US Open: A look at the last 5 men's singles champions

#3 Stan Wawrinka (2016)

2016 US Open champion Stan Wawrinka poses with his trophy

Two-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka, enjoying one of his best seasons on tour, arrived at the 2016 US Open having won titles in Chennai, Dubai and Geneva.

Wawrinka cruised into the third round with consecutive straight-set wins over Fernando Verdasco and qualifier Alessandro Giannessi. In his first stern test in the tournament, Wawrinka fell behind two sets to one against Daniel Evans and was a point away in the fourth set tie-break from crashing out of the tournament.

To his credit, the Swiss regrouped to save the match point and took the fourth set to force a decider where he cruised to the finish line as Evans's game just fell apart.

Wawrinka beat Ilya Marchenko, 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro and Kei Nishikori in successive four-set wins to reach his first US Open final where defending champion Novak Djokovic awaited.

Exhibiting little big stage fright against the top-seeded Serb, Wawrinka recovered from the loss of the first set to take the next three sets and romp to his first US Open title and third at a Grand Slam.