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The 2011 US Open is over for another year and what an exciting tournament it was. New York had a very eventful 2 weeks during the tennis tournament that was greeted with Hurricane Irene and then tons of celebrities who arrived for Fashion Week and then on the final day of the open was the 9/11 day of remembrance.
This year gave us new Champions to the Open in Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Samantha Stosur of Australia. Djovak beat last year’s champion Rafael Nadal and on the women’s side, Samantha Stosur beat Serena Williams.
The Open also gave us another Star Spangled Banner highlight for the blooper reel after Cyndi Lauper, the Time after Time singer flubbed it.
Overall, this year brought great competition from past and future Champions and to recognize those who have won the Open before, we have put together a complete list of the Men’s and Women’s Singles Champions.
See you next year!
| Year | Country | Men’s Champion | Country | Women’s Champion |
| 2011 | Serbia | Novak Djokovic | Australia | Samantha Stosur |
| 2010 | Spain | Rafael Nadal | Belgium | Kim Clijsters |
| 2009 | Argentina | Juan Martín del Potro | Belgium | Kim Clijsters |
| 2008 | United States | Roger Federer | United States | Serena Williams |
| 2007 | Switzerland | Roger Federer | Belgium | Justine Henin |
| 2006 | Switzerland | Roger Federer | Russia | Maria Sharapova |
| 2005 | Switzerland | Roger Federer | Belgium | Kim Clijsters |
| 2004 | Switzerland | Roger Federer | Russia | Svetlana Kuznetsova |
| 2003 | United States | Andy Roddick | Belgium | Justine Henin |
| 2002 | United States | Pete Sampras | United States | Serena Williams |
| 2001 | Australia | Lleyton Hewitt | United States | Venus Williams |
| 2000 | Russia | Marat Safin | United States | Venus Williams |
| 1999 | United States | Andre Agassi | United States | Serena Williams |
| 1998 | Australia | Patrick Rafter | United States | Lindsay Davenport |
| 1997 | Australia | Patrick Rafter | Switzerland | Martina Hingis |
| 1996 | United States | Pete Sampras | United States | Lisa Raymond |
| 1995 | United States | Pete Sampras | Germany | Steffi Graf |
| 1994 | United States | Andre Agassi | Spain | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
| 1993 | United States | Pete Sampras | Germany | Steffi Graf |
| 1992 | Sweden | Stefan Edberg | Fed. Rep. of Yugoslavia | Monica Seleš |
| 1991 | Sweden | Stefan Edberg | Fed. Rep. of Yugoslavia | Monica Seleš |
| 1990 | United States | Pete Sampras | Argentina | Gabriela Sabatini |
| 1989 | Germany | Boris Becker | Germany | Steffi Graf |
| 1988 | Sweden | Mats Wilander | Germany | Steffi Graf |
| 1987 | Czechoslovakia | United States | United States | Martina Navrátilová |
| 1986 | Czechoslovakia | Ivan Lendl | United States | Martina Navrátilová |
| 1985 | Czechoslovakia | Ivan Lendl | Czechoslovakia | Hana Mandlíková |
| 1984 | United States | John McEnroe | United States | Martina Navrátilová |
| 1983 | United States | Jimmy Connors | United States | Martina Navrátilová |
| 1982 | United States | Jimmy Connors | United States | Chris Evert |
| 1981 | United States | John McEnroe | United States | Tracy Austin |
| 1980 | United States | John McEnroe | United States | Chris Evert |
| 1979 | United States | John McEnroe | United States | Tracy Austin |
| 1978 | United States | Jimmy Connors | United States | Chris Evert |
| 1977 | Argentina | Guillermo Vilas | United States | Chris Evert |
| 1976 | United States | Jimmy Connors | United States | Chris Evert |
| 1975 | Spain | Manuel Orantes | United States | Chris Evert |
| 1973 | Australia | John Newcombe | Australia | Margaret Court |
| 1972 | Romania | Ilie Na(stase | United States | Billie Jean King |
| 1971 | United States | Stan Smith | United States | Billie Jean King |
| 1970 | Australia | Ken Rosewall | Australia | Margaret Court |
| 1969 | Australia | Rod Laver | Australia | Margaret Court |
| 1968 | United States | Arthur Ashe | United Kingdom | Virginia Wade |
