Coco Gauff advances to US Open semi-finals: Who was the last American tennis player to win the tournament?

Both the men’s and women’s singles at the 2023 U.S. Open have reached the semifinals and finals. In this version, Local fans will have national representation in both categories Thank you young tennis player Ben Shelton and Coco Gauff, 20 and 19 years old respectively.

Take male tennis players as an example, The penultimate test on the road to glory is Novak Djokovic, And the tennis player Atlanta

face Sabalenka is the favorite in the women’s draw final. Although the likelihood of both is not too high, andThe American public believed they could break a five-year run without a local champion.

Arthur Ashe will be packed with tennis fans who will do whatever they can to support Shelton and Gauff in their respective clashes on Friday and Saturday. A good image of fellow citizens is always important to the local public. On this occasion, These two commitments have always been flag-raising commitments Stars and stripes.

No male champion in 20 years

Last few years, If we stop and look at the results of American tennis players, we see that women are significantly more prominent.

Those men. This can be seen if we stop and look at the records of the men’s and women’s teams separately.

Check The last American women’s U.S. Open champion had to go back to 2017when Sloan Stephens holds the trophy After defeating his compatriots Madison keys 2 sets (6-3, 6-0).Since then, the United States 1 finalist in 2 different versions: Serena Williams, who lost Naomi Osaka (2018) and Bianca Andreescu (2019).

As far as male records are concerned, Andy Roddick’s victory at Flushing Meadows in 2003 was the last by an American tennis player.

From now on, only Andrew Agassi (2005) and his own Roddick (2006) know what it is Represented the United States in the U.S. Open men’s finals.