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
1987 US Open (tennis) / Paul Annacone 6–4, 6–7, 7–6 David Wheaton defeated Andrei Cherkasov 7–6, 6–0 Natasha Zvereva defeated Sandra Birch 6–0, 6–3 Goran Ivanišević / Diego Nargiso defeated Zeeshan Ali / Brett Steven 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 Meredith McGrath / Kimberly Po defeated Il-Soon Kim / Shi-Ting Wang 6–4, 7–5 Total prize money for the event was $3,979,294. 1987 US Open (tennis) The 1987 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City. It was the 107th edition of the US Open and was held from September 1 to September 14,