2021 Wimbledon Championships Winners List

The 134th edition of Wimbledon Championships 2021 (Tennis) was recently held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, UK during 28th June 2021 to 11th July 2021. An Indian origin boy Samir Banerjee has won the title in Boys' Singles category.  Here is the complete winners list.

Wimbledon Championships 2021 Winners List

• Men's Singles : 
• Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 
• 6th Wimbledon title. 
• 20th Grandslam win = equaled Federer and Rafael Nadal's record of winning 20 men's singles grand slam titles.  
  
• Became the first male player to win the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles in the same calendar year after  Rod Laver in 1969.
• Won the first three Grand Slams of 2021.
  
• by defeating Matteo Berrettini (Italy)
  
• Women's Singles : 
• Ashleigh Barty (Australia) 
• maiden Wimbledon title
• second Grand Slam title 
• first Australian woman to win singles' title in 41 years (since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980).
  
• by defeating Karolína Plíšková (Czech Republic)
• Men's Doubles :
• Nikola Mektić (Croatia) / Mate Pavić (Croatia)
• by defeating Marcel Granollers (Spain) & Horacio Zeballos (Argentina)
  
• Women's Doubles : 
• Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Taipei) / Elise Mertens (Belgium)
• by defeating Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) and Elena Vesnina (Russia)
  
• Mixed Doubles : 
• Neal Skupski (United Kingdom) / Desirae Krawczyk (United States)
• It is Krawczyk's second successive Grand Slam title. She won the French Open in June along with Salisbury.
  
• by defeating Joe Salisbury (United Kingdom) and Harriet Dart (United Kingdom)
  
• Boy's Singles :
• Samir Banerjee (US - Indian Origin)  
• 17 year old.  
  
• by defeating Victor Lilov (United States)
  

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Full List of National Sports Awardees 2020 (Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Dronacharya, Arjuna Awards)

The Sports Ministry today announced the winners of National Sports Awards for the year 2020. These awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. India's vice-captain and opening batsman Rohit Sharma will be receiving India's highest sporting honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award along with Vinesh Phogat (Asian Games gold medalist), Manika Batra (table tennis champion), Rani Rampal (India hockey women's captain) and Mariappan Thangavelu (Paralympic gold medalist).  Rohit had a sensational run in the year 2019 - where he became the first batsman ever to score five centuries in an ODI World Cup. Before Rohit, only 3 Indian cricketers - Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli have received this highest sporting honour. Rani Rampal, who will be honoring with Khel Ratna will be the 1st Women's Hockey player and only the 3rd player of hockey after Dhanraj Pillay and Sardar Singh to receive the award. These five sportspersons will receive a medallion, a certificate, and a cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakh.

Apart from these, 27 sportspersons will be conferred with Arjuna Award along with cricketer Ishant Sharma, women Cricketer Deepti Sharma, Archer Atanu Das and Shooter Manu Bhasker. 

These awards were finalized by a Selection Committee headed by Justice (Retd.) Mukundakam Sharma (former Judge of Supreme Court of India) and other members comprising of eminent sports persons, persons having experience in sports journalism and sports administration, etc. The awardees will receive their awards from the President Ramnath Kovind of India at a specially organized function through virtual mode from Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29th August, 2020 (National Sports Day). Here is the compete winners list of National Sports Awards 2020.

Latest List of 2020 National Sports Awards Winners

RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD Winners

• Rohit Sharma (Cricket)
• Mariyappan Thangavelu (Para Athletics)
• Manika Batra (Table Tennis)
• Vinesh Phogat (Wrestling)
• Rani Rampal (Hockey)

DRONACHARYA AWARD 2020 Winners

 Life- Time Category

• Dharmendra Tiwary (Archery)  
• Purushotham Rai (Athletics) 
• Shiv Singh (Boxing)  
• Romesh Pathania (Hockey)  
• Krishan Kumar Hooda (Kabaddi)  
• Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (Para Powerlifting)  
• Naresh Kumar (Tennis) 
• Om Parkash Dahiya (Wrestling)    

Regular Category 

• Jude Felix Sebastian (Hockey)
• Yogesh Malviya (Mallakhamb)
• Jaspal Rana (Shooting)
• Kuldeep Kumar Handoo (Wushu)
• Gaurav KhannaPara (Badminton) 

