2024 US Open Wrap-Up: Jannik Sinner, Aryna Sabalenka Are Victorious In New York

With the 2024 Grand Slam season wrapping up in New York, there was no better way to start and finish the year than with two Grand Slam titles. That is how 2024 finished for both Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka who both took home the Australian Open and US Open titles in dominant fashion in this year.

Sinner’s US Open was off to a rocky start pre-tournament, but it clearly did not phase his run to the finals. The only set he dropped en route to the championship was in the first round to American Mackenzie McDonald. He became the first Italian to win the US Open. Sinner’s 2024 hard court record is an astounding 35-2, including victories at the Miami Open and Cincinnati Open.

2024 has without a doubt been Sinner’s best season, with six titles on the year and a 55-5 record.He also is on an 11-match win streak since the start of Cincinnati.

American Taylor Fritz capped off a spectacular US Open tournament. After defeating compatriot Frances Tiafoe in the semifinals, Fritz was vying to become the first American in over 20 years to win a Grand Slam since Andy Roddick at the 2003 US Open. Although he fell short, the Americans on both the men’s and women’s side had a strong showing at their home slam. There are now four American women in the WTA Top 10 for the first time since 2005.

After losing out to American Coco Gauff last year in the finals, Sabalenka was able to rise to the occasion, defeating American Jessica Pegula in the championship, 7-5, 7-5. She now holds two Australian Opens and one US Open title.

Similar to Sinner, Sabalenka also won the Cincinnati title, making her the fourth player in the Open Era to win both Cincinnati and the US Open in the same season. Coco Gauff was the last to do it in 2023.

It was all first timers on the doubles side. In men’s doubles, Australian duo Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell took home the 2024 title defeating Germans Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz in the final. Lydumyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko grabbed the women’s doubles championship. Italians Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori saved match point to defeat Americans Taylor Townsend and Donald Young in the mixed doubles final. All champions had never won a Grand Slam title before.