2022 US Open breaks all-time attendance records

By Emre Asikci

ISTANBUL (AA) - The 2022 US Open broke its all-time attendance records, attracting 888,044 tennis fans in the three-week event.

"The full, three-week attendance, including US Open Fan Week, was 888,044. The previous three-week best of 853,227 was also set in 2019," the US Open said in a statement.

"A total of 776,120 fans came through the gates during the two weeks of the main draw to surpass the previous record of 737,872 set in 2019," it added.

The organizers also said that every session was sold out for the first time in Arthur Ashe stadium with a capacity of 23,859, which first opened its gates in 1997.

Carlos Alcaraz took the number one ranking with a 6-4 2-6 7-6 (1) 6-3 victory against Casper Ruud of Norway in Sunday's final in New York.

The win made the 19-year-old Spaniard the youngest ever Grand Slam champion in men's tennis since Rafael Nadal did it just shy of his 19th birthday at the 2005 French Open.