Bettingpro's guide to the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, the US Open.

Roger Federer may be the most successful player in the history of the US Open that is still actively competing, but it has been over a decade since the legendary Swiss ace won the final Grand Slam tournament of the year.

In that time Rafael Nadal has crept up on him by being crowned champion at Flushing Meadow on no less than four occasions, and if he can claim title number five he will join his long-time rival in the record books.

Unsurprisingly Federer and three-time winner Novak Djokovic are highly fancied to deny the Spaniard a fifth US Open crown in 2020, with rising stars Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas considered dark horses alongside Alexander Zverev following their performances at the season-ending ATP Tour Finals in November 2019.

In the women’s draw, Serena Williams holds the all-time record for most US Open wins alongside Chris Evert, but the record-setting American has not got her hands on this trophy since 2014. Since then she has fallen at the final hurdle in both 2018 and 2019, losing in straight sets in the final, but the bookies believe 2020 could be the year in which she finally claims US Open title number six.

Serena faces some serious competition though with no less than NINE players shorter than 20/1 at the time of writing, with 2019 US Open winner Bianca Andreescu leading the charge after her stunning win over Williams in the final.

Hot on her heels are the ‘usual suspects’ when it comes to women’s Grand Slam titles – 2019 French Open champion Ashleigh Barty, two-time Grand Slam winner Simona Halep, 2018 US Open champion Naomi Osaka, 2016 finalist Karolina Pliskova, 2016 finalist Madison Keys, two-time Grand Slam winner Petra Kvitova, and 2019 semi-finalists Elina Svitolina and Belinda Bencic.

 

US Open Winners

YEAR	MEN’S CHAMPION	WOMEN’S CHAMPION
1968	Arthur Ashe	Virginia Wade
1969	Rod Laver	Margaret Court
1970	Ken Rosewall	Margaret Court
1971	Stan Smith	Billie Jean King
1972	Ilie Nastase	Billie Jean King
1973	John Newcombe	Margaret Court
1974	Jimmy Connors	Billie Jean King
1975	Manuel Orantes	Chris Evert
1976	Jimmy Connors	Chris Evert
1977	Guillermo Vilas	Chris Evert
1978	Jimmy Connors	Chris Evert
1979	John McEnroe	Tracy Austin
1980	John McEnroe	Chris Evert
1981	John McEnroe	Tracy Austin
1982	Jimmy Connors	Chris Evert
1983	Jimmy Connors	Martina Navratilova
1984	John McEnroe	Martina Navratilova
1985	Ivan Lendl	Hana Mandlikova
1986	Ivan Lendl	Martina Navratilova
1987	Ivan Lendl	Martina Navratilova
1988	Mats Wilander	Steffi Graf
1989	Boris Becker	Steffi Graf
1990	Pete Sampras	Gabriela Sabatini
1991	Stefan Edberg	Monica Seles
1992	Stefan Edberg	Monica Seles
1993	Pete Sampras	Steffi Graf
1994	Andre Agassi	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
1995	Pete Sampras	Steffi Graf
1996	Pete Sampras	Steffi Graf
1997	Patrick Rafter	Martina Hingis
1998	Patrick Rafter	Lindsay Davenport
1999	Andre Agassi	Serena Williams
2000	Marat Safin	Venus Williams
2001	Lleyton Hewitt	Venus Williams
2002	Pete Sampras	Serena Williams
2003	Andy Roddick	Justine Henin
2004	Roger Federer	Svetlana Kuznetsova
2005	Roger Federer	Kim Clijsters
2006	Roger Federer	Maria Sharapova
2007	Roger Federer	Justine Henin
2008	Roger Federer	Serena Williams
2009	Juan Martin del Potro	Kim Clijsters
2010	Rafael Nadal	Kim Clijsters
2011	Novak Djokovic	Samantha Stosur
2012	Andy Murray	Serena Williams
2013	Rafael Nadal	Serena Williams
2014	Marin Cilic	Serena Williams
2015	Novak Djokovic	Flavia Pennetta
2016	Stan Wawrinka	Angelique Kerber
2017	Rafael Nadal	Sloane Stephens
2018	Novak Djokovic	Naomi Osaka
2019	Rafael Nadal	Bianca Andreescu