Stan Wawrinka defeated defending champion
Novak Djokovic
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in the final, 6–7
(1–7), 6–4, 7–5, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2016 US Open. It was his third
major
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title. On all three occasions, he defeated the world No. 1 player in the final. Wawrinka
saved a match point en route to the title, against
Dan Evans in the third round. Djokovic was the third man in the
Open Era (after
Ivan Lendl
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and
Andy Murray
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) to lose five finals at the same major.
This was the first US Open since
1999
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not to feature five-time champion
Roger Federer
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. This was the first major that
Tomáš Berdych
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missed since his debut at the
2003 US Open, ending his streak of 52 consecutive major appearances (sixth-highest of all-time).
No American man was seeded inside the top 16 for the first time since the introduction of the
seeding system in
1930.
Steve Johnson was the top-seeded American man at No. 19.
Seeds
Qualifying
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Seeded players
Seeds are based on the ATP and WTA rankings as of August 22, 2016. Rank and points before are as of August 29, 2016.
Withdrawn players
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
Other entry information
Wild cards
Protected ranking
Qualifiers
Lucky losers
Withdrawals
; Before the tournament
‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began
@ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began
§ – withdrew from main draw
;During the tournament
*
Jiří Veselý
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Youth career
Veselý reached the No. 1 junior combined world ranking in January 2011, co ...
(left forearm inflammation)
;Retirements
Notes
References
External links
Men's Singles main draw2016 US Open – Men's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation
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