Pete Sampras defeated
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors.
Agassi is the second of five men to ac ...
in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2002 US Open. It was his record-extending 14th
major title. The final was also a rematch of the
1990
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and
1995 US Open finals, where Sampras won his first and seventh major titles respectively. It was Sampras' last professional appearance, though he did not officially declare his retirement until 2003. Sampras became the only man in the
Open Era
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to win the final major he played.
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 200 ...
was the defending champion, but lost to Agassi in the semifinals.
This marked the most recent occasion where eight different men appeared in the four
major singles finals of a calendar year.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Other entry information
Wild cards
Protected ranking
Qualifiers
Lucky losers
Withdrawals
Notes
External links
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 2002 US Open Men's Singles draw2002 US Open – Men's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation
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2002 US Open (tennis)
US Open (tennis) by year – Men's singles