2008 US Open – Men's singles

September 2023 September 2023 2008 US Open SUI Roger Federer GBR Andy Murray 6–2, 7–5, 6–2 128 32 2008 US Open (tennis) Four-time defending champion Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray in the final, 6–2, 7–5, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2008 US Open. It was his fifth US Open title and 13th major title overall. Federer moved to second place on the all-time men's singles major titles list, passing Roy Emerson.https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/usopen08/news/story?id=3576338 Federer rolls past Murray to win 13th Grand Slam title ESPN Tennis 13 September 2008 5 July 2013 This remains the most recent US Open title defense in men's singles. Murray was the first British man to reach a major final since Greg Rusedski at the 1997 US Open, and was attempting to become the first British man to win a singles major since Fred Perry in 1936https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/sep/07/usopentennis.andymurray Murray trumps Nadal to reach US Open final September 7, 2008 The Guardian (he would eventually achieve the feat four years later). Rafael Nadal was attempting to become the first man to achieve the Surface Slam (winning majors on clay, grass and hard courts in the same year), having won the French Open and Wimbledon titles. He lost to Murray in the semifinals. Nadal would eventually achieve the feat two years later. This was the first of four majors to feature all of the Big Four (Federer, Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Murray) in the semifinals (followed by the 2011 French Open, 2011 US Open, and 2012 Australian Open). Gilles Muller became the first Luxembourgish player to reach a major quarterfinal. This was Juan Martín del Potro's first major appearance as a seeded player. He lost in the quarterfinals against Murray to end a 23-match winning streak. He would win the title the following year. Another future champion, Marin Čilić, appeared in the main draw of the US Open for the first time. This marked the last major appearance of 2002 Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson; he lost in the first round to Ernests Gulbis. Seeds 30em 1 1 ESP Rafael Nadal (semifinals) 2 8 SUI Roger Federer (champion) 3 6 SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic (semifinals) 4 3 ESP David Ferrer (third round) 5 7 RUS Nikolay Davydenko (fourth round) 6 4 GBR Andy Murray (final) 7 2 ARG David Nalbandian (third round) 8 5 USA Andy Roddick (quarterfinals) 9 2 USA James Blake (third round) 10 4 SUI Stanislas Wawrinka (fourth round) 11 5 CHI Fernando González (fourth round) 12 7 FRA Richard Gasquet (first round) 13 8 ESP Fernando Verdasco (third round) 14 1 CRO Ivo Karlović (third round) 15 6 ESP Tommy Robredo (fourth round) 16 3 FRA Gilles Simon (third round) 17 3 ARG Juan Martín del Potro (quarterfinals) 18 7 ESP Nicolás Almagro (third round) 19 6 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (third round) 20 5 GER Nicolas Kiefer (first round, retired) 21 RUS Mikhail Youzhny (withdrew due to illness, replaced by Flavio Cipolla) 22 1 CZE Tomáš Berdych (first round) 23 8 RUS Igor Andreev (fourth round) 24 2 FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu (second round) 25 1 GER Philipp Kohlschreiber (second round, retired) 26 7 RUS Dmitry Tursunov (third round) 27 4 ESP Feliciano López (first round) 28 8 CZE Radek Štěpánek (third round) 29 3 ARG Juan Mónaco (first round) 30 6 CRO Marin Čilić (third round) 31 5 ITA Andreas Seppi (third round) 32 2 FRA Gaël Monfils (fourth round) Qualifying draw 2008 US Open – Men's singles qualifying Draw Finals thumb|right|upright|200px|Second seeded Roger Federer won the tournament for the fifth year in a row. Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 ESP Rafael Nadal 3 6 6 6 USA Mardy Fish 6 1 4 2 17 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 62 61 6 5 6 GBR Andy Murray 77 77 4 7 8 USA Andy Roddick 2 3 6 65 3 SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic 6 6 3 77 Q LUX Gilles Müller 65 4 65 2 SUI Roger Federer 77 6 77 1 ESP Rafael Nadal 2 65 6 4 6 GBR Andy Murray 6 77 4 6 3 SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic 3 7 5 2 2 SUI Roger Federer 6 5 7 6 6 GBR Andy Murray 2 5 2 2 SUI Roger Federer 6 7 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 ESP R Nadal 78 6 78 Q GER B Phau 66 3 66 Q USA R DeHeart 77 5 6 3 6 BEL O Rochus 64 7 4 6 4 SRB 2004 V Troicki 77 6 6 WC AUS C Ball 63 0 1 PER L Horna 2 3 2 25 GER P Kohlschreiber 6 6 6 22 CZE T Berdych 3 1 2 USA S Querrey 6 6 6 ESP P Andújar 4 2 2 FRA N Devilder 6 6 6 GER R Schüttler 68 0 0 r FRA F Serra 710 6 2 Q CZE J Minář 5 1 4 14 CRO I Karlović 7 6 6 1 ESP R Nadal 6 6 6 Q USA R DeHeart 1 2 4 SRB 2004 V Troicki 2 6 6 3 25 GER P Kohlschreiber 6 3 4 0 r USA S Querrey 78 6 4 6 FRA N Devilder 66 4 6 3 FRA F Serra 65 4 2 14 CRO I Karlović 77 6 6 1 ESP R Nadal 6 6 6 SRB 2004 V Troicki 4 3 0 USA S Querrey 77 77 6 14 CRO I Karlović 65 65 2 1 ESP R Nadal 6 5 77 6 USA S Querrey 2 7 62 3 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 9 USA J Blake 6 3 6 4 6 USA D Young 1 6 1 6 4 GER D Gremelmayr 1 78 64 4 BEL S Darcis 6 66 77 6 USA M Fish 77 63 6 6 Q AUS R Smeets 64 77 3 4 FRA S Grosjean 77 65 3 2 24 FRA P-H Mathieu 64 7 6 6 32 FRA G Monfils 6 6 6 Q URU P Cuevas 4 4 1 RUS E Korolev 77 6 711 SWE R Söderling 64 3 69 LL KAZ A Golubev 6 6 6 WC USA B Evans 4 3 2 BRA M Daniel 1 2 4 7 ARG D Nalbandian 6 6 6 9 USA J Blake 4 6 1 BEL S Darcis 6 3 0 r USA M Fish 6 3 6 6 24 FRA P-H Mathieu 2 6 3 4 32 FRA G Monfils 6 6 3 6 RUS E Korolev 2 3 6 4 LL KAZ A Golubev 2 4 2 7 ARG D Nalbandian 6 6 6 9 USA J Blake 3 3 64 USA M Fish 6 6 77 32 FRA G Monfils 6 6 6 7 ARG D Nalbandian 3 4 2 USA M Fish 7 6 6 32 FRA G Monfils 5 2 2 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 ESP D Ferrer 77 6 6 ARG M Vassallo Argüello 61 2 2 Q GER A Beck 77 6 77 USA J Isner 65 4 63 Q USA R Sweeting 5 5 6 2 CRO R Karanušić 7 7 3 6 JPN K Nishikori 6 6 5 6 29 ARG J Mónaco 2 2 7 2 17 ARG JM del Potro 4 77 6 6 ARG G Cañas 6 60 4 1 ESP Ó Hernández 3 77 4 5 BRA T Bellucci 6 65 6 7 GER M Berrer 4 2 2 ARG J Acasuso 6 6 6 ESP M Granollers 4 3 7 2 16 FRA G Simon 6 6 5 6 4 ESP D Ferrer 4 7 6 77 Q GER A Beck 6 5 3 65 CRO R Karanušić 1 5 r JPN K Nishikori 6 7 17 ARG JM del Potro 4 6 7 6 BRA T Bellucci 6 1 5 3 ARG J Acasuso 4 1 4 16 FRA G Simon 6 6 6 4 ESP D Ferrer 4 4 6 6 5 JPN K Nishikori 6 6 3 2 7 17 ARG JM del Potro 6 64 6 3 6 16 FRA G Simon 4 77 1 6 3 JPN K Nishikori 3 4 3 17 ARG JM del Potro 6 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 10 SUI S Wawrinka 77 6 6 ITA S Bolelli 65 3 3 USA W Odesnik 2 6 4 6 6 ITA F Fognini 6 0 6 3 4 ECU N Lapentti 4 6 6 4 3 TPE Y-h Lu 6 1 4 6 6 Q CZE J Hernych 77 4 6 60 64 LL ITA F Cipolla 62 6 2 77 77 27 ESP F López 6 65 2 6 4 AUT J Melzer 4 77 6 2 6 CZE J Vaněk 3 6 6 7 Q SUI S Bohli 6 3 2 5 RUS T Gabashvili 3 7 65 64 FRA M Llodra 6 5 77 77 ARG S Roitman 3 4 0 6 GBR A Murray 6 6 6 10 SUI S Wawrinka 6 78 6 USA W Odesnik 4 66 2 TPE Y-h Lu 1 6 62 4 LL ITA F Cipolla 6 4 77 6 AUT J Melzer 6 6 6 CZE J Vaněk 0 2 2 FRA M Llodra 4 6 5 67 6 GBR A Murray 6 1 7 79 10 SUI S Wawrinka 5 64 6 6 6 LL ITA F Cipolla 7 77 4 0 4 AUT