1) Chris Evert
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The 18-time Grand Slam singles winner Chris Evert has a joint-highest 6 US Open wins to her credit along with Serena but she won her 6 titles in a 7-year period between 1975 and 1982 (’75, ‘76, ‘77, ‘78, ‘80, ‘82). If that wasn’t amazing enough, the latter 3 of Evert’s 4 consecutive wins in 1975, ‘76, 77 and 78 were achieved without a set being dropped. Chew on that for a bit! Such was Evert’s presence in the women’s circuit, she won at least a Grand Slam for 13 consecutive years, from 1974 to 1986.
The US Open was held on clay between 1974 and 1977, after which it was switched to hard courts. Therefore, Evert became the only woman to win the tournament on 2 different surfaces.
She was also the losing finalist in 1979, ‘83 & ‘84 in which she lost to her longtime rival Martina Navratilova. Regardless, Evert, known as the ‘Ice Maiden’ for her cool and calm demeanour on court, is perhaps the greatest women’s US Open champion. Or rather, the ‘Queen of Flushing Meadows’.
