1979 US Open – Men's Singles umpire being replaced before McEnroe ran out the winner. John McEnroe defeated Vitas Gerulaitis 7–5, 6–3, 6–3 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1979 US Open. The seeded players are listed below. John McEnroe is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. 1979 US Open – Men's Singles Jimmy Connors was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to John McEnroe. Connors' loss broke a string of five consecutive men's finals reached, a record since broken by Ivan Lendl. During the second round Ilie Nastase was defaulted from his
2015 US Open – Men's Singles Andy Murray was beaten before the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament, losing to Kevin Anderson in the fourth round. This ended a streak of 18 consecutive Grand Slam quarter-finals (he missed the 2013 French Open due to injury). This was also the last Grand Slam tournament for former World No. 7 Mardy Fish and former top fifteen player Jarkko Nieminen. 2015 US Open – Men's Singles Marin Čilić was the defending champion, but was defeated by the eventual champion, Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Djokovic went on to win the title, defeating Roger Federer in the final, 6–4, 5–7,