2009 US Open – Women's Singles second round. This was also the final Grand Slam singles appearance of Ai Sugiyama, who was on a record-breaking 62nd consecutive Grand Slam singles appearance, lost in the first round to Samantha Stosur. Sugiyama's record-breaking run of 62 consecutive Grand Slam singles appearances remains unbeaten as of 2019. Dinara Safina "(Third round)" 2009 US Open – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the defending champion, but was defeated in the semifinals by the eventual champion Kim Clijsters. Clijsters defeated first time Grand Slam finalist Caroline Wozniacki in the final to win her second US Open title. Clijsters became the first unseeded
2005 US Open – Men's Singles third round before eventually losing to Agassi in a five-set match. Unheralded American Robby Ginepri, whose run was enhanced by Roddick's early defeat, made it all the way to the semi-final and lost to Agassi in another five-set match. The seeded players are listed below. Roger Federer is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. 2005 US Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer defeated Andre Agassi 6–3, 2–6, 7–6, 6–1 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2005 US Open. This was Agassi's last appearance in a Grand Slam tournament final.