Top 5 Matches at the U.S. Open

[McEnroeisanartist]

Top 5 Matches at the U.S. Open

In his Tennis Encyclopedia, historian Bud Collins cites the 1996 Quarterfinal Sampras-Corretja as the match of the 90's at the U.S. Open and easily among the five best of the open area at the tournament. Agreeing with him, my other four open era matches of the U.S. Open are:

1980 U.S. Open Final McEnroe-Borg
1988 U.S. Open Final Wilander-Lendl
1991 U.S. Open 4th Round Connors-Krickstein
2001 U.S. Open Quarterfinal Sampras-Agassi

Honorable Mention:
1980 and 1984 U.S. Open Semifinals McEnroe-Connors
1990 U.S. Open Quarterfinal Sampras-Lendl
1992 U.S. Open Semifinal Edberg-Chang

Thoughts?? Matches?

 

[quest01]

2002 US open final, Sampras vs Agassi. 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-4

 

[wildbill88AA]

wilander-lendl 1988
becker-lendl 1989?
borg-mac 1980
connors had a bunch.
connors-borg 1976, on clay
connors-lendl 1982, a big upset

 

[Rhino]

2005 quarter-final, Agassi vs Blake
Night match in Arther Ashe stadium, finished at 1:15am
Agassi wins 3 6 3 6 6 3 6 3 7 6

 

[EvonneFedererBorgster]

Navratilova d. Evert 1981 semifinal, just mere months after losing love + love to Chris in Amelia Island.
Mandlikova d. Navratilova 1985 final, the day after stopping Evert in the semis.
Navratilova d. Graf 1991 semifinal, on the same court she last beat Steffi exactly 4 long years earlier.
Graf d. Seles 1995 final. Seles’ Improbable comeback to make finals in just second tournament back after 2.5 years away.

They all had one thing in common besides being spectacular matches - DRAMA.

 

[Vincent-C]

Top 5 Matches at the U.S. Open

In his Tennis Encyclopedia, historian Bud Collins cites the 1996 Quarterfinal Sampras-Corretja as the match of the 90's at the U.S. Open and easily among the five best of the open area at the tournament. Agreeing with him, my other four open era matches of the U.S. Open are:

1980 U.S. Open Final McEnroe-Borg
1988 U.S. Open Final Wilander-Lendl
1991 U.S. Open 4th Round Connors-Krickstein
2001 U.S. Open Quarterfinal Sampras-Agassi

Honorable Mention:
1980 and 1984 U.S. Open Semifinals McEnroe-Connors
1990 U.S. Open Quarterfinal Sampras-Lendl
1992 U.S. Open Semifinal Edberg-Chang

Thoughts?? Matches?

Good to see the '01 Sampras v. Agassi QF in there. Awesome match. 67 76 76 76

 

[aus89]

Henin v Capriati, Delpo v Fed final

 

[Larry Duff]

Lendl-Cash semi final.
Murray-Djokovic final

 

[helterskelter]

Henin v Capriati, Delpo v Fed final

Capriati lost a final set tiebreak in three US Open semis (and lost a fourth US Open semi) but never made the US Open final. Tough results for a home town player.

 

[kangaroo1973]

Wilander Lendl 1987
Sinner Alcaraz 2022

 

[DSH]

Nadal vs Medvedev US Open 2019 Final.
A classic for the ages.