Though very close, he was never able to win the Open
1981-1985
Won in both '81 and '84 as top seed
1986-1989
Champion-Champion-Finalist-Finalist as top seed
1990
1R loser this year, but would win the next two as the #2 seed
1991
Destroyed by Haarhuis in 3R
1992-1993
Couldn't get past the SF's either of these years
1994
Downed by Yzaga in a 4R 5 set thriller
1995
High intensity final that he lost to Pistol Pete
1996-1999
Had to withdraw just before the Open in '99
2000
Went down in the 2R
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2001
Lost in the QF's to #7 Kafelnikov
2002
A year after his championship run, he lost in the SF
2003
Surprise loss in the SF's to prevent an Agassi-Roddick final
2004-2007
Champion every year he was top seeded!
2008
Roger would win again, as Rafa bowed out in the SF's
2009
The year of Del Potro!!!
2010
Rafa took home the trophy
2011
A magical 2011 capped by an Open championship
2012
Couldn't get past the QF's
2013-2016
After unsuccessful bids the first two times, Nole is champ in 2015, but he loses to the STANimal in '16 final.
2017-2018
Rafa took it home in 2017, but Nole scorched through the draw in 2018. Who will win this year? Stefanos? Djoker? Fed? Jack Sock? Okay. Probably not Sock.
2019-2021
Nole couldn't win any of these years: 4th round loss, 4th round disqualification, finals loss to Medvedev
2022
Lost to Kyrgios in the 4th. Who takes it in 2023?
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