Zverev Beats Shelton in Four Sets to Win First US Open Title, Second Major of 2026
On September 13, 2026, at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, Queens, New York, Germany's Alexander Zverev defeated American Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 in the U.S. Open men's singles final to win his first title in New York and his second Grand Slam trophy of 2026, after Roland Garros in June.
According to the ATP Tour's match report, the final lasted three hours and 33 minutes. The 29-year-old Zverev became just the fourth man in the Open Era to win his first two major titles in the same season. He is 25-2 at the majors in 2026, leaves New York with a Tour-leading 53 wins this year, and moved 700 points clear of Jannik Sinner atop the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin. Zverev spent 19 hours and 38 minutes on court en route to the final, the fourth-longest run to a major final since 1991.
Shelton, 23, was playing his first major final after beating defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals, and was bidding to become the first American man to win a major singles title since Andy Roddick in 2003. Despite the defeat, he will rise to a career-high No. 4 in the ATP Rankings. "This was your first Grand Slam final, but you're going to be back here many, many more times," Zverev told him at the trophy ceremony.
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Source: ATP Tour
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Photo: 图：兹维列夫在2026年温布尔登网球锦标赛比赛中的画面（资料照片）。Daniel Cooper 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Alexander Zverev in action at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships (file photo). Photo by Daniel Cooper, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
