We take a look at the players with the most US Open titles since the Open era began in 1968.
Most men's US Open titles
Roger Federer - 5 titles
Roger Federer dominated the US Open scene between 2004 and 2008, winning five consecutive titles to cement his name in the history books.
Pete Sampras - 5 titles
Pete Sampras' first US Open success came in 1990, defeating fellow American Andre Agassi to clinch the title. After winning respective honours in 1993, 1995 and 1996, Sampras returned in 2002, 12 years after his initial triumph, to win the tournament for a fifth time.
Jimmy Connors - 5 titles
Jimmy Connors became the first player to win the US Open on five occasions when he beat Ivan Lendl in the 1983 final.
Novak Djokovic - 4 titles
Crashing out at the semi-final stage in the most recent edition of the US Open, Novak Djokovic last emerged triumphant when defeating Russia's Daniil Medvedev in 2023 to clinch a fourth honour.
Rafael Nadal - 4 titles
Rafael Nadal won four of the five US Open finals that he has participated in, with his only loss coming at the hands of Novak Djokovic in 2011, a year after Nadal had defeated the Serbian in the previous final.
John McEnroe - 4 titles
Joining Djokvic and Nadal with four US Open titles is John McEnroe, clinching his last honour in 1984 before bowing out of the sport in 1992.
Most women's US Open titles
Chris Evert - 6 titles
Chris Evert dominated the women's US Open in the mid-to-late 1970s, winning four titles on the bounce in emphatic fashion between 1975 and 1978.
Serena Williams - 6 titles
Widely regarded as the greatest female tennis player of all time, Serena Williams' longevity is defined by the fact that her first and sixth US Open title came 15 years apart.
Steffi Graf - 5 titles
Steffi Graf would have joined Chris Evert in winning four succesive US Open titles if it wasn't for her final defeat in 1994 to Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. Nonetheless, she accumulated five honours in the competition before retiring in August, 1999.
Martina Navratilova - 4 titles
All of Martina Navratilova's US Open success came in the space of five years, beating Chris Evert in successive finals in 1983 and 1984 to earn her first two titles and defeating Helena Sukova and Steffi Graf on respective occasions to clinch back-to-back honours in 1986 and 1987.
Billie Jean King, Margaret Court & Kim Clijsters - 3 titles
Billie Jean King, Margaret Court and Kim Clijsters have each won the women's US Open on three occasions.
