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.
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 |
