paragraph_text: In 1978, the tournament moved from the West Side Tennis Club to the larger and newly constructed USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens, three miles to the north. The tournament's court surface also switched from clay to hard. Jimmy Connors is the only individual to have won US Open singles titles on three surfaces (grass, clay, and hard), while Chris Evert is the only woman to win US Open singles titles on two surfaces (clay and hard).

paragraph_text: Althea Gibson (August 25, 1927 -- September 28, 2003) was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first person of color to win a Grand Slam title (the French Open). The following year she won both Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals (precursor of the U.S. Open), then won both again in 1958, and was voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years. In all, she won 11 Grand Slam tournaments, including six doubles titles, and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame. ``She is one of the greatest players who ever lived, ''said Robert Ryland, a tennis contemporary and former coach of Venus and Serena Williams.`` Martina could n't touch her. I think she'd beat the Williams sisters.'' In the early 1960s she also became the first black player to compete on the women's professional golf tour.

paragraph_text: The Djokovic -- Federer rivalry is a tennis rivalry between two professional tennis players, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. They have faced each other 45 times with Djokovic leading 23 -- 22. This includes a record 15 Grand Slam matches, four of which were finals, plus a record ten semifinals. Both players have beaten the other in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments. Federer dominated during their early slam matches, but Djokovic now has a 9 -- 6 lead in Grand Slam matches, including eight wins in the last ten meetings. A notable aspect of the rivalry is their ability to beat each other on any given day, including Grand Slam play, making it one of the most competitive and evenly matched rivalries in the Open Era. To date Federer is the only man to have beaten Djokovic in all four majors, and likewise Djokovic is the only man to have beaten Federer in all four majors. Both men accomplished this after having beaten each other at Wimbledon. Both players are generally considered to be the two greatest hard court players in the open era.

paragraph_text: Borg won his fifth consecutive Wimbledon singles title, the 1980 Wimbledon Men's Singles final, by defeating McEnroe in a five - set match, often cited as the best Wimbledon final ever played -- the only comparable match being the 2008 Federer -- Nadal final. Having lost the opening set to an all - out McEnroe assault, Borg took the next two and had two championship points at 5 -- 4 in the fourth. However, McEnroe averted disaster and went on to level the match in Wimbledon's most memorable 34 - point tiebreaker, which he won 18 -- 16. In the fourth - set tiebreak, McEnroe saved five match points, and Borg six set points, before McEnroe won the set. Björn served first to begin the 5th set and fell behind 15 -- 40. Borg then won 19 straight points on serve in the deciding set and prevailed after 3 hours, 53 minutes. Borg himself commented years later that this was the first time that he was afraid that he would lose, as well as feeling that it was the beginning of the end of his dominance.

paragraph_text: Lorraine Coghlan Robinson (née Coghlan; born 23 September 1937) is a former tennis player from the state of Victoria in Australia. In 1956, she won the Australian Championships Girls' Singles title. Coghlan teamed with Bob Howe to win the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1958. Coghlan and Howe were also the runners-up in mixed doubles at the 1958 French Championships.

paragraph_text: The 2017 Australian Open Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2017 Australian Open. It was contested between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, ranked 17th and 9th in the world respectively. It was their record ninth meeting in a Grand Slam final in their rivalry, and their 1st meeting in a Grand Slam final since the 2011 French Open. In a rematch of the 2009 Australian Open final, which Nadal won in 5 sets, Roger Federer won the duel in 5 sets, beating Nadal for the first time in a Grand Slam since the 2007 Wimbledon final. He also trailed Nadal 3 -- 1 in the final set but won 5 games in a row to win the title. This ended a 6 - match losing streak against Nadal in Grand Slam events. Having lost all of their previous three encounters, this was the first time Federer defeated Nadal at the Australian Open and also marked Federer's first Grand Slam victory over Nadal outside the grass courts of Wimbledon. Federer extended his record of Grand Slam men's singles titles to 18, marking the third time he broke his own all - time record, after breaking the previous record of 14, held by Pete Sampras.

paragraph_text: The 2017 Australian Open Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2017 Australian Open. It was contested between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, ranked 17th and 9th in the world respectively. It was their record ninth meeting in a Grand Slam final in their rivalry, and their 1st meeting in a Grand Slam final since the 2011 French Open. In a rematch of the 2009 Australian Open final, which Nadal won in 5 sets, Roger Federer won the duel in 5 sets, beating Nadal for the first time in a Grand Slam since the 2007 Wimbledon final. He also trailed Nadal 3 -- 1 in the final set but won 5 games in a row to win the title. This ended a 6 - match losing streak against Nadal in Grand Slam events. Having lost all of their previous three encounters, this was the first time Federer defeated Nadal at the Australian Open and also marked Federer's first Grand Slam victory over Nadal outside the grass courts of Wimbledon. Federer extended his record of Grand Slam men's singles titles to 18 exceeding the previous record of 14 held by Pete Sampras.

paragraph_text: Roger Federer was the four-time defending champion, and successfully defended his title. This was Federer's 5th consecutive US Open title after winning in the final 6–2, 7–5, 6–2 against Andy Murray of Great Britain who was contesting his first major final. It was Federer's 13th Grand Slam title and his only successful title defence in majors that year, after losing the Australian Open and Wimbledon titles, now moved to second place on the all time men's singles Grand Slam wins list, passing Roy Emerson.

