Stan Wawrinka defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the final, 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 7–5, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2016 US Open. It was his third major title; on all three occasions, he defeated the world No. 1 player in the final. Wawrinka saved a match point en route to the title, against Dan Evans in the third round. Djokovic was the third man in the Open Era (after Ivan Lendl and Andy Murray) to lose five finals at the same major.

This was the first US Open since 1999 not to feature five-time champion Roger Federer. This was the first major that Tomáš Berdych missed since his debut at the 2003 US Open, ending his streak of 52 consecutive major appearances (sixth-highest of all-time).

No American man was seeded inside the top 16 for the first time since the introduction of the seeding system in 1930. Steve Johnson was the top-seeded American man at No. 19.

Seeds

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Seeded players Seeds are based on the ATP and WTA rankings as of August 22, 2016. Rank and points before are as of August 29, 2016.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Novak Djokovic 14,840 2,000 1,200 14,040 Runner-up, lost to Stan Wawrinka 2 2 Andy Murray 9,305 180 360 9,485 Quarterfinals lost to Kei Nishikori 3 3 Stan Wawrinka 4,980 720 2,000 6,260 Champion, defeated Novak Djokovic 4 5 Rafael Nadal 4,850 90 180 4,940 Fourth round lost to Lucas Pouille 5 6 Milos Raonic 4,805 90 45 4,760 Second round lost to Ryan Harrison [Q] 6 7 Kei Nishikori 4,165 10 720 4,875 Semifinals lost to Stan Wawrinka 7 9 Marin Čilić 3,515 720 90 2,885 Third round lost to Jack Sock 8 10 Dominic Thiem 3,205 90 180 3,295 9 11 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,875 360 360 2,875 Quarterfinals retired vs. Novak Djokovic 10 12 Gaël Monfils 2,835 10 720 3,545 Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic 11 13 David Ferrer 2,660 90 90 2,660 Third round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [WC] 12 14 David Goffin 2,565 90 10 2,485 First round lost to Jared Donaldson [Q] 13 15 Richard Gasquet 2,230 360 10 1,880 First round lost to Kyle Edmund 14 16 Nick Kyrgios 2,060 10 90 2,140 Third round retired vs. Illya Marchenko 15 17 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,040 180 90 1,950 Third round lost to Lucas Pouille 16 18 Feliciano López 1,840 360 45 1,525 Second round lost to João Sousa 17 19 Bernard Tomic 1,780 90 10 1,700 First round lost to Damir Džumhur 18 20 Pablo Cuevas 1,745 45 45 1,745 Second round lost to Nicolás Almagro 19 22 Steve Johnson 1,635 10 45 1,670 Second round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [WC] 20 21 John Isner 1,645 180 90 1,555 Third round lost to Kyle Edmund 21 23 Ivo Karlović 1,570 45 180 1,705 Fourth round lost to Kei Nishikori 22 24 Grigor Dimitrov 1,555 45 180 1,690 Fourth round lost to Andy Murray 23 35 Kevin Anderson 1,275 360 90 1,005 Third round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 24 25 Lucas Pouille 1,481 10 360 1,831 Quarterfinals lost to Gaël Monfils 25 26 Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,475 90 10 1,395 First round retired vs. Nicolas Mahut 26 27 Jack Sock 1,450 45 180 1,585 Fourth round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 27 28 Alexander Zverev 1,415 35 45 1,425 Second round lost to Daniel Evans 28 29 Martin Kližan 1,405 45 10 1,370 First round lost to Mikhail Youzhny 29 30 Sam Querrey 1,400 10 10 1,400 First round lost to Janko Tipsarević [PR] 30 31 Gilles Simon 1,385 10 45 1,420 Second round lost to Paolo Lorenzi 31 33 Albert Ramos Viñolas 1,330 10+45 45+20 1,340 Second round lost to Andrey Kuznetsov 32 34 Benoît Paire 1,305 180 45 1,170 Second round lost to Marcos Baghdatis

Withdrawn players The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event. Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason 4 Roger Federer 4,945 1,200 3,745Knee injury 8 Tomáš Berdych 3,570 180 3,390Appendicitis

Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Withdrawals Before the tournament

‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began @ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began § – withdrew from main draw

During the tournament Jiří Veselý (left forearm inflammation)

Retirements

Notes

References

External links Men's Singles main draw 2016 US Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation