List of U.S. Open men’s singles champions since the tournament began in 1881:
2022 – Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) beat Casper Ruud (Norway) 6-4 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3
2021 – Daniil Medvedev (Russia) beat Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 6-4 6-4 6-4
2020 – Dominic Thiem ((Australia) beat Alexander Zverev (Germany) 2-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6(6)
2019 – Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Medvedev 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4
2018 – Djokovic beat Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3
2017 – Nadal beat Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 6-3 6-3 6-4
2016 – Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat Djokovic 6-7(1) 6-4 7-5 6-3
2015 – Djokovic beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4
2014 – Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Kei Nishikori (Japan) 6-3 6-3 6-3
2013 – Nadal beat Djokovic 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-1
2012 – Andy Murray (Britain) beat Djokovic 7-6(10) 7-5 2-6 3-6 6-2
2011 – Djokovic beat Nadal 6-2 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1
2010 – Nadal beat Djokovic 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2
2009 – Del Potro beat Federer 3-6 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2
2008 – Federer beat Murray 6-2 7-5 6-2
2007 – Federer beat Djokovic 7-6(4) 7-6(2) 6-4
2006 – Federer beat Andy Roddick (U.S.) 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-1
2005 – Federer beat Andre Agassi (U.S.) 6-3 2-6 7-6(1) 6-1
2004 – Federer beat Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) 6-0 7-6 6-0
2003 – Roddick beat Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 6-3 7-6 6-3
2002 – Pete Sampras (U.S.) beat Agassi 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-4
2001 – Hewitt beat Sampras 7-6(4) 6-1 6-1
2000 – Marat Safin (Russia) beat Sampras 6-4 6-3 6-3
1999 – Agassi beat Todd Martin (U.S.) 6-4 6-7 6-7 6-3 6-2
1998 – Patrick Rafter (Australia) beat Mark Philippoussis (Australia) 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-0
1997 – Rafter beat Greg Rusedski (Britain) 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5
1996 – Sampras beat Michael Chang (U.S.) 6-1 6-4 7-6(3)
1995 – Sampras beat Agassi 6-4 6-3 4-6 7-5
1994 – Agassi beat Michael Stich (Germany) 6-1 7-6 7-5
1993 – Sampras beat Cedric Pioline (France) 6-4 6-4 6-3
1992 – Stefan Edberg (Sweden) beat Sampras 3-6 6-4 7-6 6-2
1991 – Edberg beat Jim Courier (U.S.) 6-2 6-4 6-0
1990 – Sampras beat Agassi 6-4 6-3 6-2
1989 – Boris Becker (Germany) beat Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia) 7-6 1-6 6-3 7-6
1988 – Mats Wilander (Sweden) beat Lendl 6-4 4-6 6-3 5-7 6-4
1987 – Lendl beat Wilander 6-7 6-0 7-6 6-4
1986 – Lendl beat Miloslav Mecir (Czechoslovakia) 6-4 6-2 6-0
1985 – Lendl beat John McEnroe (U.S.) 7-6 6-3 6-4
1984 – McEnroe beat Lendl 6-3 6-4 6-1
1983 – Jimmy Connors (U.S.) beat Lendl 6-3 6-7 7-5 6-0
1982 – Connors beat Lendl 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4
