World number one Iga Swiatek defeated Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur 6-2 7-6(5) in the US Open final tonight to claim her maiden trophy at Flushing Meadows and third Grand Slam title.
It was Swiatek’s 10th straight victory in a final and the first major title on a hard court for the two-time French Open champion.
The top seed from Poland captured her first US Open singles title, second Grand Slam title of 2022, and third major overall by overpowering Jabeur at a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Having also won the French Open this year, the 21-year-old Swiatek is the first woman to win two Grand Slam singles titles in the same season since Angelique Kerber triumphed at the Australian Open and US Open in 2016.
The US Open title is the Pole’s seventh in 2022, a season where she also posted a 37-match winning streak—the longest this century.
Swiatek is leaving the US Open with the trophy in just her fourth main-draw appearance at the tournament.
She was already the first woman to reach the Roland Garros and US Open finals in the same year since Serena Williams did it in 2013, and the first No. 1 seed to play for the US Open title since Williams in 2014.
Swiatek, aged 21 years and 103 days, is the 10th-youngest champion at the US Open since 2000. She’s the 21st No. 1 seed to win the US Open women’s singles title in the Open Era.
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