Serena Williams of the U.S. speaks during a news conference at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ahead of the 2015 U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, August 27, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar
(Reuters) - It has been 16 years since an American not named Williams won the U.S. Open women's singles title, and the drought shows no sign of ending any time soon.
Lindsay Davenport was the 1998 champion at Flushing Meadows and since then Serena Williams, the heavy favourite going into the Aug. 31-Sept. 13 U.S. Open, has claimed six titles and sister Venus Williams two.
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