Juan Martín del Potro defeated five-time defending champion

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in the final, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2009 US Open. It was his first and only

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title. De Potro was the first Argentine to win the title since Guillermo Vilas in

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. This was the first US Open final since

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to go to five sets. Federer was attempting to become the first man to win six consecutive US Open titles in the Open Era, and the first since Bill Tilden in

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. He was also vying to become the first man to win the Surface Slam (winning majors on

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and hard court in the same calendar year), having won the

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and Wimbledon. It was the only major not won by the Big Three (

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, Federer, and

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) between the

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and the 2012 US Open, a span of 30 events. This was the only major where the Big Three all reached the semifinals, but none of them won the championship. This was the first major since the 2006 Australian Open not to have Federer and Nadal as the top two seeds.

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was seeded second ahead of Nadal, having become the world No. 2 shortly before the tournament. Nadal reclaimed the world No. 2 ranking after Murray lost to

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in the fourth round. This tournament marked the final major appearance of two-time major champion and former world No. 1

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. For the first time in tournament history, no Americans reached the quarterfinals.

Seeds

Qualifying draw

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 2009 US Open Men's Singles draw2009 US Open – Men's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 US Open - Men's Singles Men's Singles US Open (tennis) by year – Men's singles