No. 2 Roger Federer
Right-handed; 27, born in Basel, Switzerland, and lives in Oberwil, Switzerland. … 53-12 this year with titles at Estoril and Halle. Also reached the finals at Monte Carlo, Hamburg, French Open and Wimbledon, losing each to Rafael Nadal. … Has won 12 major titles, two behind Pete Sampras’ career record. … Is the four-time defending champion and has a 33-match winning streak at Flushing Meadows. … Reached the semifinals at all four Grand Slam tournaments this year. … Defeated Maximo Gonzalez, Thiago Alves, No. 28 Radek Stepanek, No. 23 Igor Andreev, Gilles Muller and No. 3 Novak Djokovic during U.S. Open run. … Has won 55 career titles. … Lost his No. 1 ranking last month after a record 237 weeks at the top, a streak dating to February 2004. … Has a losing record against Andy Murray (1-2). … Has reached 13 of the past 14 Grand Slam finals. … Has earned over $40 million in career prize money. … Lost 1998 U.S. Open boys’ final to David Nalbandian. … Started the Roger Federer Foundation in 2003 to benefit disadvantaged children in South Africa. … Does not have a permanent coach but is working with Swiss Davis Cup captain Severin Luthi.
No. 6 Andy Murray
Right-handed/two-handed backhand; 21, born, and lives, in Dunblane, Scotland … 41-13 for the year with titles at Doha, Marseille and Cincinnati. Those titles, all on hard courts, are the most by a man on the surface this year. … This is his first major final. His previous best finish at a major tournament was the quarterfinals at Wimbledon this year. … Beat Sergio Roitman, Michael Llodra, Jurgen Melzer, No. 10 Stanislas Wawrinka, No. 17 Juan Martin del Potro and No. 1 Rafael Nadal in U.S. Open. … Victory over Nadal was his first in six tries against the Spaniard. … Has victories over Federer at Cincinnati in 2006 and Dubai this year. … Won the U.S. Open boys’ title in 2004. … Will reach a career-high No. 4 in the rankings this week, matching the highest for a British man. … Finished second in the U.S. Open Series, which will increase his U.S. Open prize money by as much as $500,000. … Joined Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski as the only British men to reach a U.S. Open semifinal in the Open era. … Trying to become the first British man to win a major title since Fred Perry at the 1936 U.S. Open. … Coached by Miles Maclagan and Louis Cayer.
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