2020 US Open – Men's singles

Dominic Thiem defeated Alexander Zverev in the final, 2–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6^(8–6) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2020 US Open.^[1] It was his first and only major title, following three previous runner-up finishes. Thiem became the first man to come back from two sets down in a US Open final in the Open Era, the first to do so overall since 1949, and the first to do so in any major final since Gastón Gaudio at the 2004 French Open.^[2][3] Both players served for the championship in the final set (Zverev at 5–3 and Thiem at 6–5), but both were broken at 30. This was the first time in history that the US Open title was decided by a fifth set tie-break, 50 years after the rule was introduced in 1970.^[4]

Men's singles
2020 US Open
Champion	Dominic Thiem
Runner-up	Alexander Zverev
Score	2–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Draw	128 (8 WC )
Seeds	32

Main article: 2020 US Open (tennis)

Thiem's victory made him the first Austrian to win a singles major since Thomas Muster at the 1995 French Open, the first man born in the 1990s to win a singles major, and the first new male major singles champion since Marin Čilić won the 2014 US Open.^[4] The gap between Čilić and Thiem's titles was the longest between two new major singles champions in the history of men's tennis, surpassing the previous longest gap between Juan Martín del Potro and Andy Murray respectively at the 2009 and 2012 editions of the US Open. It was also Thiem's 17th and last career ATP Tour title.

Zverev became the youngest man to reach a major final since Novak Djokovic at the 2010 US Open and the first German to reach a major final since Rainer Schüttler at the 2003 Australian Open.^[4]

Rafael Nadal was the reigning champion, but chose not to participate due to both safety concerns related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the short amount of time between the US Open and the rescheduled European clay season.^[5][6][7] This marked the first time since the 1999 US Open that both Nadal and Roger Federer (who was recovering from a knee surgery) were absent from a major.^[8]

There were no qualifiers this year. The ATP rankings valid on August 3 (being the rankings from March 16) were used to determine the main-draw entry list.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic was disqualified from the tournament during his fourth-round match against Pablo Carreño Busta. After being broken to trail 6–5 in the first set, Djokovic frustratedly hit a ball towards the baseline and wound up hitting a line judge in the throat.^[9] Djokovic's unbeaten 26–0 2020 season, as well as his 29-match winning streak (extending back to the 2019 Davis Cup Finals), ended as a result. Djokovic became the first player to be defaulted from a major since Stefan Koubek at the 2000 French Open.^[10]

Djokovic's ejection from the tournament guaranteed a first-time major finalist in the top half of the draw. His disqualification also meant this would be the first major since the 2004 French Open not to feature either Djokovic, Federer or Nadal in the semifinals, the first major since the 2003 Wimbledon Championships in which none of the quarterfinalists had previously won a major, and the first major men's singles tournament not to have been won by Djokovic, Federer or Nadal since Stan Wawrinka in the 2016 US Open final.^[11] This also guaranteed a first-time major champion in men's singles for the first time since the 2014 tournament. Additionally, it meant this would be the first major won by someone under the age of 30 since the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. For the first time in major history, all of the male quarterfinalists were born in the 1990s.^[12]

Seeds

All seedings per ATP rankings.^[13]

