Most US Open First Round Match Wins (Men)

Who holds the record for the most first round match wins at the US Open? The Answer is, it’s the great Jimmy Connors who went 20-2 in the first round at the US Open tennis event.

Connors’s lost in the first round two of the first three times he played at the event in 1970 and 1972 when the US Open was held on grass.

After Connors, the Roger Federer was a perfect 19-0 and then Novak Djokovic is 18-0. That’s coming into the 2025 US Open.

Former 2014 winner Marin Cilic is 13-1, Carlos Moya 12-1 and Rafael Nadal was 16-0.

None of the Big 3 tennis stars – Djokovic, Nadal, Federer – have ever lost in the first round at the US Open.

US OPEN MOST FIRST ROUND MATCH WINS – MEN (OPEN ERA)

PLAYER	WINS	LOSSES
Jimmy Connors	20	2
Roger Federer	19	0
Novak Djokovic	18	0
Andre Agassi	17	4
Rafael Nadal	16	0
Andy Murray	16	1
Ivan Lendl	15	1
John McEnroe	15	1
Michael Chang	15	2
Fernando Verdasco	15	3
Gael Monfils	14	2
Roscoe Tanner	14	2
John Isner	14	3
Stan Wawrinka	14	3
Tommy Haas	14	3
Feliciano Lopez	14	6
Marin Cilic	13	1
Pete Sampras	13	1
Brian Gottfried	13	2
Guillermo Vilas	13	2
Jonas Bjorkman	13	2
Lleyton Hewitt	13	2
Tommy Robredo	13	2
Stan Smith	13	3

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