ARJUNA AWARDEES 2020

1. Atanu Das (Archery)
2. Shiva Keshavan (Luge)
3. Dutee Chand (Athletics)
4. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (Badminton)
5. Chirag Shetty (Badminton)
6. Vishesh Bhrighuvanshi (Basketball)
7. Ishant Sharma (Cricket)
8. Deepti Sharma (Cricket)
9. Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing)
10. Manish Kaushik (Boxing)
11. Sawant Ajay Anant (Equestrian)
12. Sandhesh Jhingan (Football)
13. Aditi Ashok (Golf)
14. Akashdeep Singh (Hockey)
15. Deepika Thakur (Hockey)
16. Deepak Niwas Hooda (Kabaddi)
17. Sarika Kale (Kho-kho)
18. Suyash Jadhav (Para-Swimming)
19. Manish narwal (Para-Shooting)
20. Sandeep Chaudhary (Para-Athletics)
21. Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting)
22. Manu Bhaker (Shooting)
23. Sanil Shetty (Table-Tennis)
24. Divij Sharan (Tennis)
25. Divya Kakran (Wrestling)
26. Rahul Aware (Wrestling)
27. Dattu Bhokanal (Rowing)

DHYAN CHAND AWARDS WINNERS 2020.  

• Kuldip Singh Bhullar (Athletic)
• Jincy Philips (Athletic)
• Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe (Badminton)
• Trupti Murgunde (Badminton)
• N. Usha (Boxing)
• Lakha Singh (Boxing)
• Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu (Football)
• Ajit Singh (Hockey)
• Manpreet Singh (Kabaddi)
• J. Ranjith KumarPara  (Athletics)
• Satyaprakash TiwariPara (Badminton)
• Manjeet Singh (Rowing)
• Late Sachin Nag (Swimming)
• Nandan P Bal (Tennis)
• Netarpal Hooda (Wrestling)

TENZING NORGAY NATIONAL ADVENTURE AWARDS 2019 Winners

• Anita Devi (Land Adventure)
• Col. Sarfraz Singh (Land Adventure)
• Taka Tamut (Land Adventure)
• Narender Singh (Land Adventure)
• Keval Hiren Kakka (Land Adventure)
• Satendra Singh (Water Adventure)
• Gajanand Yadava (Air Adventure)
• Late Magan Bissa (Life Time Achievement)

MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD (MAKA) TROPHY

• Panjab University, Chandigarh

RASHTRIYA KHEL PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR 2020

• Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent
• Lakshya Institute
• Army Sports Institute
• Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility
• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd
• Employment of sportspersons and sports welfare measures
• Air Force Sports Control Board
• Sports for Development 
• International Institute of Sports Management (IISM)

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US Open (Tennis) 2019 Winners List

The 139th edition of the US Open Tennis Tournament was recently concluded at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York. The Grand Slam tournament was held during 26th August to 8th September 2019. World number two Rafael Nadal has won the Men's Singles title by defeating world number five and first-time Grand Slam finalist Daniil Medvedev of Russia. This is Nadal's 4th US Open Title.  He has now won 19 Grand Slam men's singles titles, just one fewer than Roger Federer's all-time record of 20 major titles. Jamie Murray (Britain) and Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) defeated top seeds New Zealand's Michael Venus and Taiwan's Chan Hao-ching to retain their US Open mixed doubles title.  The women's singles title has won by Bianca Andreescu of Canada. Here is the complete winners list of US Open 2019.

