Men's singles Champion Roger Federer Runner-up Andy Murray Final score 6–2, 7–5, 6–2 Draw 128 Seeds 32
2008 tennis event results
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 his fifth consecutive US Open title and 13th Grand Slam title overall, as well as his only successful title defense in majors that year (after losing at the Australian Open and Wimbledon ). He moved to second place on the all time men's singles Grand Slam wins list , passing Roy Emerson .[1]
Murray became the first British man to reach a Grand Slam final since Greg Rusedski at the 1997 US Open , and he was attempting to become the first British man to win a Grand Slam title since Fred Perry in 1936. Murray would eventually achieve the latter by winning the US Open title four years later .
Rafael Nadal had a chance to be the first man to achieve the Surface Slam (winning Grand Slam tournaments on clay , grass and hard courts in the same calendar year), having already won the 2008 French Open and Wimbledon titles. He also could have become the first man to win the French Open , Wimbledon and US Open since Rod Laver in 1969, but he lost to Murray in the semifinals. He would eventually complete both achievements two years later .
This was Juan Martín del Potro 's first major appearance as a seeded player. He lost in the quarterfinals against Murray to end 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 [ ]
0 1 . Rafael Nadal (semifinals)
0 2 . Roger Federer (champion)
0 3 . Novak Djokovic (semifinals)
0 4 . David Ferrer (third round)
0 5 . Nikolay Davydenko (fourth round)
0 6 . Andy Murray (final)
0 7 . David Nalbandian (third round)
0 8 . Andy Roddick (quarterfinals)
0 9 . James Blake (third round)
10 . Stanislas Wawrinka (fourth round)
11 . Fernando González (fourth round)
12 . Richard Gasquet (first round)
13 . Fernando Verdasco (third round)
14 . Ivo Karlović (third round)
15 . Tommy Robredo (fourth round)
16 . Gilles Simon (third round)
17 . Juan Martín del Potro (quarterfinals)
18 . Nicolás Almagro (third round)
19 . Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (third round)
20 . Nicolas Kiefer (first round, retired)
21. Mikhail Youzhny (withdrew due to illness, replaced by Flavio Cipolla )
22 . Tomáš Berdych (first round)
23 . Igor Andreev (fourth round)
24 . Paul-Henri Mathieu (second round)
25 . Philipp Kohlschreiber (second round, retired)
26 . Dmitry Tursunov (third round)
27 . Feliciano López (first round)
28 . Radek Štěpánek (third round)
29 . Juan Mónaco (first round)
30 . Marin Čilić (third round)
31 . Andreas Seppi (third round)
32 . Gaël Monfils (fourth round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Qualifying draw [ ]
Draw [ ]
Key [ ]
Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted
Finals [ ]
Second seeded Roger Federer won the tournament for the fifth year in a row.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
1
Rafael Nadal
3
6
6
6
Mardy Fish
6
1
4
2
1
Rafael Nadal
2
65
6
4
6
Andy Murray
6
77
4
6
17
Juan Martín del Potro
62
61
6
5
6
Andy Murray
77
77
4
7
6
Andy Murray
2
5
2
2
Roger Federer
6
7
6
8
Andy Roddick
2
3
6
65
3
Novak Djokovic
6
6
3
77
3
Novak Djokovic
3
7
5
2
2
Roger Federer
6
5
7
6
Q
Gilles Müller
65
4
65
2
Roger Federer
77
6
77
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
1
R Nadal
78
6
78
Q
B Phau
66
3
66
1
R Nadal
6
6
6
Q
R DeHeart
77
5
6
3
6
Q
R DeHeart
1
2
4
O Rochus
64
7
4
6
4
1
R Nadal
6
6
6
V Troicki
77
6
6
V Troicki
4
3
0
WC
C Ball
63
0
1
V Troicki
2
6
6
3
L Horna
2
3
2
25
P Kohlschreiber
6
3
4
0
r
25
P Kohlschreiber
6
6
6
1
R Nadal
6
5
77
6
22
T Berdych
3
1
2
S Querrey
2
7
62
3
S Querrey
6
6
6
S Querrey
78
6
4
6
P Andújar
4
2
2
N Devilder
66
4
6
3
N Devilder
6
6
6
S Querrey
77
77
6
R Schüttler
68
0
0
r
14
I Karlović
65
65
2
F Serra
710
6
2
F Serra
65
4
2
Q
J Minář
5
1
4
14
I Karlović
77
6
6
14
I Karlović
7
6
6
Section 2 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
9
J Blake
6
3
6
