List of US Open men's singles champions:
2008 Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Andy Murray (Britain) 6-2 7-5 6-2
2007 Federer beat Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 7-6 7-6 6-4
2006 Federer beat Andy Roddick (US) 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-1
2005 Federer beat Andre Agassi (US) 6-3 2-6 7-6 6-1
2004 Federer beat Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) 6-0 7-6 6-0
2003 Roddick beat Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 6-3 7-6 6-3
2002 Pete Sampras (US) beat Agassi 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-4
2001 Hewitt beat Sampras 7-6 6-1 6-1
2000 Marat Safin (Russia) beat Sampras 6-4 6-3 6-3
1999 Andre Agassi (US) beat Todd Martin (US) 6-4 6-7 6-7 6-3 6-2
1998 Patrick Rafter (Australia) beat Mark Philippoussis (Australia) 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-0
1997 Rafter beat Greg Rusedski (Britain) 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5
1996 Sampras (US) beat Michael Chang (US) 6-1 6-4 7-6
1995 Sampras beat Agassi 6-4 6-3 4-6 7-5
1994 Agassi beat Michael Stich (Germany) 6-1 7-6 7-5
1993 Sampras beat Cedric Pioline (France) 6-4 6-4 6-3
1992 Stefan Edberg (Sweden) beat Sampras 3-6 6-4 7-6 6-2
1991 Edberg beat Jim Courier (US) 6-2 6-4 6-0
1990 Sampras beat Agassi 6-4 6-3 6-2
1989 Boris Becker (Germany) beat Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia) 7-6 1-6 6-3 7-6
1988 Mats Wilander (Sweden) beat Lendl 6-4 4-6 6-3 5-7 6-4
1987 Lendl beat Wilander 6-7 6-0 7-6 6-4
1986 Lendl beat Miloslav Mecir (Czechoslovakia) 6-4 6-2 6-0
1985 Lendl beat John McEnroe (US) 7-6 6-3 6-4
1984 McEnroe beat Lendl 6-3 6-4 6-1
1983 Jimmy Connors (US) beat Lendl 6-3 6-7 7-5 6-0
1982 Connors beat Lendl 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4
1981 McEnroe beat Bjorn Borg (Sweden) 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-3
1980 McEnroe beat Borg 7-6 6-1 6-7 5-7 6-4
1979 McEnroe beat Vitas Gerulaitis (US) 7-5 6-3 6-3
1978 Connors beat Borg 6-4 6-2 6-2
1977 Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) beat Connors 2-6 6-3 7-5 6-0
1976 Connors beat Borg 6-4 3-6 7-6 6-4
1975 Manuel Orantes (Spain) beat Connors 6-4 6-3 6-3
1974 Connors beat Ken Rosewall (Australia) 6-1 6-0 6-1
1973 John Newcombe (Australia) beat Jan Kodes (Czechoslovakia) 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-2 6-2
1972 Ilie Nastase (Romania) beat Arthur Ashe (US) 3-6 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-3
1971 Stan Smith (US) beat Kodes 3-6 6-3 6-2 7-6
1970 Rosewall beat Tony Roche (Australia) 2-6 6-4 7-6 6-3
1969 Rod Laver (Australia) beat Roche 7-9 6-1 6-2 6-2
1968 Ashe beat Tom Okker (Netherlands) 14-12 5-7 6-3 3-6 6-3
1967 Newcombe beat Clark Graebner (US) 6-4 6-4 8-6
1966 Fred Stolle (Australia) beat Newcombe 4-6 12-10 6-3 6-4
1965 Manuel Santana (Spain) beat Cliff Drysdale (South Africa) 6-2 7-9 7-5 6-1
1964 Roy Emerson (Australia) beat Stolle 6-4 6-2 6-4
1963 Rafael Osuna (Mexico) beat Frank Froehling (US) 7-5 6-4 6-2
1962 Laver beat Roy Emerson 6-2 6-4 5-7 6-4