2019 US Open Tennis Winners List

Men's Singles : Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Women's Singles : Bianca Andreescu (Canada)

Men's Doubles : Juan Sebastián Cabal (Colombia) / Robert Farah  (Colombia)

Women's Doubles : Elise Mertens (Belgium) / Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

Mixed Doubles : Bethanie Mattek-Sands (United States) / Jamie Murray (United Kingdom)

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2019 Canada Open (badminton) Winners List

The Canada Open Super 100 badminton tournament for the year 2019 was recently held at Markin-MacPhail Centre in Canada. China's Li Shi Feng has won the Men's Singles title by defeating Former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap (India). 17 year old rising Korean star, An Se-Young has won the Women's Singles title by defeating Wang Zhiyi of China. Here is the complete winners list. Happy Reading :)

Complete Winners List of Canada Open 2019

• Men's Singles : Li Shifeng (China)
• Women's Singles : An Se-young (South Korea)
• Men's Doubles :
• Mathias Boe (Denmark)
• Mads Conrad-Petersen (Denmark)
• Women's Doubles :
• Setyana Mapasa (Australia)
• Gronya Somerville  (Australia)
• Mixed Doubles :
• Ko Sung-hyun (South Korea)
• Eom Hye-won (South Korea)

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2019 ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights for Competitive Exams

The 12th edition of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 was concluded yesterday (14th July 2019) at Lord's Cricket Ground, London. For the 1st time in World Cup history, the match went into Super Over wherein both the teams (England & New Zealand) scored 15 each after hitting 241 runs apiece in their respective 50 overs. This is the 1st time that World Cup final has been tied. England won this World Cup for the 1st time due to hitting more boundaries. Here are the major highlights of ICC Cricket World Cup for upcoming Competitive Exams. Happy Reading :)

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Highlights

• Hosts : England, Wales
  
• Administrator : International Cricket Council (ICC)
• Starting Date : 30th May 2019
• Last Date : 14th July 2019
• Participants : 10 Teams
• Total Matches : 48
• Cricket Format : One Day International
• Champions :  England (1st title)
• Runners-up :  New Zealand
• Player of the series     : Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
• Golden Bat (Most runs) : Rohit Sharma (648) [India]
• Most wickets : Mitchell Starc (27) [Australia]
• Man of the Match : Ben Stokes (England)
• Man of the Tournament : Kane Williamson (578) [New Zealand]
• Highest Individual Score : David Warner (166 runs against Bangladesh) [Australia]
• Best Bowling Figures : Shaheen Afridi (35-6 against Bangladesh) [Pakistan]
• Most Sixes : Eoin Morgan (22) [England]
• Prize Money :
• Winners (England) : $4.24 million (₹29.06 crore)
• Runners-up (New Zealand) : $2.2 million (₹15.08 crore)
• India (Lost in Semi-finals) : $1.08 million (₹7.40 crore)

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Wimbledon Championships 2019 (Tennis) Winners List

The 133rd edition of Wimbledon Championships 2019 were concluded yesterday (14th July 2019) at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. Defending champion Novak Djokovic retained his title by defeating Roger Federer in Men's Singles category. This is Djokovic's 5th Wimbledon Title. With this win, Djokovic has equalled Bjorn Borg’s record.  World number 7 Simona Halep defeated seven-time champion Serena Williams in the Women's singles final to clinch her 1st-ever Wimbledon title. With this, the 27-year-old became the 1st Romanian to win the Wimbledon single's title. Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah became the 1st Colombians to win a Grand Slam Men's Doubles title by defeating France's Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. Here is the Complete Winners list of 2019 Wimbledon Championships. Happy Reading :)

Winners List of 2019 Wimbledon Championships

Men's Singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Women's Singles : Simona Halep (Romania)

Men's Doubles : Juan Sebastián Cabal (Colombia) / Robert Farah (Colombia)

Women's Doubles : Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Taipei) / Barbora Strýcová (Czech Republic)

Mixed Doubles: Ivan Dodig (Croatia) / Latisha Chan (Chinese Taipei)

Note : There are other categories like Boy's Singles, Girl's Singles, Wheelchair Men's Singles, Wheelchair Men's Doubles etc. But we are not giving them here because they are not important in the Competitive Examination point of view. 

