US Open: 4 most successful men's singles players in the Open Era

#1 Roger Federer (5 titles)

Federer poses with his 5th (consecutive) US Open title in 2008

With 5 titles, Roger Federer is one of the most successful players at the US Open, along with Connors and Sampras. In his fifth appearance at the tournament, Federer lifted his first US Open title and his second Grand Slam title by beating 2001 champion Lleyton Hewitt 6-0, 7-6(3), 6-0.

It was the first instance of a double bagel in a US Open final and the most lopsided US Open title match in the Open Era since Connors dropped only two games against Rosewall in the 1974 final.

Federer successfully defended his US Open title the next year by winning a four-set final against American Andre Agassi. The Swiss beat 2003 champion Andy Roddick in the 2006 final to become the first player since McEnroe (1981) to win three successive US Open titles.

Federer went past McEnroe's record in 2007 when he beat 20-year-old Serbian Novak Djokovic for his fourth straight title at the US Open and the Swiss completed a first 'five-peat' at the US Open by beating Andy Murray in the 2008 final to win his fifth consecutive US Open.

The Swiss recorded a staggering 40th consecutive match win at the US Open in 2009 but was thwarted by Argentinian Juan Martin del Potro in a five-set final.

Federer returned to the US Open final in 2015 but his second attempt to go past Connors' and Sampras' tallies of 5 US Open titles was ended by Novak Djokovic in a four-set defeat.

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