2008 US Open – Men's Singles


Four-time defending champion Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray in the final 6–2, 7–5, 6–2 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2008 US Open. It was Federer's 13th Grand Slam title and his only successful title defense in majors that year, after losing the French Open and Wimbledon titles, now moved to second place on the all time men's singles Grand Slam wins list, passing Roy Emerson.
This was Federer's last US Open title.
Murray became the first British man to reach the Grand Slam final since Greg Rusedski in the 1997 US Open, as he was attempting to become the first British player to win a Grand Slam title since Fred Perry in 1936, but lost to Federer in the final. Murray would eventually win the title at this event four years later.
Rafael Nadal had a chance to win Grand Slam tournaments on clay, grass and hard courts in the same calendar year, after having won the French Open and Wimbledon, and could have become the first man to win the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open since Rod Laver did it in 1969, but he lost to Murray in the semifinals.
This was Juan Martín del Potro's first appearance as a seeded player in a Grand Slam. He lost in the quarterfinals against Murray ending his 23 match winning streak. He would go on to win the title the following year. Another future champion, Marin Čilić, appeared in the main draw of the US Open for the first time.
This was the last Grand Slam tournament for 2002 Australian Open Champion and former World No. 7 Thomas Johansson.

Seeds

  1. Rafael Nadal '
  2. Roger Federer
  3. Novak Djokovic '
  4. David Ferrer '
  5. Nikolay Davydenko '
  6. Andy Murray '
  7. David Nalbandian '
  8. Andy Roddick '
  9. James Blake '
  10. Stanislas Wawrinka '
  11. Fernando González '
  12. Richard Gasquet '
  13. Fernando Verdasco '
  14. Ivo Karlović '
  15. Tommy Robredo '
  16. Gilles Simon '
  17. Juan Martín del Potro '
  18. Nicolás Almagro '
  19. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga '
  20. Nicolas Kiefer '
  21. Mikhail Youzhny '
  22. Tomáš Berdych '
  23. Igor Andreev '
  24. Paul-Henri Mathieu '
  25. Philipp Kohlschreiber '
  26. Dmitry Tursunov '
  27. Feliciano López '
  28. Radek Štěpánek '
  29. Juan Mónaco '
  30. Marin Čilić '
  31. Andreas Seppi '
  32. Gaël Monfils

    Qualifying draw

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8