01.   Novak Djokovic (fourth round, defaulted)

02.   Dominic Thiem (champion)

03.   Daniil Medvedev (semifinals)

04.   Stefanos Tsitsipas (third round)

05.   Alexander Zverev (final)

06.   Matteo Berrettini (fourth round)

07.   David Goffin (fourth round)

08.   Roberto Bautista Agut (third round)

09.   Diego Schwartzman (first round)

10.   Andrey Rublev (quarterfinals)

11.   Karen Khachanov (third round)

12.   Denis Shapovalov (quarterfinals)

13.   Cristian Garín (second round)

14.   Grigor Dimitrov (second round)

15.   Félix Auger-Aliassime (fourth round)

16.   John Isner (first round)

17.   Benoît Paire (withdrew due to positive COVID-19 test)

18.   Dušan Lajović (first round)

19.   Taylor Fritz (third round)

20.   Pablo Carreño Busta (semifinals)

21.   Alex de Minaur (quarterfinals)

22.   Nikoloz Basilashvili (first round)

23.   Dan Evans (second round)

24.   Hubert Hurkacz (second round)

25.   Milos Raonic (second round)

26.   Filip Krajinović (third round)

27.   Borna Ćorić (quarterfinals)

28.   Jan-Lennard Struff (third round)

29.   Guido Pella (first round)

30.   Casper Ruud (third round)

31.   Marin Čilić (third round)

32.   Adrian Mannarino (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

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
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	20	Pablo Carreño Busta	3	77	77	0	6
	12	Denis Shapovalov	6	65	64	6	3
										20	Pablo Carreño Busta	6	6	3	4	3
										5	Alexander Zverev	3	2	6	6	6
	27	Borna Ćorić	6	65	61	3
	5	Alexander Zverev	1	77	77	6
																			5	Alexander Zverev	6	6	4	3	66
																			2	Dominic Thiem	2	4	6	6	78
	10	Andrey Rublev	66	3	65
	3	Daniil Medvedev	78	6	77
										3	Daniil Medvedev	2	67	65
										2	Dominic Thiem	6	79	77
	21	Alex de Minaur	1	2	4
	2	Dominic Thiem	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	1	N Djokovic	6	6	6
		D Džumhur	1	4	1					1	N Djokovic	65	6	6	6
		K Edmund	2	7	7	6					K Edmund	77	3	4	2
		A Bublik	6	5	5	0													1	N Djokovic	6	6	6
		J Sousa	2	5	6	1													28	J-L Struff	3	3	1
	WC	M Mmoh	6	7	2	6				WC	M Mmoh	2	2	5
		P Martínez	0	5	4					28	J-L Struff	6	6	7
	28	J-L Struff	6	7	6																							1	N Djokovic	5d
	20	P Carreño Busta	4	6	1	6	6																					20	P Carreño Busta	6
		Y Uchiyama	6	3	6	3	3			20	P Carreño Busta	6	6	6
	WC	M Krueger	3	6	7	6				WC	M Krueger	1	2	2
		P Sousa	6	2	5	3													20	P Carreño Busta	6	6	6
		F Gaio	63	6	4	4														R Berankis	4	3	2
		R Berankis	77	4	6	6					R Berankis	7	6	1	77
		S Johnson	65	6	65	6	77				S Johnson	5	2	6	61
	16	J Isner	77	3	77	3	63

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	12	D Shapovalov	6	4	6	6
	WC	S Korda	4	6	3	2				12	D Shapovalov	65	6	6	6
	WC	T-S Kwiatkowski	6	64	1	2					S-w Kwon	77	4	4	2
		S-w Kwon	3	77	6	6													12	D Shapovalov	3	6	4	77	6
		M Safwat	1	4	4														19	T Fritz	6	3	6	65	2
		G Simon	6	6	6						G Simon	5	3	2
		D Koepfer	79	3	2	4				19	T Fritz	7	6	6
	19	T Fritz	67	6	6	6																						12	D Shapovalov	60	6	6	6
	26	F Krajinović	6	77	6																							7	D Goffin	77	3	4	3
		M Ymer	2	63	3					26	F Krajinović	6	6	6
		M Giron	6	65	3	6	6				M Giron	4	1	3
		M Polmans	4	77	6	4	2												26	F Krajinović	1	65	4
		L Harris	6	7	6														7	D Goffin	6	77	6
		M Cecchinato	4	5	2						L Harris	66	6	1	4
		R Opelka	62	6	1	4				7	D Goffin	78	4	6	6
	7	D Goffin	77	3	6	6

