Andreescu and Raducanu lead the list of longest title droughts post-Grand Slam crown

Wednesday, 19 June 2024 at 22:30

Andreescu and Raducanu are the players who have gone the most weeks without winning a title since their first Grand Slam victory. In a list published by a user on X, the weeks it took recent Grand Slam champions to win their first title after the major are shown.

The Canadian tops the list as she has not won any titles since her incredible run at the 2019 US Open, where she defeated Serena Williams in the final. It has been 248 weeks without a title. She is followed by the 2021 US Open champion, Emma Raducanu, who has gone 143 weeks since her first title at Flushing Meadows and has not managed to lift another trophy since.

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Only one other player on the list went more than a year without winning a title. This is the case of former world No. 1 Garbine Muguruza, who after winning the 2016 French Open had to wait until 2017 Wimbledon to repeat the feat, with victories over Serena and Venus Williams respectively.

Another player who has not won titles since her first Grand Slam is Marketa Vondrousova, who won her only major at the 2023 Wimbledon. The Czech player has dealt with injuries over the past year and has not been able to replicate the success of SW19.

Noteworthy for their quick repeat titles are 3-time Grand Slam champion Ashleigh Barty, who took only two weeks after her 2019 French Open title to win the Birmingham Open at the start of the grass swing. A similar case is Sofia Kenin, who four weeks after her 2020 Australian Open title repeated the crown at the WTA 250 Lyon Open.

Time between first GS and next title

Player	First Grand Slam title	Weeks untill next title
Bianca Andreescu	2019 US Open	248*
Emma Raducanu	2021 US Open	143
Garbine Muguruza	2016 French Open	59*
Marketa Vondrousova	2023 Wimbledon	47*
Elena Rybakina	2022 Wimbledon	35
Sloane Stephens	2017 US Open	29
Caroline Wozniacki	2018 Australian Open	21
Naomi Osaka	2018 US Open	19
Iga Swiatek	2020 French Open	19
Coco Gauff	2023 US Open	17
Jelena Ostapenko	2017 French Open	15
Aryna Sabalenka	2021 French Open	14
Angelique Kerber	2016 Australian Open	11
Simona Halep	2018 French Open	9
Barbora Krejcikova	2021 French Open	5
Sofia Kenin	2020 Australian Open	4
Ash Barty	2019 French Open	2

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Both came so close, but Andreescu and Raducanu are still looking for their first titles since their Grand Slam wins. Them two and Vondroušová the only 3 first-time major champions from the last 10 years yet to win another trophy since. Time between first GS and next title 👇🏻

5:08 PM · Jun 16, 2024

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