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

#2 Novak Djokovic (2015)

2015 US Open champion Novak Djokovic poses with his second US Open trophy

In arguably his best-ever season, Novak Djokovic arrived at the US Open having won Masters 1000 titles at Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, and Rome, along with triumphs at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and a third runner-up finish at the French Open.

The top-seeded Serb enjoyed straight-set wins over Joao Souza, Andreas Haider-Maurer and Andreas Seppi before dropping his first set of the tournament against Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut to move into the quarter-finals.

Djokovic overcame another Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in four sets to reach his ninth straight US Open semi-final where he dispatched defending champion Marin Cilic for the loss of just three games to book a final showdown with Roger Federer. In the process, Djokovic became the first player after Laver (1969) and Federer (2006, 2007, 2009) to reach all four Slam finals in the same season.

For the second time in the year and for the third time in succession, Djokovic conquered the five-time US Open champion in a Slam final to land his second US Open title and record his tenth triumph at a Grand Slam.

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