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	4	S Tsitsipas	6	6	6
		A Ramos Viñolas	2	1	1					4	S Tsitsipas	77	6	6
	WC	M Cressy	6	2	6	6				WC	M Cressy	62	3	4
		J Kovalík	1	6	4	4													4	S Tsitsipas	77	4	6	5	64
		JI Londero	6	6	7														27	B Ćorić	62	6	4	7	77
		E Donskoy	3	3	5						JI Londero	5	6	77	2	3
		P Andújar	5	3	1					27	B Ćorić	7	4	65	6	6
	27	B Ćorić	7	6	6																							27	B Ćorić	7	6	6
	18	D Lajović	1	6	4	4																							J Thompson	5	1	3
		E Gerasimov	6	4	6	6					E Gerasimov	1	4	6	3
		S Travaglia	3	4	6	2					J Thompson	6	6	3	6
		J Thompson	6	6	4	6														J Thompson	7	6	6
		A Balázs	4	5	4															M Kukushkin	5	4	1
		M Kukushkin	6	7	6						M Kukushkin	6	6	3	4	7
	WC	U Blanch	6	7	4	4	2			13	C Garín	2	1	6	6	5
	13	C Garín	4	5	6	6	6

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	9	D Schwartzman	6	6	2	1	5
		C Norrie	3	4	6	6	7				C Norrie	6	6	6
		J Jung	6	6	4	1	0r				F Coria	3	4	4
		F Coria	2	4	6	6	2													C Norrie	62	6	2	1
		A Davidovich Fokina	3	6	6	1	6													A Davidovich Fokina	77	4	6	6
		D Novak	6	4	3	6	0				A Davidovich Fokina	6	1	6	6
		P Gojowczyk	3	4	4					24	H Hurkacz	4	6	2	2
	24	H Hurkacz	6	6	6																								A Davidovich Fokina	2	2	1
	32	A Mannarino	6	6	2	6																						5	A Zverev	6	6	6
		L Sonego	1	4	6	3				32	A Mannarino	77	7	6
	PR	J Sock	3	6	6	4	77			PR	J Sock	65	5	2
		P Cuevas	6	4	2	6	62												32	A Mannarino	77	4	2	2
		P Lorenzi	3	2	63														5	A Zverev	64	6	6	6
	WC	B Nakashima	6	6	77					WC	B Nakashima	5	710	3	1
		K Anderson	62	7	3	5				5	A Zverev	7	68	6	6
	5	A Zverev	77	5	6	7

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	6	M Berrettini	77	6	6
		G Soeda	65	1	4					6	M Berrettini	6	6	78
		Y Sugita	3	4	3						U Humbert	4	4	66
		U Humbert	6	6	6														6	M Berrettini	6	6	6
		E Ruusuvuori	6	3	6	4	6												30	C Ruud	4	4	2
		A Bedene	3	6	1	6	1				E Ruusuvuori	4	3	2r
	PR	M McDonald	6	6	4	3	2			30	C Ruud	6	6	3
	30	C Ruud	4	4	6	6	6																					6	M Berrettini	6	3	3	3
	Alt	E Escobedo	77	6	6																							10	A Rublev	4	6	6	6
		K Majchrzak	63	2	3					Alt	E Escobedo	6	4	3	4
		S Caruso	4	7	7	6					S Caruso	3	6	6	6
		J Duckworth	6	5	5	2														S Caruso	0	4	0
		T Daniel	3	4	6	1													10	A Rublev	6	6	6
		G Barrère	6	6	3	6					G Barrère	2	4	64
		J Chardy	4	4	3					10	A Rublev	6	6	77
	10	A Rublev	6	6	6

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	14	G Dimitrov	6	6	6
		T Paul	4	3	1					14	G Dimitrov	77	64	6	4	1
		M Fucsovics	6	6	6						M Fucsovics	65	77	3	6	6
		H Dellien	3	3	1															M Fucsovics	2	3	2
		F Tiafoe	4	6	6	7														F Tiafoe	6	6	6
		A Seppi	6	3	4	5					F Tiafoe	78	3	1	6	6
		J Millman	6	6	6						J Millman	66	6	6	3	3
	22	N Basilashvili	1	4	4																								F Tiafoe	4	1	0
	29	G Pella	2	6	3	3																						3	D Medvedev	6	6	6
	WC	JJ Wolf	6	0	6	6				WC	JJ Wolf	6	6	6
		F López	6	65	4	3					R Carballés Baena	2	4	3
		R Carballés Baena	3	77	6	6													WC	JJ Wolf	3	3	2
		C O'Connell	4	6	77	6													3	D Medvedev	6	6	6
		L Đere	6	4	62	4					C O'Connell	3	2	4
		F Delbonis	1	2	4					3	D Medvedev	6	6	6
	3	D Medvedev	6	6	6

