After this morning’s elimination of the current US Open champion, Novak Djokovicin the view of Alexei Popyrin In the third round and with no chance of a repeat title at Flushing Meadows, Roger Federer’s legend grew a little bigger at the tournament in New York.
And since the Swiss won his fifth straight US Open in 2008, no tennis player has won the tournament two years in a row. Yes, it has been true ever since, both Novak Djokovic as Rafael Nadal they have won four timesbut never consecutively.
The Serbian also remains, after his rushed and unexpected bye, on the brink of parity. Federer in the tournament’s absolute record. The Swiss, in fact, is the tennis player of this century who has won the most times, five times.
Equivalent to Pete Sampras (1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002) and Jimmy Connorswho also won the US Open a total of five times (1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983), Federer is second only to US Open titles Bill Tinden and William Larnedthat at the beginning of the last century and still in amateur times, with seven.
US Open champions in the 21st century
- 2000: Marat Saffin
- 2001: Lleyton Hewitt
- 2002: Pete Sampras
- 2003: Andy Roddick
- 2004: Roger Federer
- 2005: Roger Federer
- 2006: Roger Federer
- 2007: Roger Federer
- 2008: Roger Federer
- 2009: Juan Martin del Potro
- 2010: Rafael Nadal
- 2011: Novak Djokovic
- 2012: Andy Murray
- 2013: Rafael Nadal
- 2014: Marin Cilic
- 2015: Novak Djokovic
- 2016: Stan Wawrinka
- 2017: Rafael Nadal
- 2018: Novak Djokovic
- 2019: Rafael Nadal
- 2020: Dominic Thiem
- 2021: Daniel Medvedev
- 2022: Carlos Alcaraz
- 2023: Novak Djokovic
Source: La Verdad
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