Dutch wheelchair tennis champion Diede de Groot is so dominant within her sport that she’s capable of literary alchemy – she transmutes hyperbole into fact. For example, although de Groot enters this year’s US Open as the tournament’s five-time reigning champion, it might be more accurate to describe her as the reigning “everything” champion. She’s won every singles tournament she’s entered this year – just as she did in 2022.
In fact, de Groot hasn’t lost a singles match since February 2021, a streak that stretched to 111 matches (and counting) after her victory in last month’s Wimbledon final. During that span, she’s won 12 consecutive grand slam tournaments, along with gold medals at the Paralympics and the European Para Championships. And, if she wins the US Open again in the coming days, de Groot will secure her third consecutive calendar-year grand slam.
