Marin Čilić defeated

Kei Nishikori is an inactive Japanese professional tennis player. He is the second male Japanese player to have been ranked in the top 5 in singles (after Jiro Sato), and the only one to do so in the Open Era. Nishikori first reached his career-high singles ...

in the final, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2014 US Open. It was Čilić's first major title, and he became the second Croatian to win a Grand Slam men's singles title after his coach

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at the

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was the reigning champion, but withdrew before the tournament due to a right wrist injury.Rafael Nadal withdraws from 2014 U.S. Open with right wrist injury
''tennis.com'', 18 August 2014 Nishikori became the first Japanese in the

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to reach a major semifinal, and the first since Jiro Sato at the 1933 French Championships. The finalists defeated

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and

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in their respective semifinals, guaranteeing a new major champion, the first major final with a guaranteed maiden champion since the

2008 Australian Open The 2008 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 96th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 14 thr ...

, and the first major final with two maiden finalists since the

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. Nishikori and Čilić were also the two lowest-ranked seeds to reach the US Open final since 2002. Between the

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and 2020 US Open, this was the only major final without one of the Big Four. This marked the first US Open appearance for 2020 champion

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; he lost in the fourth round to

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Seeds

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Nationalities in the field

References

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 2014 US Open Men's Singles draw2014 US Open – Men's draws and results
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