Today, Juan Martin Del Potro has a chance to make his amazing comeback from the long, involuntary injury break more memorable. Namely, anytime he went through the quarterfinal at US Open, he won the title. It just happened once (2009), however, comparing the route to the final that year to his opponents of the tournament this year, there is some eerie resemblance…The only question, how superstitious Delpo is or Stan is able to make a revenge for the loss in Wimbledon this year?
| 2009 | Nationality | |
| R128 | Juan Monaco | ARG |
| R64 | Juergen Melzer | AUT |
| R32 | Daniel Koellerer | AUT |
| R16 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | ESP |
| QF | Marin Cilic | CRO |
| SF | Rafael Nadal | ESP |
| F | Roger Federer | SWI |
| 2016 | Nationality | |
| R128 | Diego Schwartzman | ARG |
| R64 | Steve Johnson |
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| R32 | David Ferrer | ESP |
| R16 | Dominic Thiem | AUT |
| QF | Stan Wawrinka | SWI |