U.S. Open Men’s Tennis Champions

After a dramatic semifinal win, claiming another United States Open Tennis championship seemed like a foregone conclusion for Roger Federer.

Juan Martin del Potro had other ideas.

The No. 6 seed dropped two of the first three sets, but rallied to take the last two to outlast Federer in a four-hour thriller. The upset ended Federer’s streak of five consecutive U.S. Open titles.

Here’s a list of the men’s champion’s since the U.S. championship went to an open format in 1968:

2009 — Juan Martin del Potro

2008 — Roger Federer

2007 — Roger Federer

2006 — Roger Federer

2005 — Roger Federer

2004 — Roger Federer

2003 — Andy Roddick

2002 — Pete Sampras

2001 — Lleyton Hewitt

2000 — Marat Safin

1999 — Andre Agassi

1998 — Patrick Rafter

1997 — Patrick Rafter

1996 — Pete Sampras

1995 — Pete Sampras

1994 — Andre Agassi

1993 — Pete Sampras

1992 — Stefan Edberg

1991 — Stefan Edberg

1990 — Pete Sampras

1989 — Boris Becker

1988 — Mats Wilander

1987 — Ivan Lendl

1986 — Ivan Lendl

1985 — Ivan Lendl

1984 — John McEnroe

1983 — Jimmy Connors

1982 — Jimmy Connors

1981 — John McEnroe

1980 — John McEnroe

1979 — John McEnroe

1978 — Jimmy Connors

1977 — Guillermo Vilas

1976 — Jimmy Connors

1975 — Manuel Orantes

1974 — Jimmy Connors

1973 — John Newcombe

1972 — Ilie Nastase

1971 — Stan Smith

1970 — Ken Rosewall

1969 — Rod Laver

1968 — Arthur Ashe

Source: USOpen.org.