Naomi Osaka defeated Victoria Azarenka in the final, 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2020 US Open. It was her second US Open title and third major title overall. Osaka became the first player from an Asian country to win three major singles titles, the first woman to win her first three major finals since Jennifer Capriati, and at 22 years of age, the youngest player to win three majors since Maria Sharapova at the 2008 Australian Open. Azarenka, contesting her first major final since the 2013 US Open, was aiming to become the first mother to win a major singles title since Kim Clijsters won the 2011 Australian Open.