, and travel conditions changed significantly throughout the championship’s long history.
US Open Champions and Modern Trends
Zverev and Rybakina both became first-time US Open champions in 2026, extending the tournament’s history of producing major breakthroughs under New York pressure.
The US Open is one of four Grand Slam tournaments and traditionally concludes the major season on hard courts at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Recent champions illustrate the tournament’s volatility, with different playing styles succeeding despite the fast hard courts, late-summer conditions, and demanding New York atmosphere.
FAQs
Who won the 2026 US Open men’s singles title?
Alexander Zverev won the 2026 men’s singles championship, defeating Ben Shelton in four sets to secure his first US Open title.
Who won the 2026 US Open women’s singles title?
Elena Rybakina won the 2026 women’s singles championship, defeating Aryna Sabalenka in three sets and ending Sabalenka’s two-year title run.
Who has the most men’s US Open titles?
Richard Sears, William Larned, and Bill Tilden each won seven men’s singles championships, giving them the overall tournament record across all eras.
Who has the most women’s US Open titles?
Molla Mallory won eight women’s singles championships, the overall record, while Chris Evert and Serena Williams share the Open Era record with six.
When did the US Open begin?
The men’s U.S. National Championships began in 1881, while the women’s singles competition started in 1887 before the tournament became the US Open.
