Iga Świątek Iga Natalia Świątek (; born 31 May 2001) is a Polish professional tennis player. She is currently ranked world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Świątek is a three-time major singles champion, having won the French Open in 202 ...

defeated

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in the final, 6–2, 7–6^(7–5) to win the women's singles title at the 2022 US Open. It was her third

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title, and second of the season, making Świątek the first player since

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to win multiple majors in a season. Świątek became the first Polish woman in the

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to reach the US Open quarterfinals, semifinals, and final. Świątek also became the youngest woman to win three majors since

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in 2008.

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was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to

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. It was the third time the defending US Open champion lost in the first round, after

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and Kerber in

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. This marked the second consecutive major where Cornet defeated a reigning major champion (following her victory over reigning

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champion and world No. 1 Świątek at

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). Cornet made her 63rd consecutive major appearance, surpassing the all-time record she had jointly held with

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. This tournament marked the final professional appearance for 23-time singles major champion, Olympic singles gold medalist, and former world No. 1

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; she lost to

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in the third round. With her victory over second-ranked

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in the second round, Williams became the oldest player to defeat a top-three player on the

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. This tournament marked the first time in the Open Era that four Chinese women reached the third round.

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lost in the first round to

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; that marked the first time that the reigning

champion had lost in the first round of the US Open since

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had her streak of 17 consecutive major third-rounds broken after losing in the first round to

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. This was the first edition of the US Open to feature a 10-point tie-break, when the score reaches six games all in the deciding set.

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defeated

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in the first round in the first women's singles main-draw 10-point tie-break at the US Open.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Championship match statistics

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of August 22, 2022. Rankings and points are as before August 29, 2022. † The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2021 and is defending points from two ITF tournaments (

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and

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) instead.
‡ The player was not required to include zero points for the 2021 tournament in her ranking due to the WTA's COVID-19 rules. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result will be deducted instead.

Other entry information

Wild cards

Source:

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Withdrawals

The entry list was released by the

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based on the

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for the week of July 18.

Explanatory notes

References

External links

Entry List

Draw
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