1961 Emerson beat Laver 7-5 6-3 6-2
1960 Neale Fraser (Australia) beat Laver 6-4 6-4 9-7
1959 Fraser beat Alejandro Olmedo (Peru) 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-4
1958 Ashley Cooper (Australia) beat Mal Anderson (Australia) 6-2 3-6 4-6 10-8 8-6
1957 Anderson (Australia) beat Cooper 10-8 7-5 6-4
1956 Rosewall beat Lewis Hoad (Australia) 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-3
1955 Tony Trabert (US) beat Rosewall 9-7 6-3 6-3
1954 Vic Seixas (US) beat Rex Hartwig (Australia) 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-4
1953 Trabert beat E. Victor Seixas (US) 6-3 6-2 6-3
1952 Frank Sedgman (Australia) beat Gardnar Mulloy (US) 6-1 6-2 6-3
1951 Sedgman beat Seixas 6-4 6-1 6-1
1950 Art Larsen (US) beat Herbert Flam (US) 6-3 4-6 5-7 6-4 6-3
1949 Pancho Gonzales (US) beat Ted Schroeder (US) 16-18 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-4
1948 Gonzales beat Eric Sturgess (South Africa) 6-2 6-3 14-12
1947 Jack Kramer (US) beat Frank Parker (US) 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-0 6-3
1946 Kramer beat Tom Brown Jr. (US) 9-7 6-3 6-0
1945 Parker beat William Talbert (US) 14-12 6-1 6-2
1944 Parker beat Talbert 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-3
1943 Joseph Hunt (US) beat Kramer 6-3 6-8 10-8 6-0
1942 Schroeder beat Parker 8-6 7-5 3-6 4-6 6-2
1941 Bobby Riggs (US) beat Francis Kovacs (US) 5-7 6-1 6-3 6-3
1940 Don McNeill (US) beat Riggs 4-6 6-8 6-3 6-3 7-5
1939 Riggs beat Welby van Horn (US) 6-4 6-2 6-4
1938 Don Budge (US) beat C. Gene Mako 6-3 6-8 6-2 6-1
1937 Budge beat Gottfried von Cramm (Germany) 6-1 7-9 6-1 3-6 6-1
1936 Fred Perry (Britain) beat Budge 2-6 6-2 8-6 1-6 10-8
1935 Wilmer Allison (US) beat Sidney Wood (US) 6-2 6-2 6-3
1934 Perry beat Wilmer Allison (US) 6-4 6-3 1-6 8-6
1933 Perry beat Jack Crawford (Australian) 6-3 11-13 4-6 6-0 6-1
1932 Ellsworth Vines (US) beat Henri Cochet (France) 6-4 6-4 6-4
1931 Vines beat George Lott (US) 7-9 6-3 9-7 7-5
1930 John Doeg (US) beat Frank Shields (US) 10-8 1-6 6-4 16-14
1929 Bill Tilden (US) beat Francis Hunter (US) 3-6 6-3 4-6 6-2 6-4
1928 Cochet beat Hunter 4-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3
1927 Rene Lacoste (France) beat Tilden 11-9 6-3 11-9
1926 Lacoste beat Jean Borotra (France) 6-4 6-0 6-4
1925 Tilden beat William Johnston (US) 4-6 11-9 6-3 4-6 6-3
1924 Tilden beat Johnston 6-1 9-7 6-2
1923 Tilden beat Johnston 6-4 6-1 6-4
1922 Tilden beat Johnston 4-6 3-6 6-2 6-3 6-4
1921 Tilden beat Johnston 6-1 6-3 6-1
1920 Tilden beat Johnston 6-1 1-6 7-5 5-7 6-3
1919 Johnston beat Tilden 6-4 6-4 6-3
1918 R.Lindley Murray (US) beat Tilden 6-3 6-1 7-5
1917 Murray (US) beat Nathaniel Niles (US) 5-7 8-6 6-3 6-3
1916 Richard Williams (US) beat Johnston 4-6 6-4 0-6 6-2 6-4
1915 Johnston beat Maurice McLoughlin (US) 1-6 6-0 7-5 10-8
1914 Williams beat McLoughlin 6-3 8-6 10-8
1913 McLoughlin (US) beat Williams 6-4 5-7 6-3 6-1
1912 McLoughlin beat Wallace F. Johnson (US) 3-6 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-2
(Editing by Pritha Sarkar)
