Since Venus and Serena Williams’ dominance of this title between 1999-2002, there have been four different winners of the US Open Ladies Singles. Two of these (Kim Clijsters & Justine Henin) have come from Belgium, while the other pair (Svetlana Kuznetsova & Maria Sharapova) hail from Russia. The fact that Russian Elena Dementieva also reached the 2004 final suggests the business end of future US Opens may continue to feature Eastern Europeans.

A very interesting betting stat is that the past eleven finals have been won in straight sets. Not since Steffi Graf beat Monica Seles in 1995 have we seen a ladies final at Flushing Meadow go the distance, which is quite astonishing considering that there have been such a wide variety of champions in recent seasons.

Out of the favourites in the 2007 betting market, only Amelie Mauresmo has failed to have her name etched on the trophy although the likes of Ivanovic, Jankovic, Petrova and Vaidisova are worth considering as per the above information. It’s quite common to have at least one player in the final who was a double-figure price before the tournament began.