įrances Tiafoe became the first American man to reach the US Open semifinals since Roddick in 2006, and the semifinals of any major since John Isner at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. The quarterfinal line-up guaranteed a first-time major champion, while the semifinal line-up marked the first time all four players made their US Open semifinal debut since the inaugural edition in 1881. This marked the third consecutive US Open where a player claimed his maiden major title. Medvedev became the first man outside the Big Four to be the top seed at a major since Andy Roddick at the 2004 Australian Open. ĭaniil Medvedev was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Nick Kyrgios. Ruud became the first Norwegian man to reach the championship match. At 23 hours and 39 minutes of play duration across his seven matches, Alcaraz spent the longest time on court in major history. Alcaraz also became the third player to reach a major final having won three consecutive five-set matches, after Stefan Edberg at the 1992 US Open and Andre Agassi at the 2005 US Open. 1 in tennis history, surpassing the record Lleyton Hewitt held. Īlcaraz became the youngest major champion since Nadal at the 2005 French Open, the youngest US Open champion since Pete Sampras in 1990, the first man born in the 2000s to win a major singles title, and the youngest man to be ranked world No. Alcaraz saved a match point en route to the title, in the quarterfinals against Jannik Sinner.

Ruud, Rafael Nadal, Daniil Medvedev, and Stefanos Tsitsipas were also in contention for the top position. It was his first major title, and he claimed the world No.

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Casper Ruud in the final, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6 (7–1), 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 US Open.

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