Federer Us Open 2009
This was del potro s first and so far only major title although he would reach a second final in 2018.
Federer us open 2009. Argentinian tennis star juan martin del potro retweeted a nostalgic video this week from his 2009 us open win over swiss maestro roger federer. The men s side saw rafael nadal playing his first match at the 2009 us open and winning against his friend richard gasquet. In addition federer made two other grand slam finals australian open losing to rafael nadal and the us open losing to juan martín del potro. 1 seed roger federer juan martín del potro gaël monfils lleyton hewitt juan carlos ferrero and gilles simon who all won in straight sets while david ferrer nicolás almagro and american robby ginepri won in 4.
Federer was two championship points away from winning. This was also the first final since 1999 to have a five set final. Del potro became the first argentine man to win the title since guillermo vilas in 1977. Juan martín del potro defeated five time defending champion roger federer in the final 3 6 7 6 4 6 7 6 6 2 to win the men s singles tennis title at the 2009 us open.