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	8	R Bautista Agut	6	6	77
		T Sandgren	4	4	63					8	R Bautista Agut	6	3	6	6
		G Mager	4	4	78	6	2				M Kecmanović	3	6	3	4
		M Kecmanović	6	6	66	3	6												8	R Bautista Agut	5	6	6	3	2
		V Pospisil	77	7	77															V Pospisil	7	2	4	6	6
		P Kohlschreiber	64	5	63						V Pospisil	61	6	77	6
		L Mayer	3	2	3					25	M Raonic	77	3	64	3
	25	M Raonic	6	6	6																								V Pospisil	66	3	2
	21	A de Minaur	6	6	7																							21	A de Minaur	78	6	6
		A Martin	4	3	5					21	A de Minaur	6	6	66	7
		I Karlović	60	64	1						R Gasquet	4	3	78	5
		R Gasquet	77	77	6														21	A de Minaur	6	0	4	6	6
	PR	A Kuznetsov	6	78	6														11	K Khachanov	4	6	6	3	1
		S Querrey	4	66	2					PR	A Kuznetsov	3	4	1
		J Sinner	6	79	2	0	64			11	K Khachanov	6	6	6
	11	K Khachanov	3	67	6	6	77

Section 8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	15	F Auger-Aliassime	6	67	78	78
		T Monteiro	3	79	66	66				15	F Auger-Aliassime	6	6	6
		A Murray	4	4	77	77	6				A Murray	2	3	4
		Y Nishioka	6	6	65	64	4												15	F Auger-Aliassime	6	6	6
		C Moutet	6	6	7															C Moutet	1	0	4
		J Veselý	4	4	5						C Moutet	4	6	77	77
		T Seyboth Wild	2	1	65					23	D Evans	6	3	65	61
	23	D Evans	6	6	77																							15	F Auger-Aliassime	64	1	1
	31	M Čilić	63	3	7	7	6																					2	D Thiem	77	6	6
		D Kudla	77	6	5	5	3			31	M Čilić	6	1	77	7
		N Gombos	6	6	6						N Gombos	3	6	62	5
		R Albot	4	1	4														31	M Čilić	2	2	6	3
		S Nagal	6	6	3	6													2	D Thiem	6	6	3	6
		B Klahn	1	3	6	1					S Nagal	3	3	2
		J Munar	66	3	0r					2	D Thiem	6	6	6
	2	D Thiem	78	6	0

