Raducanu, 18, beat 19-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3, at Flushing Meadows on Saturday night Raducanu makes history as the first Briton to win a Grand Slam since Virginia Wade at Wimbledon in 1977 She has also become the first qualifier - in either the men's or women's game - to win a major title Raducanu wins £1.8m - more than eight times her current career earnings - and moves from rank 150 to 23