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List of upcoming Sports Venues 2020

Hi friends, I am Nitigya Kumar. I would like to share the list of upcoming sports events and their venues. This list consists of all important sport events and their venues. Read this list and it will help you getting at least one mark in your upcoming competitive exams. Happy reading :)

Latest List of upcoming Sports Events & Venues 2020

Summer Olympic Games

• 2016 - Rio De Janerio, Brazil
• 2020 - Tokyo , Japan
• 2024 - Paris ,France
• 2028 - Los Angeles ,USA

Winter Olympics

• 2014 - Sochi , Russia
• 2018 - Pyeong Chang , South Korea
• 2022 - Beijing , China
• 2026 - Milan & Cortina , Italy

Summer Paralympics

• 2016 - Rio De Janerio , Brazil
• 2020 - Tokyo , Japan
• 2024 - Paris , France
• 2028 - Los Angles, USA

Winter Paralympics

• 2018 - Pyeong Chang , South Korea
• 2022 - Beijing , China
• 2026 - Milan & Cortina, Italy

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2019 French Open (Tennis) Winners List

The 2019 French Open Grand Slam Tennis tournament was recently held from 26th May to 9th June 2019 at Roland Garros Stadium, Paris, France. This is the 123rd edition of the French Open. 

World number two Rafael Nadal clinched his record-extending 12th French Open title in 15 years by defeating world number four Dominic Thiem in Men's Singles category. The 33-year-old has now won 18 Grand Slam titles, two fewer than world number three Roger Federer.

World number eight Ashleigh Barty has won her 1st Grand Slam title by defeating 19-year-old Czech Markéta Vondroušová in Women's singles category. The 23-year-old Australian has earlier played as a cricketer in women's Big Bash League in 2015 and 2016.

World number one women's doubles player Kristina Mladenovic, along with her Hungarian childhood friend Timea Babos, won the women's doubles title. The duo defeated the Chinese pair of Duan Ying-Ying and Zheng Saisai in straight sets to clinch the title. Here is the complete winners list of French Open 2019. Happy Reading :)

French Open 2019 Winners

Men's Singles : Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Women's Singles : Ashleigh Barty (Australia)

Men's Doubles : Kevin Krawietz (Germany) / Andreas Mies (Germany)

Women's Doubles : Tímea Babos (Hungary) / Kristina Mladenovic (France)

Mixed Doubles : Latisha Chan (Chinese Taipei) / Ivan Dodig (Croatia)

Note : The tournament was also held in other categories like Boys, Girls, Legends under 45, Wheelchair etc. But we are not adding them here because those are not important for competitive exams. 

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Complete Winners List of 76th Italian Open (Tennis)

The Italian Open tennis tournament for the year 2019 was recently held during 13th to 19th May 2019 at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It is the 76th edition of the Italian open. World number two Rafael Nadal has won the Men's singles title for the 9th time by defeating world number one Novak Djokovic. Nadal also broke a tie with Djokovic by claiming a record 34th ATP Masters 1000 title. For his victory, Nadal received 1,000 ATP Ranking points and earned ₹7.5 crore. Czech tennis player Karolina Pliskova won the Women's Singles title by defeating Johanna Konta. The win will take her to the world number two ranking. Here is the complete winners list of Italian Open 2019. Happy Reading :)

2019 Italian Open Winners List

• Men's Singles : Rafael Nadal (Spain)
• Women's Singles : Karolína Plíšková (Czech Republic)
• Men's Doubles : Juan Sebastián Cabal (Colombia) / Robert Farah (Colombia)
• Women's Doubles : Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) / Ashleigh Barty (Australia) 

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Tennis - 2019 Mutua Madrid Open Winners List

The 18th edition of Mutua Madrid Open Tennis tournament was recently held at Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain. It is played on outdoor clay courts. It is the 18th edition of the event on the ATP World Tour and 11th on the WTA tour. World Number 1 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) has won the Men's Singles title by defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece. The Women's singles title was won by Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) by defeating Simona Halep (Romania). Here is the complete winners list. Happy Reading :)

Complete Winners List of Madrid Open 2019

• Men's Singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
  
• Women's Singles : Kiki Bertens (Netherlands)
• Men's Doubles : Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) / Horia Tecău (Romania)
• Women's Doubles : Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Taipei ) / Barbora Strýcová (Czech Republic)

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Malaysia Open (badminton) 2019 Winners List

The Malaysia Open, officially known as the CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia Open 2019 is an annual badminton tournament that has been held since 1937. It is now also known as the Malaysia Super Series. Chinese professional badminton player Lin Dan has won the Malaysian Open 2019 title in Men's Single category by defeating Chen Long of China. Women's singles title has won by Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan. Here is the complete winners list of Malaysia Open (badminton) for the year 2019. Happy Reading :)

