Unforgiving Sloane Stephens trashes Tauson in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Kostyuk. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Stephens upsets Tauson to take on Marta Kostyuk in the 2nd round

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Sloane Stephens surprises Clara Tauson 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in New York on Monday after playing a solid match to face off with Marta Kostyuk in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. Sloane won this tournament once in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

Stephens
New York
Stephens's Record

Stephens added to her prize money $ 50,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 190,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 100,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 290,000 in total.

Highlights Sloane Stephens vs. Clara Tauson U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Stephens
Tauson
Sloane Stephens
6-4 6-1
1h:16
Clara Tauson
66
66
Total points
45
45
23
23
Winners
21
21
35%
35%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
10
10
Unforced
30
30
25%
25%
Ratio Unforced
75%
75%
4/7
4/7
Net Approaches
3/9
3/9
57%
57%
Perc
33%
33%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
5
5
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
54%
54%
1st in
68%
68%
79%
79%
1st won
54%
54%
23/29
23/29
1st won
21/39
21/39
60%
60%
2nd won
44%
44%
15/25
15/25
2nd won
8/18
8/18
182
182
Fastest serve
180
180
159
159
AVG 1st Serve
157
157
131
131
AVG 2nd Serve
130
130
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
1/5
1/5
44%
44%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Stephens scored 66 points vs. the Dane’s 45.

Stephens

The American served extremely well to win 79% of the points (23/29) behind her first serve, and she won 60% points (15/25) on her second serve. Sloane won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Tauson

On the other side, Tauson had a tough time converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Stephens and Tauson is 1-0 for Sloane.

Draw and next match H2H: Sloane Stephens vs. Marta Kostyuk – stats

Stephens will square off with Kostyuk in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Sloane Stephens and Marta Kostyuk fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kostyuk (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Kostyuk won 7-5 7-5 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati back in August 2026.

Sloane Stephens Draw info

1st
Stephens
Tauson
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
1
3
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Stephens
Tauson
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open

  • Naomi OsakaOsaka – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (7-66 7-6)
  • Mananchaya SawangkaewSawangkaew – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (6-4 6-3)
  • Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-3 6-2)
  • Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Petra MarcinkoMarcinko (3-6 7-64 6-3)
  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-2 6-4)
  • Qinwen ZhengZheng – Kristina LiutovaLiutova (4-6 6-3 6-1)
  • Cristina BucsaBucsa – Sara BejlekBejlek (7-5 4-6 6-1)
  • Lilli TaggerTagger – Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch (6-0 7-64)
  • Maria TimofeevaTimofeeva – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-3 7-5)
  • Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 6-3)
  • Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Daria SnigurSnigur (6-0 6-4)
  • Himeno SakatsumeSakatsume – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 6-3)
  • Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Xiyu WangWang (6-2 6-3)
  • Taylor TownsendTownsend – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (6-2 6-3)
  • Sloane StephensStephens – Clara TausonTauson (6-4 6-1)
  • Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Simona WaltertWaltert (4-6 7-65 6-3)
  • Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Julia GrabherGrabher (6-3 6-0)
  • Emma NavarroNavarro – Lois BoissonBoisson (7-66 6-71 6-3)
  • Ann LiLi – Antonia RuzicRuzic (7-5 6-1)
  • Diane ParryParry – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (7-5 6-4)
  • Maya JointJoint – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (3-6 6-2 6-2)
  • Caty McNallyMcNally – Anouk KoevermansKoevermans (7-5 6-1)
  • Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Elsa JacquemotJacquemot (6-2 6-2)
  • Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-1 6-3)
  • Linda NoskovaNoskova – Katie VolynetsVolynets (7-5 6-1)
  • Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Sinja KrausKraus (6-3 6-0)
  • Harriet DartDart – Peyton StearnsStearns (3-6 6-3 6-2)
  • Oksana SelekhmetevaSelekhmeteva – Aoi ItoIto (6-2 6-4)
  • Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-3 4-6 6-1)
  • Xinyu WangWang – Emiliana ArangoArango (6-4 6-2)
  • Katie BoulterBoulter – Carol Young Suh LeeYoung Suh Lee (6-4 3-6 6-0)
  • Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Solana SierraSierra (6-1 6-2)
  • Donna VekicVekic – Talia GibsonGibson (6-2 4-6 6-3)
  • Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Hanne VandewinkelVandewinkel (2-6 7-5 6-3)
  • Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Veronika ErjavecErjavec (6-3 3-6 6-4)
  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Mccartney KesslerKessler (6-2 6-2)
  • Jessica PegulaPegula – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (6-3 6-2)
  • Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (7-64 6-2)
  • Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-3 6-2)
  • Taylah PrestonPreston – Alycia ParksParks (6-3 6-3)
  • Sofia KeninKenin – Venus WilliamsWilliams (6-2 7-66)
  • Lanlana TararudeeTararudee – Elvina KalievaKalieva (6-3 6-74 6-2)
  • Polina IatcenkoIatcenko – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (4-6 6-4 7-67)
  • Marta KostyukKostyuk – Storm HunterHunter (6-4 6-1)

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