Serena Williams won 24 consecutive games from 1-1 in the second set against Sloane Stephens in the fourth round through to 1-0 in the second set against Li Na in the semi-finals, breaking her own record of 23 games at last year's US Open [REF].
By winning the tournament, both Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams collected the biggest payday in tennis history of $3.6M ($2.6M for the championship and an added $1M bonus for winning the 2013 US Open Series).