Winners List of Malaysia Open (Badminton) 2019

• Men’s Singles - Lin Dan (China)
• Women’s Singles - Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan)
• Men’s Doubles - Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen (China)
• Women’s Doubles - Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan (China)
• Mixed Doubles - Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong (China)

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Australian Open 2019 Winners List

The 2019 Australian Open Grand Slam Tennis Tournament 2018 was held at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, during 14th to 27th January 2019. This is the 107th edition of Australian Open of all-time and 51st edition of the tournament in the Open Era. This is the 1st Grand Slam tournament of the year 2019.

World number one Novak Djokovic won the title in Men's singles cateogry by defeating world number two Rafael Nadal. This is his record 7th win. This is the 3rd time that the 31-year-old Serbian has won three consecutive Grand Slams titles. Djokovic has now won 15 Grand Slam titles, third-most by a male tennis player.

Japan's Naomi Osaka won the women's singles title by defeating Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic). With this, the 21-year-old became the 1st-ever Asian tennis player (male or female) to achieve the world number one singles' ranking. Osaka also became the youngest female world number one since Caroline Wozniacki (20) in 2010. 

Former US Open women's singles winner Sam Stosur teamed up with Zhang Shuai to overcome defending champions Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic to claim the women's doubles title.

Here is the Complete winners list of Australian Open 2019. Happy Reading :)

Full List of Australian Open 2019 Winners

• Men's Singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
• Women's Singles : Naomi Osaka (Japan)
• Men's Doubles : Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) / Nicolas Mahut (France)
• Women's Doubles : Samantha Stosur (Australia) / Zhang Shuai (China)
• Mixed Doubles : Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic) / Rajeev Ram (United States)

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ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) Star Awards 2018 Winners

Indian tennis player Manika Batra has became first Indian table tennis player to be honored with ‘Breakthrough Table Tennis Star’ award at ITTF Star Awards in Incheon (South Korea). Here is the complete winners list. Happy Reading :)

Winners List of ITTF Star Awards 2018

• Breakthrough Table Tennis Star Award -Manika Batra -  (1st Indian)
• Star Point  Award - Xu Xin (China)
• Female Para Table Tennis star  Award - Kelly van Zon (Netherlands)
• Male Para Table Tennis star Award  - Jordi Morales (Spain)
• Star Coach Award  - Massimo Costantini (Italy)
• Female Table Tennis Star  Award - Ding Ning (China)
• Male Table Tennis Star  Award - Fan Zhendong (China)

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2018 French Open (badminton) Winners List

The 2018 French Open (badminton) tournament, officially called as YONEX French Open 2018 was recently held from 23rd to 28th October 2018 at at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France. This is the 21st tournament of the BWF World Tour. Here is the complete winners list.

Complete Winners List of French Open 2018

• Men's Singles : Chen Long (China)
• Women's Singles    : Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
• Men's Doubles :
• Han Chengkai (China)
• Zhou Haodong (China)
• Women's Doubles    :
• Mayu Matsumoto (Japan)
• Wakana Nagahara (Japan)
• Mixed Doubles :
• Zheng Siwei (China)
• Huang Yaqiong (China)

Important Note : Don't be confused with French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament. French Open Badminton and French Open tennis are two different tournaments.  The 2018 French Open (Tennis) tournament was held during 27th May 2018 to 10th June 2018.

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Denmark Open 2018 (Badminton) Winners List

The Denmark Open 2018 (formerly known as Danish Open), was recently held at Odense Sports Park in Odense, Denmark. This is the 20th tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Denmark Open championships, which have been held since 1935. Here is the complete winners list :

Complete Winners List of 2018 Denmark Open

• Men's Singles : Kento Momota (Japan)
• Women's Singles : Taipei Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese)
• Men's Doubles :
• Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (Indonesia)
• Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia)
• Women's Doubles  :

• Yuki Fukushima (Japan)
• Sayaka Hirota (Japan)
• Mixed Doubles :
• Zheng Siwei (China)
• Huang Yaqiong (China)

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India & Pakistan Jointly won Asian Champions Trophy 2018

Arch-rivals India and Pakistan have been declared as joint winners of the 5th edition of Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2018 after the final was forfeited due to heavy rain in Oman's Muscat. Both India and Pakistan have won the tournament twice before this edition. India's Harmanpreet Singh finished the edition as the second-highest scorer with six goals. Malaysia finished at the 3rd place after defeating Japan in the penalty shootouts in the bronze medal match. Malaysia's Faizal Saari was the top scorer of the tournament with 8 Goals. The Oman Hockey Association hosted the tournament. Here are some important points to note.

