Highlights
- Day 1
- Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia became the first defending women's champion to lose in the first round during the Open Era. She lost to Ekaterina Bychkova 6-3, 6-4. It marked the fourth time a women's defending champion was ousted in her first match.
- Ninth-seeded Gastón Gaudio (2004 French Open champion) also lost in the first round. He was beaten by wildcard Brian Baker in straight sets: 7-6(9), 6-2, 6-4.
- Day 2
- 2003 Champion Andy Roddick lost to Gilles Müller 7-6, 7-6, 7-6.
- Day 3
- Day 4
- Indian teen sensation Sania Mirza became the first Indian woman to reach the 4th round of any Grand Slam.
- Day 5
- Day 6
- American James Blake takes out No. 2 seed - and one of the candidates to win the title - Rafael Nadal of Spain. James Blake declared the player of the day for the 2nd time in the tournament.
- Day 7
- Tenth seed Venus Williams beats her little sister and 2005 Australian Open champion Serena Williams to reach the quarter-finals, (7-6, 6-2).
- Day 8
- Andre Agassi is stretched to five sets against Belgian Xavier Malisse.
- Day 9
- Roger Federer loses his first set of the tournament against Nicolas Kiefer of Germany. He progresses in four sets.
- Kim Clijsters of Belgium continues to dominate the hardcourt summer. Her victim in the quarter-final was Venus Williams. Clijsters wins 4-6, 7-5 and 6-1.
- Day 10
- Both Andre Agassi and Robby Ginepri needed five difficult sets to beat James Blake and Guillermo Coria in their quarter-final matches.
- Second seed Lindsay Davenport loses in three sets to Russian Elena Dementieva and for the first time since 1994 there are no American representatives in the women's semifinals.
- Day 11
- Daniela Hantuchová and Mahesh Bhupathi are champions in Mixed Doubles against Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić.
- Day 12
- Twin brothers Mike and Bob Bryan, after being runner-ups at the other three Grand Slams, are champions for the first time in the US Open in the Men's Doubles championship, winning the 1st Seed Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi.
- Day 13
- Kim Clijsters wins her first Grand Slam title after defeating Mary Pierce in 6-3, 6-1.
- Day 14
- Roger Federer wins the title defeating Andre Agassi in 4 sets.
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