paragraph_text: Roger Federer Federer at Wimbledon in 2009. Country (sports) Switzerland Residence Bottmingen, Switzerland (1981 - 08 - 08) 8 August 1981 (age 36) Basel, Switzerland Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Turned pro 1998 Plays Right - handed (one - handed backhand) Prize money US $108,250,560 2nd all - time leader in earnings Official website rogerfederer.com Singles Career record 1121 -- 249 (81.82%) Career titles 93 (3rd in the Open Era) Highest ranking No. 1 (2 February 2004) Current ranking No. 2 (25 September 2017) Grand Slam Singles results Australian Open W (2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017) French Open W (2009) Wimbledon W (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2017) US Open W (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) Other tournaments Tour Finals W (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011) Olympic Games F (2012) Doubles Career record 129 -- 89 (59.17%) Career titles 8 Highest ranking No. 24 (9 June 2003) Current ranking -- (25 September 2017) Grand Slam Doubles results Australian Open 3R (2003) French Open 1R (2000) Wimbledon QF (2000) US Open 3R (2002) Other doubles tournaments Olympic Games W (2008) Team competitions Davis Cup W (2014) Hopman Cup W (2001) Olympic medal record (hide) 2008 Beijing Doubles 2012 London Singles Last updated on: 25 September 2017.

paragraph_text: In 2003, Federer won his first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, beating Mark Philippoussis in the final. Federer won his first and only doubles Masters Series 1000 event in Miami with Max Mirnyi and made it to one singles Masters Series 1000 event in Rome on clay, which he lost. Federer made it to nine finals on the ATP Tour and won seven of them, including the 500 series events at Dubai and Vienna. Lastly, Federer won the year - end championships over Andre Agassi, finishing the year as world # 2, narrowly behind Andy Roddick by only 160 points.

paragraph_text: Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985 in Prague) is a tennis player from the Czech Republic. In her career, Hradecká has won 19 WTA doubles titles, and two Grand Slam titles, the 2011 French Open and the 2013 US Open, partnered both times by fellow Czech Andrea Hlaváčková. The pair are also the 2012 Olympic silver medallists in doubles. Hradecká has also won a mixed doubles title at the 2013 French Open with František Čermák, and an Olympic bronze medal alongside Radek Štěpánek at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her biggest singles career highlight to date was defeating former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic in the first round of the 2015 Australian Open.

paragraph_text: Garbiñe Muguruza won her second Grand Slam singles title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 7 -- 5, 6 -- 0. Muguruza became the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon after Conchita Martínez in 1994. Muguruza also became the first player to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slams singles finals.

paragraph_text: Kathryn "Kathy" Jordan (born December 3, 1959) is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won seven Grand Slam titles, five of them in women's doubles and two in mixed doubles. She also was the 1983 Australian Open women's singles runner-up and won three singles titles and 42 doubles titles.

paragraph_text: Djokovic is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. He has won 13 Grand Slam singles titles, five ATP Finals titles, 30 Masters 1000 series titles, 12 ATP World Tour 500 tournaments, and has held the No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a total of 223 weeks. In majors, he has won six Australian Open titles, four Wimbledon titles, two US Open titles and one French Open title. In 2016, he became the eighth player in history to achieve the Career Grand Slam. Following his victory at the 2016 French Open, he became the third man to hold all four major titles at once, the first since Rod Laver in 1969, and the first ever to do so on three different surfaces.

paragraph_text: Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Stan Wawrinka, 7 -- 6, 4 -- 6, 5 -- 7, 3 -- 6. This was the first time the men's singles champion at the US Open won the match after losing the first set since Juan Martín del Potro in 2009. This was also the first time the men's singles champion at the US Open won the title after being a match point down since Djokovic in 2011, with Wawrinka having saved a match point against Dan Evans in the 3rd round. As he had done in his 2 previous grand slam titles, Wawrinka again defeated the world No. 1 in the final.

paragraph_text: Serena Williams was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Angelique Kerber in the final, 7 -- 5, 6 -- 3. By winning her seventh Wimbledon title, Williams equaled Steffi Graf's Open Era record of 22 major singles titles. This was also the first time two women contested two major finals against one another in a single season since Amélie Mauresmo and Justine Henin - Hardenne met in the 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon finals.

paragraph_text: Magdaléna Rybáriková (; born 4 October 1988) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has won four WTA singles titles and reached the semifinals of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. She broke into the top 30 for the first time in September 2017 and reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 17 in March 2018.

paragraph_text: Jonathan Stark (born April 3, 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles (the 1994 French Open Men's Doubles and the 1995 Wimbledon Championships Mixed Doubles). Stark reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1994.

paragraph_text: Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles Champions Location London United Kingdom Venue AELTC Governing body AELTC Created 1877 (established) Editions Tournaments staged: (131 editions) Open Era: 1968 (50 editions) Surface Grass (1877 -- Present) Prize money £2,200,000 (2017) Trophy Wimbledon Cup Website wimbledon.com Most titles Amateur era 7: William Renshaw (challenge round) 3: Fred Perry (regular) Open era 8: Roger Federer Most consecutive titles Amateur era 6: William Renshaw (challenge round) 3: Fred Perry (regular) Open era 5: Björn Borg Roger Federer Current champion Roger Federer (Eighth title)

paragraph_text: Garbiñe Muguruza won her second Grand Slam singles title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 7 -- 5, 6 -- 0. Muguruza became the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon after Conchita Martínez in 1994. Muguruza also became the first player to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam singles finals.

Question: Who beat the winner of the most Wimbledon singles titles in the US Open?
Answer: Novak Djokovic