J Melzer 77 6 65 1 3 6 GBR A Murray 65 4 77 6 6 10 SUI S Wawrinka 1 3 3 6 GBR A Murray 6 6 6 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 USA A Roddick 6 6 6 FRA F Santoro 2 2 2 LAT E Gulbis 7 6 77 SWE T Johansson 5 1 63 ESP G García López 4 6 6 6 PR SVK D Hrbatý 6 3 4 4 KOR H-t Lee 3 5 6 6 3 31 ITA A Seppi 6 7 3 3 6 20 GER N Kiefer 6 1 4 1 r CZE I Minář 4 6 6 4 WC USA S Jenkins 3 3 5 FIN J Nieminen 6 6 7 USA B Reynolds 6 63 2 6 77 Q CZE T Zíb 4 77 6 4 64 ESP I Navarro 63 3 6 65 11 CHI F González 77 6 4 77 8 USA A Roddick 3 7 6 7 LAT E Gulbis 6 5 2 5 ESP G García López 2 6 2 2 31 ITA A Seppi 6 4 6 6 CZE I Minář 77 6 4 3 2 FIN J Nieminen 62 3 6 6 6 USA B Reynolds 66 4 4 11 CHI F González 78 6 6 8 USA A Roddick 6 7 77 31 ITA A Seppi 2 5 64 FIN J Nieminen 5 4 77 1 11 CHI F González 7 6 63 6 8 USA A Roddick 6 6 6 11 CHI F González 2 4 1 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 15 ESP T Robredo 77 6 6 GER M Zverev 64 2 1 USA V Spadea 6 2 3 6 4 RUS M Safin 3 6 6 4 6 LL PAK A-u-H Qureshi 4 77 62 2 ESP C Moyá 6 65 77 6 ESP S Ventura 77 4 2 3 19 FRA J-W Tsonga 63 6 6 6 30 CRO M Čilić 4 7 6 67 6 FRA J Benneteau 6 5 3 79 2 USA R Ginepri 6 6 77 WC USA A Delic 1 2 65 Q USA R Kendrick 77 6 5 7 FRA N Mahut 63 4 7 5 FRA A Clément 3 3 4 3 SRB 2004 N Djokovic 6 6 6 15 ESP T Robredo 4 77 6 6 RUS M Safin 6 64 4 0 ESP C Moyá 6 3 4 4 19 FRA J-W Tsonga 4 6 6 6 30 CRO M Čilić 6 2 6 7 USA R Ginepri 4 6 2 5 Q USA R Kendrick 68 4 4 3 SRB 2004 N Djokovic 710 6 6 15 ESP T Robredo 77 6 6 19 FRA J-W Tsonga 62 2 3 30 CRO M Čilić 79 5 4 60 3 SRB 2004 N Djokovic 67 7 6 77 15 ESP T Robredo 6 2 3 7 3 3 SRB 2004 N Djokovic 4 6 6 5 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 RUS N Davydenko 6 6 6 ISR D Sela 3 3 3 WC USA A Krajicek 2 2 1 ARG A Calleri 6 6 6 ESP A Montañés 65 3 6 3 ROU V Hănescu 77 6 2 6 ARG E Schwank 5 6 5 65 26 RUS D Tursunov 7 4 7 77 18 ESP N Almagro 6 6 7 CAN F Dancevic 3 4 5 WC USA S Warburg 6 1 SRB 2004 J Tipsarević 2 0 r WC FRA L Recouderc 4 0 6 4 Q LUX G Müller 6 6 4 6 GER T Haas 63 6 5 7 6 12 FRA R Gasquet 77 4 7 5 2 5 RUS N Davydenko 6 6 77 ARG A Calleri 4 4 62 ROU V Hănescu 77 3 4 2 26 RUS D Tursunov 62 6 6 6 18 ESP N Almagro 6 6 6 WC USA S Warburg 3 4 4 Q LUX G Müller 2 2 77 6 6 GER T Haas 6 6 65 3 3 5 RUS N Davydenko 6 77 6 26 RUS D Tursunov 2 64 3 18 ESP N Almagro 77 6 65 66 5 Q LUX G Müller 63 3 77 78 7 5 RUS N Davydenko 4 6 3 610 Q LUX G Müller 6 4 6 712 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 13 ESP F Verdasco 6 6 6 RUS I Kunitsyn 3 4 1 Q POR R Machado 6 79 6 Q RSA R de Voest 4 67 1 POR F Gil 6 3 2 3 FRA J Chardy 3 6 6 6 FRA M Gicquel 63 4 4 23 RUS I Andreev 77 6 6 28 CZE R Štěpánek 7 6 6 ITA P Starace 5 3 1 WC USA J Levine 3 6 66 66 AUS C Guccione 6 3 78 78 Q BRA T Alves 4 1 6 77 6 Q CHI P Capdeville 6 6 1 62 4 ARG M González 3 0 3 2 SUI R Federer 6 6 6 13 ESP F Verdasco 65 77 6 66 6 Q POR R Machado 77 65 4 78 0 FRA J Chardy 63 4 3 23 RUS I Andreev 77 6 6 28 CZE R Štěpánek 6 6 63 6 AUS C Guccione 4 4 77 2 Q BRA T Alves 3 5 4 2 SUI R Federer 6 7 6 13 ESP F Verdasco 2 4 4 23 RUS I Andreev 6 6 6 28 CZE R Štěpánek 3 3 2 2 SUI R Federer 6 6 6 23 RUS I Andreev 77 65 3 6 3 2 SUI R Federer 65 77 6 3 6 References External links Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 2008 US Open Men's Singles draw 2008 US Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Main Draw Grand Slam men's singles 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles 2009 Australian Open – Men's singles Men's Singles Men's Singles Category:US Open (tennis) by year – 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