The Stat Sheet: The WTA's youth go wild in NYC

If Serena Williams was experiencing any sense of déjà vu in this year’s US Open final, one couldn’t blame her. After all, Bianca Andreescu was the second millennial in a row to defeat her for the top prize after Naomi Osaka’s win last year. Youth has definitely been served in New York.

Right now, the US Open is the only major to have crowned champions from the 20-and-under demographic the past two years. It’s also the sole Slam to have winners in consecutive years be so young this century.

Andreescu has been a revelation so far in 2019. After winning in Indian Wells and in her home country of Canada over the summer, she went on to become the third 19-year-old female to win the US Open in the 2000s after Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in 2004 and Maria Sharapova in 2006.

Maybe it’s an Indian Wells thing: Last year, after claiming her first career singles title in the desert, a 20-year-old Osaka went on to take the US Open, topping Williams in straight sets.

While she’s come out on the tail end of the past two finals, Williams can relate to being part of a pre-millennial movement at the US Open: After she won her first Grand Slam title just shy of her 19th birthday at the 1999 edition of the tournament, her older sister Venus—all of 20 years old—took home the top prize in 2000.

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