monica seles was the defending champion, and she successfully defended her title without losing a set, defeating arantxa sánchez vicario in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1992 u.s. open. by reaching the final, seles became the sixth woman, after maureen connolly, margaret court, chris evert, martina navratilova and steffi graf, to reach all four grand slam tournament finals in a calendar year.