Emma Raducanu’s sensational US Open win in numbers
EMMA Raducanu became a sporting legend after winning the women's singles final at the US Open. The 18-year-old won £1.8million in prize money for her amazing 6-4 6-3 win over Leylah Fernandez on Saturday night.
She was the first qualifier ever to win a Grand Slam and the first British woman to achieve a Grand Slam title since Virgina Wade’s win at Wimbledon in 1977. To understand the impact of Emma Raducanu’s huge achievement we have broken down her success into numbers.
0 ‑ The number of sets Raducanu lost in the US Open tournament
1 ‑ She is now the British no.1 in tennis with one Grand Slam under her belt
1.75 ‑ Is her height in metres, she stands at 1.75m / 5ft 7"
2 ‑ She has 2 A Levels, an A* in maths and an A in economics ‑ which she gained whilst in the depths of her training for the US Open
3 ‑ Aces served in her US Open final
4 ‑ The number of breakpoints that Raducanu won in the final
5 ‑ The age when she was introduced to tennis by her parents, five-years-old
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10 ‑ Matches were won by her at this year's tournament with her final match score concluding at 6-4 6-3
12 ‑ She won 12 games in the final
18 ‑ Raducanu is only 18-years-old
24 ‑ Her new projected world ranking is 24
44 ‑ The number of years since the last British woman, Virginia Wade, won a Grand Slam singles title
50 ‑ The number of games that she lost in the US Open (including qualifiers)
72 ‑ She had a 72 percent first serve success rate in the final
81 ‑ The final saw her win a total of 81 points
109 ‑ 109mph was the top speed her serve reached in final, which was 13mph slower than the 17-year-old Coco Gauff's fastest serve during the tournament
120 ‑ Overall Raducanu won 120 games in the US Open
150 ‑ 150 was her world ranking at the beginning of the tournament
338 ‑ 338 was her world ranking before arriving at Wimbledon as a wild card earlier this year
3,461 ‑ It is just over 3,461 miles between the US Open ground at flushing meadows to her home in the London Borough of Bromley
23,771 ‑ An incredible 23,711 people watched the final in person at the Arthur Ashe stadium in New York
9,000,000 ‑ The peak TV audience recorded by channel four was roughly 9,200,000
150,000,000 ‑ £15m is her predicted net worth following her triumph
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