US Open Ladies Winners

In today’s weekend blog, I am writing about the ladies champions in US Open  over the years from the start of open era in 1968. With this I will concluding  on my writing on tennis grand slam winners. Here is the list:

US Open (Ladies Winners)

1968 Virginia Wade (GBR) beat Billie Jean King (USA) 6-4,6-2

1969 Margaret Court (AUS) beat Nancy Richey (USA) 6-2,6-2

1970 Margaret Court (AUS) beat Rosemary Casals (USA) 6-2,2-6,6-1

1971 Billie Jean King (USA) beat Rosemary Casals (USA) 6-4,7-6

1972 Billie Jean King (USA) beat Kerry Melville (AUS) 6-3,7-5

1973 Margaret Court (AUS) beat Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 7-6,5-7,6-2

1974 Billie Jean King (USA) beat Evonne Goolagong(AUS) 3-6,6-3,7-5

1975 Chris Evert (USA) beat Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 5-7,6-4,6-2

1976 Chris Evert (USA) beat Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 6-3,6-0

1977 Chris Evert (USA) beat Wendy Turnbull (AUS) 7-6,6-2

1978 Chris Evert (USA) beat Pam Shriver (USA) 7-5,6-4

1979 Tracy Austin (USA) beat Chris Evert (USA) 6-4,6-3

1980 Chris Evert (USA) beat Hana Mandlikova (TCH) 5-7,6-1,6-1

1981 Tracy Austin (USA) beat Martina Navratilova (USA) 1-6,7-6,7-6

1982 Chris Evert (USA) beat Hana Mandlikova (TCH) 6-3,6-1

1983 Martina Navratilova (USA) beat Chris Evert (USA) 6-1,6-3

1984 Martina Navratilova (USA) beat Chris Evert (USA)  4-6,6-4,6-4

1985 Hana Mandlikova (TCH) beat Martina Navratilova (USA) 7-6,1-6,7-6

1986 Martina Navratilova (USA) beat Helena Sukova (TCH) 6-3,6-2

1987 Martina Navratilova (USA) beat Steffi Graf (W GER) 7-6,6-1

1988 Steffi Graf (W GER) beat Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) 6-3,3-6,6-1

1989 Steffi Graf (W GER) beat Martina Navratilova (USA) 3-6,7-5,6-1

1990 Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) brat Steffi Graf 6-2,7-6

1991 Monica Seles (YUG) beat Martina Navratilova (USA) 7-6,6-1

1992 Monica Seles (YUG) beat Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (ESP) 6-3,6-3

1993 Steffi Graf (GER)  beat Helena Sukova (CZE)  6-3,6-3

1994 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (ESP) beat Steffi Graf (GER) 1-6,7-6,6-4

1995 Steffi Graf (GER) beat Monica Seles (USA) 7-6,0-6,6-3

1996 Steffi Graf (GER) beat Monica Seles (USA) 7-5,6-4

1997 Martina Hingis (SUI) beat Venus Williams 6-0,6-4

1998 Lindsay Devenport (USA) Martina Hingis (SUI) 6-3,7-5

1999 Serena Williams (USA) beat Martina Hingis (SUI) 6-3,7-6

2000 Venus Williams (USA) beat Lindsay Devenport (USA) 6-4,7-5

2001 Venus Williams (USA) beat Serena Williams (USA) 6-2,6-4

2002 Serena Williams (USA) beat Venus Williams (USA) 6-4,6-3

2003 Justine Henin (BEL) beat Kim Clijsters (BEL) 7-5,6-1

2004 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) beat Elena Dementieya (RUS) 6-3,7-5

2005 Kim Clijsters (BEL) beat Mary Pierce (FRA) 6-3,6-1

2006 Maria Sharapova (RUS) beat Justine Henin (BEL) 6-4,6-4

2007 Justine Henin (BEL) beat Svetiana Kuznetsova (RUS) 6-1,6-3

2008 Serena Williams (USA) beat Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 6-4,7-5

2009 Kim Clijsters (BEL) beat Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 7-5,6-3

2010 Kim Clijsters (BEL) beat Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 6-2,6-1

2011 Samatha Stosur (AUS) beat Serena Williams (USA) 6-2,6-3

2012 Serena Williams (USA) beat Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 6-2,2-6,7-5

2013 Serena Williams (USA) beat Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 7-5,6-7,6-1

2014 Serena Williams (USA) beat Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6-3,6-3

2015 Flavia Pennetta (ITA) beat Roberta Vinci (ITA) 7-6,6-2

2016 Angelique Kerber (GER) beat Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 6-3,4-6,6-4

2017 Slone Stephens (USA) beat Madison Keys (USA) 6-3,6-0

2018 Naomi Osaka (JPN) beat Serena Williams (USA) 6-2,6-4

2019 Binaca Andreescu (CAN) beat Serena Williams (USA) 6-3,7-5

2020 Noami Osaka (JPN) beat Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 1-6,6-3,6-3

2021 Emma Raducanu (GBR) beat Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 6-4,6-3

 

So this conclude my series of blogs on grand slam winners, hope you must have enjoyed reading the same.

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Anil Malik

Mumbai, India

10^th December 2021