1981 – McEnroe beat Bjorn Borg (Sweden) 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-3
1980 – McEnroe beat Borg 7-6 6-1 6-7 5-7 6-4
1979 – McEnroe beat Vitas Gerulaitis (U.S.) 7-5 6-3 6-3
1978 – Connors beat Borg 6-4 6-2 6-2
1977 – Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) beat Connors 2-6 6-3 7-5 6-0
1976 – Connors beat Borg 6-4 3-6 7-6 6-4
1975 – Manuel Orantes (Spain) beat Connors 6-4 6-3 6-3
1974 – Connors beat Ken Rosewall (Australia) 6-1 6-0 6-1
1973 – John Newcombe (Australia) beat Jan Kodes (Czechoslovakia) 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-2 6-2
1972 – Ilie Nastase (Romania) beat Arthur Ashe (U.S.) 3-6 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-3
1971 – Stan Smith (U.S.) beat Kodes 3-6 6-3 6-2 7-6
1970 – Rosewall beat Tony Roche (Australia) 2-6 6-4 7-6 6-3
1969 – Rod Laver (Australia) beat Roche 7-9 6-1 6-2 6-2
1968 – Ashe beat Tom Okker (Netherlands) 14-12 5-7 6-3 3-6 6-3
1967 – John Newcombe (Australia) beat Clark Graebner (U.S.) 6-4 6-4 8-6
1966 – Fred Stolle (Australia) beat Newcombe 4-6 12-10 6-3 6-4
1965 – Manuel Santana (Spain) beat Cliff Drysdale (South Africa) 6-2 7-9 7-5 6-1
1964 – Emerson beat Fred Stolle (Australia) 6-4 6-2 6-4
1963 – Rafael Osuna (Mexico) beat Frank Froehling (U.S.) 7-5 6-4 6-2
1962 – Laver beat Emerson 6-2 6-4 5-7 6-4
1961 – Emerson beat Laver 7-5 6-3 6-2
1960 – Neale Fraser (Australia) beat Laver 6-4 6-4 9-7
1959 – Fraser beat Alex Olmedo (U.S.) 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-4
1958 – Ashley Cooper (Australia) beat Malcolm Anderson (Australia) 6-2 3-6 4-6 10-8 8-6
1957 – Anderson beat Cooper 10-8 7-5 6-4
1956 – Rosewall beat Lew Hoad (Australia) 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-3
1955 – Tony Trabert (U.S.) beat Rosewall 9-7 6-3 6-3
1954 – Vic Seixas (U.S.) beat Rex Hartwig (Australia) 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-4
1953 – Trabert beat Seixas 6-3 6-2 6-3
1952 – Frank Sedgman (Australia) beat Gardnar Mulloy (U.S.) 6-1 6-2 6-3
1951 – Sedgman (Australia) beat Seixas 6-4 6-1 6-1
1950 – Arthur Larsen (U.S.) beat Herbert Flam (U.S.) 6-3 4-6 5-7 6-4 6-3
1949 – Pancho Gonzales (U.S.) beat Ted Schroeder (U.S.) 16-18 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-4
1948 – Gonzales beat Eric Sturgess (South Africa) 6-2 6-3 14-12
1947 – Jack Kramer (U.S.) beat Frank Parker (U.S.) 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-0 6-3
1946 – Kramer beat Tom Brown (U.S.) 9-7 6-3 6-0
1945 – Frank Parker (U.S.) beat Bill Talbert (U.S.) 14-12 6-1 6-2
1944 – Parker beat Talbert 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-3
1943 – Joseph Hunt (U.S.) beat Kramer 6-3 6-8 10-8 6-0
1942 – Schroeder beat Parker 8-6 7-5 3-6 4-6 6-2
1941 – Bobby Riggs (U.S.) beat Frank Kovacs (U.S.) 5-7 6-1 6-3 6-3
1940 – Don McNeill (U.S.) beat Riggs 4-6 6-8 6-3 6-3 7-5
1939 – Riggs beat Welby Van Horn (U.S.) 6-4 6-2 6-4
1938 – Don Budge (U.S.) beat Gene Mako (U.S.) 6-3 6-8 6-2 6-1
1937 – Budge beat Gottfried von Cramm (Germany) 6-1 7-9 6-1 3-6 6-1
1936 – Fred Perry (Britain) beat Budge 2-6 6-2 8-6 1-6 10-8
1935 – Wilmer Allison (U.S.) beat Sidney Wood (U.S.) 6-2 6-2 6-3
1934 – Perry beat Allison 6-4 6-3 3-6 1-6 8-6
