List of US Open men's singles champions#US Open

The men's singles' rules have undergone several changes since the first edition. From 1884 to 1911, the event started with a knockout phase, the All-Comers singles, whose winner faced the defending champion in a challenge round. The All-Comers winner was awarded the title six times (1888, 1893, 1898, 1901, 1904, 1907) in the absence of the previous year's champion. The challenge round system was abolished with the 1912 edition.{{Cite book | title =Tennis observed: The USLTA men's singles champions, 1881–1966 |publisher=Barre Publishers|first=Pete|last=Axthelm|author2=Talbert, William F. |year=1967}} From 1908 to 1914, when the championships were held at Newport, men's singles draws had exceeded 128 players,{{Cite book | title =Tennis observed: The USLTA men's singles champions, 1881–1966 |publisher=Barre Publishers|first=Pete|last=Axthelm|author2=Talbert, William F. |year=1967}} but when the event moved to Forest Hills in 1915 entries would be "submitted by clubs, thereby making the clubs weed out mediocre players. Furthermore, the entry fee would be set high enough to prevent cheapskates from entering just to get a seat at the tournament at a lower price and then defaulting".Forest Hills: An illustrated history, Robert Minton, 1975, J. B. Lippincott Company, p.70 Since 1881, all matches but the All-Comers final and the challenge round were played as the best-of-three sets, before the event switched to best-of-five for all rounds in 1886. Best-two-out-of-three-sets matches were reintroduced for early rounds in 1917, from 1943 to 1945, and from 1975 to 1978. Before 1884, the winner of the next game at five-games–all took the set in every match except the All-Comers final and the challenge round, which were won by the player who had at least six games and at least two games more than his opponent. This advantage format was introduced for the final sets of early rounds in 1884, and used for all sets in all rounds from 1887 to 1969. The tie-break system was introduced in 1970 for all sets, in its best-of-nine points sudden death version until 1974, and in its best-of-13 points lingering death version since 1975.{{cite web|work=usopen.org|publisher=IBM, United States Tennis Association|title=History > Year-by-Year History|url=http://2008.usopen.org/en_US/about/history/years.html?promo=topnav|access-date=2009-06-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708054457/http://2008.usopen.org/en_US/about/history/years.html?promo=topnav|archive-date=2009-07-08}}{{cite web|work=The Age|title=Breaking with tradition| url =http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/24/1074732652848.html?from=storyrhs| date=2004-01-25|access-date =2009-07-27}} In addition, the US Open was the first slam to have a fifth set tie-break.{{cite web|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN|title=Haas advocates 5th-set tiebreak |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/wimbledon09/news/story?id=4291764 |date=2009-06-27 |access-date=2009-09-25}}

The court surface changed twice, from grass (1881–1974), to Har-Tru clay (1975–1977), to DecoTurf hard courts, since 1978.{{cite web|first=Susan B. |last=Adams|work=The New York Times|title=The U.S. Open: A Celebration – A Retrospective: The Men; Twin Pillars of Fire and Ice| url =https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/30/sports/the-us-open-a-celebration-a-retrospective-the-men-twin-pillars-of-fire-and-ice.html| date=1998-08-30|access-date =2009-07-14}} The only man to win on all three surfaces, which are grass, Har-Tru clay, and DecoTurf hard was Jimmy Connors.

The champion receives a full-size replica of the event's trophy engraved with his name.{{cite web|first=Howard |last=Fendrich |work=USA Today|agency=Associated Press (AP)|title=Federer feels 'much better ... than I ever have'| url =https://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2008-09-09-2263561466_x.htm| date=2008-10-09|access-date =2009-06-24}} In 2010, the winner received prize money of US$1,700,000.{{cite web|work=usopen.org|publisher=IBM, United States Tennis Association|title=2009 Prize Money|url=http://www.usopen.org/en_US/about/history/prizemoney.html?promo=topnav|access-date=2009-09-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828165138/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/about/history/prizemoney.html?promo=topnav|archive-date=2009-08-28}} A bonus pool of $1,000,000 is also to US Open champions who have clinched the first place of the US Open Series.{{cite web|work=usopenseries.com|publisher=United States Tennis Association|title=Olympus US Open Series at a glance| url =http://www.usopenseries.com/en/sitecore/content/USOpenSeries/Global/News/News/2009_03/Olympus_US_Open_Series_at_a_glance.aspx| date=2009-05-26|access-date =2009-06-27}}

In the U.S. National Championships, Richard Sears (1881–1887), William Larned (1901–1902, 1907–1911) and Bill Tilden (1920–1925, 1929) hold the record for most titles in the men's singles, with seven victories each. Four of Sears' wins and all of Larned's, came in a time when the tournament used a challenge round format, and they won respectively only three times and twice after going through a complete draw. Sears also holds the all-time record for most consecutive titles, with seven from (1881 to 1887); the first win came when the event was closed to foreign participants. Without the challenge round, the record stands at six, and is held by Tilden (1920–1925).

During the US Open, since the inclusion of the professional tennis players, Jimmy Connors (1974, 1976, 1978, 1982–1983), Pete Sampras (1990, 1993, 1995–1996, 2002), and Roger Federer (2004–2008) have won the most championships, with five titles. Federer has had the most consecutive wins, with five (2004–2008).

File:Richard Sears (1880s) (cropped).jpg, the champion of the first seven editions of the U.S. Championships.]]

File:William Augustus Larned crop.jpg was the second man to win seven titles at the event.]]

File:Bill Tilden in color.jpg championships in total, an all-time record.]]

File:Jimmy Connors 2 (1978).jpg won the US Open five times on three different surfaces.]]

File:John McEnroe (1979)-2.jpg won four of his seven Majors at the US Open.]]

File:Pete Sampras.jpg captured five titles in New York City.]]

File:Roger Federer - US Open 2006.jpg won an Open Era record of five consecutive titles between 2004 and 2008.]]

File:Rafael Nadal at the 2010 US Open 01.jpg captured four titles in the 2010s decade. ]]

File:Novak Djokovic (40022040453).jpg won four titles. ]]

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