2023 US Open: Round 1 By the Numbers

Planet Sport writer
30 August 2023

The US Open completed Round One of competition on Tuesday night, whittling down 128 players to 64.

Here, usopen.org takes a look at some standout numbers from the first two days of play.

1 - By defeating Alexandre Muller on Day 1, Novak Djokovic is guaranteed to return to No. 1 in the ATP rankings on Monday, September 11. He will begin his 390th week atop the ATP's ranking table.

1-27 - Grigor Dimitrov rallied to defeat Alex Molcan 6-7(9), 6-7(5), 6-1, 7-5, 7-6(9) for his first comeback from two sets to love down in his career. He failed to win on the previous 27 times he fell behind by two sets.

2 - Dimitrov saved two match points over the course of his victory over Molcan.

3 - Number of Top 10 seeds to drop out in the opening round: [4] Holger Rune on the men's side and [7] Caroline Garcia and [8] Maria Sakkari on the women's side.

3:19 - Martina Trevisan's 0-6, 7-6(0), 7-6(8) victory over Yulia Putintseva lasted three hours and 19 minutes, as the longest women's singles match of round one.

4 - The highest seed to fall in the first week was Denmark's Holger Rune. The No. 4 seed dropped a four-set decision to Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena.

4:38 - The length of Dimitrov's win over Molcan, the longest match of the first round.

6 - Number of teenagers that progressed to round two in New York. Mirra Andreeva (16), Jakub Mensik (17), Linda Noskova (18), Alex Michelsen (19), Arthur Fils (19), Coco Gauff (19).

8 - Defending champions Iga Swiatek (d. Peterson) and Carlos Alcaraz (d. Koepfer) each stretched their US Open winning streaks to eight with round one victories.

11 - Petra Kvitova cracked 11 return winners during her 6-1, 7-6(5) triumph over Spain's Cristina Bucsa in round one. She will face Caroline Wozniacki in round two.

17 - Number of double-faults turned in by Alexander Bublik, more than any other player in round one. The Kazakh missed the mark on 17 of his 45 second serves in his first-round loss to Dominic Thiem.

28 - Number of serve-and-volley attempts by Ilya Ivashka, which leads all players through round one. The World No. 103 won 19 of them, but still lost in five sets to Juan Manuel Cerundolo of Argentina.

29 - Chile's Nicolas Jarry is the first-round ace leader with 29. The No. 23 seed defeated France's Luca Van Assche 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(3).

38 - With his first-round win over Yoshihito Nishioka, 2016 champion Stan Wawrinka became the oldest man (38 years, 5 months) to reach the second round at Flushing Meadows since Jimmy Connors (40) in 1992.

43 - Despite her round one defeat to Greet Minnen, Venus Williams still became the oldest women in the draw at 43 years old; only two women have won a match at the US Open after turning 43 years old-Betty Pratt (1968) and Renee Richards (1979, 1980).

46 - By defeating Alexandre Muller 6-0, 6-2, 6-3 on Monday night, Novak Djokovic recorded his 46th bagel set (6-0) at the Grand Slams, which ties Roger Federer for second-most all-time; only Andre Agassi has more.

100 - Venus Williams became the 4th woman to play 100 matches at US Open, after her sister Serena (123), Chris Evert (113) and Martina Navratilova (106).

124 - Mirra Andreeva and Bernarda Pera each cracked 124 MPH on the radar gun, tying for the fastest recorded women's singles serve of round one.

142 - American Ben Shelton didn't just win for the first time at the US Open when he defeated Pedro Cachin in four sets. He also cracked the fastest serve of round one at 142 MPH.

200 - Norway's Casper Ruud recorded his 200th ATP win with his four-set win over Emilio Nava on Court 17 on Day 1. If you're scoring at home, Casper's father and coach, Christian Ruud, recorded a total of 115 ATP wins in his career.

200 - By defeating Corentin Moutet on Grandstand on Tuesday, Andy Murray became the ninth male player to record 200 Grand Slam wins in the Open Era.

14,422 - Number of Aces that John Isner has hit over the course of his career. The ATP's all-time ace king popped in 11 more over the course of his 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(1) victory over Facundo Diaz Acosta of Argentina.