2012 Australian Open – Men's singles final 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles final The 2012 Australian Open Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2012 Australian Open between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, at the time ranked the number 1 and 2 player in the world, respectively. In the final, Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7, 7–5 to win the tournament. It was the longest Grand Slam final match (by duration) in history, lasting 5 hours 53 minutes, overtaking the record previously set by the 1988 US Open Final between Mats Wilander and Ivan Lendl.
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