Taylor Fritz bids to become first male American US Open winner in more than 20 years

Despite having some of the greatest players to play the game in Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe, the USA have waited more than 20 years now for a male winner of their home Grand Slam.

It's a drought Taylor Fritz will look to end when taking on world number one Jannik Sinner at Flushing Meadows on Sunday.

Fritz made the final by beating fellow American Frances Tiafoe on Saturday to become the first American to make the final since Andy Roddick in 2006.

Roddick is also the last American to win the US Open, back in 2003, and we look at previous male American winners of the US Open.

Arthur Ashe (1968)

A pioneer of the game, Arthur Ashe was the first black man to win a Grand Slam, and remains the only black man to have won either the US Open, Wimbledon or the Australian Open, winning all three.

After years of Australian dominance, when embarking on the Open Era in 1968, Ashe became only the third non-Australian to win the US Open (previously the United States National Championships) in 13 years.

Although Ashe would only win the US Open once, it was enough to help cement his legacy in the game, eventually having a stadium at Flushing Meadows named in his honour.

Stan Smith (1971)

Winner of two Grand Slams, Stan Smith won his first at the 1971 US Open, beating Jan Kodes in four sets.

It was Smith's first and only appearance in a US Open final, and while his legacy didn't warrant a stadium being named after him at Flushing Meadows, adidas did release a line of tennis shoes named after the US Open winner.

Jimmy Connors (1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983)

One of the best players to play the game, Jimmy Conners is an eight-time Grand Slam champion, winning five US Opens.

Reaching five consecutive finals, Conners made 12 straight semi-finals at the US Open, beating Bjorn Borg twice, Ivan Lendl twice and Ken Rosewall once.

John McEnroe (1979, 1980, 1981, 1984)

After Conners came McInroe. Although the two never met in a US Open final, John McEnroe did beat Conners in two semi-finals, going on to win three straight US Opens, beating fellow American Vitas Gerulaitis and Bjorn Borg (twice), adding a fourth against Ivan Lendl.

Pete Sampras (1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002)

After Conners and McEnroe in the 1970s and 1980s, came Pete Sampras in the 1990s.

Maybe the greatest tennis player of all time prior to the arrival of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, Sampras wouldn't dominate in the States quite like he would at SW19, but he did go on to win five titles in New York.

He would beat future rival Andre Agassi in 1990, going on to beat Cedric Pioline in 1993. Sampras downed Agassi again in 1995 and beat American Michael Chang in 1996. His final Grand Slam win came in 2002 against - who else? - Agassi.

Andre Agassi (1994, 1999)

Although Andre Agassi wouldn't quite have the success of long-term rival Pete Sampras, he did get one over on his countryman by completing the Career Grand Slam.

Agassi would lose in the 1990, 1995, 2002 and 2005 US Open finals, but did taste success against Michael Stich in 1994 and Todd Martin in 1999.

Andy Roddick (2003)

Perhaps unfortunate - like so many - to have his career overlap with Roger Federer, Andy Roddick lost in all four Grand Slam finals in which the two met.

Though he could so easily have been a Grand Slam winner on more than one occasion, Roddick's only win came at the 2003 US Open - the last time an American won at Flushing Meadows.