| ANDREAGASSI | In 1994 this US tennis great became the first unseeded player since Fred Stolle to win the US Open ( |
| CCCVI | Year Constantine the Great became emperor |
| PETESAMPRAS | Tennis player who in 1990 became the youngest player to win the US Open |
| LINDSAY | She became the first American woman to win the US Open since Chris Evert in 1982, ... Davenport |
| ESTE | As he became the first African American male to win the US Open tennis championship |
| ASHE | As he became the first African American male to win the US Open tennis championship |
| JONRAHM | Golfer who became the first Spaniard to win the US Open in 2021 (3,4) |
| LLEYTONHEWITT | Second-youngest man in tennis's Open Era to win the US Open at 20 years 6 months 13 days (2001): 2 wds. |
| JOHNMCENROE | Third-youngest man in tennis's Open Era to win the US Open at 20 years 6 months 24 days (1979): 2 wds. |
| DENTON | Steve ......, American who partnered Kevin Curren to win the US Open men's doubles title in 1982 (6) |
| STEVECAUTHEN | American jockey who became the youngest jockey ever to win the US Triple Crown, riding Affirmed, in 1978 |
| WOODS | Only person to win the US Amateur three times in a row |
| DANNYWILLETT | Second English golfer to win the US Masters, in 2016 (5,7) |
| IGASWIATEK | Unseeded Polish player who won the women's singles at the 2020 French Open (3,7) |
| MAGNUSCARLSEN | The world's top chess player since 2011, he quit a tournament in New York City on Dec.27 after being told his blue jeans violated the dress code; he and his jeans returned when officials relented |
| CYRIL | 1998 US Open men's doubles tennis champion with Sandon Stolle (5,3) |
| SUK | 1998 US Open men's doubles tennis champion with Sandon Stolle (5,3) |
| CARLSEN | Norwegian who has been the top ranked chess player since 2010, when he was 19 (7) |
| ANDRE | US tennis great, ... Agassi |
| FRED | ... Stolle, three-time runner-up in the men's singles at Wimbledon (4) |