4
6
D Young
1
6
1
6
4
9
J Blake
4
6
1
D Gremelmayr
1
78
64
4
S Darcis
6
3
0
r
S Darcis
6
66
77
6
9
J Blake
3
3
64
M Fish
77
63
6
6
M Fish
6
6
77
Q
R Smeets
64
77
3
4
M Fish
6
3
6
6
S Grosjean
77
65
3
2
24
P-H Mathieu
2
6
3
4
24
P-H Mathieu
64
7
6
6
M Fish
7
6
6
32
G Monfils
6
6
6
32
G Monfils
5
2
2
Q
P Cuevas
4
4
1
32
G Monfils
6
6
3
6
E Korolev
77
6
711
E Korolev
2
3
6
4
R Söderling
64
3
69
32
G Monfils
6
6
6
LL
A Golubev
6
6
6
7
D Nalbandian
3
4
2
WC
B Evans
4
3
2
LL
A Golubev
2
4
2
M Daniel
1
2
4
7
D Nalbandian
6
6
6
7
D Nalbandian
6
6
6
Section 3 [ ]
Section 4 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
10
S Wawrinka
77
6
6
S Bolelli
65
3
3
10
S Wawrinka
6
78
6
W Odesnik
2
6
4
6
6
W Odesnik
4
66
2
F Fognini
6
0
6
3
4
10
S Wawrinka
5
64
6
6
6
N Lapentti
4
6
6
4
3
LL
F Cipolla
7
77
4
0
4
Y-h Lu
6
1
4
6
6
Y-h Lu
1
6
62
4
Q
J Hernych
77
4
6
60
64
LL
F Cipolla
6
4
77
6
LL
F Cipolla
62
6
2
77
77
10
S Wawrinka
1
3
3
27
F López
6
65
2
6
4
6
A Murray
6
6
6
J Melzer
4
77
6
2
6
J Melzer
6
6
6
J Vaněk
3
6
6
7
J Vaněk
0
2
2
Q
S Bohli
6
3
2
5
J Melzer
77
6
65
1
3
T Gabashvili
3
7
65
64
6
A Murray
65
4
77
6
6
M Llodra
6
5
77
77
M Llodra
4
6
5
67
S Roitman
3
4
0
6
A Murray
6
1
7
79
6
A Murray
6
6
6
Bottom half [ ]
Section 5 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
8
A Roddick
6
6
6
F Santoro
2
2
2
8
A Roddick
3
7
6
7
E Gulbis
7
6
77
E Gulbis
6
5
2
5
T Johansson
5
1
63
8
A Roddick
6
7
77
G García López
4
6
6
6
31
A Seppi
2
5
64
PR
D Hrbatý
6
3
4
4
G García López
2
6
2
2
H-t Lee
3
5
6
6
3
31
A Seppi
6
4
6
6
31
A Seppi
6
7
3
3
6
8
A Roddick
6
6
6
20
N Kiefer
6
1
4
1
r
11
F González
2
4
1
I Minář
4
6
6
4
I Minář
77
6
4
3
2
WC
S Jenkins
3
3
5
J Nieminen
62
3
6
6
6
J Nieminen
6
6
7
J Nieminen
5
4
77
1
B Reynolds
6
63
2
6
77
11
F González
7
6
63
6
Q
T Zíb
4
77
6
4
64
B Reynolds
66
4
4
I Navarro
63
3
6
65
11
F González
78
6
6
11
F González
77
6
4
77
Section 6 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
15
T Robredo
77
6
6
M Zverev
64
2
1
15
T Robredo
4
77
6
6
V Spadea
6
2
3
6
4
M Safin
6
64
4
0
M Safin
3
6
6
4
6
15
T Robredo
77
6
6
LL
A-u-H Qureshi
4
77
62
2
19
J-W Tsonga
62
2
3
C Moyá
6
65
77
6
C Moyá
6
3
4
4
S Ventura
77
4
2
3
19
J-W Tsonga
4
6
6
6
19
J-W Tsonga
63
6
6
6
15
T Robredo
6
2
3
7
3
30
M Čilić
4
7
6
67
6
3
N Djokovic
4
6
6
5
6
J Benneteau
6
5
3
79
2
30
M Čilić
6
2
6
7
R Ginepri
6
6
77
R Ginepri
4
6
2
5
WC
A Delic
1
2
65
30
M Čilić
79
5
4
60
Q
R Kendrick
77
6
5
7
3
N Djokovic
67
7
6
77
N Mahut
63
4
7
5
Q
R Kendrick
68
4
4
A Clément
3
3
4
3
N Djokovic
710
6
6
3
N Djokovic
6
6
6
Section 7 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
5
N Davydenko
6
6
6
D Sela
3
3
3
5
N Davydenko
6
6
77
WC
A Krajicek
2
2
1
A Calleri
4
4
62
A Calleri
6
6
6
5
N Davydenko
6
77
6
A Montañés
65
3
6
3
26
D Tursunov
2
64
3
V Hănescu
77
6
2
6
V Hănescu
77
3
4
2
E Schwank
5
6
5
65
26
D Tursunov
62
6
6
6
26
D Tursunov
7
4
7
77
5
N Davydenko
4
6
3
610
18
N Almagro
6
6
7
Q
G Müller
6
4
6
712
F Dancevic
3
4
5
18
N Almagro
6
6
6
WC
S Warburg
6
1
WC
S Warburg
3
4
4
J Tipsarević
2
0
r
18
N Almagro
77
6
65
66
5
WC
L Recouderc
4
0
6
4
Q
G Müller
63
3
77
78
7
Q
G Müller
6
6
4
6
Q
G Müller
2
2
77
6
6
T Haas
63
6
5
7
6
T Haas
6
6
65
3
3
12
R Gasquet
77
4
7
5
2
Section 8 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
13
F Verdasco
6
6
6
I Kunitsyn
3
4
1
13
F Verdasco
65
77
6
66
6
Q
R Machado
6
79
6
Q
R Machado
77
65
4
78
0
Q
R de Voest
4
67
1
13
F Verdasco
2
4
4
F Gil
6
3
2
3
23
I Andreev
6
6
6
J Chardy
3
6
6
6
J Chardy
63
4
3
M Gicquel
63
4
4
23
I Andreev
77
6
6
23
I Andreev
77
6
6
23
I Andreev
77
65
3
6
3
28
R Štěpánek
7
6
6
2
R Federer
65
77
6
3
6
P Starace
5
3
1
28
R Štěpánek
6
6
63
6
WC
J Levine
3
6
66
66
C Guccione
4
4
77
2
C Guccione
6
3
78
78
28
R Štěpánek
3
3
2
Q
T Alves
4
1
6
77
6
2
R Federer
6
6
6
Q
P Capdeville
6
6
1
62
4
Q
T Alves
3
5
4
M González
3
0
3
2
R Federer
6
7
6
2
R Federer
6
6
6
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