On September 7, 2014, Serena Williams won her sixth US Open title after beating Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki in the final. Overall, it was her 18th Grand Slam title. Williams started her campaign in the competition
with a win against her compatriot Taylor Townsend. She beat her by 6-3, 6-1 scoreline to advance to the second round. Williams’ next competitor was Vania King, who got outclassed by 6-1, 6-0 margin. She continued her domination in the next two rounds. Varvara Petrivna Lepchenko and Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi failed to counter Serena, who was in red-hot form then.
After winning all four games in the first section of the tournament, she squared off against Italy’s Flavia Pennetta. Panetta also looked completely out of rhythm against the star player and capitulated with a 3-6 2-6 loss. In the semi-final, Serena pummeled Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova by 6-1, 6-3 figures. After six consecutive wins in the tournament, the US tennis icon was the favourite to win the final against Wozniacki. She justified her reputation and registered a 6-3 6-3 win.
Serena Williams’ last match in the US Open
Serena Williams’s 2014 US Open trophy win was her last success in the illustrious tournament. In 2022, she played her last game in the tournament against Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic and faced a 7-5, 6-7, 6-1 defeat. Following this loss, she called time on her 27-year professional career.
Discussing her maiden title win in the US Open, it came in 1999 after getting the better of Switzerland’s Martina Hingis. After maiden success, she waited for three years to add another US Open trophy to her profile. This time, she saw her sister Venus Williams and bagged a comfortable 6-4, 6-3 win . From 2012 to 2014, she showcased her dominance and broke into record books as the only player in the US Open to win three titles in a row in the women’s segment.
