The best in New York: US Open champions this century
Take a look back at the US Open singles champions since 2000.
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Venus Williams's 2000 US Open title was part of the American's stunning 35-match winning streak, which started with her first major at Wimbledon and went on to include gold at the Sydney Olympics.
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Venus Williams defended her crown in 2001, winning the first of nine all-Williams Grand Slam finals to date over her sister Serena.
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Serena Williams reversed the result the following year, beating Venus to win her second US Open title and the third leg of her first 'Serena Slam.'
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Justine Henin won her second Grand Slam title of 2003 after triumphing in a classic semifinal over Jennifer Capriati, then defeating Kim Clijsters in an all-Belgian major final.
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Svetlana Kuznetsova won the first all-Russian US Open final over Elena Dementieva in 2004 to win her first major at the age of 19. She became the first Russian champion in Flushing Meadows.
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Having lost all four of her previous major finals, Kim Clijsters captured a Grand Slam singles trophy at the 2005 US Open with victory over Mary Pierce.
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Maria Sharapova lifted the second major trophy of her career in 2006, defeating Justine Henin in the US Open final.
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Justine Henin reclaimed her crown in 2007, winning her second US Open title with victories over former champions Serena Williams, Venus Williams, and Svetlana Kuznetsova in the last three rounds.
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Serena Williams picked up her third US Open crown in 2008, defeating Jelena Jankovic in the final for her first Grand Slam title of the year.
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Just three tournaments into her comeback from maternity leave, Kim Clijsters stormed to her second US Open title over Caroline Wozniacki in the 2009 final.
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In 2010, Belgium's Clijsters successfully defended her US Open title with victory over Vera Zvonareva in the final.
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At the 2011 US Open, Samantha Stosur defeated Serena Williams for her maiden Grand Slam title, becoming the first Australian to win the US Open in 38 years.
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Serena Williams won a classic final over Victoria Azarenka in 2012 to take her US Open trophy haul to four, and overall major count to 15.
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In 2013, Serena Williams successfully defended a US Open title for the first time, once again beating Victoria Azarenka in three sets.
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Serena Williams made it three US Open titles in a row by beating Caroline Wozniacki in the 2014 final. With the victory, Williams tied Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert with 18 major singles titles, and it also was the start of her second 'Serena Slam.'
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Flavia Pennetta capped her career by winning her first major at the age of 33, defeating childhood friend Roberta Vinci in the 2015 US Open final. It was the first all-Italian Grand Slam final.
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In 2016, Angelique Kerber became the first German winner of the US Open in 20 years by defeating Karolina Pliskova to win her second major of the season.
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Ranked World No.83, Sloane Stephens capped a remarkable comeback from injury by winning her first Slam title in 2017, defeating Madison Keys in the first all-American US Open final since 2002.
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Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese Grand Slam singles champion in 2018 by defeating Serena Williams in the US Open final.
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The next year, Bianca Andreescu became the first Canadian Grand Slam singles champion at the 2019 US Open, after she defeated Serena Williams in the final.
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Naomi Osaka won her second US Open title in three years by defeating Victoria Azarenka in the 2020 final.
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At age 18, Emma Raducanu became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam singles title after she defeated Leylah Fernandez to win the 2021 US Open. She also became the first British women's singles champion at the US Open since Virginia Wade in 1968.
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