The 2019 US Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2019 US Open Champions:

• Rafael Nadal (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Bianca Andreescu (Maegashira)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Danil Medvedev, the 76th Male Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Elina Svitolina, the 48th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Bianca Andreescu, the 49th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Matteo Berrettini, the 91st Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Belinda Bencic, the 68th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Elina Svitolina	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Danil Medvedev	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Bianca Andreescu	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Matteo Berrettini	Komusubi	Maegashira
Belinda Bencic	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Madison Keys	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Sloane Stephens	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Ashleigh Barty	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Kei Nishikori	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Marin Cilic (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Juan Martin del Potro (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Dominik Thiem (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Marketa Vondrousova (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Barbora Strycova	Maegashira	Komusubi

Kinboshi:
("gold star" - prize awarded to a non-sanyaku ranked competitor for beating an active Yokozuna):

• Stan Wawrinka (ex-Ozeki) - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Novak Djokovic in Round 4

• Grigor Dimitrov (ex-Komusubi) - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Roger Federer the quarterfinals

• Bianca Andreescu - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Serena Williams in the final

• Belinda Bencic - for beating Yokozuna Naomi Osaka in Round 4

Other noteworthy developments:

• Dai-Yokozuna Serena Williams falls again short in a Grand Slam final - her fourth final loss in the last six tournaments - and thus remains #2 in our merit-based Open Era ranking.

• Dai-Yokozuna Rafael Nadal wins his 19th slam and is now just one title short of fellow Dai-Yokozuna Roger Federer.

• Yokozuna Naomi Osaka goes out early in the third slam in a row, and needs to reach the semifinals at the Australian Open to remain an active Yokozuna

• Sloane Stephens, Madison Keys and Ashleigh Barty all lose before the quarterfinals and get demoted to Sekiwake. They are Sekiwake-Ozeki though and can regain Ozeki rank with a seminfinals at the 2020 Australian Open. Ozeki Simona Halep goes kadoban (needs to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open to hold rank).

• Johanna Konta holds Sekiwake rank with a quarterfinal participation.

• Danil Medvedev is the second Medvedev to get promoted to Sekiwake - the first was Andryi Medvedev in 1999.

• Ex-Komusubi Gael Monfils reaches another quarterfinal and equals now Tim Mayotte as the most succesful male Komusubi of the Open Era.