Players

Seeded players

More information on seeded players
Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic	10,860	180	0	10,860	Fourth round, defaulted against Pablo Carreño Busta [20]
2	3	Dominic Thiem	7,135	10	2,000	9,125	Champion, defeated Alexander Zverev [5]
3	5	Daniil Medvedev	5,890	1,200	720	5,890	Semifinals, lost to Dominic Thiem [2]
4	6	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5,095	10	90	5,175	Third round, lost to Borna Ćorić [27]
5	7	Alexander Zverev	3,630	180	1,200	4,650	Final, lost to Dominic Thiem [2]
6	8	Matteo Berrettini	2,940	720	180	2,940	Fourth round, lost to Andrey Rublev [10]
7	10	David Goffin	2,555	180	180	2,555	Fourth round, lost to Denis Shapovalov [12]
8	11	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,540	10	90	2,620	Third round, lost to Vasek Pospisil
9	13	Diego Schwartzman	2,265	360	10	2,265	First round, lost to Cameron Norrie
10	14	Andrey Rublev	2,234	180	360	2,414	Quarterfinals, lost to Daniil Medvedev [3]
11	16	Karen Khachanov	2,120	10	90	2,200	Third round, lost to Alex de Minaur [21]
12	17	Denis Shapovalov	2,075	90	360	2,345	Quarterfinals, lost to Pablo Carreño Busta [20]
13	19	Cristian Garín	1,900	45	45	1,900	Second round, lost to Mikhail Kukushkin
14	20	Grigor Dimitrov	1,885	720	45	1,885	Second round, lost to Márton Fucsovics
15	21	Félix Auger-Aliassime	1,806	10	180	1,976	Fourth round, lost to Dominic Thiem [2]
16	22	John Isner	1,805	90	10	1,805	First round, lost to Steve Johnson
17	23	Benoît Paire	1,738	45	0	1,738	Withdrew and tested positive for COVID-19
18	24	Dušan Lajović	1,695	45	10	1,695	First round, lost to Egor Gerasimov
19	25	Taylor Fritz	1,545	10	90	1,625	Third round, lost to Denis Shapovalov [12]
20	27	Pablo Carreño Busta	1,500	90	720	2,130	Semifinals, lost to Alexander Zverev [5]
21	28	Alex de Minaur	1,485	180	360	1,665	Quarterfinals, lost to Dominic Thiem [2]
22	30	Nikoloz Basilashvili	1,395	90	10	1,395	First round, lost to John Millman
23	31	Dan Evans	1,384	90	45	1,384	Second round, lost to Corentin Moutet
24	33	Hubert Hurkacz	1,353	10	45	1,388	Second round, lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
25	18	Milos Raonic	1,950	0	45	1,995	Second round, lost to Vasek Pospisil
26	26	Filip Krajinović	1,503	10	90	1,583	Third round, lost to David Goffin [7]
27	32	Borna Ćorić	1,355	45	360	1,670	Quarterfinals, lost to Alexander Zverev [5]
28	29	Jan-Lennard Struff	1,405	45	90	1,450	Third round, lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
29	36	Guido Pella	1,310	10	10	1,310	First round, lost to J. J. Wolf [WC]
30	37	Casper Ruud	1,279	10	90	1,359	Third round, lost to Matteo Berrettini [6]
31	38	Marin Čilić	1,225	180	90	1,225	Third round, lost to Dominic Thiem [2]
32	39	Adrian Mannarino	1,191	10	90	1,271	Third round, lost to Alexander Zverev [5]

Other entry information

Wild cards

• Ulises Blanch
• Maxime Cressy
• Sebastian Korda
• Mitchell Krueger
• Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
• Michael Mmoh
• Brandon Nakashima
• J. J. Wolf

Protected ranking

• Andrey Kuznetsov (130)
• Mackenzie McDonald (83)
• Jack Sock (119)

Alternates

• Ernesto Escobedo
• Marcel Granollers (withdrew due to focus on doubles)

Withdrawals

• † Rafael Nadal (2)^[6] → replaced by Marc Polmans (119)
• † Roger Federer (4)^[14] → replaced by Jack Sock (119 PR)
• † Gaël Monfils (9)^[15] → replaced by Jason Jung (120)
• † Fabio Fognini (11)^[15] → replaced by Paolo Lorenzi (121)
• † Stan Wawrinka (17)^[16] → replaced by Jozef Kovalík (122)
• † Nick Kyrgios (40)^[17] → replaced by Kevin Anderson (123)
• † Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (49)^[15] → replaced by Ivo Karlović (124)
• † Lucas Pouille (58)^[18] → replaced by Peter Gojowczyk (125)
• † Pierre-Hugues Herbert (71)^[19] → replaced by Bradley Klahn (126)
• † Nicolás Jarry (89)^[20] → replaced by Sumit Nagal (127)
• & Alexei Popyrin (95)^[21] → replaced by Andy Murray (129)
• & Lu Yen-hsun (71 PR)^[21] → replaced by Federico Gaio (130)
• & Kei Nishikori (31)^[21] → replaced by Andrey Kuznetsov (130 PR)
• & Fernando Verdasco (52)^[21] → replaced by Mohamed Safwat (131)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• & Benoît Paire (22)^[22] → replaced by Ernesto Escobedo (Alt)^{[lower-alpha 2]}

† – not included on entry list
& – withdrew from entry list
Rank date: March 16, 2020^{[lower-alpha 3]}

Notes

1. Last direct acceptance
2. Marcel Granollers had initially replaced Paire, but later withdrew due to focus on his Men's Doubles match.
3. Valid on using the August 3, 2020 entry date

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External links

• 2020 US Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

Preceded by 2020 Australian Open – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 2020 French Open – Men's singles