2012 US Open – Men's singles final 2012 US Open – Men's singles final The 2012 US Open Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2012 US Open. In the final, Andy Murray defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic 7–6, 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2 to win the match. It was the equal-longest US Open men's final in history, lasting 4 hours and 54 minutes (equalling the 1988 US Open final played by Ivan Lendl and Mats Wilander), and the equal second-longest men's final in the Open era, only behind the 2012 Australian Open final. By winning the 2012 US Open,
2016 US Open – Men's Singles Gaël Monfils all reaching that round. In addition, no American player was seeded inside the top 16 for the first time since the introduction of the seeding system in 1930. This was the first Grand Slam that Tomáš Berdych, world number 8 at the time, had missed since his maiden Slam at the 2003 US Open ending his streak of 52 consecutive grand slam appearances, sixth all time. The reason for his withdrawal was appendicitis. 2016 US Open – Men's Singles Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Stan Wawrinka, 7–6, 4–6, 5–7, 3–6. This