Important Points about 2018 Asian Hockey Champions Trophy

• Host Country : Oman
  
• Host City : Muscat
• Starting Date : 18th October 2018
• Closing Date : 28th October 2018
• Participating teams : 6
• Winners : India & Pakistan
• Runner up : Malaysia
• Top Scorer : Faizal Saari (Malaysia)

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China Open 2018 (badminton) Winners List

The China Open 2018 (officially VICTOR China Open 2018) badminton tournament was recently held at Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. This is the 17th tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour. Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka has won the Men's Singles title by defeating Japan's Kento Momota. Spanish Shuttler Carolina Marin won the Women's singles title by defeating Chen Yufei of China. Here is the complete winners List. 

Complete Winners of 2018 China Open

• Men's Singles : Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia)
• Women's Singles : Carolina Marín (Spain)
• Men's Doubles 
  
• Kim Astrup (Denmark)
• Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark)
• Women's Doubles
• Misaki Matsutomo (Japan)
• Ayaka Takahashi (Japan)
• Mixed Doubles
• Zheng Siwei (China)
• Huang Yaqiong (China)

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National Sports Awards 2018 Winners List

The government recently announced the winners list of National Sports Awards for the year 2018. Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu are going to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award- India's highest sports honour. With this, Kohli will become the 3rd Indian cricketer to be honored with this prestegious award after Sachin Tendulkar (1997) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2007). Here is the complete winners list of National Sports Awards 2018.

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2018 US Open (Tennis) Winners List

The 138th edition of US Open Tennis tournament was held during 27th August 2018 to 9th September 2018 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. This is the 4th and final Grand Slam event of the year 2018. Former world number one Novak Djokovic defeated world number three Juan Martín del Potro to win the title in Men's singles category. This is his 3rd US Open title and overall 14th Grand Slam title. With this, Djokovic equalled Pete Sampras' haul of 14 Grand Slams. Further, he became the seventh man to win US Open singles title at least thrice in the Open Era. The women's singles title was won by the world number 19 Naomi Osaka by defeating her childhood idol and 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams. This is her maiden Grand slam title. Here is the compelte winners list of 2018 US Open (tennis). Happy reading :)

US Open 2018 Winners List

• Men's Singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
• Women's Singles : Naomi Osaka (Japan)
• Men's Doubles : Mike Bryan  (United States) / Jack Sock  (United States)
• Women's Doubles : Ashleigh Barty (Australia) / CoCo Vandeweghe (United States)
• Mixed Doubles : Bethanie Mattek-Sands (United States) / Jamie Murray (United States)

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2018 Cincinnati Masters Winners List

The Cincinnati Masters tennis tournament for the year 2018 was recently held at Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason, Ohio, United States. This tournament is being sponsored by the Western & Southern Financial Group, so it also called as the Western & Southern Open. This is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city. The 2018 edition is the 117th in Men's category and 90th in Women's category. World number six Novak Djokovic defeated world number two Roger Federer to win the Men's singles title. With this, he became the first man to claim all nine ATP Masters 1000 titles. The women's singles title was won by Netherlands' Kiki Bertens by defeating Simona Halep of Romania. Here is the complete winners list of 2018 Cincinnati Masters.

Cincinnati Masters 2018 Winners List

• Men's Singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
• Women's Singles : Kiki Bertens (Netherlands)
• Men's Doubles : Jamie Murray (United Kingdom) / Brazil Bruno Soares (United Kingdom)
• Women's Doubles : Lucie Hradecká (Czech Republic) / Ekaterina Makarova (Russia)

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