Autographed Nike apparel from both champions from the US Open sit alongside the apparel worn by Sabalenka and Sinner during their title runs at the Australian Open at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. For the first time since 1988, when Hall of Famers Mats Wilander and Steffi Graf prevailed, the men’s and women’s singles champions captured both hardcourt titles in the same season.
Sabalenka solidified herself as a WTA hardcourt great, capturing her third singles major title in New York by defeating Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 in the final. She dropped only one set en route to the title. The No. 2 seed became the fourth active WTA player to win at least three major titles, alongside Venus Williams (7), Iga Swiatek (5) and Naomi Osaka (4). Only four other women in the Open Era have won the Australian Open and US Open titles in the same season, including Hall of Famers Graf, Martina Hingis and Monica Seles and recently retired Angelique Kerber.
Sinner became Italy’s first men’s singles champion at the US Open with a straight-set victory over Taylor Fritz, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. It marked the world No. 1’s second major title, tying Hall of Famer Nicola Pietrangeli as the only two Italian men to win multiple singles majors in tennis history. Sinner is now the fourth man in the Open Era to win both the Australian Open and US Open in the same season, joining Wilander, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. The win put a fitting cap on a breakout Grand Slam season for Sinner, who became the first man to win his first two majors in the same season since Hall of Famer Guillermo Vilas (1977).
Visitors can see all four kits on display in the Museum at the ITHF through the end of the month. The Museum will close for renovations beginning on Nov. 1 and extending through spring, with an anticipated reopening in May 2025.
Plan your trip for this month, and learn more about the new innovations coming to the Museum for next year.
