2026 US Open – Women's singles

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Elena Rybakina defeated two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2026 US Open. It was her third major title (and second of the season, having also won the Australian Open) and 14th WTA Tour title overall. Rybakina was the sixth women's singles player (since 1988) to win both hardcourt majors in the same year, with Sabalenka and Rybakina also being the first pair of women's singles players to contest both hardcourt major finals in the same year since Steffi Graf and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1994. This was also the first US Open final contested by the top two seeds since 2013. Rybakina attained the world No. 1 singles ranking for the first time by reaching the semifinals, becoming the 30th player to attain the top ranking and the first Kazakhstani player to achieve a world No. 1 ranking in any discipline. Sabalenka, Jessica Pegula, and Coco Gauff were also in contention for the top ranking at the beginning of...

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