1933 – Perry beat Jack Crawford (Australia) 6-3 11-13 4-6 6-0 6-1
1932 – Ellsworth Vines (U.S.) beat Henri Cochet (France) 6-4 6-4 6-4
1931 – Vines (U.S.) beat George Lott (U.S.) 7-9 6-3 9-7 7-5
1930 – John Doeg (U.S.) beat Frank Shields (U.S.) 10-8 1-6 6-4 16-14
1929 – Bill Tilden (U.S.) beat Francis Hunter (U.S.) 3-6 6-3 4-6 6-2 6-4
1928 – Henri Cochet (France) beat Hunter 4-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3
1927 – Rene Lacoste (France) beat Tilden 11-9 6-3 11-9
1926 – Lacoste beat Jean Borotra (France) 6-4 6-0 6-4
1925 – Tilden beat Bill Johnston (U.S.) 4-6 11-9 6-3 4-6 6-3
1924 – Tilden beat Johnston 6-1 9-7 6-2
1923 – Tilden beat Johnston 6-4 6-1 6-4
1922 – Tilden beat Johnston 4-6 3-6 6-2 6-3 6-4
1921 – Tilden beat Wallace Johnson (U.S.) 6-1 6-3 6-1
1920 – Tilden beat Johnston 6-1 1-6 7-5 5-7 6-3
1919 – Johnston beat Tilden 6-4 6-4 6-3
1918 – Robert Murray (U.S.) beat Tilden 6-3 6-1 7-5
1917 – Murray beat Nathaniel Niles (U.S.) 5-7 8-6 6-3 6-3
1916 – Richard Williams (U.S.) beat Johnston 4-6 6-4 0-6 6-2 6-4
1915 – Johnston (U.S.) beat Maurice McLoughlin (U.S.) 1-6 6-0 7-5 10-8
1914 – Williams beat McLoughlin 6-3 8-6 10-8
1913 – McLoughlin beat Williams 6-4 5-7 6-3 6-1
1912 – McLoughlin beat Johnson 3-6 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-2
1911 – William Larned (U.S.) beat McLoughlin 6-4 6-4 6-2
1910 – Larned (U.S.) beat Tom Bundy (U.S.) 6-1 5-7 6-0 6-8 6-1
1909 – Larned beat William Clothier (U.S.) 6-1 6-2 5-7 1-6 6-1
1908 – Larned beat Beals Wright (U.S.) 6-1 6-2 8-6
1907 – Larned beat Robert LeRoy (U.S.) 6-2 6-2 6-4
1906 – Clothier beat Beals Wright (U.S.) 6-3 6-0 6-4
1905 – Beals Wright (U.S.) beat Holcombe Ward (U.S.) 6-2 6-1 11-9
1904 – Holcombe Ward (U.S.) beat Clothier 10-8 6-4 9-7
1903 – Laurence Doherty (Britain) beat Larned 6-0 6-3 10-8
1902 – Larned beat Reginald Doherty (Britain) 4-6 6-2 6-4 8-6
1901 – Larned beat Wright 6-2 6-8 6-4 6-4
1900 – Malcolm Whitman (U.S.) beat Larned 6-4 1-6 6-2 6-2
1899 – Whitman beat Jahial Paret (U.S.) 6-1 6-2 3-6 7-5
1898 – Whitman beat Dwight Davis (U.S.) 3-6 6-2 6-2 6-1
1897 – Robert Wrenn (U.S.) beat Wilberforce Eaves (Britain) 4-6 8-6 6-3 2-6 6-2
1896 – Wrenn (U.S.) beat Frederick Hovey (U.S.) 7-5 3-6 6-0 1-6 6-1
1895 – Hovey beat Wrenn 6-3 6-2 6-4
1894 – Wrenn beat Manliffe Goodbody (Britain) 6-8 6-1 6-4 6-4
1893 – Wrenn beat Hovey 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-4
1892 – Oliver Campbell (U.S.) beat Hovey 7-5 3-6 6-3 7-5
1891 – Campbell beat Clarence Hobart (U.S.) 2-6 7-5 7-9 6-1 6-2
1890 – Campbell beat Henry Slocum (U.S.) 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-1
1889 – Slocum beat Quincy Shaw (U.S.) 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-2
1888 – Slocum beat Howard Taylor (U.S.) 6-4 6-1 6-0
1887 – Richard Sears (U.S.) beat Slocum 6-1 6-3 6-2
1886 – Sears beat Robert Beeckman (U.S.) 4-6 6-1 6-3 6-4
1885 – Sears beat Godfrey Brinley (U.S.) 6-3 4-6 6-0 6-3
1884 – Sears beat Howard Taylor (U.S.) 6-0 1-6 6-0 6-2
1883 – Sears beat James Dwight (U.S.) 6-2 6-0 9-7
1882 – Sears beat Clarence Clark (U.S.) 6-1 6-4 6-0
1881 – Sears beat William Glyn (Britain) 6-0 6-3 6-2
