2009 US Open – Women's Singles second round. This was also the final Grand Slam singles appearance of Ai Sugiyama, who was on a record-breaking 62nd consecutive Grand Slam singles appearance, lost in the first round to Samantha Stosur. Sugiyama's record-breaking run of 62 consecutive Grand Slam singles appearances remains unbeaten as of 2019. Dinara Safina "(Third round)" 2009 US Open – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the defending champion, but was defeated in the semifinals by the eventual champion Kim Clijsters. Clijsters defeated first time Grand Slam finalist Caroline Wozniacki in the final to win her second US Open title. Clijsters became the first unseeded
2008 US Open – Women's Singles the start of the tournament. Notably this was the final Grand Slam in which 1998 champion and former World No. 1 Lindsay Davenport competed in the singles championship. She lost to Marion Bartoli in the third round. 2008 US Open – Women's Singles Justine Henin was the defending champion, but retired from the sport on May 14, 2008. Serena Williams defeated Jelena Janković 6–4, 7–5 in the final, winning her third US Open title. By winning her title, Williams regained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking for the first time since 2003. This was also the second US Open and