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U.S. Open Consecutive Men's Champions

7 -- Richard Sears, 1881-87

6 -- Bill Tilden, 1920-25

5 -- Roger Federer, 2004-08; Bill Larned, 1907-11

3 -- Ivan Lendl, 1985-87; John McEnroe, 1979-81; Malcolm Whitman, 1898-1900; Oliver Campbell, 1890-92;

2 -- Patrick Rafter, 1997-98; Pete Sampras, 1995-96; Stefan Edberg, 1991-92; Jimmy Connors, 1982-83; Neale Fraser, 1959-60; Frank Sedgman, 1951-52; Pancho Gonzales, 1948-49; Jack Kramer, 1946-47; Frank Parker, 1944-45; Don Budge, 1937-38; Fred Perry, 1933-34; Ellsworth Vines, 1931-32; Rene Lacoste, 1926-27; Lindley Murray, 1917-18; Maurice McLoughlin, 1912-13; Bill Larned, 1901-02; Robert Wrenn, 1893-94, 1896-87; Henry Slocum, Jr., 1888-89.

Prior to 1968, the U.S. National Championships was an amateur event. It became the U.S. Open in 1968 when the tournament was open to professionals.

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