US Open: Roger Federer's 5 most memorable match wins at Flushing Meadows

#2 2004 final: Federer beats Hewitt 6-0 7-6(3) 6-0

Federer beats Hewitt to lift his first US Open title in 2004

In his fifth tournament appearance, Federer arrived at his first US Open final against 2001 champion Lleyton Hewitt, following a five-set quarterfinal defeat of Andre Agassi and a straight-sets win over Tim Henman in the last four.

The top seeded Swiss burst off the blocks, taking a bagel opening set against a stunned Hewitt in a mere 18 minutes. It was the first time in the Open Era that the men's singles final at the US Open had witnessed a bagel first set.

Federer snatched an early break in the second and arrived at three set points. A rout was on the cards, but Hewitt broke the Swiss in the ninth game of the set to force a tiebreak.

Federer regrouped and asserted his dominance in the tiebreak which he clinched for the loss of just three points, to take a commanding two-set lead.

History was now against Hewitt as no player had recovered from a two-set deficit in the final to win the US Open title since Pancho Gonzalez beat Ted Schroeder in the 1949 title match. Hewitt wilted in the face of a relentless onslaught from Federer as the Swiss walloped to the finish line with another bagel set to win his first US Open title and third Grand Slam of the year.

This remains the only double-bagel US Open final since the 1884 title match between Richard Sears and Howard Taylor.

Federer became the first player in the Open Era to win his first four Slam finals, and the Swiss also emulated Mats Wilander by becoming the first player in 16 years to win three Grand Slam titles in a year.