1994 US Open – Men's Singles 1994 US Open – Men's Singles Unseeded Andre Agassi defeated Michael Stich 6–1, 7–6, 7–5 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1994 US Open. Agassi became the first unseeded player in the Open era (1968-present) to win the championship and the first overall since Fred Stolle in 1966. It would also be the final Grand Slam and final match for tennis legend Ivan Lendl. Pete Sampras was the defending champion but was upset in the fourth round by unseeded Jaime Yzaga. The seeded players are listed below. Andre Agassi is the champion; others show
2010 US Open – Men's Singles grass in the same calendar year. 2010 US Open – Men's Singles Juan Martín del Potro was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, after undergoing a wrist operation in May and only starting to practice again in August. Del Potro was the third man in the Open Era not to defend his US Open title, after Ken Rosewall in 1971 (due to conflicts between the World Championship Tennis (WCT) and the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF)), and Pete Sampras in 2003 (who unofficially retired after the 2002 final). For the first time in U.S. Open history,