Roger Federer
Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 3 ...
defeated
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) fo ...
in the final, 6–0, 7–6
(7–3), 6–0 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2004 US Open.
It was his first
US Open title and fourth
major
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title overall. He was the first man to capture the
Australian Open
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,
Wimbledon Championships
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, and US Open in a season since
Jimmy Connors
James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 2 ...
in
1974
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. With the win, he became the tenth man to win three majors in a calendar year.
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in ...
was the defending champion, but was defeated in the quarterfinals by
Joachim Johansson
Joachim Johansson (born 1 July 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He reached the semifinals of the 2004 US Open, won 3 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9 in February 2005.
Backg ...
.
This marked the final major singles appearances of
Todd Martin
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and
Wayne Ferreira
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, the latter of whom made a record 56th consecutive major singles appearance. Ferreira's record was later surpassed by Federer at the
2014 Australian Open
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.
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Roger Federer
Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 3 ...
(champion)
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Andy Roddick
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Carlos Moyà
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;Elsewher ...
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Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) fo ...
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Tim Henman
Timothy Henry Henman (born 6 September 1974) is a British former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) during the early 2000s. Henman won 15 career ATP Tour titl ...
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Andre Agassi
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Juan Carlos Ferrero
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David Nalbandian
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Gastón Gaudio
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Nicolás Massú
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Rainer Schüttler
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Sébastien Grosjean
Sébastien René Grosjean (; born 29 May 1978) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. Grosjean reached the semifinals at the 2001 Australian and French Opens, and at Wimbledon in 2003 and 2004. He finished eight consecutive ...
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Marat Safin
Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; ; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian former professional tennis player and former politician. He was ranked as the List of ...
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Fernando González
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Paradorn Srichaphan
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Andrei Pavel
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He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13 and won three titles, including the 2001 Canada Masters. He also reached a care ...
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Juan Ignacio Chela
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Tommy Robredo
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Nicolas Kiefer
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Gustavo Kuerten
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Taylor Dent
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Career
Early career and back injury
Dent won ATP titl ...
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Dominik Hrbatý
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Vince Spadea
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He reached a career high tenth position in the ATP Champions Race in April 2003, as well as a career-high 18th ATP ranking in February 2005. He ...
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Ivan Ljubičić
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Jiří Novák
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Career
Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles ...
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Mardy Fish
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Fish won six tournaments on the ...
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Mario Ančić
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Joachim Johansson
Joachim Johansson (born 1 July 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He reached the semifinals of the 2004 US Open, won 3 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9 in February 2005.
Backg ...
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Guillermo Cañas
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Feliciano López
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Fabrice Santoro
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Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman (; born 23 March 1972) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He is a former world No. 1 in doubles, and also a former world No. 4 in singles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 ...
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Qualifying
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) – 2004 US Open Men's Singles draw2004 US Open – Men's draws and resultsat the
International Tennis Federation
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