Holding The Trophy: US Open
Published September 11, 2009 05:02
American favorite Chris Evert reached nine finals, winning six titles.
Tracy Austin became America's Sweetheart with the first of her two victories in 1979. (Image: Sports Illustrated)
Martina Navratilova won four US Open titles from eight finals contested. (Photo: Getty Images)
Czech Hana Mandlikova won a third-set tie-break to beat Navratilova in the 1985 final. (Photo: Getty Images)
Five of Steffi Graf's 22 major singles crowns were won in New York. (Photo: Getty Images)
Argentina's Gabriela Sabatini stunned Graf in the 1990 final to win her only Grand Slam singles title. (Photo: Getty Images)
Monica Seles won the first of her two US Open crowns in 1991. (Photo: Getty Images)
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario became the first Spanish woman to win in New York, defeating Graf in a three-set final in 1994. (Photo: Getty Images)
Teenager Martina Hingis collected her third major title of 1997 at Flushing Meadows. (Photo: Getty Images)
Lindsay Davenport became the first home winner in New York in 11 years, collecting her first major there in 1998. (Photo: Getty Images)
Serena Williams won her first-ever major in New York in 1999 as a 17-year-old. (Photo: Getty Images)
A year after Serena's breakthrough win, sister Venus defended the title for the Williams family in 2000, and repeated the dose in 2001. (Photo: Getty Images)
After winning a dramatic semifinal in 2003 over Jennifer Capriati, Justine Henin emerged victorious in an all-Belgian final. (Photo: Getty Images)
In the first all-Russian US Open final, Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Elena Dementieva to collect her first major. (Photo: Getty Images)
A popular and patient win in 2005 for Belgian Kim Clijsters. (Photo: Getty Images)
Maria Sharapova's second Grand Slam singles title came under lights in New York in 2006. (Photo: Getty Images)
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